{"id":564555,"date":"2026-03-26T01:21:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T01:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/564555\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T01:21:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T01:21:17","slug":"womens-basketball-drops-super-16-matchup-at-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/564555\/","title":{"rendered":"Women’s Basketball Drops Super 16 Matchup At Army"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


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West Point, NY – La Salle dropped a 74-63 decision at Army West Point on Wednesday night at Christl Arena, despite a strong second-half push and a career-high 24 points\u00a0from Kiara Williams<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Army set the tone early, shooting efficiently and knocking down four three-pointers in the opening quarter to take a 25-13 lead. The Black Knights extended their advantage to 45-29 at halftime, despite Kiara Williams<\/a> delivering\u00a0a dominant performance. The redshirt freshman\u00a0recorded\u00a0a career-high 24 points and 11 rebounds to secure a double-double.\u00a0She was a steady presence inside, leading all players in both scoring and rebounding.<\/p>\n

Ashleigh Connor<\/a> added 19 points as the team’s second-leading scorer, while contributing four steals on the defensive end. Her two-way effort helped spark La Salle’s momentum in stretches, particularly in transition.<\/p>\n

Atlanic 10 Defensive Player of the Year, Aryss Macktoon<\/a> impacted the game across the stat sheet, leading the team with three assists and five steals, ending her season with a program-record 105 takeaways, good enough for 11th in the nation. Her defensive activity played a key role in disrupting Army’s offense and fueling La Salle’s pressure.<\/p>\n

With the loss, the Explorers’ historic 2025-26 season has come to an end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" West Point, NY – La Salle dropped a 74-63 decision at Army West Point…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":564556,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-564555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}