The Army West Point Women's Basketball season came to a close on March 30, as it fell to Marshall, 82-65, in the WNIT Great 8 at the Cam Henderson Center in Huntington, West Virginia.
Army (26-8) finishes its season with the second-most wins in program history and its farthest playoff run its Division I era. Katie Kuester finishes the season with the most wins by a first-year head coach in program history.Marshall (26-9) was trailing 65-61 going into the fourth quarter, but outscored Army 21-0 in the final 10 minutes to advance to the Fab 4. It's the first time this season that Army has been held scoreless in a quarter, as it went 0-18 from the field and 0-13 from distance.Even with the loss it was a historic night for Army, who became the first Patriot League team to the reach the Great 8 of the WNIT. Senior guard Reese Ericson also moved up to fourth all-time in Patriot League history with 282 career threes. Her 100 threes this season are the second most by an Army player and the third most in Patriot League history.Ericson finished the ninth with a team-high 15 points, while Taylor Wilson had 13 and Kya Smith had 12.