Women’s basketball (11-16, 4-12 A-10) fell 73-54 to Davidson (17-11, 12-4 A-10) on Sunday, marking their third consecutive loss.
Despite holding a 32-30 lead at the half, the Revolutionaries were the victim of an onslaught from the Wildcats, being outscored 43-22 in the second half. This included a 28-point third quarter by Davidson, which propelled their squad to victory.
Leading the way offensively for the Revs was sophomore forward Sara Lewis, who recorded 11 points with four rebounds. Freshman guard Gabby Reynolds and graduate student forward Paige Mott both scored in double figures, with Mott adding 10 rebounds for her fifth double-double of the season.
In the first quarter, Davidson took an early 6-0 lead and maintained it for the first 10 minutes, holding a 16-11 lead at the end of one.
The teams traded baskets for the first eight minutes of the second quarter, with the Wildcats finding themselves up by 10 with 3:13 to play in the first half. But a free throw from senior forward Maxine Engel jump-started a quiet Revs offense into a 12-0 run to take a 32-30 lead at the half.
Revs’ Head Coach Caroline McCombs said she was impressed with her team’s first half because they played to their strengths in rebounding and getting to the free-throw line.
“I thought that our team played a great first half. I loved how we attacked. I loved how we attacked for the whole game, got to the free throw line 29 times, I believe had 16 offensive rebounds,” McCombs said.
But the Wildcats bounced right back, taking a 42-40 lead at the 6:22 mark on a 3-pointer from junior guard Charlise Dunn. This would launch the Wildcats into an 18-5 run to conclude the quarter, with Dunn draining two more shots from beyond the arc to give Davidson a 58-45 lead heading into the final 10 minutes of play.
McCombs said postgame that Dunn, who is 18th in the A-10 in scoring per game, is an excellent shooter and that the Revs could not contain her.
“She has a really good job of setting you up like she’s back cutting to come off of that hand cut. And again, we weren’t close enough, and we got to go back and look at the film. But she’s an elite shooter,” McCombs said.
Davidson rode the momentum of a 28-point third quarter into a strong final quarter, outscoring the Revs 15-9 in the fourth to hand GW their third straight loss and 12th loss of league play. The Revs still sit at 12th in the conference, trailing 11th-place Saint Louis by two games.
The Revs will play their final home game of the season on Wednesday when they host the University of Massachusetts (15-13, 10-7 A-10), with tipoff set for noon.
