Army West Point Athletics
Army West Point
3-0,0-0Patriot
George Mason University
2-2,0-0Atlantic 10
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT 1 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Mason | 15 | 7 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 75 |
| Army West Point | 17 | 16 | 25 | 9 | 13 | 80 |
November 11, 2026 | Women's Basketball
WEST POINT, N.Y. – Army West Point women's basketball was pushed to overtime by a furious George Mason rally on Wednesday night, but the Black Knights outscored the Patriots 13-8 in the extra period for an 80-75 win at Christl Arena to stay unbeaten at 3-0. Camryn Tade scored six of her 17 points in overtime, Kya Smith led Army with 19 points and Reganne Reardon added a career-high 17 off the bench.
Army led by as many as 16 points and never trailed by more than two. It was the first overtime game of head coach Katie Kuester's tenure at Army.
"We wildly enough did not have a single overtime game last year, so we have been preparing for these types of situations," Kuester said. "I felt cool, calm and composed. We called Cam's number for four straight possessions, and she executed on three of the four. It was a total team effort. Reganne and Kya had phenomenal moments, and I'm just really proud of how everyone stepped up when their number was called."
How It Happened
The Wilson sisters scored Army's first five points. Taylor Wilson hit a 3-pointer, and Brooke Wilson made two free throws to give the Black Knights the lead. A Smith jumper made it 15-6 with 2:57 left in the first quarter, but the Patriots closed the period on a 9-2 run to pull within 17-15.
The second quarter turned into a defensive battle, with the teams combining for just six points in the first five minutes. Smith completed a three-point play coming out of the media timeout for a 23-18 lead, and Army followed with a 10-0 run, capped by Taylor Wilson's layup with 49 seconds left. The Black Knights held George Mason to 1-of-12 shooting in the quarter and led 33-22 at halftime. Smith had nine first-half points and Reardon added eight off the bench.
Army opened the third quarter on an 8-3 run, as Tade scored on three straight layups to build a 41-25 lead. George Mason answered with an 11-0 run to get within 41-36, but 3-pointers from Tade and Audrey Annee stopped it. In the final minute of the quarter, Reardon scored four points, and Fiona Hastick buried a 3 with six seconds left to make it 58-46 heading to the fourth.
The Patriots rallied in the fourth quarter, cutting the lead to 62-56 at the media timeout and to four points twice in the final two minutes. A tip-in with 54 seconds left made it 64-62, and Reardon made a free throw with 29 seconds to go. After George Mason's layup cut it to one, Smith calmly knocked down two free throws with 18 seconds left for a 67-64 lead. But Mary Amoateng hit a 3-pointer with 15 seconds remaining to tie it at 67 and force overtime.
A Makayla Johnson 3 in the opening minute of overtime gave George Mason its first lead since the opening basket, 70-69. Army went right back to Tade. She answered with a three-point play, and Hastick hit a jumper to put the Black Knights up 74-70 with 3:23 left. Tade then scored on two more layups, the second with 1:12 left for a 78-74 lead. With George Mason down three, Brooke Wilson grabbed the defensive rebound on Amoateng's missed 3 and sealed the win with two free throws with four seconds left.
Black Knights Leaders
- Kya Smith had 19 points and eight rebounds, going 9-of-10 from the free-throw line.
- Camryn Tade scored 17 points on 7-of-11 shooting (63.6 percent), with five rebounds and a team-high six assists in 42 minutes. She scored six points in overtime.
- Reganne Reardon posted a career-high 17 points and seven rebounds off the bench, going 7-of-14 from the field.
- Fiona Hastick added nine points and six rebounds, including a 3-pointer at the end of the third quarter and a key jumper in overtime.
- Brooke Wilson was a perfect 8-for-8 at the line, with seven rebounds, four assists and two steals.
By the Numbers
- Army went 24-of-27 (88.9 percent) from the free-throw line, including 5-of-5 in overtime.
- The Black Knights held George Mason to 3-of-23 (13.0 percent) from 3-point range and outshot the Patriots 44.8 percent to 38.6 percent.
- Army held George Mason to 1-of-12 shooting in the second quarter and shot 66.7 percent (10-of-15) in the third.
- Army outrebounded the Patriots 39-38, and the benches matched at 20 points apiece.
- Kuester improves to 29-8 at Army and 17-2 at Christl Arena. Army won its first overtime game since Nov. 20, 2024, at NJIT.
Quotables
Head Coach Katie Kuester
On what the win means for the program:
"A lot of people are talking about UNC and Penn State and UConn, and I have been talking about George Mason, because that's the mid-major program that we want to be. We want to be talked about the way that George Mason is talked about, and these young women deserve it."
On the huddle before overtime:
"When they hit that three to put us in overtime, I could tell in the huddle it was okay. It was more than okay. You would think maybe that huddle would look a little vulnerable. Total opposite. We had some fire in our eyes, and I loved it."
On the team's mindset:
"We're just not satisfied, nowhere close. We want to be on this trajectory to playing our best basketball come March, and this is another notch forward. This is a huge win for Army West Point women's basketball, and it's all because of them."
On her free throws down the stretch:
"Free throws were a big struggle for me last year. I worked really hard in the offseason to make sure I stay cool, calm and collected when I step up to the line."
On her message in the huddle:
"We talked about staying together, especially towards the end. That really helped us keep our composure, knowing that we're all fully bought in. If we messed up, we all had each other's backs. Down the stretch, we focused on the 'us.'"
On her teammates' trust:
"They put a lot of trust in me. It's funny, I'll get the ball and they'll just be like, 'Take it, take it.' It goes to show how generous our team is and how much trust we have in each other."
Up Next
Army returns to Christl Arena on Saturday, Nov. 14, to host St. Thomas. The 3:30 p.m. tipoff is the second game of a doubleheader with the Army men's team.
About Army West Point Women's Basketball
The Army West Point women's basketball program competes in the Patriot League and plays its home games at Christl Arena in West Point, N.Y. For more information, visit GoArmyWestPoint.com and follow @ArmyWestPointWBB on Instagram and @ArmyWP_WBB.
Media Contact
Contact Toni Bianco, Army West Point Assistant Director of Athletic Communications, for all media inquiries.
tonibianco518@gmail.com | (516) 941-6310
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