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Women’s Basketball Falls to Marshall in WNIT Great 8
March 30, 2026 | Women's Basketball
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Army West Point women's basketball season came to a close on Monday night, as it fell to Marshall 82-65 at the Cam Henderson Center in the WNIT Great 8.
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.
How it Happened
The Black Knights got off to a great start in the opening quarter, jumping out to a 13-3 lead in the first three minutes. Taylor Wilson had eight of her points during this stretch, including a pair of threes.
The Thundering Herd started to settle in and went on a 12-2 run to even the score at 15. Army responded well and took a 22-17 lead into the second quarter. Army went 9-16 in the opening frame, while Marshall was 7-13.
Both teams continued to score in the second period. Leading 24-23 with 7:57 to go before half, Army went on an 8-0 run to push the lead back up to nine, it's largest of the quarter. The nine point lead remained for most of the half but Marshall was able to get on the board with less than 10 seconds to go to make Army's advantage 44-37 at the break.
At halftime, Army was sitting at 60 percent from the field and 7-13 from 3-point range. It's tied for the second-best shooting half of the season for the Black Knights. Marshall also had a strong shooting half, going 16-27 from the field. Taylor Wilson continued to lead the way for Army with 11 points, while Ericson had nine.
The Thundering Herd came out of the gates strong in the second half and tied things up at 53-53 with 4:49 left in the frame. With 2:51 before the fourth quarter, Army found itself behind 59-57 but closed the quarter on a 8-2 run to take a 65-61 lead going into the final frame.
Marshall would go on to outscore Army 21-0 in the period to secure the win.
By the Numbers
Army finished Monday night with a 41.9 percent clip from the field and went 10-33 from three. On the other side, Marshall shot 56.2 percent and knocked down 8-19 threes. Army went 3-5 from the free-throw line, while Marshall was 14-20.
The Black Knights dished out 16 assists while turning it over only six times. Ericson led Army with five assists.
Army lost the rebounding 35-30. Camryn Tade had a team-high five.
In scoring breakdown, Army led in points off turnovers (10-7). Marshall led in paint scoring (44-18), second chance points (11-8), fastbreak points (4-2) and bench points (21-14).
Timaya Lewis-Eutsey had a game-high 23 points for the Thundering Herd.
Game 34 Notables
• Army finishes the season with the second-most wins in program history with 26.
• Army, who entered the 2025-26 season with just one Division I postseason win, won two games in the WNIT this season.
• Army became the first team in Patriot League history to make it to the WNIT Great 8.
• Reese Ericson finished with a team-high 15 points. With her five three-pointers tonight, she moves into fourth all-time in Patriot League history with 282. Her 100 threes this season are the second most in program history and the third most in Patriot League history.
• Also scoring in double-digits for Army was Taylor Wilson with 13 and Kya Smith with 12.
• Katie Kuester's 26 wins are the most by a first year head coach in program history.
