ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Senior Bri Betz-White led all players with 16 points, junior Stephanie Karcz grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds and the Loyola University Maryland women's basketball team converted free throws down the stretch to hold off Navy for a 55-50 victory over the Midshipmen at Alumni Hall Saturday night.
 
In addition to Betz-White's 16 points, freshman Taleah Dixon added 13 and sophomore Delaney Connolly chipped in 11.
 
Karcz also finished with a game-high seven steals to move her season total to 115, four shy of breaking Katie Sheahin's school record of 118 in 2010-11. With 303 steals throughout her career, she becomes just the second player in program history to amass 300 steals, as Sheahin holds the school record at 347 steals from 2009-13.
 
Jennifer Coleman led Navy with 16 points and Kolbi Green finished with 13. Laurel Jaunich led the Mids with 11 rebounds.
 
The Greyhounds fell behind early and ultimately found themselves trailing Navy, 19-10, at the end of the first quarter. Loyola chipped away at its deficit though and pulled within five after opening the quarter on a 7-2 run. A pair of Connolly free throws answered Navy's jumper before back-to-back baskets from Betz-White moved Loyola within three, 26-23.
 
Dixon then answered the Mids' jumper with five-straight points to pull Loyola even at the half, 28-28.
 
Betz-White started the second half scoring and gave the Greyhounds their first lead of the game, 30-28, but Navy strung together eight-straight points to earn a 38-30 advantage. A pair of free throws by Connolly sparked a 9-2 Greyhound run that cut their deficit to one, at 40-39, before the Midshipmen made a layup to stretch their lead back to three, 42-39. Betz-White closed out the quarter with a free throw and then opened the fourth with a jumper to pull the Greyhounds even again, this time at 42-42.
 
Betz-White answered Navy's next layup with a jumper before junior Alexis Gray's 3-pointer at the 8:13 mark of the fourth quarter gave Loyola a 47-44 advantage. That would be the second of four lead changes in the fourth quarter, as the Mids pulled ahead at 50-49. Dixon then converted a pair of free throws to flip the lead back to Loyola, 51-50, and it would be all Greyhounds after that, as junior Hannah Niles secured a defensive rebound on Navy's next possession and then Betz-White knocked down a pair of free throws at the other end, giving Loyola a 53-50 lead with 24 seconds to play.
 
The Mids committed a turnover on their next possession and Dixon sealed the win for the Greyhounds by hitting each of her final two free throws with five seconds to play.
 
Loyola will close out its regular season on Wednesday when it travels to Boston University for a 7 p.m. tip.