With six straight wins — including two in overtime, an unblemished road record and having 13 players in their first or second seasons of playing collegiate women’s basketball under her, Missy Traversi would like fans of the Army West Point women’s basketball team to believe that more magic will be forthcoming for the Black Knights this season. “We’re a team that that plays both sides of the ball as efficiently as possible and I haven’t really had that,” the Attleboro native and Bishop Feehan High graduate said of her roster. “We’re efficient with how we execute,” Traversi added.
“We’re not playing fast, we’re playing a little bit slower and we’re executing at a pretty high level right now.” The Black Knights have been getting it done in dramatic fashion since a season-opening loss at home to Cornell. “When they get the opportunity to go out there and play basketball, play the game that they love — they’re taking advantage of every opportunity,” Traversi said.
The Black Knights only have one senior on their roster, representing a dozen states as Traversi is nurturing a team with seven sophomores and six freshmen. “We’re a young team, we did play a lot of our sophomores last year as freshmen,” Traversi said. “They were forced into the fire early on, but they’re battle-tested.
” Now in her fourth season with the Black Knights, Traversi has the Black Knight off to a 6-1 start as they look to finish with a .500 record or better in t.