PROVIDENCE (Interstat) — Kya Smith had 22 points, 10 rebounds and five assists to lead Army past Brown 81-56 on Thursday in a women’s NCAA Division I basketball game at Pizzitola Sports Center. The Black Knights, the visiting team, improved to 2-0. The Bears, the home team, fell to 0-2 before an announced attendance of 389.

Army scored 81 points from 71 possessions and finished with an offensive rating of 114.0. Brown scored 56 points from 70 possessions and had an offensive rating of 80.0. The Black Knights shot 28 of 60 from the floor, 14 of 26 from three-point range and 11 of 17 from the free-throw line. The Bears shot 22 of 55 from the floor, 3 of 17 from beyond the arc and 9 of 19 from the line.

Army had 11 offensive rebounds to Brown’s seven and blocked three shots. Both teams finished with seven assists. The Black Knights committed 14 turnovers, and the Bears committed 13.

Army scored 26 points in the first quarter, 11 in the second, 25 in the third and 19 in the fourth. Brown scored 14 in the first, 15 in the second, 10 in the third and 17 in the fourth.

Kya Smith opened the scoring with a layup, and after Brown tied the game on a Charlotte Adams-Lopez layup, Camryn Tade hit a 3-pointer to put Army ahead. Gia Powell answered with a stepback jumper and Adams-Lopez made a pullup jumper to give Brown a 6-5 lead. Tade hit another 3-pointer, Kya Smith made a jumper off a turnover, Hastick connected from three-point range and Kya Smith made a layup and free throw before Tade capped a 13-0 run with a layup for an 18-6 Army lead. Nalah Smith stopped the run with a layup and a turnaround jumper, but Audrey Annee hit two 3-pointers and a driving layup late in the quarter. Powell made a stepback jumper at the end of the period, and Army led 26-14 after one and never trailed again.

Brown cut into the lead in the second quarter. Isabella Wesley made a 3-pointer, Brooke Wilson made one free throw and Adams-Lopez made one free throw before Kya Smith made a layup. Powell made a turnaround jumper and a free throw, and Nalah Smith made a layup to pull Brown within 29-23. Annee made a 3-pointer, Morgan Ross made a jumper, Annee made one free throw, Tade made a pullup jumper, Ross made a layup, Kya Smith made a layup and Powell made a pullup jumper before halftime. Army led 37-29 at the break.

Brown’s Wesley made a free throw to begin third-quarter scoring, but Army answered with an 8-0 run. Hastick made a 3-pointer and a layup, and Taylor Wilson hit a 3-pointer to push the lead to 45-30. Morgan Ross made a layup for Brown, but Annee made consecutive 3-pointers, Tade added a 3-pointer and Kya Smith made two layups as Army pulled away. Aima Ofunrein made one free throw for Brown, Hastick made one free throw for Army and Caitlyn Kramer hit a 3-pointer and a free throw for the Bears. Army outscored Brown 25-10 in the third quarter and led 62-39 after three quarters.

Kya Smith made a tip-in layup and a free throw early in the fourth, Brooke Wilson made a layup and Reganne Reardon made a jumper to extend Army’s lead to 69-39. Nalah Smith made a free throw and a layup, and Kya Smith made two free throws. Morgan Ross made a layup, a free throw and a tip-in layup, and Kya Smith made two more free throws. Erin Reid made a layup for Brown, Reardon made a 3-pointer for Army, Monet Witherspoon made a layup for Brown and Kramer made a 3-pointer to cut the gap to 76-54. Jane Preston hit a 3-pointer for Army, Kramer made two free throws and Daniela Maletsky made two free throws to close the scoring.

Kya Smith, a 6-foot-1 forward from Lubbock, Texas, who previously played at Coronado High School, added one block in 31 minutes. She followed a 16-point, six-rebound effort in the season opener against St. Thomas Aquinas. Annee, a 5-foot-9 guard from Center Grove, scored 21 points in 23 minutes. Tade, a 5-foot-9 guard from Carroll Senior High School, had 13 points, seven rebounds, three assists and one block in 33 minutes. Hastick added nine points, eight rebounds and four assists in 27 minutes. Reganne Reardon scored five points to go with two rebounds and two assists in 15 minutes. Taylor Wilson had three points, four rebounds, two assists and one block in 28 minutes, and Brooke Wilson had three points, four rebounds and two assists in 22 minutes.

Army made 14 3-pointers, with Annee hitting six, Tade hitting three, Hastick hitting two, and Taylor Wilson, Reardon and Preston each hitting one. Brown made three 3-pointers, with Wesley hitting one and Kramer hitting two. Army’s 11 offensive rebounds helped it finish with 60 field-goal attempts and 17 free-throw attempts. Brown had seven offensive rebounds, 55 field-goal attempts and 19 free-throw attempts.

For Brown, Nalah Smith, a 6-foot-3 forward from Evangelical Christian School, had 13 points, four rebounds and one assist in 23 minutes. Morgan Ross, a 6-foot-1 forward from Head-Royce School, scored 11 points with six rebounds and one assist. Caitlyn Kramer, a 5-foot-9 guard from Pinewood School, added nine points, one rebound and two assists in 18 minutes. Nalah Smith and Ross combined for 24 points and 10 rebounds. Brown opened the season with a loss at Siena.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Brown 61, Army 60. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Brown with a 59.7 percent probability to win.