Nov. 20, 2007
Box Score
ANNAPOLIS (AP) -- Greg Sprink finished with 17 points to lead Navy to a 71-60 win over Canisius Tuesday night.
Sprink, the Mids' high-scorer for the season, scored 13 of his points over the game's final seven minutes as Navy broke a 49-49 tie with an 8-0 run.
The win snapped a three-game losing streak for Navy (2-3) and kept the Golden Griffs winless (0-3) for the season.
In his first career start, junior Brian Richards had a career-high 15 points and six rebounds. Kaleo Kina added 10 points. Adam Teague had eight rebounds for Navy, which controlled the boards 42-36.
Frank Turner led Canisius with 19 points. Elton Frazier added 11 points and Javon Robinson 10 points for the Griffs.
Canisius committed 30 turnovers in the game and shot just 35.7 percent in the second half.
Canisius shoot 72 percent over the first 10 minutes of the game to open an early lead, but failed to score over the final four minutes of the half. Chris Harris' jumper with 32 seconds left ended a 7-0 Navy run and put the Mids up 33-32 at the half.
The Mids led by 44-38 with 11:55 to play, but the Griffs rallied to tie the score at 49 on Javon Robinson's 3-pointer.
Navy countered with an 8-0 run, Sprink hitting a free throw then adding a basket off a steal and layup. Kina added a score and Sprink three free throws with 5:03 to play to put Navy ahead to stay at 57-49.
