March 5, 2008

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BUCKNELL 87, NAVY 86 (3 OT)
PATRIOT LEAGUE TOURNAMENT QUARTERFINALS
ALUMNI HALL * ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND
Attendance: 2,158

* Navy lost its eighth straight Patriot League Tournament game, falling to just 4-11 in the quarterfinals / first round ... Navy lost for the first time in Patriot League Tournament history at Alumni Hall (now 9-1).

* The three overtime game was the first triple-overtime game in Patriot League Tournament history. The only other double-overtime game was in 1991 ... it was Navy's first triple-overtime game since Jan. 6, 1977 ... Navy's 27 overtime points set a new school record for most points scored in overtime ... Navy fell to 1-4 all-time in overtime games during the Patriot League Tournament ... Navy fell to 0-2 this year in overtime games ... the overtime game was the first time Navy and Bucknell went to overtime in their 55-game series history. It had been the most games against one opponent without an overtime contest.

* Navy's 40 three-point field goal attempts set a new Patriot League Tournament record, surpassing the 30 set by Colgate in the 1997 tournament, and were the second most in a game in school history... the Mids' 13 three-pointers set a new Navy Patriot League Tournament record and are tied for the sixth most in school history.

* Greg Sprink's 37 points were a new career high, marking the fifth time this year he has scored 30 points in a game ... it was the 16th most in a single-game in school history ... he is one of four players (David Robinson, Don Lange and John Clune) to have five 30-point games in a year ... his 37 points set a Navy Patriot League Tournament record ... his five three-pointers made tied the Navy PL Tournament record (shared by Chris Harris), as did his 11 made field goals ... his 28 field goal attempts set a Patriot League Tournament record and his 14 three-point attempts set a new Navy PL Tournament record (also shared by Chris Harris).

* Chris Harris tied a Navy PL Tournament record with eight assists ... the eight assists tied a career high ... Harris finished the season with 110 assists, tied the 17th most in school history ... he also finished with 58 steals, tied for the seventh most in a single season, and most by a sophomore ... lastly, his 91 three-pointers are a new school record.

* Greg Sprink finished his season with 653 points, the fourth most in school history, behind just David Robinson (1985, 1986, 1987) ... his 21.8 ppg scoring average was the ninth-best total in school history ... his 1,785 career points are the third most in school history ... his 15.9 ppg career average is the seventh-best average in school history ... he finished with 592 rebounds, the 11th most in school history and 254 assists, the 10th most in school history ... he also ranked high in career three-pointers (237, 1st), career three-pointers attempted (689, 1st), career field goals made (541, 7th), career field goal attempts (1,390, 3rd), career free throws made (466, 4th) and career free throw attempts (553, 8th) ... Sprink also finished with 85 career double-figure scoring games and 36 career 20-point games ... lastly, he started 105 games, tied for the second most in school history.

* Romeo Garcia scored a career-high 12 points and just missed out on a double-double with nine rebounds.

* Mark Veazey tied a Navy freshman record with four blocked shots ... he also set the Navy freshman single-season blocked shot record with 38.

* Chris Harris has scored in double-figures in 17 straight games, after his 17-point, eight-assist performance.

* Kaleo Kina finished with 105 assists, the 20th most in a season in school history ... his 54 steals tied for the 13th most in a season in school history ... Kina has 142 career steals, the fourth most in school history.

* Navy lost two in a row for the first time since Dec. 3-17, 2007.

* Navy set team season records in three-pointers made (288), three-pointers attempted (820), free throw percentage (.749), and were seventh in points (2,289), seventh in points per game (76.3), sixth in points per game allowed (73.3), third in field goal attempts (1,870), eighth in lowest field goal percentage (.406), fifth in steals (273), third in turnovers forced (568) and fourth in personal fouls (650).

* The trio of Greg Sprink, Chris Harris and Kaleo Kina combined to score 1,507 points this year, the fourth trio in school history to score 1,500 points, averaging 50.2 ppg ... the duo of Greg Sprink and Chris Harris scored 1,087 points this year, ranking fifth on the Navy duo list.

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