Nov. 12, 2011

Recap | Final Stats

Navy 78, Longwood 70 | Nov. 11, 2011 | Farmville, Va. | Willett Hall (Attn: 1,779)

THE WIN...
... improved Ed DeChellis to 220-231 in his 16th year as a collegiate coach.
... improved Ed DeChellis to 1-0 in his first year at Navy.
... improved Navy to 77-28 (.773) in season openers.
... improved head coach Ed DeChellis to 12-4 (.750) in his season openers.
... improved Navy to 9-0 (1.000) vs. Longwood.
... improved Navy to 9-1 (.900) vs. Independents.
... improved Navy to 1,296-915 (.586) in its 105th season of basketball.

STARTERS
F -- J.J. Avila (19th career / 2nd cons.)
F -- James Loupos (10th career / 2nd cons.)
G -- Kevin Alter (1st career / 1st cons.)
G -- Isaiah Roberts (15th career / 1st cons.)
G -- Jordan Sugars (54th career / 19th cons.)

TEAM GAME NOTES
-- Navy snapped a three-game losing streak in season openers with the victory ... Navy's last win came in the 2007-08 opener vs. Longwood (88-72) ... Navy had lost its last three season openers by an average margin of 20.0 points per game.
-- Ed DeChellis becomes the first Navy head coach to win his debut since Dave Smalley won his first game to start the 1966-67 season ... DeChellis' win snapped a five-game head coach losing streak in their respective Navy debuts ... DeChellis has now won seven straight season openers.
-- Navy has now won all nine meetings against Longwood, the longest active winning streak against one opponent.
-- Navy shot over 50.0 percent for the first time since Jan. 22, 2011, vs. Army, a span of 10 games ... the 54.0 percent shooting percentage was the highest since Dec. 2, 2008, vs. Texas-San Antonio (71.4 percent) ... It was the highest in a road game since shooting 56.1 percent against Lehigh on Feb. 7, 2007.
-- Navy's 15 three-point attempts were the fewest since going 4-of-14 from behind the arc on Dec. 22, 2010, vs. Elon.
-- Navy's plus-7 rebounding margin was the largest in a road game since outrebounding Penn, 42-34, on Dec. 5, 2008.
-- Navy won for the first time in school history on Veterans' Day, now with a 1-2 record.
-- Navy is now 60-13 when shooting a higher percentage than its opponents since the start of 2004-05.
-- Navy had 20 assists on 27 made field goals, or on 74.0 percent of made field goals ... its the highest assist/FGM ratio against a Division I opponent since having 22 assists on 25 made field goals (.880) against Lehigh on Feb. 10, 2010.
-- Navy has made at least five three-pointers in 12 straight games ... Navy has made at least one three-pointer in 246 straight games.
-- Navy has started a Texas native in 119 straight games.
-- Navy sophomores accounted for 49 of Navy's 78 points ... in addition, the trio of Brennan Wyatt, Jordan Sugars and James Loupos accounted for 33 of Navy's 40 second-half points.

INDIVIDUAL GAME NOTES
-- Jordan Sugars recorded his 51st double-figure scoring game with a 21-point effort ... it marked his 19th 20-point game of his career ... Navy is 12-7 all-time when Sugars scores at least 20 points ... Sugars grabbed eight rebounds, leaving him three shy of 500 during his career ... his four assists were one off a career high ... Sugars has scored in double figures in eight straight games and in 26 of his last 27 outings dating back to last year ... Sugars, now with 158 career three-pointers, has made a trifecta in eight straight games ... in four career games against Longwood, Sugars averaged 14.8 points per game and 6.3 rebounds per game while shooting 22-of-37 (.595) from the field and 8-of-15 (.533) from three-point range.
-- James Loupos recorded his second career double-figure scoring game ... Loupos scored 10 of his 11 points in the second half ... his 11 points were one shy of a career high set against Seattle last year (Nov. 21, 2011; 12 points).
-- J.J. Avila recorded his 18th career double-figure game ... he just missed a double-double, grabbing nine rebounds and tying a career high with six assists ... he now owns six career "statsheet-stuffer games (games of at least five in three different categories) ... the rest of the team owns one (Sugars).
-- Brennan Wyatt recorded his fourth career double-figure game ... Navy is 3-1 when Wyatt scores 10 or more points ... Wyatt tallied eight points, all from the free throw line in the second half ... he was 7-of-8 in the final two minutes at the stripe.
-- Isaiah Roberts recorded his seventh career double-figure scoring game ... he scored nine of his 11 points in the first half.
-- Thurgood Wynn set a career high with six points.
-- Kevin Alter became the first Navy freshman to start a season opener since Corey Johnson started the 2004-05 season ... he joins Johnson and Bruce Grooms (1976-77) as the only freshmen point guard to start a season opener in school history.
-- Navy's three point guards (Alter, Wyatt and Jordan Brickman) combined for 12 points, eight rebounds and five assists against three turnovers in 40 minutes.

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