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Navy to Play at Colgate on Saturday Afternoon

Jan. 8, 2016

Gameday Information
Navy (11-5, 2-1 PL) at Colgate (6-8, 2-1 PL)

Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016 at 2:00 PM (ET)
Hamilton, N.Y. | Cotterell Court (3,100)
Live Video: Patriot League Network
Live Statistics | Navy Game Notes
Navy Radio Network: 1430 AM / 99.9 FM WNAV, 1090 AM WBAL, 1500 AM WFED

ANNAPOLIS, Md. â€" The Navy men's basketball team (11-5, 2-1 PL) will continue its two-game road trip by playing at Colgate (6-8, 2-1 PL) on Saturday at 2:00 PM at Cotterell Court in Hamilton, New York. The Mids opened their road trip by defeating Boston University, 83-67, on Wednesday.

Free live video of the Navy-Colgate contest will be available on the Patriot League Network and on navysports.com and live statistics will also be available. Pete Medhurst will have the call on the Navy Radio Network and he can be heard in Annapolis on 1430 AM / 99.9 FM WNAV, in Washington, D.C. on 1500 AM WFED and in Baltimore on 1090 AM WBAL.

Midshipmen Storylines
• Navy (11-5, 2-1 PL) is playing its second straight road game after winning at Boston University, 83-67, on Wednesday evening.
• The win was Navy's first against Boston U. in seven meetings.
• Navy had five players score in double figure against the Terriers.
• Senior center Will Kelly, senior guard Tilman Dunbar and sophomore guard Shawn Anderson each scored 16 points against the Terriers. Sophomore forward Jace Hogan scored 13 points and junior guard Tim Abruzzo added 11 points.
• Dunbar also had five assists and four rebounds.
• Kelly blocked two shots to move into a tie for third place in school history with Cliff Maurer with 151 career blocked shots.
• The 83 points scored against Boston U. were a season-best for Navy and the team is 11-0 when scoring at least 60 points this year.
• Navy will be seeking a third straight conference win when playing Colgate on Saturday after beating Holy Cross and Boston U. in its last two outings.
• With a win against Colgate, Navy would be 3-1 in the Patriot League for a second straight season.
• Navy is in a three-way tie for second place in the Patriot League at 2-1 behind first-place Bucknell (3-0) and Loyola (3-0).
• At 11-5, Navy is off to its best start to the season since opening the 2008-09 season at 12-4.
• Navy is 6-1 in true road games this season.
• As of Jan. 7, of teams that have played at least six true road games, Navy (6-1) in road games) has the second-best winning percentage in the NCAA (.857), behind only Arkansas-Little Rock (7-1, .875).
• Navy ranks 14th in the NCAA in scoring defense at 61.8 points allowed per game.
• Kelly ranks 14th in the NCAA in total blocks (39) and is 24th in blocks per game (2.4).
• The Mids rank first in the Patriot League in overall games in scoring defense (61.8), field goal percentage defense (.413), rebounding defense (29.9), rebounding margin (+6.6), blocked shots per game (3.8) and offensive rebounds per game (11.9).
• Anderson ranks seventh in scoring in the Patriot League in conference-only games at 17.0 points.
• Navy needs just two victories to equal last season's win total of 13 and three wins to increase its overall win total for the fourth straight season under head coach Ed DeChellis.

Colgate Storylines
• Colgate enters Saturday's game at 6-8 overall and 2-1 in league play.
• The Raiders beat Lafayette (77-70) and American (56-37) in its first two games before falling at Holy Cross (65-63) on Wednesday.
• Senior guard Austin Tillotson led Colgate with 18 points, eight assists and six rebounds while playing 40 minutes against Holy Cross.
• Sophomore guard Sean O'Brien and senior guard Alex Ramon both scored 11 points against Holy Cross.
• Tillotson leads Colgate in scoring (12.6), assists (5.5), steals (1.7) and minutes played (34.6).
• Sophomore forward Jordan Swopshire is second on the team in scoring at 9.1 points per game and freshman center Malcom Regisford leads the team in rebounding (6.2).
• Colgate finished in second place in the league last season at 12-6 and advanced to the Patriot League Tournament Semifinals before falling to sixth-seeded American.
• Colgate graduated five of its top six scorers from last season, including All-Patriot League players Damon Sherman-Newsome and Ethan Jacobs.
• Head coach Matt Langel is in his fifth season at Colgate.

Series History vs. Colgate
• Colgate holds a 33-26 lead in the all-time series with Navy.
• Colgate ended Navy's season in Cotterell Court in each of the past two years. The Mids fell at Colgate in the Patriot League First Round in 2014 and in the Patriot League Quarterfinals last year.
• Both teams blew 15-point leads on their home courts last year in the regular season series. Colgate won in Annapolis, 65-53, and Navy won in Hamilton, 70-69.
• Navy rallied from 12 points down in the final 1:45 to pick up the victory at Colgate.
• Colgate beat Navy in the league's postseason tournament, 72-62.
• Current Navy assistant coach Emmett Davis was the head coach at Colgate from 1999 to 2011 and is the program's all-time leader in wins at 165.

Looking Ahead
• Navy will next host Loyola (4-10, 3-0 PL) on Wednesday at 7:00 PM in Alumni Hall.

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Players Mentioned

Shawn Anderson

#20 Shawn Anderson

Guard
6' 4"
Freshman
Jace Hogan

#44 Jace Hogan

Forward
6' 6"
Freshman
Tim Abruzzo

#35 Tim Abruzzo

Guard
6' 3"
Freshman
Will Kelly

#0 Will Kelly

Forward
6' 9"
Freshman
Tilman Dunbar

#10 Tilman Dunbar

Guard
5' 10"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Shawn Anderson

#20 Shawn Anderson

6' 4"
Freshman
Guard
Jace Hogan

#44 Jace Hogan

6' 6"
Freshman
Forward
Tim Abruzzo

#35 Tim Abruzzo

6' 3"
Freshman
Guard
Will Kelly

#0 Will Kelly

6' 9"
Freshman
Forward
Tilman Dunbar

#10 Tilman Dunbar

5' 10"
Freshman
Guard