Game Information
Bryant (3-6) at Navy (3-6)
Tuesday, December 6, 2016 | 7:00 PM (ET)
Annapolis, Md. | Alumni Hall (5,710)
Radio: 1430 AM / 99.9 FM WNAV
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The Navy men's basketball team (3-6) will host Bryant (3-6) on Tuesday evening at Alumni Hall. Navy is 3-1 on its home court this season, with its only home loss coming to Ohio State (78-68) in the season-opening Veterans Classic on Nov. 11. Tuesday's game will have free live video on the Patriot League Network and on navysports.com. The game can also be heard on the radio on 1430 AM / 99.9 FM WNAV in Annapolis. Pete Medhurst and Michael Heary will handle the broadcasting duties on the live video stream and on the radio. Live statistics will also be available.

Midshipmen Storylines
• Navy (3-6) lost both of its games on its two-game South Carolina road trip last week.
• The Mids fell at College of Charleston, 70-64, on Thursday and then lost at Furman, 79-46, on Saturday.
• Navy fell to 0-5 in combined road and neutral games this season.
• However, Navy is 3-1 at home this season with its only loss coming against Ohio State in the Veterans Classic.
• Navy has defeated Washington College, UMBC and Penn at home this season.
• Sophomore guard Ryan Pearson led Navy with a team-high 13 points at Furman.
• Pearson made three 3-pointers against the Paladins.
• Pearson ranks third on the team in scoring at 9.1 points per game.
• Pearson has made a team-best 17 3-pointers on the season.
• Junior guard Shawn Anderson leads Navy with 12.3 points per game.
• Anderson has scored in double figures in 14 of his last 15 games for the Mids.
• Sophomore George Kiernan is averaging 8.1 points and sophomore Hasan Abdullah is averaging 7.7 points.
• Abdullah has made 16 3-pointers on the season and Kiernan has made 12.
• Abdullah ranks second in the Patriot League in steals per game (1.8).
• Junior forward Tom Lacey is averaging 6.6 points and a team-high 6.3 rebounds.
• Lacey ranks seventh in the Patriot League in rebounding (6.3).
• Navy ranks first in the Patriot League in rebounds allowed (28.8) and is first in rebounding margin (+3.7).
• However, the Mids rank last in the league in field goal percentage defense (.501), last in 3-point field goal percentage defense (.399) and turnovers per game (15.4).
• Navy has had 11 different players score in double figures in a game this season.
• Grant Vermeer has been nominated to the 2017 Allstate NABC Good Works Team.

Bryant Storylines
• Bryant (3-6) is coming off a 79-53 loss at Ohio on Saturday.
• Sophomore guard Nisre Zouzoua scored a team-high 16 points and made four 3-pointers, while freshman guard Adam Grant chipped in with 12.
• Freshman guard Ikenna Ndugba pulled down a team-high 10 rebounds against Ohio.
• Prior to the Ohio game, Bryant suffered a one-point loss to Brown, 91-90, and then defeated Yale, 79-70.
• Zouzoua scored a game-high 31 points in the game against Brown.
• Zouzoua leads Bryant with 22.1 points per game and Grant is second with 15.4 per game.
• Sophomore post player Marcel Pettway is averaging 8.1 points. Pettway was the NEC Rookie of the Year last season.
• Bryant was picked to finish third in the Northeast Conference preseason poll, behind Fairleigh Dickinson and Wagner.
• The Bulldogs were 8-23 overall last season and 5-13 in the Northeast Conference.
• Head coach Tim O'Shea is in his ninth season at Bryant.

Series History vs. Bryant
• The all-time series between Navy and Bryant is even at 1-1.
• Navy defeated Bryant, 69-59, in Annapolis on Dec. 10, 2012.
• Bryant defeated Navy, 90-80, in overtime on Dec. 14, 2013 in Smithfield, R.I.
• Senior guard Zach Fong, then a freshman, scored 21 points and set a Navy freshman record with seven 3-pointers.
• Fong hit two 3-pointers in the final 11.0 seconds of regulation to force overtime.
• Navy is 25-17 against schools in the Northeast Conference.

Looking Ahead
• Navy will continue its two-game homestand by hosting Columbia on Friday.
• Navy and Columbia will be meeting for the 36th time overall and for the first time since the 2004-05 season.
• Columbia leads the all-time series against Navy, 19-16.
• Columbia won the last meeting, 69-63, on Jan. 17, 2005, in Annapolis.
• Navy and Columbia first met in Navy's inaugural season in 1907-08.
• Columbia defeated Navy, 37-23, on Jan. 18, 1908.
• This will be just the third meeting between Navy and Columbia since 1959.

Promotions
• Faculty/Staff Night -- All USNA Faculty and Staff can receive up to four free tickets with proper ID at the Alumni Hall Ticket Office on game night.

Parking / Shuttle Information
All fans attending the game are encouraged to park at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Fans can enter Gate 5 off Taylor Ave. and pay $5 for parking. The shuttle is free and the pick up and drop off spot is in front of the Blue Angel plane. The shuttle will run from one hour before the start of the game to one hour after the game concludes. Fans ages 18 and over need photo ID to enter the Academy. Parking at the stadium is the best option for fans attending the game. Due to Naval Academy security restrictions, the general public can not drive their vehicles on to the Yard. The pedestrian entries at Gate 1, Gate 3 and Gate 8, will be open.