Game Information
Navy (10-10, 5-3 PL) at American (5-14, 2-6 PL)
Wednesday, January 25, 2017 | 7:30 PM (ET)
Washington, D.C. | Bender Arena (4,500)
Radio: 1430 AM / 99.9 FM WNAV & 1050 AM WBQH
Live Video | Live Stats | Game Notes

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The Navy men's basketball team (10-10, 5-3 PL) will play its fourth road game in five outings at American (5-14, 2-6 PL) on Wednesday at 7:30 PM in Bender Arena. Navy enters Wednesday's contest on a five-game winning streak and is coming off a 96-80 overtime win at rival Army on Saturday.

Wednesday's game will have free live video on PatriotLeague.TV and navysports.com. Pete Medhurst and Michael Heary will have the Navy radio call on 1430 AM / 99.9 FM WNAV in Annapolis and on 1050 AM WBQH, a sister station of WFED, in Washington, D.C. Live statistics will also be available.

Midshipmen Storylines
• Navy (10-10, 5-3 PL) is seeking a sixth straight win on Wednesday at American.
• Navy won its fifth straight game at Army on Saturday, 96-80, in overtime.
• Junior guard Shawn Anderson scored a career-high 30 points with six rebounds and five assists against Army.
• Junior guard Bryce Dulin tallied 21 points and 17 rebounds, while sophomore point guard Hasan Abdullah scored 21 points.
• Anderson, Dulin and Abdullah became the first Navy trio to score at least 20 points in the same game since David Robinson, Vernon Butler and Kylor Whitaker in 1985.
• Navy has won five straight games at Christl Arena and the Class of 2017 is the second straight class to go 4-0 at its rival.
• Navy opened the Patriot League season at 0-3 and is now in a four-way tie for second place in the conference with Boston U., Holy Cross and Lehigh.
• Navy lost its first seven games away from home this season, but has now won three straight road games at Loyola (75-62), Lafayette (88-51) and Army (96-80 OT).
• Navy has also defeated Colgate (67-55) and Lehigh (75-72) during its five-game winning streak.
• A win against American would give Navy a six-game conference winning streak for the second straight season. The last time Navy won seven straight conference games was during its 12-game conference winning streak that spanned the 2000 and 2001 Patriot League seasons.
• Anderson was named the Patriot League Player of the Week and the NAAA Athlete of the Week for his performances in Navy's wins over Lehigh and Army last week.
• In addition to his 30-point performance at Army, Anderson had 11 points, five rebounds and four assists in Navy's win over preseason favorite Lehigh.
• Anderson leads Navy in scoring (12.4) and assists (3.1) this season, while ranking second in rebounding (5.2).
• Anderson ranks 37th in program history in career scoring with 790 points.
• Sophomore forward George Kiernan is second on the team in scoring at 9.0 points per game.
• Abdullah ranks third in scoring (8.4), first in steals (2.1) and second in assists (3.0).
• Abdullah ranks 25th in the NCAA in total steals (41) and is 30th in steals per game (2.05). He ranks second in the Patriot League in steals per game.
• Dulin ranks fourth in scoring at 8.2 points per game and has averaged 16.0 points and 6.3 rebounds in Navy's last four games.
• In conference only game, Dulin leads the Patriot League in 3-point field goal percentage (.550). He is 11-of-20 on 3-pointers in league play.
• Junior forward Tom Lacey is fifth on the team in scoring at 8.0 points per game and is first in rebounding (7.3).
• Lacey ranks fourth in the Patriot League in overall rebounds per game (7.3) and is first in offensive rebounds per game (2.8).
• Lacey's 7.3 rebounding average is the highest by a Navy player since Jordan Sugars averaged 8.0 rebounds in 2009-10, seven seasons ago.
• Senior center Edward Alade is Navy's active leader in career games played with 108.
• Senior guard Zach Fong ranks 12th in program history with 124 career 3-pointers made.
• As a team, Navy ranks first in the Patriot League in rebounding margin (+4.5).
• Navy is second in the conference in scoring defense (65.4) and offensive rebounds per game (11.6).
• Navy is ranked 41st in the NCAA in scoring defense (65.4).
• In conference only games, Navy is first in the Patriot League in rebounding margin (+5.9) and offensive rebounds per game (10.5). Navy is second in scoring defense (62.6) and scoring margin (+7.2).
• 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.
• Navy is in its 26th season of Patriot League play.
• Navy's all-time Patriot League record is 164-194 (.458).

American Storylines
• American enters Wednesday's game on a short turnaround after falling at Holy Cross, 63-55, on Monday evening.
• The Eagles shot 50 percent from the floor, but committed 23 turnovers and shot just 5-of-12 from the free throw line.
• Sophomore Delante Jones scored a game-high 18 points with six rebounds.
• Freshman Mark Gasperini scored 11 points with four rebounds.
• Freshman guard Sa'eed Nelson leads American in scoring with 15.3 points per game.
• Nelson leads the Patriot League in steals per game (2.6) and plays a Patriot League-best 38.4 minutes per game.
• Jones is second on the team in scoring at 12.3 points and Gasperini is third at 11.4.
• American's two league wins came over Colgate in overtime, 67-64, and Lafayette, 71-57.
• American finished in a four-way tie for fourth place in the Patriot League last season with Navy, Colgate and Army. American advanced to the Patriot League Tournament semifinals before falling to Lehigh.
• Head coach Mike Brennan is in his fourth season at American. He led the Eagles to a Patriot League Championship and NCAA Tournament Appearance in 2014.

Series History vs. American
• American leads the all-time series against Navy, 45-39.
• American has won nine straight games against Navy at Bender Arena and 19 of the last 21.
• American is 17-3 all-time against Navy in the facility.
• Navy's last win at Bender Arena was Jan. 30, 2008. The Mids beat the Eagles, 77-66, behind 30 points from Greg Sprink.
• American swept the 2015-16 season series against Navy.
• American won 63-58 in Annapolis on Jan. 27 and 72-65 in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 24.
• Navy gave up a 14-point lead against American in the game at Bender last season.
• The Mids led by eight points with 7:12 left in the second half before American went on a 17-0 run to take control of the game.
• Navy will host American on Feb. 22.

Looking Ahead
• Navy will next host Holy Cross (11-10, 5-3 PL) on Saturday at 4:00 PM.
• The Navy-Holy Cross game will follow the annual Navy men's basketball Alumni Game, which will be played at 12:15 PM in Alumni Hall.
• Holy Cross defeated Navy, 51-50, on Jan. 2 in Worcester on a layup by Patrick Benzan with 0.1 second remaining.