Game Information
Colgate (3-13, 1-2 PL) at Navy (5-10, 0-3 PL)
Sunday, January 8, 2017 | 2:00 PM (ET)
Annapolis, Md. | Alumni Hall (5,710)
Radio: 1430 AM / 99.9 FM WNAV
Radio: Sirius 93, XM 201, Sirius Internet 961
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The Navy men's basketball team (5-10, 0-3 PL) will host Colgate (3-13, 1-2 PL) on Sunday at 2:00 PM in Alumni Hall. Navy will seek to snap a four-game losing skid and earn its first league win of the season against the Raiders on Sunday.

Sunday's game will have free streaming video on the Patriot League Network and on navysports.com. Pete Medhurst and Michael Heary will handle the live video announcing duties and will also have the radio call on 1430 AM / 99.9 FM WNAV in Annapolis. The Navy-Colgate game will also be available on Sirius/XM with Gary Laing (play-by-play) and Frankie Allen (analyst) handling the announcing duties. The game will be carried on Sirius 93, XM 201 and Sirius Internet 961. Live statistics will also be available.

Midshipmen Storylines
• Navy (5-10, 0-3 PL) will seek to snap a four-game losing skid and earn its first league win on Sunday against Colgate.
• Navy is coming off a 71-53 loss to Boston U. on Thursday evening.
• Navy had a season-worst 27 turnovers and shot 39 percent (20-of-51) from the field.
• Junior guard Shawn Anderson led Navy with 10 points on Thursday.
• Senior Zach Fong scored eight points, junior Tom Lacey had four points with eight rebounds and senior center Edward Alade tallied six points and five rebounds.
• The loss against Boston dropped Navy to 0-3 in the Patriot League.
• Navy lost its first two Patriot League games of the season to Bucknell (59-55) and Holy Cross (51-50), despite leading at halftime in both contests.
• After averaging 65.9 points in its first 11 games of the season, Navy is averaging just 53.0 points in its last four games.
• Anderson leads Navy in scoring at 11.2 points per game. Anderson is the lone Mid averaging double figures this season.
• Anderson recently moved into the top-50 on Navy's all-time career scoring list with 713 career points.
• Anderson is four points away from tying David Hooper ('06) and Nick Marusich ('92) for 48th place at 717 career points.
• Anderson ranks second on the team in rebounds at 4.9 per game.
• Sophomore forward George Kiernan is second on the team in scoring at 9.0 points per game.
• Lacey is averaging 7.7 points and 7.5 rebounds.
• Lacey's 7.5 rebounding average is the highest by a Navy player since Jordan Sugars averaged 8.0 rebounds seven seasons ago in the 2009-10 season.
• Lacey ranks fourth in the Patriot League in overall rebounding (7.5) and is first in offensive rebounds per game (2.8).
• Sophomore guard Hasan Abdullah ranks sixth in the Patriot League in steals per game (1.7) and 10th in assists per game (2.6).
• 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 rebounds allowed per game (30.7).
• The Mids rank second in the conference in scoring defense (65.8.), second in rebounding margin (+3.6) and second in offensive rebounds per game (12.5).

Colgate Storylines
• Colgate enters Sunday's game at 1-2 in the Patriot League and 3-13 overall.
• The Raiders fell to Holy Cross, 67-61, on Thursday evening.
• Freshman forward Will Rayman (6-8, 200) scored a team-high 16 points with four 3-pointers.
• Senior guard Nathan Harries added 14 points and sophomore post player Malcom Regisford scored 11 points with nine rebounds.
• Junior guard Sean O'Brien added eight points and six assists.
• Rayman leads Colgate in scoring this season at 15.2 points per game.
• Rayman scored 34 points in a win over Lafayette on Dec. 30 and tallied 28 points in a loss at Penn State on Nov. 23.
• Rayman's 34 points against Lafayette set a school freshman single-game record.
• O'Brien is second on the team in scoring at 12.2 points per game and is sixth in the Patriot League with 4.4 assists per game.
• Junior forward Jordan Swopshire is third in scoring at 9.9 points.
• In addition to its win over Lafayette, Colgate's other wins this season came against Cornell and Division III Union (N.Y.).
• Matt Langel is in his sixth season as the head coach at Colgate.
• Langel succeeded current Navy assistant coach Emmett Davis in the head job at Colgate.

Series History vs. Colgate
• Navy and Colgate split the 2015-16 season series, each winning on the other team's home court.
• Navy posted a 71-68 overtime win at Colgate on Jan. 9 and the Raiders won in Annapolis on Feb. 6, 58-55.
• In the game at Colgate, Tim Abruzzo made a game-tying jumper to force overtime and Zach Fong went 3-of-4 at the free throw line in the final 13 seconds of overtime to clinch the win.
• Shawn Anderson scored a team-high 21 points, Fong finished with 11 points and 2016 graduate Will Kelly posted 12 points, eight rebounds and eight blocked shots.
• Colgate holds an all-time lead in the series of 34-27.
• Navy is 15-14 against Colgate in Annapolis, but the Raiders have won the last two games in Alumni Hall.

Looking Ahead
• Navy will play two road games next week.
• The Mids will play at Loyola (8-6, 2-1 PL) on Wednesday evening and at Lafayette (6-8, 2-1 PL) on Saturday afternoon.

Promotions
• The first 200 fans in Alumni Hall receive one free slice of pizza from Annapolis Area Papa John's as part of National Pizza Week!
• Make sure to be in attendance for our halftime act, the Amazing Volta Wheel. This is the world's first digital Pixel Wheel which will dazzle the crowd with LED lighting and high paced spinning!

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.