Navy Men's Basketball Game Notes
 
Game Information
Navy (3-7 / 0-0 Patriot League) at Cornell (5-7 / 0-0 Ivy League)
Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018 * 1 p.m.
Newman Arena * Ithaca, N.Y.
 
Multimedia Information
Television –– None
Navy Radio –– WNAV (AM-1430 / FM-99.9, 1430wnav.com), WFED (AM-1500, federalnewsnetwork.com)
Satellite Radio –– N/A
Online Video Stream –– NavySports.com (ESPN+)
Live Statistics –– NavySports.com (Free)
 
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Five Starting Notes
• Navy will close both the 2018 calendar year and its pre-Patriot League slate of games with a Sunday afternoon contest at Cornell.
 
• The teams will be facing each other for the first time in 65 seasons.  The last game between the programs was a 69-67 win by the Mids over the Big Red in the second round of the 1954 NCAA Tournament.  Sunday's game also will be just the fourth in series history.
 
• Both teams will be playing a game for the first time in a little more than a week (Navy nine days, Cornell eight days).
 
• The lone common opponent to date between the teams is Delaware.  The Mids won an 80-65 decision over the Blue Hens and Delaware registered a 73-56 win over the Big Red.  Navy also has lost to Ivy League-foe Brown and Cornell has lost to Colgate and defeated Lafayette from the Patriot League.
 
• Navy will return home for the first time in 33 days when it opens league play Jan. 3 against Colgate.