The Navy men's basketball team will make the short drive to Baltimore on Saturday for a 5 p.m. game between the Mids (8-9, 1-4) and Loyola (6-12, 1-4).

Five Starting Notes
1 – Navy won both games against Loyola last year, but those two wins were by a total of three points.  That continued the trend of close games between the teams as 12 of the last 13 games in the series were decided by single digits.
2 – Navy and Loyola first met 113 seasons ago (1909-10), but this is only the 33rd season in which the teams are facing each other.  This year marks the 10th season of the teams competing as members of the Patriot League.
3 – Loyola is the fifth team from Maryland Navy is playing this season.  The Mids previously played Coppin State, Mount St. Mary's, Towson and Washington College.
4 – Seven returning Mids have already set single-season scoring highs this year, with Patrick Dorsey (needs six points) and Sean Yoder (needs three points) each on the verge of joining them in doing so.
5 – Navy ranks second in the Patriot League and is tied for eighth in the NCAA in three-point field goal percentage.  Colgate lead the league and ranks fifth nationally.  The Patriot League as a whole ranks first among all conferences in three-point field goal percentage.

Game Day Info
•    The game will be streamed on ESPN+.
•    The game will be carried on WNAV (AM-1430, FM-99.9, www.wnav.com, Audacy app).
•     Live statistics will be available through NavySports.com.

Last Game - Lafayette 59, Navy 50
•    Navy took a 31-27 lead at halftime.  The Leopards made eight field goals and were 8-14 from the foul line while the Mids made 12 field goals and were 3-6 from the free throw line.
•    Lafayette scored the opening nine points of the second half to take a 36-31 lead.
•    Navy drew to within one at 39-38, then had a game-tying field goal attempted down 44-42 that missed the mark.  The Leopards stretched their lead to 52-42 and led by at least six points the rest of the way.
•    Navy was held to a season-low 19 second-half points and 50 points for the game.  The Mids were 0-12 from three-point range in the second half, and ended the game 6-13 from the foul line.  Lafayette was 15-25 from the free throw line for the game.
•    Daniel Deaver scored 15 points (7-10 from the floor).

About Loyola
•    Loyola has posted an overall record of 6-12 this season and is 1-4 in Patriot League play.  The Greyhounds have compiled home records of 3-4 overall and 0-2 in league play.
•    Loyola snapped a four-game losing streak with a 67-57 win at Bucknell Wednesday night.

Navy-Loyola Series
•    Navy holds a 34-10 advantage in the all-time series with Loyola.  The Mids lead the Greyhounds, 11-6, in games played in Baltimore.  This includes an 8-6 advantage in games played in Reitz Arena.
•    Navy leads Loyola, 14-5, in Patriot League regular season games played between the teams.  The Mids hold an 5-4 advantage in league regular season games played in Baltimore, with all of those games being played in Reitz Arena.
•    The teams originally met during the 1909-10 season when Navy defeated Loyola, 36-10, in Baltimore.
•    Navy won both games last season, winning 56-55 in Baltimore and 52-50 in Annapolis.  
•    Each of the last five games in the series that have been played in Baltimore have been decided by single digits.  Those five games have been decided by a total of 31 points and an average of 6.2 points per game.
•    12 of the last 13 games overall have been decided by single digits (an average of 6.0 points per game), with six of those games determined by five or fewer points.

Miscellaneous Game Records
•    Navy has posted a 19-14 record in games played on Jan. 14.  This includes a 4-6 record in Patriot League regular season games played on the date.
•    The Mids have tallied a 192-75 record against teams located in Maryland.

Up Next
•    Navy returns home Wednesday night (7 p.m.) to close out its season series with Boston U.  
•    The Terriers head into a Saturday game at home against Army with a 9-9 overall record and a 2-3 mark in league play.  Their last two games have been road losses by a total of eight points to American and Colgate.