The Navy and Boston U. men's basketball teams will close their 2023 regular season series against one another Wednesday night when the Terriers (9-10, 2-4) travel to Annapolis for a 7 p.m. game against the Mids (8-10, 1-5).

Five Starting Notes
1 – The road team in the Navy-Boston U. series has posted a 14-3 record in league regular season games.  The home team has won both league tournament games that have been played in the series.
2 – Navy's last three losses have been by a total of 16 losses.  Boston U.'s last three losses have been by a total of 17 points.
3 – Daniel Deaver is the lone player to rank among the top-10 players in the Patriot League in rebounds (10th / 5.78 rpg), assists (8th / 2.94 apg) and field goal percentage (8th / .512) this season.
4 – Wednesday's game will be the 799th as a head coach for Ed DeChellis.  That total ranks 22nd nationally among active head coaches for the most games as a head coach on the Division I level.
5 – Navy ranks second in the Patriot League and eighth in the NCAA in three-point field goal percentage.  Colgate leads the league and is tied for third place nationally in three-point field goal percentage.  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.

Attending the Game
• Fans without a Department of Defense ID card must park outside of the USNA and either walk through the gate one visitors center or ride the shuttle bus.  Shuttle bus service begins one hour prior to the start of the game.  It will depart from and return to the blue (west) parking lot at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (550 Taylor Ave., Annapolis, MD, 21401).

Last Game - Loyola 69, Navy 67
•    Navy led for the majority of the first half and turned a 36-29 halftime lead into a 48-32 lead with just under 17 minutes left on the clock.
•    After going 1-8 from three-point range in the first half, Loyola's fifth triple of the second half tied the game at 52-52. The Mids answered by taking leads of 56-52, 58-54 and 65-59, with the latter coming at the 2:57 mark.
•    The Greyhounds made their seventh and eighth, respectively, three-point baskets of the second half sandwiched around Navy missing the front end of the bonus to tie game at 65 with 1:42 remaining.
•    After the teams traded field goals, a Navy turnover game Loyola the ball with 40 seconds left.
•    The Greyhounds missed a shot, but in the scramble for the loose ball it was knocked out of bounds by Navy with 9.5 seconds left.  Loyola inbounded and Jaylin Andrews drove down the right side of the lane to score with 2.7 seconds left and give the Greyhounds their only lead of the afternoon.
•    Patrick Dorsey scored a career-high 18 points.
•    Navy was just 9-17 from the foul line.

About Boston U.
•    Boston U. has posted an overall record of 9-10 this season and is 2-4 in Patriot League play.  
•    The Terriers have lost their last three games by a total of 17 points (2, 6, 9, respectively).

Navy-Boston U. Series
•    Boston U. leads the all-time series with Navy by the count of 12-9.  This includes a 7-2 advantage in games played in Annapolis.  Both of those Navy wins in Alumni Hall occurred during the 2021-22 season.
•    Boston U. leads Navy, 9-8, in Patriot League regular season games played between the teams.  The Terriers also lead the Mids, 7-1, in league regular season games played in Annapolis.
•    Conversely, the Mids have posted a 7-3 record against the Terriers in games played in Boston, which includes a 7-2 record in league regular season games.
•    The teams originally met in the regional semifinal round of the 1959 NCAA Tournament. The Terriers defeated the Mids, 62-55 in overtime, in the game that was played in Charlotte, N.C.
•    The only additional meeting of the teams prior to Boston U. joining the Patriot League took place on Dec. 30, 1988, when the Terriers defeated the Mids, 75-54, in a game played in Santa Clara, Calif.
•    12 of the last 14 games in the overall series have been decided by single digits, including six that were determined by five or fewer points.

Miscellaneous Game Records
•    Navy has posted a 18-13 record in games played on Jan. 18.  This includes a 4-4 record in Patriot League regular season games played on the date.
•    The Mids have tallied a 60-70 record against teams located in Massachusetts.

Up Next
•    Navy begins back-to-back road games with a Saturday afternoon game at Army (1:30 p.m.).  The non-Star Game in the annual series will be televised nationally on the CBS Sports Network.
•    The Black Knights head into a Wednesday game at home against Bucknell with an 11-8 overall record and a 5-1 mark in league play.