Game #3 • at UC San Diego 
Saturday, Nov. 18 • 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT • LionTree Arena • La Jolla, Calif.

Multimedia Information
Live Streaming - ESPN+ / Ted Mendenhall, John Kentera
Navy Radio - None
Live Statistics - NavySports.com

Five Starting Notes
1 – Navy is making its 10th trip to California and first since the 2010-11 season.
2 – Saturday's game will be the second for UC San Diego against a Patriot League team.  Last year's game in Annapolis between the Mids and the Tritons was the first.
3 – Navy has compiled a 1-2 record against current Big West Conference Teams.  The Mids last played a road game against a Big West team when they played at UC Irvine during the 2010-11 season.
4 – Navy has previously played games at San Diego-area schools San Diego State (1980-81, 1983-84, 2007-08), San Diego (1991-92) and the former US International (1980-81).
5 – Navy has had five players make the first start of their respective careers through the first two games of the season (Mitch Fischer, Jinwoo Kim, Mac MacDonald, Lysander Rehnstrom, Mike Woods).

Game Information
•    Navy (0-2) opens a two-game trip to Southern California with a Saturday (7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT) game at UC San Diego (3-0).
•    ESPN+ will provide a video stream of the game.
•    Links to live statistics from the game can be accessed at NavySports.com.

Last Game
•    Navy lost its home opener, 75-68, to Temple in the 10th edition of the Veterans Classic on Nov. 10.
•    The Mids fell behind by as many as 17 points (43-26) early in the second half, but were able to close to as few as three points (71-68) with 30 seconds remaining.
•    The Owls were 4-4 from the foul line in the closing seconds of the game to secure the win.
•    Temple outrebounded Navy, 38-35, and had a 16-10 edge in second chance points,
•    The Owls also forced 14 turnovers while committing just eight.
•    Donovan Draper totaled 12 rebounds, nine points, four steals and three assists.
•    Austin Benigni led the Mids in scoring with 13 points.

About UC San Diego
•    UCSD complied an overall record of 10-20 last season, its final year of reclassification from the NCAA Division II to Division I levels, and placed ninth in the 11-team Big West Conference with a 5-13 record.
•    The Tritons placed ninth in this year's Big West Conference Preseason Poll.
•    UCSD has opened this season with three wins, all of which have come at home.  The Tritons recorded a 95-87 win over Denver, a 69-63 win over San Diego and a 116-57 victory over NCAA Division III La Verne.

Navy-UCSD Series
•    Last year saw the playing of the inaugural game between the teams.
•    Navy posted a 78-69 overtime victory in Alumni Hall, exactly one year ago from the date of this year's game.
•    UCSD was just the second California team to play a game in Annapolis (Stanford, Dec. 22, 1995).

Navy vs. Big West
•    Navy has played three games against current members of the Big West Conference.
•    Prior to facing the Tritons last year, Mids lost a 95-88 game at Hawaii on Dec. 27, 1991, and dropped a 75-60 game at UC Irvine on Nov. 19, 2010.

UCSD vs. Patriot League
•    Last year's Navy-UCSD game marked the first game for the Tritons against a team currently in the Patriot League.

Volleyball Was There First
•    Saturday marks the first time the Navy men's basketball team will be playing in LionTree Arena.
•    However, they are the second Navy team to play in the venue.
•    The Navy volleyball team played three matches at UC San Diego Sept. 8-9, 2023.  The Mids posted 3-0 wins over Denver, UCSD and San Diego State.

On This Date
•    Navy has posted a 4-5 record on Nov. 18.

Against This State
•    Navy has posted a 2-12 record in games against opponents located in California.
•    This includes a 1-5 record against teams located in the San Diego area.

In This State
•    Navy has posted a 2-14 record in games played in California.
•    This includes a 1-9 record against California teams in games played in the state.
•    This also includes a 0-5 record in games played in California against teams located in the San Diego area.

Up Next
•    Navy remains locally for a few more days as the Mids will play at San Diego on Monday night.

Service Assignments Made
•    Seniors at the USNA learned of their service assignments on Thursday, Nov. 16.
•    Tony Atkinson received Marine Corps ground.  Upon graduation this May he will enter the Marines as a Second Lieutenant.
•    Austin Inge received Navy supply corps.  He will become an Ensign in the Navy on May 24, 2024.

Kim Was Rare Plebe Starter
•    Jinwoo Kim became the fourth Navy freshman to start the opening game of the season during the 13-year Ed DeChellis era.

Freshman to Start Season Opener Under DeChellis
2011-12    Kevin Alter at Longwood (3 rebs.)
2012-13    Tilman Dunbar, Marymount (8 pts., 7 asts.)
2018-19    John Carter Jr. at ODU (10 rebs., 8 pts.)
2023-24    Jinwoo Kim at Campbell (3 rebs., 1 pt.)

Four First-Time Starters in Opener
•    Jinwoo Kim joined Mitch Fischer, Mike Woods and Lysander Rehnstrom as Mids who made the first start of their respective careers in Navy's opening game at Campbell.
•    It is the first time since starts began being tracked with the 1982-83 season in which four Mids made their first career starts in a season opening game.
•    Additionally, Kim, Donovan Draper, Carnegie Johnson, Jack Medalie and Jordan Pennick all played in the first game of their respective careers against the Camels.
•    Mac MacDonald made the first start of his career in Navy's second game of the year against Temple.

Improvements at Halftime
•    Navy was a much stronger team, offensively and defensively, in the second half of its games during the first week of the season.

Points    First Half    Second Half
Navy    44 Pts.    22.0 PPG    72 Pts.    36.0 PPG
Opp.     73 Pts.    36.5 PPG    61 Pts.    30.5 PPG

Field Goal Pct.    First Half    Second Half
Navy    18-51    35.3%    25-60    41.7%
Opp.     27-57    47.4%    19-44    43.2%