Game #18 / Patriot League Game #7 • at Bucknell
Wednesday, Jan. 24 • 7 p.m. • Sojka Pavilion • Lewisburg, Pa.

Multimedia Information
Live Streaming - ESPN+ / Doug Birdsong, Terry Conrad
Navy Radio - WNAV AM-1430, FM-99.9, www.iheart.com/live/999-wnav-9420, Audacy app / Pete Medhurst
Live Statistics - NavySports.com

Five Starting Notes
1 – The Navy-Bucknell series dates back to the 1919-20 season.  The teams have split the prior 88 games played.
2 – All but two of those 88 games have been played in either Annapolis or Lewisburg.  The other two sites have been Irvine, Calif., and Pensacola, Fla.
3 – Bucknell's Jack Forrest leads the Patriot League in scoring (16.5 ppg) and minutes played (36.1).  Navy's Austin Benigni ranks second in scoring (15.6 ppg) and third in minutes played (32.4).
4 – Austin Inge is the only current Navy player to have scored at least 10 points in career games played against the Bison (23). Three Bucknell players have totaled 10 or more points in their career against the Mids.  Elvin Edmonds IV leads the Bison with 22 points.  
5 – The 17 points scored by Mike Woods Saturday against Army marked the first time he held the Navy outright lead in scoring in a game.

Game Information
•    Navy returns to the road Wednesday night (7 p.m.) when the Mids (8-9, 4-2) play at Bucknell (6-13, 3-3) at Sojka Pavilion in Lewisburg, Pa.
•    ESPN+ will stream the game.
•    WNAV will carry the game on the radio.
•    Links to live statistics from the game can be accessed at NavySports.com.

Last Game 
•    In a typical low-scoring Army-Navy game, the Mids emerged with a 57-53 victory Saturday in Alumni Hall.
•    A back-and-forth game which had nine lead changes was tied for the sixth time at 49-49 with 5:25 left.
•    Navy took leads of 52-49 (2:59) and 54-51 (1:21), then had a 55-53 lead with 22 seconds remaining.  
•    Army's Charlie Peterson went to the foul line with 4 seconds left with a chance to tie.  He missed the first shot, then missed the second attempt intentionally.  Donovan Draper swooped in to grab the carom and he was fouled with 2 seconds left to play.  He made both foul shots to close out the scoring.
•    Each team nearly the same percentage from the floor (38%), three-point line (31%) and the charity stripe (51%).
•    Navy was 15-29 from the foul line and Army was 7-14.
•    The Mids held a 21-9 edge in points after turnovers. 
•    Mike Woods totaled a career-high 17 points and added eight rebounds.

About Bucknell
•    Bucknell has posted an overall record of 6-13 this season (2-6 in home games) and a 3-3 record in Patriot League games (1-2 in home games).
•    The Bison most recently dropped a 75-72 overtime decision at Lafayette on Saturday.
•    Each team has defeated Boston U., Holy Cross and Lehigh, and both have lost to Lafayette and Colgate.

Series History
•    Navy and Bucknell first met on Jan. 31, 1920, when the Mids earned a 15-13 victory in Annapolis.
•    This is the 48th season in which the teams are meeting.
•    The series is tied at 44-44.  Bucknell holds a 29-9 advantage in games played in Lewisburg.  This includes a 19-6 lead in games played in Sojka Pavilion.
•    Bucknell leads Navy, 35-29, in Patriot League regular season games played between the teams.  This includes a lead for the Bison of 23-9 in games played at Bucknell and a 15-6 lead in games played in Sojka Pavilion.
•    Navy has won the last nine games in the series, which includes a four-game winning streak at Bucknell.

On This Date
•    Navy has posted an 8-15 record in games played on Jan. 24.  This includes a 2-5 record in Patriot League games.
•    This will be the second Navy-Bucknell game to be played on Jan. 24 (2018).

Against This State
•    Navy has posted a 388-264 record in games played against opponents located in Pennsylvania.

In This State
•    Navy has posted a 76-137 record in games played in Pennsylvania.  The Mids have compiled an overall record of 9-30 in games played in Lewisburg.

Up Next
•    Navy will be in Alumni Hall Saturday for a 1 p.m. game against Loyola.

Benigni Rarely on the Bench Recently
•    Austin Benigni has been Navy's Ironman over the last number of games.
•    He has been on the court for 94 percent of the team's minutes since the start of the league season.
•    He currently is at Navy's highest percentage of minutes played during the Patriot League regular season.

Navy Bench Has Been a Strength
•    The Mids have received an average of at least 20 points a game from their bench since the start of the 2020-21 campaign.
•    The Navy reserve players have outscored their foes 406-232 this year.
•    Navy ranks third in the Patriot League and 99th nationally in bench scoring this season with an average of 23.9 points per game.

3-Point Percentage Low in Navy Games
•    Navy ranks 13th nationally in defensive three-point field goal percentage as opponents are shooting 28.2 percent from beyond the arc against the Mids. 
•    Navy ranks 332nd in the country in offensive three-point field goal percentage.  The Mids are making 29.0 percent of their three-point field goal attempts.

Positive Turnover Margin
•     Navy is on pace to again have a positive turnover margin (fewer turnovers committed than forced).
•    The Mids lead the Patriot League and rank 10th nationally with a 4.8 turnover margin this season.
•    The Mids are scoring an average of 6.2 points per game after turnovers more than their foes this year.

Good Again on the Offensive Boards
•     Navy has been very good over the last number of years at winning the offensive rebound margin.
•    The Mids rank first in the Patriot League and 87th nationally this season with an average of 12.00 offensive rebounds per game.

Second-Chance Points 
•     Navy has scored more second-chance points than its foes in 189 of the 281 games (67.3%) it has played since the start of the 2014-15 season.  
•     52 of the 154 career points (33.8%) scored by Mike Woods have been second-chance points.
•    Navy has scored on 32 of the 57 (56.1%) career possessions in which Woods has grabbed an offensive rebound.
•    Navy has scored on 31 of the 55 (56.4%) possessions in which Donovan Draper has grabbed an offensive rebound.
•    Draper's offensive rebound average currently ties him for third (3.35 orpg) by a Mid in a season since it became an official statistics with the 1986-87 season.
•    Draper's defensive rebound average currently ranks second by a Mid (6.24 drpg) in a season since it became an official statistics with the 1986-87 season.
•    Draper has grabbed 10 or more rebounds in nine games this season.  That ranks as one of the best among Mids during Navy's Patriot League era as the standard is 11 games.
•    Draper also ranks among the leaders for the most double-doubles during Navy's Patriot League era.  He has totaled seven double-doubles and the record is 10.
•    Draper ranks among the Patriot League and NCAA leaders in several statistics.

Statistic    No.    Patriot League    NCAA
Double-Doubles    7    1    30
Rebounds    163    1    51
Rebounds/G    9.6    1    28
Def. Rebounds/G    6.24    1    50
Off. Rebounds/G    3.35    1    30
Steals    44    1    17
Steals/G    2.59    1    8

Navy Pace 
•    Navy traditionally has been one of the more deliberate teams in terms of possessions per game under head coach Ed DeChellis.  
•    The Mids rank 266th in the country with an average of 66.3 possessions a game.
•    Bucknell ranks 311th nationally with an average of 65.2 possessions a game.