WEST POINT, N.Y. -- Josh Scovens made three free throws with 1.8 seconds left in overtime to give Army (8-17, 4-8) a 69-67 win over the Navy (8-15, 4-8) men's basketball team, Saturday afternoon at Christl Arena in West Point. The game served as the annual Star Game, part of the Star Series presented by USAA.

"Our team fought," said Navy head coach Ed DeChellis.  "We had great grit down nine, came back and made our free throws and made big plays. I am proud of this team.  We didn't make the last play.  We made a mistake, but there are plays throughout the game we should have made and didn't.  Then maybe it wouldn't come down to the last play.  Give them (Army) credit.  Their kid caught the ball, turned and got the foul he needed.  I feel bad for our guys, but we are going to continue to fight and live for another day, continue trying to get better as a team and hopefully will be playing our best basketball at the end of February and March.  That's all you really can do.  I feel bad for our guys.  They worked hard and fought and had a chance to win."

Navy held a 31-30 lead at halftime and expanded the margin to five points at 35-30 and 37-32 in the early stages of the second half.  The offense for the Mids cooled for a period after that and soon Army held leads of 41-37 and 48-41.  The Black Knights eventually built nine-point leads at 54-45 (6:36 left) and 56-47 (3:44 remaining).

Donovan Draper totaled five points on the ensuing two possessions, then Austin Benigni scored on a layup with 1:22 left that drew the Mids to within 56-54.  Navy fouled Abe Johnson with 1:06 still to play, but he missed the front end of the bonus.  Navy misfired on its next offensive opportunity, then forced the Black Knights into a shot clock violation with 19.6 seconds still to play.

Following a Navy timeout, the Mids gave the ball to Benigni who drove down the right side of the lane.  His running attempt missed the mark, but Draper was there for the offensive board.  His twisting putback attempt missed, but he was knocked to the ground on the play with 4.7 seconds left.  Draper had to leave the game due to falling on his back.  Army selected Mitch Fischer to shoot Draper's foul shots and he made both attempts to tie the game at 56.

Army's desperation three-point shot before the buzzer missed, to send the game into overtime.

Navy briefly held a 59-58 lead early in the extra session, but Army took a 62-59 advantage with two minutes remaining.  The lead for the Black Knights hovered between one and three points, which included a 66-63 lead with 6.1 seconds left.  Benigni was fouled on the inbounds pass, and he walked to the other end of the floor and made both foul shots to make it a 66-65 game with 5.2 still to play.

The Mids then forced a turnover on the Army inbounds pass, which went out of bounds with 4.2 seconds left.  Once the Mids inbounded themselves, Mac MacDonald was fouled with 2.9 seconds remaining.  He made both attempts to place Navy in front, 67-66.

Army threw a three-quarter court inbounds pass to Scovens in front of the three-point.  He was fouled as he turned to shoot with 1.8 seconds remaining.  His scoring ended the game.

Navy shot just 28 percent from the floor in the second half (7-25), but clawed back into the game thanks to a 10-15 effort from the foul line after halftime.  The Mids ended the game shooting 33.3 percent from the field, 5-22 (22.7%) from the three-point line and 22-29 (75.9%) from the charity stripe.

Army shot 41.7 percent from the field in the second half (10-24) and 60 percent in overtime (3-5).  The Black Knights totaled a 48.1 percent shooting night (25-52), which included a 7-16 effort from the three-point line (7-17).  Army also was 12-20 from the foul line (60%).

Benigni led Navy with 15 points, Inge totaled 14 point and Fischer tallied 11 points.  Draper just missed a double-double with 14 rebounds and nine points.

Navy will play host to American Wednesday night.