Game #23 / Patriot League Game #12 • at Army West Point
Saturday, Feb. 10 • 1:30 p.m. • Christl Arena • West Point, N.Y.

Multimedia Information
Live Television and Streaming - CBS Sports Network / Jason Knapp, Mo Cassara
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 – Current Navy players have combined to score six career points in games against the Black Knights that were played in Christl Arena.  Austin Inge has scored four points and Mike Woods has scored two points.  Charlie Peterson leads current Army players with six career points against the Mids in games played Christl Arena.  Army as a team has totaled 30 career points against the Mids in games played in West Point.
2 – Six of the last seven games in the series have been decided by single digits.
3 – Saturday's game will be the 30th Army-Navy men's basketball game to be aired by the CBS Sports Network since its founding as CSTV in 2004-05.
4 – Navy's Ed DeChellis will be coaching in his 27th Army-Navy game Saturday.  That ranks second to Navy's Don DeVoe (29) for the most games by a head coach from either school in series history.
5 – Saturday's game will be Navy's fourth road game in a span of six games.  The Mids are in a middle of a stretch in which they play six road games in a span of nine game.

Game Information
•    The 141st Army-Navy basketball game will be played Saturday at 1:30 p.m. when the Mids (8-14, 4-7) travel to West Point to face the Black Knights (7-17, 3-8).
•    The Army-Navy women's game will tip at 11 a.m.
•    The game will be televised on the CBS Sports Network, with the stream of the telecast available to those who have subscribed to the network and can access it through a cable television package or other streaming offerings.
•    Locally, WNAV will carry the game.
•    Links to live statistics from the game can be accessed at NavySports.com.

Star Game
•    Saturday's game serves as the annual Star Game, part of the Star Series presented by USAA, between the teams.
•    Navy currently holds a 9-6-1 lead in the 2023-24 Star Series.  
•    The game also is the Army-Navy Alumni Trophy Game. 
•    The Alumni Trophy was first presented to the winner of the Star Game in 1984.  It consists of two 15-inch silver plates, one with the U.S. Military Academy seal and one with the U.S. Naval Academy seal.  It was a gift of Capt. Victor Delano, USN (Ret.), a 1941 alumnus of the Naval Academy.
•    Due to natural wear and tear of the casing over the years, the housing for the trophy was refurbished during the 2022 summer.

Last Game 
•    Hot shooting by Bucknell in the second half rallied the Bison for an 80-67 victory Wednesday in Annapolis.
•    Navy jumped out to 21-11 and 31-21 leads.  
•    The Mids held a 41-35 lead early in the second half before Bucknell went on a 22-7 run -- which closed with a 17-2 spurt -- to take a 60-48 advantage.
•    The Bison shot 70 percent from the floor in the second half, including a 6-10 effort from three-point range.
•    The Mids made five triples in the game and shot 44 percent from the field on the night.
•    Austin Benigni scored 18 points and Mitch Fischer scored 17 points.

About Army
•    Army enters the game with an overall record of 7-17 (4-8 at home) and a Patriot League record of 3-8 (1-4 at home).
•    The Black Knights snapped a three-game skid with a 68-57 win at Lehigh Wednesday night.

Army-Navy Series
•    The series between the two service academy teams began Feb. 21, 1920, when Navy won a 24-18 game at West Point.
•    The teams have met annually since that game except for the 1928-29 through 1929-32 seasons.
•    Navy holds an 85-55 advantage in the all-time series, which includes a 37-29 lead in games played at Army and a 25-10 lead in games played in Christl Arena.
•    Navy leads Army, 43-22, in Patriot League regular season games played between the teams.  This includes a Navy lead of 22-9 in league games played at Army, all of which have been played in Christl Arena.
•    Three of the last eight games in the series have gone to overtime, as have five of the last 16 games.
•    Fourteen of the last 19 games have been decided by single digits.  This includes seven games being decided by no more than five points.

Series Longevity
•    This is the 101st season in which Army and Navy are facing each other.  The only years in which the teams have not met since the first game in 1919-20 were the 1928-29 through 1929-32 seasons.
•    Navy has faced Army in more seasons than any other opponent. (Navy-Penn ranks second with 78 seasons.)
•    The 101 years of at least one Army-Navy game being played ranks second (Lafayette-Lehigh is in its 112th season) for the most seasons in which a Patriot League series has been contested
•    Army and Navy are meeting this year for the 92nd season in a row. That is the longest uninterrupted series among Patriot League programs. (Lafayette-Lehigh is in its 88th-straight season).
•    Army and Navy will play for the 141st time Saturday.  That ranks fourth for the most games played among Patriot League teams and first for the most games played by the Mids against an opponent.  (Lafayette and Lehigh will be meeting for the 244th time on Saturday.  The Mids will play their 104th game against American Wednesday).

Series Points Recently
•     The scoring between Army and Navy has been nearly identical over the last 15 games in the series.  
•    Navy is averaging 70.0 points per game in this span and Army is scoring at a 68.1 points-per-game clip.
•     The scoring has been especially close over the last number of games played in West Point.
•    Army is outscoring Navy 68.7-68.0 points per game over the last three games and 67.4-66.7 points per game over the last five games in Christl Arena.

Series Three-Point Field Goals Made
•    The team that has made MORE three-point field goals has posted an 12-10 record over the last 22 games and a 40-31 record since the introduction of the three-point shot (there have been five games in which the teams made the same number of triples).
•    Army made more three-point field goals in the first game of the season.
•    In the 76 games with a three-point shot, Navy is averaging 5.30 three-point field goals made a game against Army and the Black Knights are averaging 5.18 triples a game against the Mids.

Halftime Leads in the Series
•    The team LEADING at halftime has posted a 10-3 record over the last 13 games and a 59-17 record since 1974 (there have been three games in which the score was tied at halftime).
•    Navy led at halftime in the first game of the season.

Rebounding Leads in the Series
•    The team grabbing MORE rebounds has posted an 18-25 record over the last 45 games (there have been two games in which the teams grabbed the same number of rebounds) and a 46-42 record dating back to 1973 (there have been three games with the teams having the same number of rebounds).
•    Army grabbed more rebounds in the first game of the season.

Series Venues
•    Christl Arena will be playing host to its 36th Army-Navy men's basketball game on Saturday. 
•    That total ranks second to Navy's Alumni Hall (38) for the most games in the series to be played in a venue.
•    The eight different Army-Navy venues is tied for fourth for the most in a Navy series against an opponent.

Army-Navy on the Airways
•    Saturday's game will be the 30th Army-Navy game to be aired by the CBS Sports Network since its founding as CSTV in 2004-05.
•    Since the 1986-87 season, the series also has been televised by CBS (14), ESPNU (3), Home Team Sports (2) and Direct TV (2).
•    The Mids are playing their fourth game of the 2023-24 season on the CBS Sports Network.

Army-Navy Head Coaches
•    Navy's Ed DeChellis will be coaching in his 27th Army-Navy game on Saturday.
•    He ranks second to Navy's Don DeVoe (29) for the most games as a head coach from either school in the series.

On This Date
•    Navy has posted an 22-7 record in games played on Feb. 10.  This includes a 5-3 record in Patriot League games.
•    This will be the second Army-Navy game to be played on Feb. 10 (2018).

Against This State
•    Navy has posted a 233-188 record in games played against opponents located in New York.

In This State
•    Navy has posted an 80-107 record in games played in New York.
•    The Mids have compiled a 38-29 record in games played in West Point.

Up Next
•    Navy is back in Alumni Hall Wednesday for its first game of the season against American.

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 over 90 percent of the team's minutes since the start of the league season.
•    He currently stands second among Navy's highest percentage of minutes played during the Patriot League regular season.

At the FT Line
•    Navy ranked 343rd nationally during the 2022-23 season with an average of 13.5 free throws attempted a game, and 344th with an average of 9.5 free throws made a game.
•    In 2023-24, the Mids rank 117th nationally in free throws attempted (20.6) and 136th in free throws made (14.5) per game.  Those averages lead the Patriot League.
•    Compared to their foes this year, the Mids are +29 in free throws attempted and +22 in free throws made.

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 477-310 this year.
•    Navy ranks fourth in the Patriot League and 127th nationally in bench scoring this season.

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 5.9 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 59th nationally this season with an average of 12.23 offensive rebounds per game.

Second-Chance Points 
•    Navy has scored more second-chance points than its foes in 193 of the 286 games (67.5%) it has played since the start of the 2014-15 season.  
•    Navy has scored more second-chance points in 15 games this season.

Mike Woods Key on the Offensive Glass 
•     66 of the 191 career points (34.6%) scored by Mike Woods have been second-chance points.
•    Navy has scored on 40 of the 70 (57.1%) career possessions in which Woods has grabbed an offensive rebound.

Draper's Boards and Steals Remain High 
•    Navy has scored on 35 of the 68 (51.5%) possessions in which Donovan Draper has grabbed an offensive rebound.
•    Draper's offensive rebound average (3.23 org) currently ranks fourth by a Mid in a season since it became an official statistics with the 1986-87 season.
•    Draper's defensive rebound average (5.82 drpg) currently ranks second by a Mid in a season since it became an official statistics with the 1986-87 season.
•    Draper has grabbed 10 or more rebounds in 10 games this season.  That is tied for second for the most by a Mid during Navy's Patriot League era.
•    Draper also ranks among the leaders for the most double-doubles during Navy's Patriot League era.

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 fourth in the Patriot League and 276th in the country with an average of 65.7 possessions a game this season.
•    Army ranks 10th in the league and 355th out of 362 teams nationally with an average of 62.7 possessions a game.  
•    The first Army-Navy game of the year had 61 possessions.