Navy (6-14, 3-4 Patriot League) at Army (11-8, 5-2 Patriot League)
Sunday, Jan. 26 • 3:30 p.m.
Christl Arena • West Point, N.Y.

Series History
Overall: Navy leads, 85-56 / Patriot League: Navy leads, 43-23
Last Game: Army, 69-67 (ot) / Feb. 10, 2024 (West Point, N.Y.)
at Army: Navy leads, 37-30 / Patriot League: Navy leads, 22-10
Last Game: Army, 69-67 (ot) / Feb. 10, 2024

Broadcast Information
Video: CBS Sports Network / Jason Knapp, Mo Cassara
Navy Radio: WNAV, WFED / Joe Miller

Five Starting Notes
1 – Sunday's game is Navy's fourth road game in a span of six games. The Mids are in the middle of playing seven out of 10 games on the road.
2 – This is the 93rd straight season in which Army and Navy will meet, as well as the 102nd season in which the series will be played since the inaugural game in 1919-20.
3 – Four of the last nine games in the series have gone to overtime, as have six of the last 17 games.  Eleven of the last 15 games and 15 of the last 21 games have been decided by single digits. 
4 – In the last six games in the series to be played at West Point, Army is averaging 67.7 points per game (406 total) and Navy is averaging 66.7 points a game (400 total).
5 – Current Navy players have totaled 91 career points in 24 games played against the Black Knights.  Jalen Rucker scored 91 points in his six games played against the Mids during the 2021, '22 and '23 seasons at Army.

Game Information
•    Navy travels to New York State for the first of two games this year against Army.  The Mids and the Black Knights will tip at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in Christl Arena.
•    The game will be televised on the CBS Sports Network.  Jason Knapp and Mo Cassara will have the call. 
•    Locally, both WNAV and WFED will carry the game on the radio.  Joe Miller will be on the broadcast.

In Tribute to Pete Medhurst
•    Navy Athletics mourns the passing and celebrates the life of announcer Pete Medhurst, 55, who lost his fight to cancer on Jan. 20.
•    A member of the Navy broadcasting team since 1997, he filled in as the announcer for Navy men's and women's basketball games for several years prior to becoming the lead announcer for the men's team starting with the 2009-10 season.  He also served as the sideline reporter for Navy football games before becoming the play-by-play announcer in 2013.  He called 240 consecutive Navy football games through what would be his final game, the Oct. 26, 2024, Navy vs. Notre Dame game.  Medhurst additionally announced Navy men's lacrosse games for 26 seasons.
•    The versatile Voice of Navy Athletics called baseball, soccer, swimming and diving, track and field, volleyball, water polo and wrestling events and the Brigade Boxing finals as part of Navy's Patriot League Network and ESPN+ broadcasts. He also served as the host of the weekly Navy Sports Magazine Show.
•    A native of nearby Shady Side, Md., Medhurst also worked for the CBS Sports Network, Big Ten Network, HDNet, ESPNU and the Washington Nationals, was part of the studio show for the Baltimore Ravens, served as the track announcer for harness racing at Rosecroft Raceway and hosted a show on 106.7 The Fan and The Team 980 in Washington, D.C.

About Army
•    Army has compiled an overall record of 11-8 this year and has posted an 8-2 record in home games.
•    The Black Knights have won their last five games to improve their Patriot League record to 5-2.  Army has posted a 3-0 record in league home games.
•    After opening the league season with a 12-point loss at Colgate (71-59), the Black Knights have played five-straight games decided by single digits (25 points total).  This includes four games determined by no more than five points.

Series History
•    The two service academy programs first met on Feb. 21, 1920, in West Point.  The Mids emerged with a 24-18 victory in that inaugural game.
•    Navy leads the all-time series by a count of 85-56.  This includes a 37-30 lead in games played at Army and a 25-11 edge in games played in Christl Arena.
•    The teams have been fellow members of the Patriot League since the 1991-92 season.  Navy holds a 43-23 lead in league regular season games played by the teams.  The Mids also are in front of the Black Knights 22-10 in league games played at Army, all of which have been played in Christl Arena.

Close Games Are the Norm
•    Four of the last nine games in the series have gone to overtime, as have six of the last 17 games.
•    Eleven of the last 15 games and 15 of the last 21 games have been decided by single digits.  This includes eight of the last 19 games being decided by no more than five points.

Series Longevity
•    This is the 102nd season in which Army and Navy are facing each other.  The only four 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.
•    The 102 years of at least one Army-Navy game being played ranks second for the most seasons in which a Patriot League series has been contested
•    Army and Navy are meeting this year for the 93rd season in a row. That is the longest uninterrupted series among Patriot League programs.
•    Army and Navy will play for the 142nd time Sunday.  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 247th time on Jan. 25.

Series Points Recently
•     The scoring between Army and Navy has been nearly identical over the last 16 games in the series. (Army, 68.1 ppg; Navy, 69.8 ppg).
•     The scoring has been especially close over the last number of games played in West Point (Army, 67.7 ppg; Navy, 66.7 ppg).

Series Three-Point Field Goals Made
•    The team that has made MORE three-point field goals has posted a 13-10 record over the last 23 games and a 41-31 record since the introduction of the three-point shot (there have been five games in which the teams made the same number of triples).

Halftime Leads in the Series
•    The team LEADING at halftime has posted a 10-4 record over the last 14 games and a 59-18 record since 1974 (there have been three games in which the score was tied at halftime).

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

Series by U.S. President
•    18 of the last 19 U.S. Presidents have been in office during an Army-Navy game.
•    The only President since the series began to not be in office during an Army-Navy game was Herbert Hoover (1929-33).  He began March 4, 1933, as the President, but Franklin Delano Roosevelt was sworn into office in ceremonies that began at noon prior to the start of that day's 2:30 p.m. Army-Navy game.

Series Venues
•    Christl Arena will be playing host to its 37th Army-Navy men's basketball game on Sunday. 
•    That total ranks second for the most games in the series to be played in a venue (Alumni Hall, 38).

Army-Navy on the Airways
•    Sunday's game will be the 31st 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).

Army-Navy Head Coaches
•    Navy's Ed DeChellis will be coaching in his 28th Army-Navy game on Sunday.
•    He ranks second to Navy's Don DeVoe (29) for the most games as a head coach from either school in the series.

Navy to Wear NASA Uniforms
•    Navy will wear its NASA-inspired uniforms during the game.
•    Fifty-four United States Naval Academy graduates have gone on to become astronauts, the most of any institution. The first Naval Academy graduate to become an astronaut was Alan Shepard ('45), who was the first American in space (May 5, 1961) and was one of NASA's first seven astronauts. Shepard's second space flight was on Feb. 5, 1971, when Apollo 14 landed on the moon and he went on two moonwalks.
•    The Naval Academy Athletic Association and Under Armour partnered with NASA to use the official "meatball" logo to accurately recreate the spacewalk suit.
•    The white uniform with red stripes and the American flag mimic markings on the NASA spacewalk suit. The Helvetica font was used for the numbers and wordmark.  This typeface has been used by NASA extensively for decades, from the space shuttle to signage and printouts. It is one of the most ubiquitous typefaces in the world.
•    The shorts' side-panels feature the NASA astronaut pin which was adopted in 1963. It was first given to Mercury 7 astronauts. The silver pin is awarded to astronauts after completing basic training and the gold pin is awarded after completion of a spaceflight mission.

On This Date
•    Navy has posted a 18-7 record in games played on Jan. 26.  This includes a 5-4 record in Patriot League games.
•    There have been two prior Army-Navy games played on Jan. 26, both of which were played in Annapolis.  The Mids posted a 76-49 victory in 2000 and a 79-61 win in 2002.

Against New York
•    Navy has totaled a 233-190 record in games played against opponents located in New York.

In New York
•    Navy has totaled an 80-108 record in games played in New York State.  This includes a 38-30 record in games played in West Point.

A Look Back (Navy 62, Boston U. 47)
•    Navy used a 10-2 run to take an early 22-14 lead.  The Mids then closed the first half on a 9-0 run to build a 33-19 lead at halftime.
•    Navy extended to margin to 39-19 early in the second half as it held the Terriers scoreless for nearly eight minutes.
•    Boston closed to within 49-42 and had a three-point attempt on its next trip down the floor to cut into the deficit even more, but missed the shot.
•    It again was a seven-point margin at 51-44 when the Mids closed the game on an 11-3 run.  The Terriers missed 12 of their last 13 shots from the floor.
•    Austin Benigni led the Mids with 21 points.  Jordan Pennick and Jinwoo Kim each scored 13 points.

A Look Ahead 
•    It is a short turnaround for the Mids as they will leave again Tuesday night for a Wednesday game at Lehigh.

Service Assignments
•     Seniors at the Naval Academy learned of their future service assignments on Nov. 21.
•    On the men's basketball team, Mitch Fischer received Navy aviation (flight officer), Lysander Rehnstrom received Marine Corps (ground) and Kam Summers received Navy aviation (pilot).

Benigni Scores 1,000th Point
•     Austin Benigni became the 27th Mid to score 1,000 career points during Navy's Jan. 18 game at Bucknell.
•    He reached the milestone in his 81st career game.  That ranks him 12th for the fewest games to score 1,000 points.
•    13 Mids who have played all four seasons during the program's Patriot League era have scored 1,000 points.
•    Ed DeChellis has now coached seven Navy players who have scored 1,000 career points.
•    The last to do so was John Carter Jr., on Jan. 22, 2022.

The Flying Mids 
•    Navy is trying to play at a faster pace this season.
•    Using the adjusted tempo statistic (possessions per 40 minutes) on KenPom.com, the Mids are playing at their fastest pace during the Ed DeChellis-coached era (67.2 possessions a game, 188th in the NCAA).
•    Army is averaging 67.9 possessions a game to rank 154th.

Missing Home
•    Navy is in the middle of playing seven road games in a span of 10 games from Jan. 8-Feb. 8.
•    This also is Navy's fourth road game in a span of six games from Jan. 8-26, and Wednesday's game at Lehigh will make it five road games in a span of seven.
•     Navy will travel the second-most one-way miles for weekday regular season games this season during the Patriot League campaign.
•    Conversely, the Mids will travel the third fewest one-way miles for weekend league games.
•     Navy is the only team slated to travel for its first, second and third-longest road games of the league season on weekday games.  The Mids will play weekday games at Boston U., Colgate and Holy Cross this season.

Navy 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 ranked first in the Patriot League and 40th nationally during the 2023-24 season with an average of 12.45 offensive rebounds per game.
•    Navy stands first in the league and 120th nationally with an average of 11.55 offensive boards a game this year.
•    Aidan Kehoe (3.60 OR/G, 1st PL, 15th NCAA) and Donovan Draper (2.35 OR/G, 5th PL) rank among the league leaders in offensive rebounds.

Taking Good Care of the Ball 
•    Navy is once again doing a good job of not only taking care of the ball but also forcing turnovers.  The Mids again are ranked among the Patriot League and NCAA leaders in all three turnover categories.
•    However, Navy has struggled with turnovers over the last five games.
•    The Mids have committed more turnovers than their foes three times in this five-game span (one tie).
•    Also, Navy has scored fewer points after turnovers four times over the last five games.

Benigni's 20+ Point Scoring Streak
•    Twice this season Austin Benigni has scored at least 20 points in three consecutive games.  
•    He opened the year with 23 points at Saint Joseph's, 34 against Harvard and 23 against Rider.
•    Over the last three games, he has totaled 25 points against Colgate, 23 at Bucknell and 21 vs. Boston.
•    The last Mid to score at least 20 points in as many as three-straight games was Cam Davis, who did in three games in a row during the 2020-21 season.
•    The last time a Navy player scored 20 or more points in four-straight games was Greg Sprink, who attained it in seven-straight games in 2007-08.

At the FT Line – Austin Benigni / 2024-25 
•    Benigni ranks first in the Patriot League and 12th in the NCAA for free throws made (110).
•    He ranks second in the league and 25th in free throws attempted (129). 
•    He also ranks second in the league and 82nd nationally with a free throw percentage of 85.3 percent.
•    Benigni ranks third at Navy during the Patriot League era (1991-92 to present) and 20th in program history for the highest career free throw attempts per game average with 391 attempts in 82 games (4.76 fta/g).

Kehoe's Double-Double Run 
•    Aidan Kehoe saw his streak of double-doubles end at five when he registered six points and 11 rebounds Jan. 15 against Colgate.
•    The last Mid to have as many as five-straight double-doubles was David Robinson, who had 15 in a row (last 12 games of 1985-86, first 3 games of 1986-87).
•    Kehoe is tied for first in the Patriot League and tied for 46th in the NCAA with six double-doubles this year.
•    He has missed a double-double by one rebound in three additional games.

Kehoe on the Offensive Glass
•    Navy has scored on 25 of the 33 possessions (75.8%) in which Aidan Kehoe has grabbed an offensive rebound since the start of the 2025 Patriot League season.

Kehoe Lately 
•    Aidan Kehoe moved into the regular rotation during Navy's Feb. 21, 2024, game at Loyola and made his first start in the next game against Holy Cross.
•    He had totaled 26 points (1.0 ppg) and 40 rebounds (1.5 rpg) in 26 career games prior to taking to the floor against the Greyhounds.
•    Since then, he has totaled 258 points (9.9 ppg) and 228 rebounds (8.7 rpg). 

Pennick Lately
•    Jordan Pennick had appeared in 16 games prior to Navy's Feb. 17, 2024, game at Boston U., and totaled 26 points (1.6 ppg) and 18 rebounds (1.1 rpg).
•    Since then, he has scored 220 points (8.1 ppg) and grabbed 86 rebounds (3.2 rpg).