Patriot League Tournament Final
No. 5 Navy (15-18, 10-8 Patriot League) at No. 2 American (21-12, 13-5 Patriot League)
Wednesday, March 12 • 7 p.m.
Bender Arena • Washington, D.C.

Series History
Overall: Navy leads, 55-52 / Patriot League Tournament: American leads, 4-2
Last Game: Navy, 68-60 / Feb. 26, 2025 (Washington, D.C.)
at American: American leads, 30-20 / Patriot League Tournament: Tied, 1-1
Last Game: Navy, 68-60 / Feb. 26, 2025

Broadcast Information
Video: CBS Sports Network / Jason Knapp, Mo Cassara, Keiana Martin 
Navy Radio: WNAV / Matt Sabados, Mike Heary
National Radio: Westwood One, Sirius 119, XM 203 / Pat McCarthy, Nick Bahe

Five Starting Notes
1 – Navy and American are meeting in a postseason tournament for the eighth time.  Wednesday's game will the first to be played out of the quarterfinal round.
2 – The Mids are in the title game for the second time in four seasons.  The Eagles last played in the championship game in 2015
3 – Navy is the first No. 5 seed to advance to the finals of the Patriot League Tournament.
4 – This is Navy's seventh Patriot League Tournament finals appearance and 11th trip to a conference championship game.  The Mids have compiled a 3-3 record in Patriot League finals and a 6-4 record overall in finals
5 – Navy is the sixth Patriot League team to win at least two road games to advance to the championship game of the tournament.  Most recently, Lehigh won a pair of road games to reach the 2024 finals.

Game Information
•    The Navy men's basketball team makes the short drive to Washington, D.C., Wednesday for the championship game of the Patriot League Tournament.  The tilt between the fifth-seeded Mids and the second-seeded American Eagles will tip at 7 p.m. in Bender Arena.
•    Jason Knapp (play-by-play), Mo Cassara (analyst) and Keiana Martin (sideline) will be the announcers for the noon telecast on the CBS Sports Network.
•    The game will be carried on Westwood One radio stations, as well as Sirius 119 and XM 203 with Pat McCarthy (play-by-play) and Nick Bahe (analyst) handling the broadcast.
•    Locally, Matt Sabados (play-by-play) and Mike Heary (analyst) will call the game on WNAV.

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. 

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 American
•    The Eagles have compiled a 21-12 record this season, which includes a 13-2 record in Bender Arena.
•    American shared the Patriot League regular season title with Bucknell as each posted a 13-5 record in league play.  The Eagles finished the league's regular season with an 8-1 record in home league games.  The lone loss was in the home finale to Navy.

Series History
•    Navy holds a 55-52 advantage in the series with American, which began Feb. 18, 1931.
•    The Eagles lead the Mids, 24-18, in their home games, which includes a 19-12 lead in games played in Bender Arena.
•    The teams have been fellow members of the Patriot League since the 2001-02 season.
•    The teams also met annually for seven years (1985-91) as members of the ECAC South Conference / Colonial Athletic Association.  
•    Fourteen of the last 21 games in the series have been decided by single digits.  

Navy-American Postseason History
•    American has posted a 4-2 record against Navy in Patriot League Tournament games. This includes the teams splitting the two prior games that have been played in both Annapolis and Washington, D.C.
•    This will be the first game between the teams out of the quarterfinal round of the tournament.
•    The teams also met in the quarterfinal round of the 1990 Colonial Athletic Association Tournament.  The Eagles defeated the Mids in that game.

Series Longevity
•    Navy has faced American the second-most times of any opponent in school history.  Game No. 108 will be Wednesday.
•    This is the 64th season in which American and Navy are facing each other.  That ranks third for the most seasons in which the Mids have played an opponent.

Series Trends
•    The team leading at halftime has posted a 34-6 record over the last 41 games (one game tied).
•    The team making more three-point field goals has compiled a 23-13 record over the last 37 games (one game tied).
•    The team with more rebounds has posted a 28-10 record over the last 40 games (two games tied).
•    Navy has finished with more rebounds in 18 of the last 24 games (two games tied).
•    The team with fewer turnovers has posted a 1-6 record over the last seven games, but a 16-10 record over the last 26 games.
•    Navy has finished with fewer turnovers in 12 of the last 14 games.

On This Date
•    Navy has posted a 1-2 record in games played on March 12.  

Against The District
•    Navy has totaled a 143-99 record in games played against opponents located in Washington, D.C. 

In The District
•    Navy has totaled a 25-39 record in games played in Washington, D.C. 

Road Warriors
•    American had posted a 8-0 record in Patriot League home games prior to Navy winning a 68-60 decision in Bender Arena on Feb. 26.
•    Boston U had won 12-straight home games until the Mids defeated the Terriers, 86-78, Thursday in the quarterfinal round of the league tournament.
•    Bucknell had won 12-straight home games against league foes until Sunday when the Mids won an 83-77 decision in Sojka Pavilion.

Mids Earn Another First Round Bye
•    Navy earned a first round Patriot League Tournament bye for the eighth time in the last nine years (2017-25). Colgate ranks first in this span with no first round games, followed by Navy with one.

Navy Improves Upon Poll Prediction
•    Navy's Patriot League Tournament seed (No. 5) was higher than its preseason poll prediction (No. 8).
•    The Mids have now bettered their poll prediction for the ninth time in the last 11 years (tied their prediction in the  other two years).

Patriot League Tournament Seeding Note
•    Navy is the first No. 5 seed to advance to the championship game of the Patriot League Tournament.
•    Navy is the sixth team to have won at least two road games to advance to the tournament final (Holy Cross won three road games to reach the 2016 final).

Navy Patriot League Tournament History
•    34th Patriot League Tournament
•    22-30 overall record
•    Three tournament titles
•    Three other finals appearances
•    4-18 record in road games
•    1-1 record in games played in Washington, D.C.
•    1-1 record vs. American in Washington, D.C.
•    3-3 record in championship games
•    0-3 record in road championship games
•    Fifth time as the No. 5 seed (3-4 record)
•    1-7 record vs. the No. 2 seed

American Patriot League Tournament History
•    24th Patriot League Tournament
•    29-20 overall record
•    Three tournament titles
•    Four other finals appearance
•    14-5 record in home games
•    3-4 record in championship games
•    2-1 record in home championship games
•    Fifth time as the No. 2 seed (7-4 record)
•    5-2 record vs. the No. 5 seed

Navy in Championship Games
•    Navy has posted a 3-3 record in Patriot League Tournament championship games, as well as a 6-4 record in all conference tournament finals.
•    The Mids have compiled a 1-3 overall record in true road game finals (0-3 in Patriot League).

Improving Down the Stretch
•    Navy was a much improved team over the last third of the Patriot League campaign.
•    The Mids posted a 5-7 record through 12 games of the season, but closed with a 5-1 record over the last six.
•    Navy improved to 7-1 record in the last eight games with its semifinal round win Sunday.
•    The lone loss for Navy in this span was a four-point setback at Colgate.

Mids Are Vertically Challenged
•    Navy leads the Patriot League is rebound (35.85 rpg) and rebound margin (2.2).
•    This is despite the Mids ranking as the shortest team in the country, according to KenPom.com.
•    Navy as a team averages 74.3 inches to rank 364th nationally.

A Look Back (Navy 83, Bucknell 77)
•    Navy used a 10-1 run to take an early 14-5 lead. The margin grew to 11 points (24-15) and dipped to three (28-25).  The Mids went into halftime with a 36-33 lead.
•    Navy built second half leads of 41-33, 50-39 and 55-43 with 12:40 remaining.
•    Bucknell rallied and took a leads of 60-59 and 63-61 with 4:49 left.
•    Donovan Draper made his third triple of the game to give the Mids a 64-63 lead, then Austin Benigni made two foul shots to give Navy a 66-63 lead with 2:50 to go.
•    Navy maintained slim leads down the stretch thanks to free throw shooting, specifically by Benigni.  He was 18-20 from the foul line in the last 3:31 of the game.  He scored 20 of his 24 points after halftime and also dished out seven assists.
•    Draper (12 points, 7 rebounds), Jordan Pennick (15 point), Jinwoo Kim (13 points) and Mike Woods (11 points, 7 rebounds, 4 steals) also scored in double figures.

Navy Semifinal Round Notes
•    The result ended Bucknell's 10-game home court winning streak and 12-game streak vs. league foes.
•    It was the first time a five seed beat a one seed in the tournament (was 0-11).
•    It was Navy's first postseason win at Bucknell (was 0-4 vs. the Bison and 0-5 overall).
•    It was Navy's second tournament victory against the league's top-seeded team (was 1-10).
•    Navy's 35 made foul shots ranks second for the most by a team in a Patriot League Tournament game.•    Austin Benigni's 20 made free throws broke the Patriot League and league tournament records for the most in a game.
•    His total also ranks second by a Navy player in any game.
•    The 20 made is tied for second in the NCAA this year.•    Benigni is 34-38 from the free throw line through two tournament games. That already has broken the league record for the most made foul shots in a tournament.

Navy Quarterfinal Round Notes
•    Then victory ended Boston's 12-game home winning streak.
•    The 86 points scored by Navy are the most by the Mids in a tournament game under head coach Ed DeChellis (previous high was 85 in OT win vs. Boston U. in 2022). 
•    Austin Benigni became the third Mid to score 30 or more points in a Patriot League Tournament game when he did so Thursday against the Terriers
•    It also tied him for fourth place for the most points by a Mid in any conference tournament game.

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 Earns Two League Postseason Honors
•     Austin Benigni received a pair of postseason accolades from the Patriot League this week.
•    He first garnered First-Team All-Patriot League laurels.
•    This season's first-team nod comes one year after he received second-team honors.
•    Benigni then was named to the Patriot League All-Academic Team for a second year in a row.
•    The junior computer science major carries a 3.33 cumulative grade-point average.
•    Benigni and Cam Davis (2020, 2021) are the only Mids to be named to the all-academic team multiple times since it was established with the 2010-11 season.

Draper's Rebounding of Late
•     Donovan Draper tied –– for the second time this season –– his career high of 16 rebounds during Navy's Feb. 23 game against Holy Cross.
•    He then snared 16 boards again in Navy's next game, Feb. 26 at American.
•    The last Mid to grab at least 16 rebounds in back-to-back games was Derric Turner, who had 16 boards against Jacksonville on Dec. 5, 1987, and 19 against Towson two days later.
•    Draper went on to snare 14 rebounds in the regular season finale against Loyola.  That gave him 46 rebounds in three games.
•    The last Mid with at least 46 caroms over a three-game span was Turner, who produced 49 boards from Dec. 5-8, 1987.

Pennick Named Player of the Week
•    Jordan Pennick was named the Patriot League Player of the Week on March 3.  It was the first weekly award of his career.
•    Pennick averaged 20 points a game in Navy's wins over American and Loyola.
•    He made six three-point field goals in scoring 22 points against the Eagles, then was 8-10 from the foul line with two more treys in totaling 18 points against the Greyhounds.
•    Pennick was 10-19 from the floor, 8-12 from three-point land and 12-16 from the foul line on the week.
•    Pennick was the third Mid to be named player of the week this season.  Austin Benigni earned the award on Nov. 11 and Donovan Draper followed on Jan. 6.
•    The only other season in which three different Mids earned the player-of-the-week award was in 2009-10 when O.J. Avworo, Chris Harris and Jordan Sugars all received the accolade.

Pennick on a Good Run
•    Jordan Pennick has scored in double figures in nine of Navy's 10 Patriot League wins and three times in Navy's eight league losses.
•    Pennick totaled a career-high 20 points in Navy's Jan. 26 game at Army.  He was 4-6 from three-point range and 5-8 from the floor in scoring 15 second-half points. 
•    He scored all 17 of his points in the second half Jan. 29 at Lehigh.  Pennick was 5-7 from three-point range and 6-8 from the floor in the second half.
•    He also tallied 17 points and five rebounds Feb. 15 against Army.
•    Pennick then set a new career high with 23 points in Navy's overtime victory against Holy Cross on Feb. 23.
•    The next game, Feb. 23 at American, he was 6-8 from three-point range in scoring 22 points.
•    Pennick would score 10 points in Navy's quarterfinal round victory at Boston U. and add 15 points in the semifinal victory at Bucknell.
•    He is averaging 15.4 points (216 total) and 35 rebounds a game (49) over the last 14 games.  Pennick is shooting 442 percent (73-165) from the floor and 38.9 percent (37-95) from three-point land in this span.

Rehnstrom is Captain of the Captains
•    Lysander Rehnstrom was selected as the captain of the Navy basketball team for the 2024-25 season in a vote by the members of the team.
•    All Navy team captains participated in a leadership weekend at Gettysburg in June 2024 in preparation for the upcoming year.  At the conclusion of the trip, Rehnstrom was voted as the "Captain of the Captains," or more officially the Athletic Team Commander.
•    This leadership role was first established in the 2005-06 academic year.  Rehnstrom joins Cam Davis (2020-21) as men's basketball players to hold the position.

DeChellis On Top Spot for Navy Coaches
•    Ed DeChellis set the school record for the most games as a Navy head coach Feb. 12.  The Lehigh game was his 418th on the sideline, which is one more than Ben Carnevale's 20-year total.
•    Navy's Jan. 2 win over American moved Ed DeChellis into third place for the most wins as a Navy head coach.
•    DeChellis coached in his 29th Army-Navy game on Feb. 15.  That tied him with Navy's Don DeVoe for the most games as a head coach from either school in the series.
•    DeChellis has posted a 9-5 record in Star Games.
•    DeChellis has moved into second place for the most conference tournament victories by a Navy head coach.

Davis Leads Patriot League Coaches
•    Navy assistant coach Emmett Davis is in his 30th    season as a Patriot League coach. That leads all men's basketball coaches for the most Patriot League seasons in a career (35 league seasons).
•    Davis also coached at Navy for five seasons (1987-91)
    prior to the Mids joining the Patriot League.
•    Davis also ranks third among active assistant coaches for the most years as an assistant at one school.

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 122nd nationally with an average of 11.27 offensive boards a game this year.
•    Aidan Kehoe (342 OR/G, 1st PL, 6th NCAA) and Donovan Draper (2.48 OR/G, T4th PL) rank among the league leaders in offensive rebounds.

Second-Chance Points 
•    Navy has regularly turned those second-chance opportunities into points. 
•    The Mids have scored more second-chance points than their foes in 12 of the last 16 games.  Navy has totaled 169 second-chance points (106 ppg) and allowed 112 7.0 ppg) in this span.

Three-Point Plays 
•    Austin Benigni, Donovan Draper and Aidan Kehoe lead the team for the most three-point play opportunities this year.
•    Benigni has had at least one three-point play opportunity in 31 career games as well as in 26 of the 64 games since the start of his sophomore year.

Benigni's 10+ Point Scoring Streaks
•    Austin Benigni saw his streak of 26 games with scoring in double figures come to an end when he scored eight points in 18 minutes of playing time Nov. 25 against Washington (Md.).  
•    His run of 26 games is tied for fifth place for the longest streak of scoring in double figures in school history.
•    Benigni enters the American game having scored in double figures in 17-straight games and in 22 of the last 24 games.  He has scored 466 points (19.4 ppg) over this 24-game span.

Benigni's 20+ Point Scoring Streaks
•    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.
•    Then from Jan. 15-22, he 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 it in three games in a row during the 2020-21 season.

500-Point Seasons
•    Austin Benigni has scored 620 points this season.
•    This is after he totaled 526 points in 2023-24.
•    He has become the fourth Mid to have scored 500 points in multiple seasons
•    His 620 points ranks among the most by a Mid for a season.

Points in a Patriot League Season
•    Benigni set the Navy record a year ago for the most points scored during a Patriot League regular season with 332.
•    He broke his own record with 342 points this season.
•    He ranks fourth with an average of 19.00 points per game in league play this season.
•    Benigni is one of seven Mids to have scored at least 700 career points in Patriot League regular season games.
•    Benigni ranks among the Navy leaders for career points scored in Patriot League Tournament games. He is in fourth place with 102.

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.
•    Benigni is in 17th place for the most career points by a Mid with 1,293 points.  

At the FT Line – Austin Benigni / 2024-25
•    Austin Benigni ranks first in the NCAA for free throws made this year (218).
•    He ranks first in the league and is tied for third nationally in free throws attempted (253). 
•    He also ranks first in the league and 57th nationally with a free throw percentage of 86.2 percent.
•    Benigni has set the Navy record for the most foul shots made in a season.
•    He ranks among the Navy leaders for the foul shots made in a career.
•    He also ranks among the Navy leaders for most foul shots attempted in a season.
•    Benigni ranks among the Navy leaders for career free throw percentage.

Benigni Leading in Points and Assists
•     Austin Benigni typically has led the Mids in either points or assists –– and occasionally both –– in a game since the start of the 2023-24 season.
•     He has 12 games this season with at least 10 points and at least five assists.
•    He has made (184) or assisted (142) on 326 of Navy's 817 field goals this season (40.0%).
•    In league games, that grew to 41.2 percent (107 made, 77 assisted, 447 FGM by team).
•     Benigni will become the third Mid to lead the team in total points and assists in multiple seasons since assists began being tracked with the 1972-73 season.
•     Benigni has become the eighth Mid with 1,000 points and 300 assists in a career.
•     Benigni also has posted the second 400-point, 100-assist season of his career and the 10th by a Mid.
•    Additionally, he has accounted for two of the four 500-point, 100-assist seasons at Navy.
•    Benigni enters the game leading the Patriot League in scoring and ranked second in assists.
•    Since the league expanded to 10 teams starting with the 2013-14 season, a player has finished among the top-three in both statistical rankings three times.

Draper's Steals and Rebounds
•    Donovan Draper spent the 2021-22 academic year as a football player at the Naval Academy Prep School.  He then was wide receiver at Navy on the 2022-23 team.
•    Draper, who was an all-county basketball player in high school, joined the Navy basketball team in the spring of 2023.
•    After going 994 days between his last high school basketball game and first as a Mid, he made an immediate impact as he ranked among the Patriot League and NCAA leaders in multiple statistical categories.
•    He ranks among the Navy career leaders in steals average with 110 steals in 64 games (seventh, 1.72).
•    Navy has scored on 88 of the 172 possessions (51.2%) in which Draper has grabbed an offensive rebound.
•    Draper ranks among the Navy leaders for the highest career offensive rebounding average.

Draper's Points and Rebounds
•    Donovan Draper has become the second Mid to have totaled over 500 points and 500 rebounds in their first two seasons with the team.
•    He is one of five Mids have posted 500 points and 500 rebounds by the end of their junior season.

Kehoe On the Glass at Army
•     Aidan Kehoe set several standards during Navy's Jan. 26 game at West Point.
•    He snared 20 rebounds on the afternoon, which broke the record for the most rebounds by a player in an Army-Navy game (19, Army's Kevin Ferguson, Feb. 20, 2016, 2 OT).
•    Kehoe is the first Mid to grab at least 20 rebounds in a game since David Robinson had 21 against James Madison on Jan. 10, 1987.
•    Through games of March 10, his 20-rebound total is tied for 11th for the most in the NCAA this season (the high by a player is 24).
•    The 20 boards also broke the Navy record for the most by a Mid in a league regular season game (19, Matt Fannin, American, Jan. 12, 2005).

Kehoe on the Boards
•    Navy scored on 40 of the 67 possessions (59.7%) in which Aidan Kehoe has grabbed an offensive rebound since the start of the 2025 Patriot League season.
•    Kehoe has broke a tie with David Robinson for the most offensive rebounds in a season by a Mid.
•    Kehoe currently ranks third at Navy for the most defensive rebounds in a season.
•    Kehoe surpassed teammate Donovan Draper for the most rebounds in a season by a Mid during the program's Patriot League era.
•    Kehoe has set a new school record for the most rebounds in a Patriot League regular season.
•    Kehoe ranks first at Navy for the highest rebounding average in a Patriot League regular season.

Kehoe Shooting
•    Kehoe ranks second at Navy for the highest field goal percentage in a single season
•    Kehoe made 17-straight field goal attempts over the last four games.
•    He ranks second for the most consecutive field goal attempts made by a Mid.

Kehoe Over the Last Year 
•    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 352 points (9.0 ppg) and 344 rebounds (8.8 rpg). 

Pennick Over the Last Year
•    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 419 points (10.5 ppg), made 72 three-point baskets (1.80 fgm/g) and grabbed 134 rebounds (3.4 rpg).

Woods Lately 
•    Navy's 7-1 record down the stretch coincided with Mike Woods having a resurgence on the court.  
•    He scored in double figures in four of the last eight game, shot 75.0 percent from the floor in this span and recorded 17 steals.
•    Woods recorded seven steals in Navy's March 1 game against Loyola.  That tally was one away from tying the mark for the most by a player in the NCAA this season (eight steals in a game has been achieved nine times).
•    It also places him in a tie for third for the most steals by a Mid in a game in school history and a tie for second for the most in a league regular season game.