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Sunday, January 22, 2006
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Army at Navy, 1 p.m.: Last year Army was one of the worst four teams in all of Division I, winning just 1 of 24 games. But that win came against Navy. Welcome to the basketball version of the Civil War. The two teams have split in each of the last two seasons. Last year each held serve at home; the year before the road team won each game.

In other words, this is all but impossible to predict because Army-Navy games are not always decided simply by the talent on the rosters.

If it were, Navy would appear to have the edge, with its fleet of backcourt talent. But the Mids have struggled since their best post player, Matt Fannin, went down with a knee injury and Army has played better since Jarell Brown returned after missing five games with an injury of his own. The Mids have lost 4 of their last 5 without Fannin.

Certainly Navy is one of the few teams Army can expect to match up with in the frontcourt.

Brown is Army's leading scorer, averaging 14.2 points per game. Matt Bell is also in double figures, averaging 13.7 ppg, but the junior guard is only hitting at a 38 percent clip from the field, 29 percent from the arc.

Navy's starting backcourt trio of Greg Sprink (13.9 ppg), Corey Johnson (13.4 ppg) and Kaleo Kina (10.7 ppg) are each averaging in double figures.

Both teams are looking for their first conference win. Army has been closer, losing two games by a combined total of 5 points in road games at Lehigh and American its last two times out.

Navy comes in off a 71-65 non-league win Tuesday over Longwood.

In addition to being the league's weekly CSTV game, this one can also be heard on Sirius satellite radio on station 117.
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