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Friday, February 24, 2006
The dance card is set for the Lewisburg pod after American shut down Navy's high-scoring offense to clinch a spot for itself, and Lafayette, in the four-five game in the Patriot League Tournament.
The winner of Saturday's first round preview in Easton between American and Lafayette will determine which team gets to wear the home whites.
Navy, meanwhile, will host Colgate Saturday to determine which will be the six seed and which will be the seventh. The winner of that game will face the No. 3 seed on a neutral floor. The loser gets the No. 2 seed on the No. 2 seed's home court. Either way, the Mids are headed to either Lehigh or Holy Cross. That destination will be determined Sunday in the conference's final regular season game.
In this game, it was American's defense that made the difference. The Midshipmen came in the highest scoring team in the league, averaging better than 69 points per game. But American held Navy to its second-lowest scoring total of the season.
The Mids shot 18 for 50 from the field (36 percent) and made just 3 of 11 three-point tries. The Eagles did a particularly good job on Navy's Greg Sprink, the league's No. 3 scorer. Sprink's 10 points were five below his average, and most of those came at the foul line. From the field, Sprink was 1 for 6, his only bucket a three-pointer with 4:47 left to play that cut American's lead at the time from 24 points to 21. Sprink had gone off for 7 treys and 27 points when Navy beat AU the first time the two met.
American had 14 steals, including 4 by Derrick Mercer, and forced 20 Navy turnovers, which the Eagles converted into 27 points.
Arvydas Eitutavicius led American with 15 points. Andre Ingram added 12.
Carlton Baldwin and Sprink each had 10 for the Mids.
Navy captain, senior Matt Fannin, reinjured his knee and played only 16 minutes. Mids coach Billy Lange indicated Fannin might have been able to return had the game still been competitive.
The winner of Saturday's first round preview in Easton between American and Lafayette will determine which team gets to wear the home whites.
Navy, meanwhile, will host Colgate Saturday to determine which will be the six seed and which will be the seventh. The winner of that game will face the No. 3 seed on a neutral floor. The loser gets the No. 2 seed on the No. 2 seed's home court. Either way, the Mids are headed to either Lehigh or Holy Cross. That destination will be determined Sunday in the conference's final regular season game.
In this game, it was American's defense that made the difference. The Midshipmen came in the highest scoring team in the league, averaging better than 69 points per game. But American held Navy to its second-lowest scoring total of the season.
The Mids shot 18 for 50 from the field (36 percent) and made just 3 of 11 three-point tries. The Eagles did a particularly good job on Navy's Greg Sprink, the league's No. 3 scorer. Sprink's 10 points were five below his average, and most of those came at the foul line. From the field, Sprink was 1 for 6, his only bucket a three-pointer with 4:47 left to play that cut American's lead at the time from 24 points to 21. Sprink had gone off for 7 treys and 27 points when Navy beat AU the first time the two met.
American had 14 steals, including 4 by Derrick Mercer, and forced 20 Navy turnovers, which the Eagles converted into 27 points.
Arvydas Eitutavicius led American with 15 points. Andre Ingram added 12.
Carlton Baldwin and Sprink each had 10 for the Mids.
Navy captain, senior Matt Fannin, reinjured his knee and played only 16 minutes. Mids coach Billy Lange indicated Fannin might have been able to return had the game still been competitive.
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