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Monday, February 06, 2006
(Originally posted Sunday at 11:37 p.m., links added at 7:53 a.m.)
Using the word "hero" in a report on a game between two teams full of guys who are training to make a living in the hero business almost seems trite.
But how else would Navy fans describe Greg Sprink, who hit a three to send the game into overtime, or Midshipmen captain Matt Fannin hitting the game-winner, playing on a knee that belongs in an orthopedic surgeon's office, not on a basketball court.
It was a tight game throughout, as might be expected by a pair of teams that seem evenly matched, playing for a kind of pride that few college athletes can understand. There were 14 ties and 18 lead changes. Neither team led by more than 7 points.
Sprink's tying trey came with 1:32 to go in regulation. He added another three, and a pair of free throws, to account for 5 of Navy's 10 points in OT. Sprink finished with 23 points. Fannin added 10.
Matt Bell led Army with 18 points, but he missed a free throw that could have put Army up by 4 prior to Sprink's tying bucket and did not score in the extra session. Jarell Brown added 15 points, but like Bell, did not score in OT. Corban Bates scored all 6 of the Cadets points in OT, finishing with a double-double, 11 points and 14 rebounds.
Using the word "hero" in a report on a game between two teams full of guys who are training to make a living in the hero business almost seems trite.
But how else would Navy fans describe Greg Sprink, who hit a three to send the game into overtime, or Midshipmen captain Matt Fannin hitting the game-winner, playing on a knee that belongs in an orthopedic surgeon's office, not on a basketball court.
It was a tight game throughout, as might be expected by a pair of teams that seem evenly matched, playing for a kind of pride that few college athletes can understand. There were 14 ties and 18 lead changes. Neither team led by more than 7 points.
Sprink's tying trey came with 1:32 to go in regulation. He added another three, and a pair of free throws, to account for 5 of Navy's 10 points in OT. Sprink finished with 23 points. Fannin added 10.
Matt Bell led Army with 18 points, but he missed a free throw that could have put Army up by 4 prior to Sprink's tying bucket and did not score in the extra session. Jarell Brown added 15 points, but like Bell, did not score in OT. Corban Bates scored all 6 of the Cadets points in OT, finishing with a double-double, 11 points and 14 rebounds.
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