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Sunday, December 24, 2006
Hoyas put Midshipmen on ice
It's really no secret: when Navy does not shoot the ball well from the perimeter, it struggles to win and against Georgetown Saturday, the Mids shot horribly.

Navy has almost as many perimeter snipers on its basketball teams as it has ships in its fleet, but none could seem to find their range in the 65-44 loss to the Hoyas in the Verizon Center. The Mids, who never led, missed 12 of its first 13 shots, including 9 from the three-point arc, setting the tone for an afternoon where they went 15 for 48 (31.3 percent) from the field, 4 for 22 from the arc.

Greg Sprink (16 points) was the only Navy player in double figures, and he was just 4 for 11 from the field.

The Mids actually didn't play too poorly on defense. Georgetown only shot 43.2 percent (19 of 44). But Navy was no match inside for the Hoyas, who dominated the boards. Georgetown's 41-18 rebounding edge only tells half the story. The Hoyas actually grabbed the carom from more of its own misses than the Mids did, pulling down 15 offensive rebounds to 11 defensive rebounds for Navy.
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