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Thursday, January 18, 2007
Black Knights on a roll
Army's 60-55 win over American gave it back-to-back Patriot League wins for the first time since the 2000-2001 season.

It was Army's first win over AU in 43 years and gave the Black Knights (12-7 overall, 2-2 Patriot) 12 wins in a season for the first time since the 1986-87 season.

American led by 6 at the half, but faded after the intermission. Army started the half with an 11-3 run and broke it open with a 9-2 run that started with a Marcus Nelson dunk at the 3:37 mark. The Black Knights held on by canning 13 of 14 free throws in the final 1:24.

Jarrell Brown led Army with 19 points. Matt Bell added 17 and Cory Sinning had 10.

Arvydas Eitutavicius had 17 points and a team-high 7 rebounds for American (9-9, 1-3), which has now dropped 7 of its last 9 games. Andre Ingram added 10.

Both teams shot under 40 percent for the game (AU 18 of 47 - 38.3 percent; Army 18 of 48 - 37.5 percent), with American holding a 7-3 edge in three-pointers. But the Eagles were a horrid 12 of 22 (54.5 percent) at the foul line while Army went 21 of 30 at the stripe.

American also turned the ball over 20 times. But the most telling stat was the combined line of the Brayden Billbe and Paulius Joneliunas, who scored a total of 1 point between them. Billbe played just 14 scoreless minutes before fouling out.Box score | AP

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