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Sunday, January 14, 2007
Charity begins at home for Navy
It was a balmy 65 degress out Saturday in Annapolis, but it was much colder inside Alumni Hall.
Two teams that live and die by the jump shot hooked up in Annapolis and neither distinguished itself from the field. But Navy got to the foul line 25 times and made 20 to beat Lafayette 60-44.

Coming in, the two teams were No. 1 and No. 2 in the league in three-pointers made per game. You would not have known it watching this game. Lafayette was 5 for 25 from the arc, part of an overall 16 for 52 (30.8 percent) effort that would have looked even worse if not for Matt Betley's 8 for 12 night.

Take Betley, who finished with a 19-point, 12-rebound double double, out of the equation and Lafayette was 8 for 40 (20 percent) from the field. Betley also shot half of Lafayette's 14 free throws, making 3 of his 7. Lafayette was 7 of 14 as a team.

Navy was barely better from the field -- 17 of 54 (34 percent), 6 of 20 at the arc. But in addition to their free throw shooting, the Mids forced 24 Lafayette turnovers.

Greg Sprink led the Midshipmen with 23 points, thanks to a 10 for 10 night at the charity stripe. Adam Teague was also in double figures with 10 points for Navy (11-7 overall, 1-2 PL).

The only place in the box score Lafayette (7-11, 1-2) had an edge was in rebounding (40-37).

It gets no easier for either team. Lafayette hosts Bucknell Wednesday while Navy will be at Holy Cross.
Box score | AP | Annapolis Capital

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