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Thursday, January 25, 2007
Shooters? We don't need no steenking shooters
There are reasons American and Navy were tied for last in the league heading into last night's game.

One of those was on full display during the Eagles 55-46 win over the Midshipmen in Bender Arena.

The two teams combined to go 30 of 99 (30.3 percent) from the floor in a game decided at the foul line.

American was not exactly stellar at the charity stripe, shooting just 60 percent from the line. But the Eagles (18 of 30) got to the stripe 18 more times than Navy, negating the Mids 11 of 12 performance.

Take either team off the line and put a defender on them and the results differed dramatically. American was 16 for 53 (30.2 percent) from the field, 5 of 22 from three-point range. Navy shot 14 for 46 (30.4 percent) from the field, 7 of 24 at the arc.

Andre Ingram led the Eagles with 18 points and 9 rebounds. Brayden Billbe added 11 points off the bench.

Greg Sprink was the only Mid in double figures, finishing with 16 points and 9 boards.

Billbe was one of three usual starters benched at the beginning of this one. Looking for better matchups against Navy's perimeter-oriented offense, Jeff Jones inserted Arvydas Eitutavicius, 6-5 soph Jordan Nichols and little used 6-5 senior Sekou Lewis -- who had played in only 9 of the first 19 games, averaging 2.7 minutes -- into the starting five. Out of the lineup were Billbe, Linas Lekavicius and Travis Lay. It was the first time all season and the second time in two seasons Billbe and Lekavicius did not start.
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