Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Andre Ingram led American at both ends of the floor in a big win over Army.

Ingram scored a game-high 15 points to lead the Eagles (13-13 overall, 5-7 Patriot) to the 64-49 win.

On defense Ingram spent much of the night matched up with Army's leading scorer, Jarrell Brown, helping limit Brown to 6 points on 2 for 12 shooting.

His teammates did not shoot much better. Army (13-13, 3-8) turned the ball over more times (18) than it managed to put it in the net. The Black Knights went 15 for 44 from the field (34.1 percent), just 1 for 11 from the three-point arc.

AFter a 26-24 first half, Ingram hit a three to start the second, then combined a short time later with three others on the 10-0 AU run that put the game away early in the second half.

Brayden Billbe scored 4 of his 13 points in that run. Billbe also had 8 rebounds. Sophomore point Derrick Mercer added 10 for the Eagles, who were 21 of 46 (45.7 percent) from the field, 5 for 17 on threes.

Doug Williams led Army with a 13-point, 11 rebound double-double. Matt Bell added 10 for Army.

The win, coupled with Colgate's loss to Lehigh, puts American one game up on fifth-place Colgate (4-8) in the race for the fourth host spot in the first round of the playoffs. American closes the season with games at Navy and home against Lafayette. Colgate travels to Holy Cross after Saturday's non-league BracketBusters game at Marist. The Raiders close at home hosting Navy.>br>Box score

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