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Wednesday, February 21, 2007
AU gets one at Bender
American will open the playoffs at home after clinching the fourth seed with a win at Navy.

Four guys hit in double figures for the Eagles (14-13 overall, 6-7 Patriot) in the 71-60 win in Annapolis. Andre Ingram led AU with 16 points. Derrick Mercer added 15, Linas Lekavicius had 12 and Arvydas Eitutavicius finished with 10 for AU.

The Eagles shot 53.5 percent(23 of 43) from the field, including 5 of 13 from three-point range. AU was 20 for 26 at the foul line.

Navy struggled from the field, hitting just 19 of 57 (35.3 percent). Take Greg Sprink, who led all scorers with 23 points, out of the Navy box score and the rest of the Mids shot 298 percent from the field (13 of 46). Navy was 8 for 30 from the arc, 14 for 19 at the foul line. Sprink accounted for 9 of the made free throws (and 11 of the shots taken).

Freshman Trey Stanton, who came off the bench for the first time all season, had 12 points and 7 rebounds. Stanton, who has started in each of Navy's 27 pervious games, yielded his spot in the lineup to Calvin White for Senior Night at Alumni Hall.

Navy was within two late in the first half when American went on a 10-3 run to go into the intermission up 27-18. The Eagles then opened the second half with a 7-0 run and never led by less than 9 points the rest of the way.
Box score | Washington Post

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