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Sunday, February 11, 2007
After weeks of teams sharing last place in the league standings, Lafayette no longer shares those undesirable digs after losing at home to Navy.
It was the Greg Sprink show Saturday in Easton. The Navy junior poured in 29 points to lead the Midshipmen to a 70-63 win over Lafayette and out of what had been a crowded cellar in the Patriot League.
The win, Navy's second in a row, moves the Mids (13-12 overall, 3-7 Patriot) into a tie with their archrivals from the U.S. Military Academy for sixth place, with the possibility it could become a three-way tie for fifth, pending the outcome of this afternoon's American-Colgate game in Hamilton.
It was Billy Lange's first coaching win in the Kirby Center and the first time Navy has won two in a row against Division I teams since the first week of December.
For Lafayette (8-17, 2-6) the loss extends their current skid to four straight setbacks with a visit to Bucknell looming Wednesday. The Leopards have lost 10 of their last 12.
Lafayette led early, jumping out to a 16-6 lead. Navy responded with a 19-3 run and never trailed the rest of the way. Lafayette cut the deficit to 2 twice in the second half but never managed to get the stop-and-score needed to get even.
As you'd expect in a game between two perimeter oriented teams that like to jack it up from the three-point arc, it was won by the team that shot the ball better. In a rarity for Lafayette, the Leopards dominated the boards, grabbing 40 rebounds to 30 for Navy, an holding an 11-4 edge on the offensive glass. But 19 Lafayette turnovers (to 12 for Navy) pretty much negated any edge in possessions.
Both teams fired up 52 shots from the field and 23 free throws. Predictably. half of the 104 combined shots came from outside the arc. The difference in the contest: Navy made three more field goals, including two more threes. The Mids were 19 for 52 from the field (42.3 percent), 10 of 23 (43.5 percent) from three-point range. Lafayette shot 29 treys, making 8 (27.6 percent). Overall, Lafayette was 19 of 52 (36.5 percent) from the field.
Matt Betley led the Leopards with a 16 point, 10-board double-double. It was Betley's second double-double of the season, the other coming when the two teams met earlier this season in Annapolis. Bilal Abdullah added 13 points and 9 rebounds for Lafayette. Andrew brown finished with 11 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.
Kaleo Kina added 10 points for Navy, which hosts Holy Cross Wednesday.
Box score | Express Times | Morning Call | Annapolis Capital
It was the Greg Sprink show Saturday in Easton. The Navy junior poured in 29 points to lead the Midshipmen to a 70-63 win over Lafayette and out of what had been a crowded cellar in the Patriot League.
The win, Navy's second in a row, moves the Mids (13-12 overall, 3-7 Patriot) into a tie with their archrivals from the U.S. Military Academy for sixth place, with the possibility it could become a three-way tie for fifth, pending the outcome of this afternoon's American-Colgate game in Hamilton.
It was Billy Lange's first coaching win in the Kirby Center and the first time Navy has won two in a row against Division I teams since the first week of December.
For Lafayette (8-17, 2-6) the loss extends their current skid to four straight setbacks with a visit to Bucknell looming Wednesday. The Leopards have lost 10 of their last 12.
Lafayette led early, jumping out to a 16-6 lead. Navy responded with a 19-3 run and never trailed the rest of the way. Lafayette cut the deficit to 2 twice in the second half but never managed to get the stop-and-score needed to get even.
As you'd expect in a game between two perimeter oriented teams that like to jack it up from the three-point arc, it was won by the team that shot the ball better. In a rarity for Lafayette, the Leopards dominated the boards, grabbing 40 rebounds to 30 for Navy, an holding an 11-4 edge on the offensive glass. But 19 Lafayette turnovers (to 12 for Navy) pretty much negated any edge in possessions.
Both teams fired up 52 shots from the field and 23 free throws. Predictably. half of the 104 combined shots came from outside the arc. The difference in the contest: Navy made three more field goals, including two more threes. The Mids were 19 for 52 from the field (42.3 percent), 10 of 23 (43.5 percent) from three-point range. Lafayette shot 29 treys, making 8 (27.6 percent). Overall, Lafayette was 19 of 52 (36.5 percent) from the field.
Matt Betley led the Leopards with a 16 point, 10-board double-double. It was Betley's second double-double of the season, the other coming when the two teams met earlier this season in Annapolis. Bilal Abdullah added 13 points and 9 rebounds for Lafayette. Andrew brown finished with 11 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.
Kaleo Kina added 10 points for Navy, which hosts Holy Cross Wednesday.
Box score | Express Times | Morning Call | Annapolis Capital
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