ARMY PREVIEW
WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point women's basketball team hosts Navy on Saturday, Jan. 21 at 11 a.m. The game will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network and will kick off an Army-Navy doubleheader, as the men's teams will face off at 1:30 p.m.
HOW TO FOLLOW
ARMY vs. NAVY
TELEVISION • CBS Sports Network
RADIO • 1420 WLNA-AM/1260 WBNR-AM
VIDEO • None
AUDIO • Knight Vision • GoArmyWestPoint.com
LIVE STATS • sidearmstats.com/army/wbball
GAME NOTES • Army
TICKETS • Army vs. Navy
TWITTER • @ArmyWP_WBB
STORYLINES
Army and Navy will meet for the 67th time on Saturday, with the Black Knights owning a 34-32 lead in the rivalry.
Sophomore Madison Hovren has led Army in scoring in 15 of 18 games this season, but the Black Knights have had a different leading scorer in each of their last three games. Hovren led the way with 30 points at Colgate (1/11), junior Destinee Morris had a team-best 16 points against American (1/15) and sophomore Jess Lewis scored a career-high 22 points to lead the Cadets at Holy Cross (1/18).
THE ARMY-NAVY SERIES
Army controls a 34-32 advantage in its all-time series versus Navy. The rivalry began at the Dartmouth-Burger King Invite on Jan. 18, 1981, with the Cadets earning a 65-48 victory. Army has won three straight in the series, dating back to a 58-46 victory in Annapolis on Feb. 7, 2015.
ARMY (14-4, 5-2 PATRIOT LEAGUE)
• Lewis paced the Black Knights with a career-high 22 points and junior Aliyah Murray posted her third career double-double with 13 points and a career-best 14 rebounds to lead Army to a 67-59 win at Holy Cross on Wednesday.
• The Black Knights held a 48-46 lead entering the fourth quarter, but began the fourth with seven unanswered points and never trailed the rest of the way.
• Along with her 22 points, Lewis also set a career standard with six three-pointers on a 6-for-10 shooting night from long range.
• Army outrebounded Holy Cross 49-38, thanks to the 14 rebounds from Murray and nine more from Hovren.
NAVY (13-5, 6-1 PATRIOT LEAGUE)
• Navy comes in winners of six straight, including a 66-64 buzzer-beating victory at Lehigh on Wednesday.
• Taylor Dunham buried a three-pointer as time expired to give the Mids the two-point win.
• Dunham and Ashanti Kennedy each scored 12 points against Lehigh, while Hannah Fenske led the team with 14 points.
• Navy is the Patriot League's highest scoring team entering the weekend, with an average of 70.8 points per game.
UP NEXT
The Black Knights take a week off from competition before returning to the court on Saturday, Jan. 28 to face Patriot League-leading Bucknell for a 6 p.m. contest in Lewisburg, Pa.
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NAVY PREVIEW
Navy Women's Basketball Game Notes
Game Information
Navy (13-5, 6-1 Patriot League) at Army West Point (14-4, 5-2 Patriot League)
Saturday, Jan. 21 • 11 a.m.
Christl Arena • West Point, N.Y.
Multimedia Information
Navy Radio –– WNAV-AM 1430 (10:45 a.m.)
National Television –– CBS Sports Network Live Video –– None Live Statistics
Game Notes
The Last Meeting
| Army | 49 |
| Navy | 34 |
February 20, 2016
Annapolis, Md.
| Mids Fall at Home to Black Knights It took a game-closing 9-0 run before Army West Point separated itself from the Navy women's basketball team for good in a 49-34 victory by the Black Knights over the Mids Saturday at Alumni Hall in Annapolis. |
Recap | Box Score | Photo Gallery
The Game
Navy will play its middle game of a three-game road stretch Saturday when the Mids play at Army West Point. The 11 a.m. game in Christl Arena will be televised nationally on the CBS Sports Network, which means there will not be an online video stream of the non-Star game. Locally, WNAV-AM 1430 will provide live coverage of the game starting at 10:45 a.m., and NavySports.com will have a link to live statistics from the game.
Navy Update
A buzzer beating 30-foot three-point shot by Taylor Dunham gave Navy a 66-64 victory over Lehigh Wednesday night. The victory was the sixth in a row for the Mids, raised their overall record on the year to 13-5 and gave them a 6-1 record in Patriot League play.
Army West Point Update
The Black Knights won their third-straight game Wednesday with a 67-59 victory at Holy Cross. Army has compiled a Patriot League record of 5-2 and an overall record of 14-4. The squad has posted an 8-1 record at home this year.
The Series
Army enters Saturday's game with a 34-32 edge in the overall series, as well as a 26-24 advantage in Patriot League regular season games played between the squads. Navy holds equally slims leads in games played at West Point –– 16-14 overall, 13-11 in league games. Army has won each of the last three games played in the series, with Navy winning the most recent game played at West Point (in 2015).