COLGATE 6-13 (1-5 PL) at NAVY 11-10 (1-5 PL)
January 27, 2007; 3:30 pm (EST)
Alumni Hall (5,710); Annapolis, Md.
VIDEO STREAMING: www.navysports.com (Navy All-Access Users),
www.patriotleague.com (Patriot League All-Access Users)
RADIO: WNAV (1430 AM)
SIRIUS (Channel 107)
INTERNET: www.wnav.com, www.yahoosports.com
GAMETRACKER: www.navysports.com
SATURDAY'S PROMOTIONS
Midshipmen Sponsor Day -- Sponsor families of Midshipmen will
receive two (2) free tickets with pre-registration. Call 1-800-US4-NAVY to
reserve your tickets and to purchase additional tickets at a discounted
rate.
Mascot Mayhem -- Enjoy a day of fun with Bill the Goat and all his
friends as they entertain all those in attendance with their antics.
Scout Day -- All Boys Scouts, Girl Scouts and family members can
purchase $3 tickets for day. In addition the first 200 scouts will
receive a Navy Basketball Scout Day Patch.
Youth Game Room Center -- The Bo Coppedge room has been converted
into a youth game room center featuring basketball shot games and
carnival games with prizes. There is no cost to play any of the games and is
available to all fans who attend the game. The opperating times of the
room are noon to 1:00 pm, halftime of the women's game and intermission
between men's and women's game.
• Billy The Kid Club -- Members of the Billy the Kid Club have been
invited to attend the game and participate in all activities. Kid's club
members can attend for free and will receive a Chick-fil-A sandwich.
Mids Return Home To Wrap Up First Half Of Patriot League Play Against
Colgate
Navy returns home for a much-needed game in Alumni Hall on Saturday as
the Mids battle Colgate in Navy's first home game in 14 days. The Mids
enter the contest with an 11-10 overall record, but are 1-5 in the
Patriot League. Navy wrapped up a season-long three-game roadtrip on
Wednesday night with a hard-fought 55-46 setback at American. The Mids ended
the roadtrip 0-3 and averaged just 46.0 ppg in the three losses.
Colgate comes to Alumni Hall with a 6-13 overall record and is also 1-5
in the Patriot League. The two teams are currently tied for seventh
place in the league, but with fourth-place Army playing at preseason pick
Bucknell on Saturday, the winner of Saturday's contest will likely find
themselves just one game back in the hunt for the fourth and final home
playoff spot. Saturday's competition marks the end of the first
go-around in the Patriot League.
After opening Patriot League with a 73-71 overtime win at home against
Army, the Raiders have dropped five in a row. They did, however, give
league-leader Holy Cross its toughest game of the league season, a 58-55
decision in Hamilton. The Raiders are being outscored by an average of
7.3 ppg in league play and has lost their five games by a combined 46
points. Against the Crusaders, Jon Simon scored 22 points, but no other
player scored more than eight points. Colgate hurt itself with 16
turnovers, but held the lead for most of the game.
Simon leads Colgate with a 13.3 ppg average, but he is averaging 16.8
in league play, while shooting almost 50 percent from long distance in
league play. Kendall Chones is the only other Raider in double figures,
averaging 10.8 ppg and 4.0 rpg, while shooting 52.3 percent from the
field. As a team, Colgate is scoring 58.3 ppg (56.0 PL), while giving up
62.9 ppg (63.3 PL). The Raiders are shooting just 40.3 percent from the
field and just 29.3 from long distance. Foes are shooting almost 44
percent from the field against Colgate, with the percentage increasing to
47.6 percent in Patriot League play.
Navy, meanwhile, continued its offensive struggles on Wednesday. One
game after shooting a season-low 28.6 percent in a three-point loss at
Army, the Mids connected on just 30.4 percent from the floor in a 55-46
loss on Wednesday to American. Navy is now shooting just 34.4 percent
from the field in Patriot League play, averaging 51.7 ppg in its six
league games. Navy's defense has kept it in every game this year, as the
Mids are holding foes to just 60.5 ppg, which if the season ended today,
would be the third-lowest total in school history.