4 December, 2006
by Elliot Smilowitz
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1st |
2nd |
OT |
2OT |
Final |
| Howard (4-4) |
27 |
30 |
9 |
9 |
75 |
| Navy (7-2) |
32 |
25 |
9 |
13 |
79 |
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In an exciting double-overtime contest, Navy outlasted Howard 79-75. The Bison forced two extra periods despite never leading the final ten minutes of regulation and both overtimes.
Navy began the game with a 10-2 lead, but Howard responded with a 12-4 run to tie it. Howard briefly led a few times, including a 26-23 lead on a Darek Mitchell trey with 2:06 left in the half. Navy went on a 9-2 run, with two three-pointers from Bryce Brigham and one from Trey Stanton, to bring a 5-point lead into the locker room. Howard stayed in it, and took a brief 42-41 lead on another Mitchell three, but Stanton responded with a three and the Bison never led again the rest of the game.
In the final minute, Adam Teague dunked with 46 seconds to give Navy a 2-point lead. Eugene Myatt hit a pair of free throws to tie it. The Mids ran the clock down but Corey Johnson missed a potential game-winner with 3 seconds left. In the first overtime, the lead was never more than 2 points. Sprink hit a lay-up with 28 seconds left to take a lead, but Julius Hearn hit a jumper to tie it. Again Navy ran down the clock, but Sprink turned it over with 7 seconds left and Hearn missed what would have been a game-winning shot.
Kaleo Kina scored 20 to lead the Midshipmen. Johnson had 17 points and Sprink 15. Darryl Hudson had a game-high 26 points for the Bison, and Mitchell pitched in 11 off the bench on 3 three-pointers.
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| Keys to the Game |
| Key sequence |
In the second overtime, Navy’s first possession was a Kina jumper. Their second resulted in 2 Johnson free throws, their third in Johnson hitting 1 free throw, and their fourth in Sprink hitting a pair of free throws. In the same time, Howard missed three shots and turned the ball over twice.
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| Key sign it was over |
After three missed Johnson free throws, Howard had the ball down 74-68 with 54 seconds left in the second overtime. No miracle this time, though, as Will Gant turned it over, and Kina hit 1 of 2 free throws with 35 seconds left to make it a three-possession game.
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| Key performance |
Despite a poor shooting night (0-of-5) for three, Sprink scored 15 points, grabbed 9 boards and tossed 4 assists.
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| Key statistic |
Howard shot just 25-for-39 from the free throw line, leaving behind points that could have won them the game multiple times.
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| Notes |
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Sprink and Kina had 4 assists each, and Johnson added 3. The Mids had 16 assists and 16 turnovers.
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Howard only shot 9 three-pointers all game, hitting 4.
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Howard dominated the boards 42-30.
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After going 6-for-8 from the line for the entire regulation, Navy was 18-of-24 on free throws in the two overtimes. All but 4 of the Mids’ overtime points came from the line.
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Navy got 16 bench points, with Teague scoring 10 and Brigham 6. Howard’s bench had 33. |
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Navy’s next game is a home battle with Penn, which will be broadcast on CSTV.
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