Army West Point Athletics
Friday, November 13
West Point, NY
5 PM
Army West Point
vs
Ferrum College
Men's Basketball Opens 2015-16 Season Friday
November 12, 2015 | Men's Basketball
WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point men's basketball program begins its 114th season of basketball on Friday evening when it takes on the Ferrum Panthers at 5 p.m. The game precedes the Army women's basketball team's season-opening game against Pepperdine at Christl Arena.
HOW TO FOLLOW
TELEVISION • None
RADIO • 1260 WBNR-AM/1420 WLNA-AM
VIDEO • Patriot League Network
AUDIO • Knight Vision • GoArmyWestPoint.com/watch
LIVE STATISTICS • sidearmstats.com/army/mbball
GAME NOTES • Army Notes | Patriot League
TICKETS • Men's Basketball tickets
TWITTER • @ArmyWP_MBB
STORYLINES
Ferrum head coach Bill Tharp is a 1996 USMA graduate who served five years as an artillery officer in the U.S. Army. While at West Point, he was a four-year member of the men's basketball program, two as a player, and two as a student assistant.
The Black Knights are 77-36 in their previous 113 season openers. In last season's opener, Army topped Air Force by an 84-78 final at Christl Arena.
The Black Knights posted a 15-15 record last season, including a 6-12 mark in Patriot League play. Army was 8-7 at home, including a 5-1 record in non-conference home games.
Army returns 91.6 percent of its scoring and 92.9 percent of its rebounding from last season, including seven seniors, which is tied for the most in program history. Army will return 140 of a possible 150 starts from the 2014-15 season with Dylan Cox, Kyle Wilson, Larry Toomey, Tanner Plomb and Kevin Ferguson returning for their senior season.
Wilson, led the Patriot League in scoring for the second consecutive season with 17.5 points per game as a junior. He is 30 points shy of Matt Brown '79, who is seventh in Academy history with 1,1511 career points. Wilson's 1,481 points are the third-most all-time for a player entering his senior season. Only Gary Winton '78 (1,652) and Mark Lueking (1,510) had more points after three years.
Together, Wilson and Plomb were the top scoring duo in the Patriot League in 2014-15 with an average of 33.3 points per game. Wilson was second in scoring in the conference at 17.5 points per game, while Plomb ranked fourth overall with a 15.8 points per game average.
The Black Knights recently named their team captains. Seniors Cox, Wilson, Toomey and Plomb were chosen by their teammates. Cox is in his third season as a team captain, linking him with Matt Bell '07 as the only three-year captains in program history.
In a vote of the league's head coaches and sports information directors, Army was chosen fourth in the Patriot League Preseason Poll. The Black Knights have never finished higher than fourth in the final Patriot League standings.
Army hosted an exhibition game against Nyack College and a scrimmage versus Buffalo to prepare for the season.
HOW TO FOLLOW
TELEVISION • None
RADIO • 1260 WBNR-AM/1420 WLNA-AM
VIDEO • Patriot League Network
AUDIO • Knight Vision • GoArmyWestPoint.com/watch
LIVE STATISTICS • sidearmstats.com/army/mbball
GAME NOTES • Army Notes | Patriot League
TICKETS • Men's Basketball tickets
TWITTER • @ArmyWP_MBB
STORYLINES
Ferrum head coach Bill Tharp is a 1996 USMA graduate who served five years as an artillery officer in the U.S. Army. While at West Point, he was a four-year member of the men's basketball program, two as a player, and two as a student assistant.
The Black Knights are 77-36 in their previous 113 season openers. In last season's opener, Army topped Air Force by an 84-78 final at Christl Arena.
The Black Knights posted a 15-15 record last season, including a 6-12 mark in Patriot League play. Army was 8-7 at home, including a 5-1 record in non-conference home games.
Army returns 91.6 percent of its scoring and 92.9 percent of its rebounding from last season, including seven seniors, which is tied for the most in program history. Army will return 140 of a possible 150 starts from the 2014-15 season with Dylan Cox, Kyle Wilson, Larry Toomey, Tanner Plomb and Kevin Ferguson returning for their senior season.
Wilson, led the Patriot League in scoring for the second consecutive season with 17.5 points per game as a junior. He is 30 points shy of Matt Brown '79, who is seventh in Academy history with 1,1511 career points. Wilson's 1,481 points are the third-most all-time for a player entering his senior season. Only Gary Winton '78 (1,652) and Mark Lueking (1,510) had more points after three years.
Together, Wilson and Plomb were the top scoring duo in the Patriot League in 2014-15 with an average of 33.3 points per game. Wilson was second in scoring in the conference at 17.5 points per game, while Plomb ranked fourth overall with a 15.8 points per game average.
The Black Knights recently named their team captains. Seniors Cox, Wilson, Toomey and Plomb were chosen by their teammates. Cox is in his third season as a team captain, linking him with Matt Bell '07 as the only three-year captains in program history.
In a vote of the league's head coaches and sports information directors, Army was chosen fourth in the Patriot League Preseason Poll. The Black Knights have never finished higher than fourth in the final Patriot League standings.
Army hosted an exhibition game against Nyack College and a scrimmage versus Buffalo to prepare for the season.
Players Mentioned
Center
/ Men's Basketball
Forward
/ Men's Basketball
Forward
/ Men's Basketball
Guard/Forward
/ Men's Basketballvs. Air Force
Saturday, December 08
vs. UMass Lowell (Audio Only)
Saturday, November 17