Men’s Basketball Earns Second Win at Binghamton

Sunday, November 15

Binghamton, NY

2 PM

Army West Point

2-0

Binghamton

0-2

Army West Point

Binghamton Univ.

Men’s Basketball Earns Second Win at Binghamton

November 15, 2015 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

VESTAL, N.Y. – The Army West Point men's basketball team used an early run to distance itself from Binghamton in an eventual 75-60 victory over the Bearcats on Sunday afternoon at the Binghamton University Events Center.

Three Army players scored in double figures, including a game-high 23 points by Tanner Plomb as the Black Knights improved to 2-0 on the year. Kyle Wilson scored 16 points and Kevin Ferguson added 12 in the win. Plomb, Ferguson and Larry Toomey each pulled down eight rebounds as Army was plus-five on the glass.

The Black Knights shot 41 percent from the floor (25-of-61), including 11-for-30 from beyond the arc (36.7 percent). Army had 17 assists, including five from Jordan Fox and four by Toomey.

"Binghamton brought everything they had today," Plomb said following the game. "Basketball is a game of runs and whether we make one or they make one, like they did in the second half, we have to know that one is coming for our team."

Army used an early 10-2 run to jump out to a 12-6 lead and forced Binghamton into four turnovers prior to the first media stoppage. A runner by Scott Mammel tacked on two more points, before Toomey's drive and kick to an open Plomb three punctuated the 15-3 stretch and had Army up 17-7.

Back-to-back corner threes by Adam Roe, the second with 6:30 to play in the first half, sent Army's lead back to 11 points as they led 30-19. Following Plomb's third three and Edwards' second, Army had a 12-point cushion with 3:30 left in the period.

The Black Knights managed a 42-30 halftime lead despite being called for 17 fouls as a team and turning the ball over 10 times. As a team, Army hit seven threes in 19 attempts (36.8 percent), and outrebounded Binghamton 23-18. The Bearcats shot 12-of-21 from the free throw line.

The second half began with Binghamton scoring the first six points to cut the 12-point deficit in half. Everson Davis made a scoop layup to start the period before a layup by Dusan Perovic and two free throws by the Bearcats.

Over the next four minutes, Army scored 10 of the next 12 points starting with a Wilson triple. Army collected three steals during the stretch and a reverse layup by Wilson surrounded five points by Plomb. It was 52-38 with 14:21 on the second-half clock.

The lead hovered around double digits for the Black Knights over the next six minutes. A three by Perovic late in the shot clock trimmed Army's lead to 60-51, but an offensive rebound by Toomey off his own miss led to two free throws for the senior forward. A miss on the other end by Perovic gave the ball back to Army and Wilson drilled a corner three to push the lead back to 14.

Binghamton never cut Army's lead to less than 10 points and Army came away with the 15-point victory.

"It was not a game that is going to win any awards for being pretty, but we did enough and when you're on the road, that's really all that matters," head coach Zach Spiker said. "I thought we did a lot of good things defensively, we only had three bricks, but we got to two a number of times. It was a great road win."

Army continues its four-game road swing on Wednesday evening when it takes on Farleigh Dickinson in Teaneck, N.J. Opening tip from the Rothman Center is 7 p.m.

Game Notes: Kyle Wilson's 16 points moved him past Matt Brown '79 into seventh on Army's all-time scoring list. Wilson now has 1,512 career points … Zach Spiker improved to 5-0 against Binghamton in his coaching career … Army has won five consecutive games against the Bearcats and improved to 7-2 all-time in the series … The Black Knights moved to 28-17 all-time against current America East opponents … Army improved to 60-23 during the Spiker era when leading at the half, including 27-3 when ahead by double digits at intermission … Plomb reached the 20-point mark for the 11th time in his career … Army improved to 38-12 when holding opponents to 60 points or less during the Spiker era … the Black Knights held consecutive opponents under 60 points for the first time since the 2013-14 season against Coast Guard and Lafayette.