Army West Point Athletics
Thursday, March 3
West Point, NY
7 PM
Army West Point
vs
Colgate
Patriot League Tournament Begins Thursday Night
March 02, 2016 | Men's Basketball
WEST POINT, N.Y. - Patriot League Tournament play returns to Christl Arena for the first time since 2013 when the No. 4 Army West Point men's basketball team hosts No. 5 Colgate on Thursday night. The quarterfinal game will tip off at 7 p.m. and will be broadcast on the Patriot League Network.
HOW TO FOLLOW
TELEVISION None
ONLINE PatriotLeague.TV
RADIO Army West Point Sports Network
WBNR 1260 AM - Beacon, N.Y. WNLA 1420 AM - Peekskill, N.Y.
AUDIO Knight Vision GoArmyWestPoint.com/watch
LIVE STATISTICS sidearmstats.com/army/mbball
TWITTER @ArmyWP_MBB
GAME NOTES Army | Patriot League | Bracket
STORYLINES
Seniors Tanner Plomb, Kevin Ferguson and Kyle Wilson earned First, Second and Third Team All-Patriot League honors, respectively. In addition to his second-team nod, Ferguson landed on the conference's inaugural all-defensive team.
Last time out, a hot-shooting effort by Lehigh gave the visiting Mountain Hawks their ninth consecutive victory and snapped Army's five-game winning streak in an 82-72 decision. The game was the regular-season finale for both teams as Lehigh finished second in the final standings and Army ended the year fourth by winning the tiebreaker over Colgate, American and Navy.
Senior point guard Dylan Cox scored a team-high 16 points and eclipsed 1,000 points for his career, while Kevin Ferguson and Tanner Plomb each put in 14 points for the Black Knights. Army shot the ball at a 47.6 percent clip (30-for-63), but was outrebounded 38-36 and had five more turnovers than Lehigh.
Colgate enters the postseason with a 9-9 Patriot League mark and a 13-16 overall record. The two sides split their two regular-season meetings with each team winning on its home court.
Army has played 20 games with its regular starting lineup of Dylan Cox, Kyle Wilson, Plomb, Larry Toomey and Kevin Ferguson. In those games, Army is 14-6, averages 82.1 points per game, and outscores its opponents by 4.4 points per game thanks to an average of 9.5 threes per game. Cox has a 98-43 assist-to-turnover ratio, Wilson is scoring 17 points per game and Ferguson averages 14.1 points and 10.5 rebounds. When Ferguson and Plomb both start, Army has a 17-6 record.
In the 10 contests without its traditional starting five, Army's scoring drops to 71.4 points per game and the Black Knights are making 8.4 threes per game. The Black Knights are 4-6 in those games.
Kevin Ferguson is the conference's all-time leader in field goal percentage. He led the league with a 61.2 percent shooting percentage during the regular season and was first in rebounding with 9.7 per game. His 3.88 offensive rebounds per game ranks 12th in the nation. In addition, Ferguson averaged 13.4 points per game and totaled 11 double doubles, which was the highest total in the league.
Tanner Plomb is 30th in the country and leads the Patriot League in scoring with 20 points per game. He is currently 14th in Academy history in scoring with 1,305 career points. He ranks third in the conference in three-point field-goal percentage at 36 percent and is third in three-pointers made with 72 on the year.
Kyle Wilson averaged 16.2 points per game, which was fourth in the Patriot League. He led the conference in three-pointers per game (3.13) and was 20th in the nation in that category. Wilson's 94 threes rank 10th in the NCAA and are fourth on Army's single-season list.
Together, Wilson and Plomb were the top scoring duo in the Patriot League last year with an average of 33.3 points per game. Wilson was first in scoring in the conference at 17.5 points per game, while Plomb ranked fourth overall with a 15.8 points per game average. Plomb and Wilson are the top scoring duo in the Patriot League in 2015-16 at 36.2 points per game.
A win over Colgate would ...
Give Army 19 wins for the first time since 1977-78 when it won 19 games
Send the Black Knights to the Patriot League semifinal round for the first time since 2014
Be Zach Spiker's 102nd career win and tie him with Bob Knight for second in Army history
Be Army's first win against Colgate in the Patriot League Tournament (0-2)
Move Army to 3-2 in the Patriot League Tournament as the No. 4 seed
NEW VISITOR POLICY AT WEST POINT
Starting Jan. 10, people using a driver's license from the states of Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico or Washington will have to use another approved form of identification in order to enter West Point and all other military installations, due to federal guidelines. If you possess a valid Department of Defense issued identification card, this new requirement does not affect your ability to enter military installations.
Acceptable alternate forms of identification are a U.S. passport, a permanent resident card/Alien Registration Receipt Card (form 1-551), a foreign passport with a temporary I-551 stamp or visa or an employment authorization document that contains a photograph (Form I-766).
HOW TO FOLLOW
TELEVISION None
ONLINE PatriotLeague.TV
RADIO Army West Point Sports Network
WBNR 1260 AM - Beacon, N.Y. WNLA 1420 AM - Peekskill, N.Y.
AUDIO Knight Vision GoArmyWestPoint.com/watch
LIVE STATISTICS sidearmstats.com/army/mbball
TWITTER @ArmyWP_MBB
GAME NOTES Army | Patriot League | Bracket
STORYLINES
Seniors Tanner Plomb, Kevin Ferguson and Kyle Wilson earned First, Second and Third Team All-Patriot League honors, respectively. In addition to his second-team nod, Ferguson landed on the conference's inaugural all-defensive team.
Last time out, a hot-shooting effort by Lehigh gave the visiting Mountain Hawks their ninth consecutive victory and snapped Army's five-game winning streak in an 82-72 decision. The game was the regular-season finale for both teams as Lehigh finished second in the final standings and Army ended the year fourth by winning the tiebreaker over Colgate, American and Navy.
Senior point guard Dylan Cox scored a team-high 16 points and eclipsed 1,000 points for his career, while Kevin Ferguson and Tanner Plomb each put in 14 points for the Black Knights. Army shot the ball at a 47.6 percent clip (30-for-63), but was outrebounded 38-36 and had five more turnovers than Lehigh.
Colgate enters the postseason with a 9-9 Patriot League mark and a 13-16 overall record. The two sides split their two regular-season meetings with each team winning on its home court.
Army has played 20 games with its regular starting lineup of Dylan Cox, Kyle Wilson, Plomb, Larry Toomey and Kevin Ferguson. In those games, Army is 14-6, averages 82.1 points per game, and outscores its opponents by 4.4 points per game thanks to an average of 9.5 threes per game. Cox has a 98-43 assist-to-turnover ratio, Wilson is scoring 17 points per game and Ferguson averages 14.1 points and 10.5 rebounds. When Ferguson and Plomb both start, Army has a 17-6 record.
In the 10 contests without its traditional starting five, Army's scoring drops to 71.4 points per game and the Black Knights are making 8.4 threes per game. The Black Knights are 4-6 in those games.
Kevin Ferguson is the conference's all-time leader in field goal percentage. He led the league with a 61.2 percent shooting percentage during the regular season and was first in rebounding with 9.7 per game. His 3.88 offensive rebounds per game ranks 12th in the nation. In addition, Ferguson averaged 13.4 points per game and totaled 11 double doubles, which was the highest total in the league.
Tanner Plomb is 30th in the country and leads the Patriot League in scoring with 20 points per game. He is currently 14th in Academy history in scoring with 1,305 career points. He ranks third in the conference in three-point field-goal percentage at 36 percent and is third in three-pointers made with 72 on the year.
Kyle Wilson averaged 16.2 points per game, which was fourth in the Patriot League. He led the conference in three-pointers per game (3.13) and was 20th in the nation in that category. Wilson's 94 threes rank 10th in the NCAA and are fourth on Army's single-season list.
Together, Wilson and Plomb were the top scoring duo in the Patriot League last year with an average of 33.3 points per game. Wilson was first in scoring in the conference at 17.5 points per game, while Plomb ranked fourth overall with a 15.8 points per game average. Plomb and Wilson are the top scoring duo in the Patriot League in 2015-16 at 36.2 points per game.
A win over Colgate would ...
Give Army 19 wins for the first time since 1977-78 when it won 19 games
Send the Black Knights to the Patriot League semifinal round for the first time since 2014
Be Zach Spiker's 102nd career win and tie him with Bob Knight for second in Army history
Be Army's first win against Colgate in the Patriot League Tournament (0-2)
Move Army to 3-2 in the Patriot League Tournament as the No. 4 seed
NEW VISITOR POLICY AT WEST POINT
Starting Jan. 10, people using a driver's license from the states of Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico or Washington will have to use another approved form of identification in order to enter West Point and all other military installations, due to federal guidelines. If you possess a valid Department of Defense issued identification card, this new requirement does not affect your ability to enter military installations.
Acceptable alternate forms of identification are a U.S. passport, a permanent resident card/Alien Registration Receipt Card (form 1-551), a foreign passport with a temporary I-551 stamp or visa or an employment authorization document that contains a photograph (Form I-766).
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