Army West Point Athletics
Friday, March 10
Lewisburg, PA
7:30 PM
Army West Point
vs
Navy
Army-Navy Rivalry Enters Postseason
March 09, 2017 | Women's Basketball
WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army-Navy rivalry takes on a postseason feel on Friday night as the two service academies faceoff in the Patriot League semifinals at 7:30 p.m. at Bucknell.
The game is going to be live on the Patriot League Network as well as 1260 AM WBNR in the Hudson Valley.
HOW TO FOLLOW
TELEVISION • None
RADIO • 1420 WLNA-AM/1260 WBNR-AM
VIDEO • Patriot League Network
AUDIO • Knight Vision
LIVE STATS • BucknellBison.com
GAME NOTES • Army • Navy
TWITTER • @ArmyWP_WBB
GAMEDAY STORYLINES
• For the first time since 2001, the Army-Navy women's basketball rivalry hits the postseason as the two teams face off in the Patriot League Tournament on Friday night in the semifinals at Bucknell.
• Each team had a little bit of a scare in the quarterfinal round as both were in a one-point game going into the fourth quarter, but was able to pull out the victories.
• Sophomore Madison Hovren led the Black Knights against Colgate in the quarterfinals with 23 points and seven rebounds. The First Team All-Patriot League selection has averaged a double-double this year and has 15 on the year overall.
• Junior Aliyah Murray performed extremely well with her seventh double-double of the year with 13 points and 11 boards. She was given the defensive player of the year award, prior to recording a career best three blocks in the win.
THE ARMY-NAVY SERIES
• Series record: Army 34, Navy 34
• Postseason record: Navy 3, Army 2
• First meeting: Jan. 18, 1981, Army won, 65-48
• Last meeting: Feb. 18, 2017, Navy won, 67-62
A LOOK AT THE BLACK KNIGHTS
• The Black Knights enter the Patriot League semifinals for the fourth straight season after their 83-78 victory over Colgate on Monday night.
• Army is looking to reach the championship game for the second straight season and the third time in the last four seasons.
• The overall series with Navy at 34-34, and they have faced one another five times in the postseason with the Mids leading at 3-2. The last meeting in postseason was a 73-61 win for the Black Knights in 2001 in Annapolis.
• In the last meeting on Feb. 18, Murray tallied a double-double with 20 points and 11 rebounds, but Army fell 67-62 in the Star match in Annapolis. Hovren was held in check with a season-low seven points and nine rebounds.
PREVIEWING THE MIDSHIPMEN
• Seconded-seeded Navy enters the Patriot League semifinals after a 53-37 win over Lafayette on Monday.
• The scoring was tough to come by with Justice Swett as the lone player in double figures with 11, but she added a double-double with 14 rebounds.
• Sarita Condie is the biggest threat for the Mids with an average of 13.2 points per game, while Taylor Dunham has averaged 10.2 per contest.
• Justice Swett is a force in the middle with an average of seven points and seven rebounds per game. She has a total of 215 rebounds on the year and 77 steals as well.
The game is going to be live on the Patriot League Network as well as 1260 AM WBNR in the Hudson Valley.
HOW TO FOLLOW
TELEVISION • None
RADIO • 1420 WLNA-AM/1260 WBNR-AM
VIDEO • Patriot League Network
AUDIO • Knight Vision
LIVE STATS • BucknellBison.com
GAME NOTES • Army • Navy
TWITTER • @ArmyWP_WBB
GAMEDAY STORYLINES
• For the first time since 2001, the Army-Navy women's basketball rivalry hits the postseason as the two teams face off in the Patriot League Tournament on Friday night in the semifinals at Bucknell.
• Each team had a little bit of a scare in the quarterfinal round as both were in a one-point game going into the fourth quarter, but was able to pull out the victories.
• Sophomore Madison Hovren led the Black Knights against Colgate in the quarterfinals with 23 points and seven rebounds. The First Team All-Patriot League selection has averaged a double-double this year and has 15 on the year overall.
• Junior Aliyah Murray performed extremely well with her seventh double-double of the year with 13 points and 11 boards. She was given the defensive player of the year award, prior to recording a career best three blocks in the win.
THE ARMY-NAVY SERIES
• Series record: Army 34, Navy 34
• Postseason record: Navy 3, Army 2
• First meeting: Jan. 18, 1981, Army won, 65-48
• Last meeting: Feb. 18, 2017, Navy won, 67-62
A LOOK AT THE BLACK KNIGHTS
• The Black Knights enter the Patriot League semifinals for the fourth straight season after their 83-78 victory over Colgate on Monday night.
• Army is looking to reach the championship game for the second straight season and the third time in the last four seasons.
• The overall series with Navy at 34-34, and they have faced one another five times in the postseason with the Mids leading at 3-2. The last meeting in postseason was a 73-61 win for the Black Knights in 2001 in Annapolis.
• In the last meeting on Feb. 18, Murray tallied a double-double with 20 points and 11 rebounds, but Army fell 67-62 in the Star match in Annapolis. Hovren was held in check with a season-low seven points and nine rebounds.
PREVIEWING THE MIDSHIPMEN
• Seconded-seeded Navy enters the Patriot League semifinals after a 53-37 win over Lafayette on Monday.
• The scoring was tough to come by with Justice Swett as the lone player in double figures with 11, but she added a double-double with 14 rebounds.
• Sarita Condie is the biggest threat for the Mids with an average of 13.2 points per game, while Taylor Dunham has averaged 10.2 per contest.
• Justice Swett is a force in the middle with an average of seven points and seven rebounds per game. She has a total of 215 rebounds on the year and 77 steals as well.
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