Late Rally Falls Short for Army Against American

Sunday, February 24

West Point, NY

1 PM

Army West Point

12-17, 7-9PL

American

14-13, 8-8PL

AMERICAN

ARMY

Late Rally Falls Short for Army Against American

February 24, 2019 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

WEST POINT, N.Y. – Despite a late rally, the Army West Point men's basketball team was unable to complete the comeback and ultimately fell, 77-67, to American in a Patriot League contest on Saturday at Christl Arena.

Three Black Knights (12-17, 7-9 Patriot League) recorded double-digit points on the day, led by Lonnie Grayson's 14. Twelve of the sophomore's points came from beyond-the-arc against the Eagles (14-13, 8-8 Patriot League).

Matt Wilson shot over 50 percent from the field and finished the afternoon with 11 points to pair with a team-best eight rebounds. In his first collegiate start, Aaron Duhart tallied 10 points and a pair of steals.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Tommy Funk became the first cadet in program history to record 500 career assists.
The junior also became just the ninth Patriot League player all-time to reach that milestone.
He additionally broke Army's single-season assist record of 172, which he set a season ago.
It was the 21st game this season that Funk handed out five or more helpers.
Wilson tied Alex Morris for 31st in all-time scoring at the Academy with 1,044 points.
Duhart made his first career appearance in the starting lineup.
He has now reached double-digit scoring in five games during his career.
The non-starters accounted for 44 percent of Army's scoring.
Fifty-five percent of the Black Knights' points came from inside the paint.
The Cadets scored 15 points off 14 American turnovers.
It was the 25th game this season that Army tallied double-digit points off turnovers.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Army and American sat tied at 5-5 with 17:15 on the clock before a 15-5 run put the Eagles ahead by double figures. The lead sat in double digits for majority of the frame until back-to-back Grayson 3-pointers sparked a 10-4 run to bring the Cadets within four, 33-29. The two sides went into the break with American on top, 35-39.
The Eagles opened the second half on a 19-3 run and the lead grew to over 20 points with 11:21 left to play. Army slowly began to chip into the deficit and with 6:42 remaining, a 16-3 run that was capped by a Duhart trey had the Cadets within eight, 66-58.
Momentum shifted and 3-point makes by King and Grayson made it a four-point game, 68-64, with 1:15 remaining. However, the Eagles held on to grab the win after going 5-of-6 from the charity stripe the rest of the way.

UP NEXT
Army will host Loyola at Christl Arena for senior day on Wednesday night at 7 p.m.