Army Cruises In Season-Opening Win

Tuesday, November 9

West Point, NY

7:00 PM

Army West Point

1-0,0-0Patriot

New Paltz

0-1,0-0SUNYAC

SUNY New Paltz

Army West Point

Army Cruises In Season-Opening Win

November 09, 2021 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

GAME 1
SCORE	Army Black Knights 83, SUNY New Paltz Hawks 52
RECORDS	Army (1-0) \| New Paltz (0-1)
LEADING SCORERS	Army – Charlie Peterson (17) \| New Paltz – Tyreik Frazier (12)
LOCATION	Christl Arena

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Black Knights opened their 2021-22 campaign with an 83-52 victory over SUNY New Paltz on Tuesday night.

GAME SUMMARY
Playing infront of fans for the first time in nearly two years, the Black Knights jumped out to a 7-0 lead. Charlie Peterson opened the scoring with a layup on his way to a career-high scoring night. Peterson also started a run that broke the game wide open for the Black Knights. Leading 18-12 with 12 minutes left in the first half, he made two free throws to start a 17-0 run that stretched for five minutes.

Army made 7 of 11 shots during the run capped by a Josh Caldwell jumper as part of his eight points that he contributed to the run. After taking a 44-24 lead into halftime, the Black Knights maintained their dominance in the second half and led by as much as 32 points.

KNIGHT'S VISION

Charlie Peterson led all scorers with a career-high 17 points while going 6-for-6 from the field. He tied a career-high in rebounds with a team-high eight.
Josh Caldwell scored 14 points, grabbed six rebounds, dished out a game-high five assists and snagged two steals in 26 minutes.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

Army has won its season opener in consecutive seasons for the first time since the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons.
Army improved to 2-0 all-time versus New Paltz.
All 18 players saw action.

COACH'S CORNER
"It was a great opportunity for us tonight (and) it was a really good first game. I thought New Paltz did a terrific job executing somethings. We got a lot of young guys, who haven't played very much, some real game experience and I was pleased with the outcome." – Jimmy Allen

CADET'S CORNER
"Overall, we did a lot of good things and I'm really excited about what this team has to offer" – Charlie Peterson.

UP NEXT

The Black Knights head to Durham, N.C. to participate in the Duke Veterans Day Weekend Showcase on November 12-13. Army will face No. 9 Duke on Friday at 7 p.m.
Coverage will be provided by the ACC Network and by the Army Sports Network via the Varsity Network App, www.GoArmyWestPoint.com, and 1260AM and 1420 AM.

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