Men's Basketball scores 110 in Season Opening Victory vs. Keystone

Monday, November 7

West Point, NY

7:30 PM

Army West Point

1-0,0-0Patriot

110

Keystone College

0-0,0-0CSAC

Keystone

Army West Point

110

Men's Basketball scores 110 in Season Opening Victory vs. Keystone

November 07, 2022 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

West Point, NY – Army Men's basketball (1-0, 0-0) got its start to the 2022-23 season Monday night with a 110-65 win over Division III Keystone College (0-1, 0-0) to kickstart Jimmy Allen's seventh season at the helm of the Black Knights.

Army Forward Chris Mann had a strong start to his senior season logging 15 points and 8 rebounds to lead Army in both categories.

Army saw four different players reach double figures in scoring, Mann (15), Freshman Ethan Roberts (15), Senior Jalen Rucker (13), and Isaiah Caldwell (11). In his collegiate debut Roberts shot 4-7 from three to lead the Army three-point shooting attack. Army finished 14-39 (.359) from deep in the game. Three different Army players connected on multiple three balls, Roberts, Caldwell (2-2) and Rucker (2-6).

In the first half Army shot 21-33 (63.8) from the field and 8-16 from downtown to take a 56-30 lead into halftime. Mann paced Army in the first behind 13 points and six rebounds. Freshman Ethan Roberts made an immediate impact connecting on 3-4 from deep for 12 points. After exchanging baskets to play to a 16-14 score for the first ten minutes of the half, Army went on an 11-0 scoring run behind three point makes from Jared Cross, Nolan Naess and Roberts.

Army continued its strong opening night act in the second half outscoring Keystone by an 54-35 advantage to win the ballgame handedly.

Tonight's 110-point outburst marked Army's first game scoring over 100 points in a contest since scoring 103 in an overtime win vs. Gardner-Webb during the 2015-16 season.

STARTING 5: 0, Isaiah Caldwell, 1 Jalen Rucker, 4 Chris Mann, 24 Jared Cross, and 34 Charlie Peterson

Inside the Box

Army finished 45-80 (56.3) from the field in the game.
Army scored 62 points in the pant to Keystone's 30.
Army's bench outscored Keystone 60 to 14.
Blake Barker posted the plus-minus for Army with a +33.
Eight different players connected on a three-point make.
15 different players scored for the Black Knights.
Army led for the entire game and its longest scoring run of the night was 12.

Coach's Corner
"I give Keystone credit. They're good. I thought from the first half to the second half we did a much better job of taking care of the basketball. I thought our guys showed some poise and knocked down some open shots, but I also thought we did a good job attacking the rim throughout the game and that showed with a number of things. It got us layups, offensive rebounds and some kickout threes." – Army Head Coach Jimmy Allen

Up Next
The Black Knights will return to Christl Arena on Saturday, Nov. 12 to play Stonehill College at 1:00 PM.