Navy Sports

Colleges & Universities United States Naval Academy (USNA)
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<p>SAN DIEGO, Calif. – San Diego State went on a 13-0 run over 2:28 of the second half to break open a tie game and defeat the Navy men’s basketball team, 86-76, on Monday night at Cox Arena. The Mids fall to 3-8 overall, while SDSU, which won its 11th home game in a row, improved to 9-2.</p>

<p>“We expect to win every game and we knew that San Diego State would be a very difficult challenge,” said Navy head coach Billy Lange. “We had about a six-possession span in the second half where we lost focus and didn’t make the right decisions and that was the ballgame. We did a lot of good things tonight, and some things not so well. We are capable of playing better.”</p>

<p>Greg Sprink, playing just 25 miles from his hometown of Cardiff by the Sea and in front of about 40 family members and friends, led Navy with 26 points on 11-of-14 shooting, five assists and four rebounds. Chris Harris (Soph. / Mechanicsville, Va.) added 22 points, including six three-pointers.</p>

<p>Sprink, who had been shooting just 32.1 percent from the field entering the contest, connected on a variety of shots against the Aztecs. Sprink was 4-of-7 from three-point land and converted on all seven of his shots inside the arc. It was his 23rd career 20-point game.</p>

<p>“It’s a great feeling to come home and play in front of family and friends. It would have been better if we would have won,” said Sprink. “I had been in a mental slump. I put the issues I had been struggling with aside and have been able to put school and basketball first in the last two weeks.”</p>

<p>Navy fell behind 9-2 three minutes into contest, but rallied to tie the game at 16 on a jumper by Harris with 11 minutes left. Navy would take its first lead of the half moments later at 19-18 on a Sprink three-pointer with 10:42 to play. The Mids would stretch the lead to 31-24 on a Scott Brooks jumper and led 37-35 on a three-pointer by Kaleo Kina (Phoenix, Ariz.) at the halftime buzzer.</p>

<p>Navy scored the first six points of the second half to take its biggest lead of the game at 43-35, but SDSU responded with a 12-2 run to grab a 47-45 advantage with 14:14 to play. The two teams traded baskets for the next seven minutes, before SDSU went on its 13-0 game-deciding run.</p>

<p>Navy could get no closer than nine at 85-76 with 52 seconds to play, before the Aztecs settled in for their 10-point victory.</p>

<p>Navy shot 29-of-59 (.492) from the field, including 15-of-33 (.455) from beyond the three-point arc. The 15 three-pointers are tied for the second most in school history. Navy recorded 19 turnovers and were outrebounded, 39-21.</p>

<p>“The way we played, the ball sharing, some of the scrappiness on defense, when you’re a coach, you’re in a tough dilemma because you have to play zone against these athletes. We don’t rebound well in the zone and that kind of hurt us,” said Lange.</p>

<p>San Diego shot 51.8 percent (29-of-56) from the field and were guilty of 17 turnovers. The Aztecs won the game at the free throw line, converting on 23-of-30 free throws, while Navy was just 3-of-4. Navy’s first free throw attempt came with 3:56 to play in the contest and the Aztecs were called for just 12 fouls.</p>

<p>Kina added 11 points, four assists and three rebounds for the Mids.</p>

<p>Lorrenzo Wade led five Aztecs in double figures with 18 points.</p>

<p>The Mids will close out their pre-Christmas schedule on Saturday, Dec. 22, at Maryland-Eastern Shore. Tip-off is scheduled for 1:00 pm, in Princess Anne, Md.</p>

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<p>SDSU rallies amid three-point barrage</p>

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<p>Kurt Kragthorpe: Defense has dominated for Utes in bowls
Utes’ postseason success has had common thread
By Kurt Kragthorpe
Tribune Columnist</p>

<p>SAN DIEGO - In six games over eight years under three head coaches, they have shut down a USC offense quarterbacked by Carson Palmer and coordinated by Norm Chow, recorded nine sacks in a Bowl Championship Series game, blanketed an All-America receiver and allowed only one opposing offense to score more than one touchdown. </p>

<pre><code>No wonder the Utah Utes have kept winning bowl games.

Utah’s defense will face an unusual challenge in Thursday’s Poinsettia Bowl, dealing with Navy’s option scheme. Yet the Utes have handled everything that offenses have thrown at them during their six-game winning streak, with future NFL first-round draft choices and other college stars unable to move the football and score much at all in bowl games from San Francisco to Memphis.

What’s the story? “We kind of ask ourselves the same question,” said Ute defensive coordinator Gary Andersen.

Actually, Utah’s coaches and players believe they have a December system that works.

“When you prepare for a bowl game and have success, it just reinforces that. . . . It builds upon itself,” said Whittingham, Utah’s defensive coordinator for the first four games of the streak.

It was not always this way. In the 1996 Copper Bowl, Wisconsin freshman Ron Dayne rushed for 246 yards in a 38-10 victory over Utah, while the Badgers attempted only six passes. Actually, that game illustrates a key point: Utah’s defensive performance in bowl games is pretty much an extension of its season-long play, not some extraordinary effort. While that '96 team struggled against the run late in the year, Utah’s defenses have been fairly solid ever since.

The Utes have not faced a bunch of punchless offenses in bowl games, either. USC was just getting going with Palmer and Chow in coach Pete Carroll’s first season, but had averaged 35 points in its previous four games before the Utes held them to 151 total yards in the 2001 Las Vegas Bowl. Before being shut out by the Utes in the '03 Liberty Bowl, Southern Miss had scored 35.7 points during a six-game winning streak.

Navy’s dynamic attack will become the latest to test itself against a Ute defense that coach Ken Niumatalolo describes as “strong and athletic.” Here’s what else the Utes have going for them:

Preparation.

“Our coaching staff, given a few weeks, is hard to beat,” said Ute safety Steve Tate. “They prepare well, knowing our opponent, the ins and the outs of them.”

The methods have evolved over 15 years of Utah’s recent bowl history, through coaches Ron McBride, Urban Meyer and Whittingham. The philosophy is to “do enough to stay sharp and get better, but not to burn 'em out,” Whittingham said. “You’re walking a fine line. The last thing you want to do is for a bowl game to be a punishment and make it miserable for the guys.”

As for the opponents, Andersen suggests Utah’s varied defensive package gives offensive coordinators a lot to cover after studying 12 game films. That will be less of an issue for Navy, however, because defending the option requires a fairly basic approach.

Personnel.

Asked to pinpoint Utah’s bowl success secret, Whittingham said, “Good players.”

Probably the best example is defensive back Eric Weddle, who personally held Georgia Tech receiver Calvin Johnson to two catches in the '05 Emerald Bowl.

The Utes seem to develop new defensive stars every year. Left off the '07 preseason All-Mountain West Conference team, Tate and lineman Martail Burnett made the all-league first team in recent voting. Defensive backs Brice McCain and Robert Johnson, linebacker Stevenson Sylvester and linemen Gabe Long and Paul Kruger also emerged this season.

Pride.

This is where Utah’s success feeds itself. Motivation is always an issue in college football’s postseason, but not for the Utes, who enjoy this distinction of winning bowl games. Only Boston College, which edged Navy on a last-second field goal last December, has a longer active run (seven wins in seven years). The trophies from the Utes’ six wins are displayed in cases in the lobby of the school’s football complex and illustrated on the cover of this year’s media guide.

“We take these bowl games seriously, that’s for sure,” Tate said. “Every year, we make it a goal of ours to keep that streak alive.”

kkragthorpe@sltrib.com

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POINSETTIA BOWL: Utah vs. Navy in San Diego, Thursday, 7 p.m., ESPN

LAS VEGAS BOWL: BYU vs. UCLA, Saturday, 6 p.m., ESPN BOWL CENTRAL

Dominating defense

Solid defense has keyed Utah’s six-game bowl winning streak.
Year Bowl Result
1999 Las Vegas Utah 17, Fresno St. 16
Defense allows nine points
2001 Las Vegas Utah 10, USC 6
Trojans held to 151 yards
2003 Liberty Utah 17, S. Miss 0
USM completes 13 of 39 passes
2004 Fiesta Utah 35, Pittsburgh 7
Utes’ nine sacks is Fiesta record
2005 Emerald Utah 38, Ga. Tech 10
Calvin Johnson: 2 catches, 19 yards
2006 Armed Forces Utah 25, Tulsa 13
Tulsa 2-for-11 on third down
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<p>Midshipmen’s fullbacks carry big load
By Kurt Kragthorpe
The Salt Lake Tribune</p>

<p>SAN DIEGO - A handoff to the fullback is the staple of the option offense. In Navy’s case, if that play is not working particularly well, the Midshipmen will probably just keep trying it in Thursday’s Poinsettia Bowl against Utah. </p>

<pre><code>That was certainly the case in Navy’s 31-20 win over Air Force in late September. Fullbacks Adam Ballard and Eric Kettani needed a combined 28 carries to record 103 yards, but the AFA defense’s preoccupation with the fullbacks helped enable quarterback Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada to break a 78-yard touchdown run that clinched the victory.

“You love their patience and commitment to establishing a stern inside run game,” AFA coach Troy Calhoun said recently. “They’re just so disciplined. They clearly are a service academy team.”

Calhoun marveled how the Mids did not fumble the ball all day. That was characteristic of their eight victories this season, in which they had a plus-seven turnover margin. In their four losses, the ratio was minus-eight.

Hogging the ball

Navy’s determination to run the ball results in some long, time-consuming drive. This year’s team did not do anything quite like the 94-yard, 26-play drive the Mids staged in the 2004 San Francisco Bowl against New Mexico, but it did have some long marches.

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<pre><code>Great class

Redshirting is rare at service academies, so a senior class usually consists of players who start and finish their careers together. This year’s Navy seniors have won 35 games and can tie a school record for wins, set by the class of 1919.

Utah also has won 35 games over the past four seasons.

New leader

Kaheaku-Enhada took over as Navy’s starting quarterback in the middle of last season, but he lined up at receiver for the first play of a Meineke Car Care Bowl loss to Boston College last December. So as Navy plays in a fifth consecutive bowl game Thursday, he will become the Mids’ fifth starting QB.

Brian Johnson will become Utah’s third starting QB in a similar stretch of bowls, following two-year stints for Alex Smith and Brett Ratliff.

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<p>Preparations remain light for Mids in San Diego</p>

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<p>Midshipmen put up fight, but fall short in upset bid</p>

<p>San Diego State stops well-supported, inspired Mids
By BILL WAGNER, Staff Writer
Published December 18, 2007
SAN DIEGO - Navy out-hustled, out-worked and generally out-played host San Diego State for most of last night’s rare basketball meeting between the schools. </p>

<p>It’s a shame the Midshipmen didn’t come away with a monumental upset to show for their effort.</p>

<p>Senior swingman Greg Sprink broke out of a recent shooting slump in a big way and Navy played perhaps its most inspired basketball of the season in a heart-breaking 86-76 loss to San Diego State before 5,587 at Cox Arena.</p>

<p>With the entire football team and a large contingent of Blue-and-Gold-clad fans in attendance to provide support, the Midshipmen took it to the disinterested Aztecs from the outset.</p>

<p>Sprink, playing less than a half hour away from his home in Cardiff by the Sea, Calif., was on fire from the perimeter in scoring a game-high 26 points. The 6-foot-5 left-hander, who played at nearby El Camino High, was a sizzling 11-for-14 from the field and also dished off a team-high five assists.</p>

<p>“It was a great feeling to come back home and play pretty well. A lot of people have never gotten to see me play so it was nice to give them something to cheer about,” said Sprink, who had his parents and about 35 additional family and friends in the stands.</p>

<p>Sophomore point guard Chris Harris also got hot from long range and established career-highs with six 3-pointers and 22 points for the Midshipmen, who nonetheless fell to 3-8.</p>

<p>“I was really proud of our effort tonight. We competed, we played tough, we scrapped,” Navy coach Billy Lange said. “We came out with great focus and it was a back-and-forth basketball game right up until the end.”</p>

<p>Forwards Lorrenzo Wade and Billy White exploited their height advantage in scoring 18 and 17 points, respectively, for San Diego State (9-2). Athletic wing Kyle Spain totaled 14 points and nine rebounds for the Aztecs, who attempted 26 more free throws than the visiting Midshipmen.</p>

<p>San Diego State has been almost unbeatable at home, compiling a 29-4 record at Cox Arena over the last three seasons. The Aztecs awoke from a game-long slumber just in time to extend their current home-court winning streak to a school-record 11 games.</p>

<p>Junior guard Kaleo Kina nailed a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give Navy a 37-35 halftime lead. The Midshipmen carried that momentum out of the locker room, scoring three unanswered baskets to open the second half to take 43-35 lead at the 18:27 mark.</p>

<p>“We did so many good things tonight. I liked our scrappiness on defense, our ball-sharing on offense. We started the second half great, which has been an issue in the past,” Lange said.</p>

<p>San Diego State started pounding the ball inside and either scoring or getting to the foul line. Perhaps the most exciting sequence of the night began at the 9:05 mark when Sprink nailed an impossible fall-away 3-pointer. Kelvin Davis answered with a 3-pointer from the top of the arc and Sprink immediately responded with a trey from NBA range. Wade and Adam Teague then exchanged 3-pointers to complete a dizzying 70-second stretch that ended with the score tied at 61.</p>

<p>“Navy shot the ball exceptionally well. We contested many of their shots, but they made threes and that is to their credit,” San Diego State head coach Steve Fisher said. “I’ve watched tape and they have stretches when they shoot the ball like that. They just haven’t had as long a stretch as they did tonight.”</p>

<p>Sprink shot 28 percent from the field over his previous five games, including a woeful 8-for-42 from 3-point range. He credited last night’s dramatic improvement to better concentration.</p>

<p>“I think it was all mental. I had a few things weighing on my mind and I had to put those aside,” Sprink said of the mini slump.</p>

<p>Navy wound up shooting 49.2 percent (29-for-59) from the field, its second-best performance of the season. Teague scored all nine of his points from beyond the arc.</p>

<p>“Moving the ball is a big part of knocking down shots. We had good ball movement and people were able to shoot in rhythm,” Sprink said.</p>

<p>San Diego State held Sprink scoreless over the final 10 minutes and that helped fuel a late charge. Junior guard Richie Williams, who inexplicably did not play in the first half, came off the bench to provide a spark as the Aztecs went on a 13-0 run to transform the tie into a 74-61 lead with 4:32 remaining.</p>

<p>“There may have been a little fatigue, maybe a little bad luck. I’ll credit San Diego State for doing some good things,” Lange said. “If there were 100 possessions in that game, we played well for 94. There were six possessions that we lost a little focus and that makes the difference.”</p>

<p>San Diego State out-rebounded Navy 39-21 and made 23-of-30 foul shots. Meanwhile, the Midshipmen only went to the line four times in the entire game.</p>

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<p>For Immediate Release
Sent Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007
Contact Justin Kischefsky (410) 293-8772</p>

<p>Depleted Mids Lose to Aztecs</p>

<p>SAN DIEGO, Calif. - A depleted Navy women’s basketball team that suited up only four healthy players lost a 91-33 decision to San Diego State Tuesday night at Cox Arena in San Diego.</p>

<p>Members of the Navy travel party contracted food poisoning at its team meal Monday evening. Eight of the 12 players, three of the team’s coaches, one student manager and the program’s athletic trainer (in all, 14 of the 20-member travel group who ate at the restaurant) all began showing symptoms of the violent illness late Monday night and lasting throughout the overnight hours and all day Tuesday. </p>

<p>A total of five players were able to take part in the team’s shootaround held Tuesday at 12 Noon.</p>

<p>Ten players managed to suit up for the game Tuesday night, with two others - including leading scorer Cassie Consedine - left behind at the hotel. Navy’s starting lineup consisted of Amanda Taylor, Kelly Altschul, Ali Currier, Angela Myers and Kristin Bowen. Myers has started every game this year and Altschul had made six prior starts, while Taylor had played in four games this year, Bowen in two games and Currier in one game. Of the quintet, Currier, Bowen and Altschul were among the handful of players who did not become sick.</p>

<p>The game was tied at 2-2 following a field goal from Navy’s Taylor one minute into the game, but the Aztecs scored the next 20 points to break open the game and went into halftime holding a 45-14 lead. </p>

<p>San Diego State, who continued to employ a full-court press and trap while holding a 50-point lead (75-25) with 10 minutes left in the game and, after calling off the pressure, still looked to run with ball on offense in an attempt to score on a fast break or with a three-point attempt, forced Navy into 30 turnovers while committing 10 turnovers of its own. </p>

<p>The Aztecs scored 47 points following those Navy turnovers, while conversely the Mids scored six points after SDSU turnovers. San Diego State also would tally 34 fast break points to Navy’s zero.</p>

<p>“I want to say how proud I am of this team for the effort and heart they displayed tonight,” said Navy head coach Tom Marryott. “They could have easily layed down and given up at the start of the game or at any point during the game. Almost no one had slept or eaten all day. We had girls leave the bench during the game because they were sick. It means a lot to me to see how hard they competed. They played their hearts out throughout the 40 minutes, and everyone who played just wanted to do and play more. They did themselves, their teammates and the Naval Academy proud with their effort and determination.”</p>

<p>Navy will have a little more than one week to recover as the Mids will next play Dec. 29 when the Mids play host to Air Force.</p>

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<p>For Immediate Release
Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007
Wrestling Contact: Stacie Michaud (410) 293-8773</p>

<p>Mids Finish Fourth at Reno Tournament of Champions, Prendergast Takes Title</p>

<p>RENO, Nev. - Six Midshipmen placed fourth or better, including senior Ed Prendergast (St. Louis, Mo.) who won the heavyweight title, to lead the No. 21 Navy wrestling team to a fourth-place finish at the 13th Annual Brute Reno Tournament of Champions held at the Reno Downtown Convention Center. The title win by Prendergast marked his first of the season, while he is the fourth different Navy wrestler to earn a tournament crown this season, joining 184-pounder Matt Parsons (Dunkirk, Md.), heavyweight Scott Steele (Baltimore, Md.) (two wins) and returning All-American Matt Stolpinski (Westfield, Mass.). </p>

<p>Sixth-ranked Central Michigan took the team title with a 24.5-point advantage (152.5-128.0) over fifth-ranked Oklahoma State. No. 17 Cornell held off Navy, 99.0-91.0, while the Mids outlasted Cal State Fullerton who rounded out the top five with 86.5 points.</p>

<p>“It was a long day for our young men, but in looking back upon our performance, I was pleased with the progress we have made since the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational,” said eighth-year Navy head coach Bruce Burnett. "I felt as though we didn’t reach our potential in our last tournament, but I feel like we had some outstanding performances.</p>

<p>“In particular, I was happy for Ed Prendergast to come out here and get a win. He’s been challenged these first two months by Scott Steele, but he has kept working hard in the wrestling room and today it paid off. We had another fine performance by Matt Stolpinski in second and Joe Baker is really wrestling strong and just came up a little short against the top wrestler in his class. Bryce Saddoris continues to improve each tournament he competes in and I was particularly happy to see him wrestle so well in front of his friends and family.”</p>

<p>Ranked 14th in the country, Prendergast was forced to defeat a pair of wrestlers ranked ahead of him en route to claiming the fifth tourney title of his collegiate career. He opened the tournament by producing back-to-back major decisions over Clackamas Community College’s John Bates (11-1) and Jared Campbell of Appalachian State (10-1) before earning a 12-8 decision over Western Wyoming’s Brandon Rupp to qualify for the semifinals. Prendergast, seeded third in the tournament, was matched up against No. 4-ranked Wade Sauer of Cal State Fullerton, who snapped Prendergast’s winning streak at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational two weeks ago and sent him to the consolation bracket. Prendergast avenged his 4-2 loss by pinning Sauer in just 1:36. Prendergast took the title win by defeating seventh-ranked Jared Rosholt of Oklahoma State, 7-3.</p>

<p>Also placing in the heavyweight division was Steele, who had defeated Prendergast in two tournaments earlier this season. After missing the Las Vegas Invitational due to an illness, Steele returned to the mat where he finished fourth. Unseeded, Steele earned an opening-round victory over Arizona State’s Kenny Lester, 15-2, but was forced to face top-seeded and second-ranked Bubba Gritter from Central Michigan. Gritter handed Steele his first loss of the year in a hard-fought 3-1 decision. Steele fought his way back through the consolation bracket where he would get a second chance at Gritter. This time, Steele bested Gritter in a 6-4 decision to set up a third-place battle with fourth-ranked Wade Sauer. Sauer, though, earned the match win by edging out Steele, 6-2.</p>

<p>Stolpinski, the Mids’ team captain who is ranked sixth nationally at 174 pounds, turned in his third finals appearance of 2007-08. Appalachian State’s Neal Martin put an early scare on Stolpinski, as the 2007 All-American just topped Martin, 2-1, in the opening round. However, Stolpinski easily worked his way through the bracket before earning a finals showdown against third-ranked Brandon Sinnott of Central Michigan who was seeded third. Sinnott earned the win by shutting down Stolpinski in a 4-0 decision.</p>

<p>Two-time NCAA qualifier Joe Baker (Poway, Calif.) also earned a spot in the title bout at 133 pounds for the second time this season. Baker opened up with back-to-back technical falls over Flint Ray of Utah Valley State (17-1) and Oklahoma City’s Jeremy Garner (18-2). In the quarterfinals, Baker pinned second-seeded and 15th-ranked T.J. Dillashaw of Cal State Fullerton. He went on to post a 5-2 decision over Cal Poly’s Filip Novachkov who was seeded third and had defeated Baker at the Las Vegas Invitational. The win set up the championship match against the nation’s No. 1 133-pounder, Coleman Scott of Oklahoma State. Scott just squeaked by Baker, earning the 6-4 decision.</p>

<p>In addition to placing a pair of heavyweights, Navy’s 149-pound tandem of senior Spencer Manley (Chattanooga, Tenn.) and freshman Bryce Saddoris (Spring Creek, Nev.) also scored well. Returning to his home state of Nevada, Saddoris gave his hometown crowd something to cheer about with a third-place finish. Saddoris won his first three matches of the tournament, including a 4-1 victory over third-seeded and 12th-ranked Brandon Carter of Central Michigan. However, it was 11th-ranked Morgan Atkinson of Cal State Fullerton who just edged Saddoris, 3-1, to send him into the consolation bracket. Saddoris came back to earn a 9-8 victory over Central Michigan’s Nathaniel Holt before nipping Manley, his teammate, 3-2 for third place.</p>

<p>Meanwhile, Manley’s fourth-place finish is his third top-five showing of the year. He produced back-to-back technical falls over Nik Turner of Oklahoma City (16-0) and The Citadel’s Derek Royster (17-1) before defeating Cody Moulton of Oregon, 8-2. It was top-seeded and 14th-ranked Scott Ervin of Appalachian State who interrupted Manley’s winning streak, sending him to the consolation with a 4-1 win. Manley edged Cal State Bakersfield’s Jeremy Doyle, 4-3, before bowing out to Saddoris in the third-place match.</p>

<p>The Mids will be off the rest of the week to enjoy the holidays, but will return to the mat Dec. 29-30 when they head to Greensboro, N.C., to participate in the Southern Scuffle.</p>

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<p>Game Specifics
Date and Tip Time Dec. 22, 2007 at 1:00 pm EST
Location Princess Anne, Md.
Arena (Capacity) Hytche Athletic Center (5,500)
Tickets 410-651-7747
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Video Streaming None
Radio WNAV (1430 AM) | WFED (1050 AM)
Webcast WNAV.com | federalnewsradio.com<br>
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<p>ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Navy concludes its pre-Christmas slate with a Saturday, Dec. 22, contest at Maryland-Eastern Shore, beginning at 1:00 pm (ET). The game was previously announced to begin at 4:00 pm (ET), but was moved up in order for players and staffs from both teams to catch flights a day earlier for the Christmas holiday. The game will be broadcast on the airwaves by WNAV (1430 AM) and WFED (1050 AM), with Bob Socci calling all the action, beginning with the Navy basketball pregame show at 12:45 pm.</p>

<p>NAVY UPDATE
Navy showed no signs of rust following its two-week layoff for final exams, giving San Diego State all it could handle, before falling 86-76. The Aztecs entered the contest with an 8-2 record with their lone losses coming to nationally-ranked Saint Mary’s (Calif.) and Pac-10 member California. In addition, SDSU entered the contest having won 10 in a row at Cox Arena.</p>

<p>None of that seemed to matter, as Navy surged to an eight-point lead right after the halftime break, and were tied with the Aztecs at 61 with just over seven minutes to play. The Aztecs then embarked on a decisive 13-0 run in under three minutes to put the game away, 86-76. Greg Sprink and Chris Harris combined to shoot 19-of-27 (.704) from the field, including 10-of-18 (.556) from three-point land to score 26 and 22 points, respectively. The Mids were once again hurt at the free throw line, as SDSU went 23-of-30 from the stripe, while Navy was just 3-of-4 with its first attempt coming with 3:56 left to play in the contest. Sprink, who snapped out of a six-game slump with the performance, continues to lead Navy at 18.1 ppg. Kaleo Kina is averaging 10.9 ppg and Harris and Adam Teague contribute 9.8 and 8.5 ppg, respectively. Sprink leads the team in rebounding (5.0 rpg), while Kina has recorded 37 assists to pace the squad. Freshman Mark Veazey has 16 blocked shots.</p>

<p>As a team, Navy is averaging 71.5 ppg and shooting 40.5 percent from the field. Defensively, opponents are averaging 74.5 ppg and are shooting 42.9 percent. Rebounding continues to be an issue for the Mids, as opponents are outrebounding the Mids by over six boards a game.</p>

<p>SERIES HISTORY
Navy leads the all-time series between the two teams, 3-1, and haven’t lost to the Hawks since the 1993-94 season. Navy won last year’s meeting, 82-59, behind Greg Sprink’s 24 points and Trey Stanton’s 15 points. Navy shot 52.8 percent from the field and went 9-of-19 from beyond the three-point arc.</p>

<p>ON THIS DATE (DECEMBER 22)
Navy has played nine times on December 22, posting a 5-4 record. The last time Navy played on the date, Navy rallied from a 16-point second-half deficit, behind then-sophomore Greg Sprink, in a 73-64 win at Brown. Sprink scored a school-record 31 second-half points, including eight three-pointers, en route to a career-best 34 points in the victory. He matched a school record with nine three-pointers in the contest.</p>

<p>ABOUT MARYLAND-EASTERN SHORE
Maryland-Eastern Shore is off to a 2-10 start, in which the Hawk offense has really struggled. The Fighting Hawks have been held under 60 points nine times this year, and as a team, UMES is shooting just 33.0 percent from the field and averaging 56.5 ppg. However, it has shown signs of life in the last two outings, averaging 81.5 ppg in a 77-72 win over Kennesaw State and a 105-86 loss to Wagner. Defensively, UMES is allowing foes to connect on 47.2 percent of their shots and to average 76.7 points per outing. The Fighting Hawks are also getting outrebounded by 9.0 boards per game. UMES has just 100 assists on the season, compared to 207 turnovers for an assist-to-turnover ratio of 0.40, which is ranked 327th nationally, out of 328 teams.</p>

<p>Ed Tyson leads UMES with a 19.0 ppg average. The 6-2 junior guard has led the team in scoring in nine games, including scoring 32 of the team’s 48 points against Iowa and tallying 36 in the last outing against Wagner. He has connected on 78-of-212 shots on the season. Marc Davis, who scored 30 in the win over Kennesaw State, averages 11.7 ppg, but is shooting just 33-of-127 (.260) from the field. Davis leads the team with 31 assists, while Aleksander Popovic and Denzel Jackson pace the squad in rebounding at 7.3 and 7.1 rpg, respectively.</p>

<p>SAN DIEGO STATE LEFTOVERS
• Navy lost its second game in a row on Monday night, falling to San Diego State, 86-76. The Mids have recorded losing streaks of three, three and two games so far this year.
• Navy has led in the second half of five of the last six games. However, during that span, the Mids are just 1-5.
• The Mids’ 15 made three-pointers were tied for the second most in school history. Navy also made 15 in last year’s win over Stony Brook.
• Navy’s 33 three-point attempts rank as tied for the fifth most in school history.
• Navy had two players (Greg Sprink - 26, and Chris Harris - 22) with 20 points in a game for the first time since the Stony Brook contest last year. Ironically, Sprink (29) and Harris (21) were the two that accomplished the feat last year.
• Chris Harris’ 22 points and six three-pointers were both career highs.
• Last year, Navy went 10-0 when scoring at least 70 points in a game. This year, the Mids are just 3-3.
• With the 10-point loss to San Diego State, Navy is now 0-6 in games determined by 0-10 points.
• Sprink went over 20 points for the fourth time this year and 23rd time in his career. He has scored 25 points in a game nine times in his career.
• Navy shot just four free throws in the contest, tied for the third fewest in school history. Navy’s first free throw attempt came with 3:56 to play. San Diego State committed three fouls in the first four minutes, then just nine in the game’s final 36 minutes.
• Navy’s bench was outscored, 25-11, against the Aztecs. It marked the first time all season that Navy’s bench was outscored.</p>

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<p>Army-Navy Update </p>

<p>All-Time Army-Navy Record: 876-660-38 (.569)</p>

<p>2007-08 Record Against Army: 9-3 (.750)</p>

<p>2007-08 N-Star Record Against Army: 8-2 (.800)</p>

<p>Last 11 Years Against Army: 214-109-5 (.660)</p>

<p>Last 11 Years N-Star Record Against Army: 157-66-5 (.700)</p>

<p>2007-08 Results
Sprint Football: Won, 30-17; Won, 41-13 (N-Star)</p>

<p>Women?s Volleyball: Lost, 3-1 (N-Star); Lost, 3-0</p>

<p>Golf: Won, 6.5-4.5 (N-Star)</p>

<p>Men?s Cross Country: Won, 23-35 (N-Star)</p>

<p>Women?s Cross Country: Won, 23-38 (N-Star)</p>

<p>Women?s Soccer: Won, 2-0 (N-Star)</p>

<p>Men?s Soccer: Lost, 2-1 in overtime (N-Star)</p>

<p>Women?s Swimming: Won, 206-94 (N-Star)</p>

<p>Men?s Swimming: Won, 231-69 (N-Star)</p>

<p>Football: Won, 38-3 (N-Star)</p>

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<p>PRINCESS ANNE, Md. – Kaleo Kina scored 20 points and Chris Harris added 19 and Navy hit 14 three-pointers en route to an 85-61 victory over Maryland-Eastern Shore on Saturday afternoon. The Mids improved to 4-8 overall, snapping a two-game losing streak in the process. UMES fell to 2-11 overall. </p>

<p>“I’m happy for our players, because I know how good it feels to win on the road. I am actually upset that we are spending time apart, because they have worked very hard the last two weeks and have been a joy to be around,” said Navy head coach Billy Lange. “Our mental toughness needs to improve, but for the majority of the game, I thought we played very well. Our defense was solid and we shot the ball well. Our rebounding still needs to get better, but it was a good effort.” </p>

<p>Navy started the game strong, jumping out to a 9-0 lead in the first three minutes, and would take a double-digit lead at 17-6 with 14:44 to play in the opening stanza. Navy would lead by double figures for the remainder of the half, en route to a 41-23 halftime lead. Five players scored at least four points in the opening stanza for the Mids, while shooting 50.0 percent (15-of-30) from the field. </p>

<p>The Navy defense was also tough, limiting Maryland-Eastern Shore to shoot just 25.8 percent on 8-of-31 shooting. The Mids, however, hut themselves with 12 turnovers. </p>

<p>The Fighting Hawks started to rally in the second half, holding the Mids scoreless for the first five-and-half minutes, cutting the deficit to 41-35 with 14:30 to play. The Mids went 0-for-8 with six turnovers in the span to aid the 12-0 UMES rally. </p>

<p>“They are a tough team to play and the halftime lead was too big for us,” said Lange. “We knew they would come out strong and we relaxed some. We regrouped and played well the last 15 minutes. I thought Brian Richards came off the bench and gave us great energy to get us back on track.” </p>

<p>However, the Mids regrouped and found their outside stroke. Thanks to three-pointers by Kaleo Kina, Adam Teague and Chris Harris, Navy quickly pushed the lead back to double-figures, grabbing a 63-46 lead with 6:59 to play on Harris’ third three of the afternoon. </p>

<p>Navy took its biggest lead of the game at 24 (79-55) with 2:40 to play on a pair of Greg Sprink free throws, before coasting in for a 85-61 victory. </p>

<p>Sprink added 15 points, while Adam Teague and Greg Brown tallied nine and seven off the bench, respectively. The Mids shot 50.8 percent from the field, including 56.0 percent (14-of-25) from three-point range. Navy outrebounded the Hawks, 42-40, but were guilty of 20 turnovers. UMES shot 32.8 percent and committed 15 turnovers. </p>

<p>Navy will be in action next Saturday night for a 7:00 pm tipoff at St. Francis (N.Y.) in the Bronx.</p>

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<p>Something For The Rest Of Us (Washington Post)</p>

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<p>Eight Navy Players Named To Phil Steele’s All-Independent Team</p>

<p>ANNAPOLIS, Md.-Eight Navy football players have been named to the Phil Steele College Football Magazine All-Independent team.</p>

<pre><code>Junior quarterback Kaipo Noa Kaheaku-Enhada (Kapolei, Hawaii), senior slot back Reggie Campbell (Sanford, Fla.), junior fullback Eric Kettani (Kirtland, Ohio), senior center Antron Harper (Eastman, Ga.) and senior guard Ben Gabbard (Arnold, Md.) were selected to the offense, while senior linebacker Irv Spencer (Oakwood Village, Ohio) was selected to the defense. Senior Joey Bullen (St. Simons Island, Ga.) and junior Matt Harmon (Taylors, S.C.) were selected as the kickers.

Kaheaku-Enhada directed Navy’s triple option offense to school records in rushing (348.8 yards per game) and total offense (444.1 yards per game) as he helped Navy lead the nation in rushing for an NCAA record third-consecutive year. Kaheaku-Enhada rushed for 834 yards and 12 touchdowns, while passing for 952 yards and eight touchdowns.

Campbell averaged 155.3 all-purpose yards per game, while scoring 11 touchdowns for the Midshipmen. He became the first player in school history to return two kickoffs for a touchdown in the same season when he returned one against North Texas and one against Army. Campbell rushed for 522 yards and five touchdowns, caught 13 passes for 242 yards and four touchdowns, returned 40 kickoffs for 1,098 yards and two touchdowns and returned 11 punts for 157 yards.

Kettani led the Midshipmen in rushing with 880 yards and 10 touchdowns while averaging 5.8 yards per carry.

Harper and Gabbard were the leaders up front for a team that scored a school record 511 points.

Spencer led the Mids in tackles with 95 stops on the year. He was also second on the team with 8.5 tackles for a loss and led the team with seven pass break-ups.

Bullen and Harmon shared the kicking duties for the Mids and both were effective. Bullen hit on 11 of his 17 field goal attempts, including 9-10 inside of 40 yards, while Harmon connected on six of his 10 field goal attempts. Bullen made 43 of his 45 extra-point attempts, while Harmon was 15-for-15.
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<p>PHIL STEELE’S ALL INDEPENDENT TEAM</p>

<p>1st TEAM Offense
QB-Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada, Navy
RB Reggie Campbell, Navy
RB Eric Kettani, Navy
WR Duval Kamara, Notre Dame
WR Jeremy Trimble, Army
TE John Carlson, Notre Dame
OL Antron Harper, Navy
OL Ben Gabbard, Navy
OL Sam Young, Notre Dame
OL Brandon Cox, Army
OL Mike Lemming, Army</p>

<p>1st TEAM DEFENSE
DL Victor Ugenyi, Army
DL Pat Kuntz, Notre Dame
DL Ted Bentler, Army
DL Trevor Laws, Notre Dame
LB Frank Scappaticci, Army
LB Maurice Crum, Notre Dame
LB Irv Spencer, Navy
DB Kevin Opoku, Army
DB Darrin Walls, Notre Dame
DB Tom Zbikowski, Notre Dame
DB Caleb Campbell, Army</p>

<p>1st TEAM Special Teams
PK Joey Bullen/Matt Harmon, Navy
P Owen Tolson, Army
KR Corey Anderson, Army
PR Jeremy Trimble, Army</p>

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<p>Overall Navy Sports Record: 134-57-6 (.695)</p>

<p>Men’s Basketball (4-8)
Last Week: Lost to San Diego State, 86-76; defeated Maryland-Eastern Shore, 85-61
This Week: at St. Francis of New York (Saturday, 7 p.m., Brooklyn, N.Y., Navy Radio Network)</p>

<p>Women’s Basketball (2-10)
Last Week: Lost to Marshall, 70-58; lost to San Diego State, 91-33
This Week: Air Force (Saturday, 1 p.m., Navy All-Access)</p>

<p>Football (8-5)
Last Week: Lost to Utah, 35-32, in the Poinsettia Bowl
This Week: Season concluded</p>

<p>Rifle (3-0)
Last Week: Idle
This Week: Idle</p>

<p>Squash (8-3)
Last Week: Idle
This Week: Idle</p>

<p>Men’s Swimming & Diving (11-0)
Last Week: Idle
This Week: Idle</p>

<p>Women’s Swimming & Diving (11-0)
Last Week: Idle
This Week: Idle</p>

<p>Men’s Indoor Track & Field (0-0)
Last Week: Idle
This Week: Idle</p>

<p>Women’s Indoor Track & Field (2-0)
Last Week: Idle
This Week: Idle</p>

<p>Wrestling (0-0)
Last Week: Finished fourth out of 26 teams at the Reno Tournament of Champions
This Week: at the Southern Scuffle (Saturday-Sunday, all day, Greensboro, N.C.)</p>

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<p>ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Navy men’s and women’s basketball teams will hold several promotions for its doubleheader on Jan. 5. The women’s team will battle Ohio at 5:00 pm, while the men’s team hosts Longwood at approximately 7:00 pm in Alumni Hall. The feature promotion will be the Hyper Dogs Frisbee Show, which will take place at halftime of both games.</p>

<p>Bill’s Game Room: Opening one hour and thirty minutes prior to the women’s basketball game will be the Bill’s Game Room located in Alumni Hall’s Bo Coppedge Room. Activities featured in Bill’s Game Room include festival style games such as a basketball toss, ring toss, etc. Each game comes complete with prizes for contestants. The room will close at the start of the women’s game and will re-open during the intermission before the men’s game. </p>

<p>Hyper Dogs Halftime Performance: Performing at halftime of both games with be the Hyper Dogs Frisbee Show. The Hyper Dogs shown has been seen by fans across the county at various college and profession events. </p>

<p>Kid’s Club Night: All Billy the Kid Club members are may attend the game and invite a friend to tag along for free. Food for kids club members and their guests will be provided by Chick-Fil-A.</p>

<p>Scout Night: Boys and Girl Scouts as well as family members and friends are invited to attend the game for a special price of only $3 per person (walk up ticket prices are $8 for adults and $4 for kids).</p>

<p>For ticket information, call 1-800-US4-NAVY and for promotional ideas and question, call 410-293-8785.</p>