Dec. 21, 2008
• Navy Game Notes (12-21-08)
NAVY (8-3) at [18] VILLANOVA (10-1)
Monday, Dec. 22, 2008 • 7:30 pm (ET)
The Pavilion (6,500) • Villanova, Pa.
Radio: WNAV (1430 AM), WFED (1050 AM), WWWT (820 & 1500 AM)
Radio Talent: Pete Medhurst
Tickets: 610-519-4100 or available at game
• Navy looks for its ninth win of the season in undoubtedly its stiffest test of the year against No. 18-ranked Villanova on Monday night at the Pavilion in Villanova, Pa. The game will wrap up a five-game roadswing in which Navy is 2-2 overall. Action will get underway at 7:30 pm, and the game will be aired on WNAV (1430 AM) with Pete Medhurst calling the action.
• Navy is looking for its ninth win of the season before Christmas for just the second time in school history. The other time it happened came in the 2006-07 season under Lange when the Mids won their ninth game against Washington (Md.) on Dec. 20, 2006.
• Head coach Billy Lange returns to Villanova for the second time since being named Navy's head coach before the 2004-05 season. Lange served as an assistant coach and director of basketball operations at Villanova under Jay Wright from 2002-04. He helped Villanova to a 52-46 record in those three years and three NIT appearances.
• It will mark Navy's second trip to Philadelphia this year, as the Mids defeated Penn, 76-65, in the Palestra on Dec. 5.
• After going on a seven-game win streak from Nov. 16 - Dec. 5, Navy has lost two of its last three games.
• Navy is 4-1 this season when trailing at halftime. Since the start of last year, Navy is 12-6 when trailing or tied at halftime.
• Only two teams (Virginia Tech and Towson) have scored more than 70 points against Navy in regulation time only. Two others (William & Mary and Radford) neeeded overtime to reach 70 points. In addition, no team has shot over 50.0 percent against the Mids and five teams have been under 40.0 percent, including two straight and three of the last five.
• Navy is 93-63 all-time against the Big East, but hasn't defeated a Big East team since Nov. 26, 1996 (Pitt, 60-49).
• Navy will face a ranked team for the first time Jan. 7, 2002, an 87-65 loss to No. 23-ranked Wake Forest. Navy's last win against a ranked team came on March 16, 1986, when No. 17-ranked Navy shocked No. 9 Syracuse in the Carrier Dome, 97-85, to advance to the NCAA Sweet 16.
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