WASHINGTON - In a rematch of the 2024-25 Patriot League Championship, the American University men's basketball team will host Navy on Monday, Jan. 12 at 7 p.m. The game will be televised nationally by the CBS Sports Network, just as it was when the Eagles claimed the conference title last March. This year, the Mids were the preseason favorite in the League and have won eight straight heading into Monday's game.
Quick Info
- Date/Time: Monday, January 12; 7 pm
- Site: Washington, D.C. (Bender Arena)
- Series History: Navy leads, 55-53
- TV: CBS Sports Network
- Talent: Jason Knapp, Mo Cassara
Parking Information
- Parking on campus is $10 per contest for games held after 5 p.m. on weekdays and all day on weekends, available through the PayByPhone app in any garage using code (211950).
- Standard hourly garage rates apply from 8 am-10 pm in the Katzen Arts Center and School of International Service garages.
Bender Bites and The Perch
- The Perch has returned for a second year, offering a special section behind the north basket where fans ages 21 and over can purchase beer, wine and seltzers.
- New this season to the concessions area is Bender Bites, in partnership with AU Kitchen. The menu is expanded from past offerings, and there will be multiple areas for purchasing food, snacks and drinks around the arena.
Series History
- This will be the 109th meeting between American and Navy, with Navy leading 55-53.
- The series was recently tied at 52-52 before the Mids won three in a row, but the Eagles came out on top most recently in the 2024-25 PL Championship.
- After falling 81-58 on the road and 68-60 at home in the regular season last year, AU turned the tables for a 74-52 win at home in the championship behind 25 points from Matt Rogers.
- AU is 25-18 in home games against Navy, but had dropped six straight to the Mids in Bender prior to last year's PL championship.
What to Know About American
- The Eagles won their first two PL games but have since suffered back-to-back setbacks. They let an 11-point lead slip away in a two-point loss at Colgate, and struggled from long range in a home loss to Holy Cross.
- At home in Bender Arena, the Eagles are 8-2 so far this season.
- Seven players—Wyatt Nausadis, Madden Collins, Kade Sebastian, Greg Jones, Julen Iturbe, Geoff Sprouse, and Dean Hogans—have been leading scorers for AU so far this season.
- AU currently has six players averaging 8.5 ppg or more, which no other AU team in the past 25 years can boast. Collins, a freshman, comes off the bench for a team-high 13.2 points per game.
- Despite a career-high 26 points for Collins and an enthusiastic crowd of 2,146, AU lost at home for just the second time this season in an 84-73 decision against visiting Holy Cross.
- An off night from long range and a turnover-prone second half for the Eagles allowed Holy Cross to pull away and hold off a late charge by AU.
- As a team, AU leads the Patriot League in scoring offense (77.4 ppg), turnover margin (2.59), and steals (8.47 pg). The Eagles rank second in scoring margin (3.6 ppg).
- Sophomore Wyatt Nausadis ranks fifth in 3-point FG percentage at .421, and freshman Madden Collins is fifth with 1.6 steals per game.
What to Know About Navy
- Leading the Patriot League so far this season, Navy is 4-0 with a 12-5 overall record and eight straight wins.
- The Mids have allowed just 60 points per game in PL games to lead the league, and have a scoring margin of 14.8 points in conference games, with second-place BU at a 4.5 ppg scoring margin.
- Three Navy players—Aidan Kehoe, Austin Benigni, and Jordan Pennick—scored 20 or more points in the Mids' 76-55 defeat of Bucknell on Jan. 7, achieving that for the first time in nine seasons.
- Benigni leads Navy with 17.8 points per game (second in the PL), with Kehoe ranking second at 14.3 points per game while also leading the Mids with 9.9 rebounds per game (first in the PL).
- Navy jumped out to a 20-2 lead against Lafayette on Jan. 10 in a 76-50 victory, led by a combined 43 points from Kehoe (23) and Pennick (20) as well as 17 from Benigni.
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