WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) - Worth Smith scored 16 points as Navy used a first-half surge to pull away from Army, then held on to win 59-50 Sunday, snapping a six-game losing streak.
Trailing by four, the Midshipmen (7-12, 1-2 Patriot League) launched a 28-8 run - denying the Black Knights a field goal for one 5:46 span - to lead 31-15.
Ella Ellis scored seven of Army's first 10 points of the second half to close to 34-33. Phil Guglielmo and Smith answered with back-to-back 3-pointers, then Smith added a jumper and Kevin Alter, who finished with 14 points, knocked down a trey, ending the threat.
Although Navy made only one basket and hit 8 of 19 free throws in the final 5:56, the Black Knights got no closer than eight and posted their lowest point total of the season.
Ellis scored 15 points to move into Army's all-time top 10 with 1,352 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Navy (7-12) « | 31 | 28 | 59 |
| Army (8-10) | 23 | 27 | 50 |
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| Navy Midshipmen | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| W. Smith, F | 37 | 6-13 | 2-4 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| J. Smoot, C | 10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Dunbar, G | 28 | 1-9 | 4-4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| K. Knorr, G | 21 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| B. Venturini, G | 18 | 1-7 | 0-2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Loupos | 24 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| K. Alter | 22 | 4-5 | 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| P. Guglielmo | 15 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| B. Wyatt | 12 | 1-2 | 2-5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| W. Kelly | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| T. Wynn | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Alexander | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 18-54 | 12-24 | 41 | 10 | 26 | 59 | |
| 33.3% | 50% | ||||||
| Army Black Knights | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Ellis, F | 26 | 4-12 | 6-7 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| L. Toomey, F | 21 | 1-7 | 3-4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| J. Springer, C | 15 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| K. Toth, G | 29 | 1-8 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| D. Cox, G | 26 | 4-7 | 2-4 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Wilson | 28 | 4-11 | 2-5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| K. Ferguson | 14 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| M. Williams | 11 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| M. Lenox | 9 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| A. Stire | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Plomb | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Gramling | 6 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 15-48 | 18-29 | 39 | 4 | 23 | 50 | |
| 31.3% | 62.1% | ||||||
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