Navy (19-6 / 11-1) at Bucknell (8-17 / 5-7)
Monday, Feb. 9 I 6 p.m. I Sojka Pavilion I Lewisburg, Pa.
TV / CBS Sports Network I Ed Cohen, Mo Cassara
Radio / WNAV, WFED I Matt Sabados
Five Starting Notes
• Navy has scored 1,296 factors towards Bucknell (68.2 ppg) and the Bison have scored 1,278 factors towards the Mids (67.3 ppg) during the last 19 video games of the sequence (beginning with March 5, 2017).
• Navy has performed extra video games towards Bucknell because the Mids joined the Patriot League than any opponent (79, together with Monday) and extra true street video games in Lewisburg than another league metropolis (40, together with Monday).
• The final three Navy at Bucknell video games have been decided by a complete of 18 factors (8, 4, 6, in chronological order).
• Donovan Draper is averaging 13.6 factors, 7.4 rebounds, 3.2 steals and a pair of.6 assists a recreation during the last 5 video games.
• Aidan Kehoe entered his senior season having scored 380 factors in 66 profession video games. He has scored 381 factors in 25 video games this season.
Game Information
• The first of back-to-back street video games for the Mids this week will probably be Monday evening when Navy performs at Bucknell in a 6 p.m. recreation.
• The CBS Sports Network will televise the sport, with each WNAV and WFED offering radio protection.
A Look Back
• Aidan Kehoe and Donovan Draper every posted a double-double as Navy recorded an 82-73 victory over American Saturday in Annapolis.
• The Mids led by as many as eight factors within the first half earlier than taking a 39-35 lead at the break.
• The Eagles held a number of three-point leads within the opening minutes of the second half earlier than a 14-3 run gave Navy a 61-53 lead.
• It shortly grew to become only a five-point lead earlier than the Mids took leads of 68-57 and 72-59.
• American made 12 three-point discipline targets, however Navy shot a season-high 56 % from the ground.
• Kehoe completed with 22 factors and 10 rebounds, whereas Draper stuffed the field rating with 18 factors, 14 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals and two blocks.
Bucknell Preview
• Bucknell enters the sport with an general document of 8-17 and a house document of 5-5.
• The Bison have tallied a 5-7 document in Patriot League video games, which features a 4-2 mark at house.
• Bucknell had gained back-to-back video games earlier than dropping 78-59 to Colgate Saturday in Lewisburg.
• The Bison have posted a 5-3 document in league video games determined by single digits.
Series History
• Navy and Bucknell first met on Jan. 31, 1920, and sporadically performed 16 video games towards each other from then till each had been members of the Patriot League beginning within the 1991-92 season.
• The Bison maintain a 48-46 benefit within the general sequence with the Mids. This features a 31-10 lead in video games performed in Lewisburg, in addition to a 21-7 benefit in video games performed in Sojka Pavilion.
• Bucknell is in entrance of the Mids, 39-30, in league common season video games. That mark contains a 25-9 lead for the Bison at house, together with a 17-6 lead in video games performed in Sojka Pavilion.
Series Trends
• The staff main at halftime has posted only a 4-3 document within the final seven video games however a 12-5 document within the final 16 (one tie).
• The staff making extra three-point discipline targets has compiled a 3-3 document within the final eight video games (two ties) and a 6-6 document within the final 14 video games (two ties).
• The staff grabbing extra rebounds has tallied solely a 3-4 document within the final seven video games but in addition an 11-4 document within the final 15 video games
• The staff committing fewer turnovers has posted a 6-4 document within the final 11 video games (one tie) and an 8-10 document within the final 20 video games (two ties).
Series of Streaks
• The Navy-Bucknell sequence has persistently had intensive profitable streaks compiled by every staff.
1-31-1920 to 2-18-1964 / Navy, 12-1 (started with 10 wins)
2-10-1967 to 2-17-1993 / BU, 7-0
1-22-1994 to 1-12-2002 / Navy, 15-5 (ended with 6 wins)
2-06-2002 to 1-11-2008 / BU, 11-2 (ended with 7 wins)
2-9-2008 to 2-5-2010 / Navy, 5-1
1-8-2011 to 1-30-2019 / BU, 19-1 (ended with 11 wins)
2-27-2019 to 2-8-2023 / Navy, 9-0
1-24-2024 to 2-1-2025 / BU, 4-0
3-9-2025 to 1-7-2026 / Navy, 2-0
Navy 76, Bucknell 55
• Three Mids scored at least 20 factors in a recreation for the primary time in practically a decade as Navy posted a 76-55 win over Bucknell Jan. 7 in Annapolis.
• Navy closed the primary half on a 10-4 run after which started the second half with a 20-3 run to flip a 28-23 deficit right into a 53-35 lead.
• Jordan Pennick made a career-high seven three-point discipline targets in tying a profession greatest with 23 factors.
• Aidan Kehoe was 8-9 from the ground and 4-4 from the foul line in scoring 20 factors to associate with his 12 rebounds.
• Austin Benigni tallied 23 factors, six assists and 6 rebounds.
• Navy shot 53.6 % from the sphere within the second half and ended the sport with a 42-27 rebounding lead.
A Look Ahead
• Navy heads again out on the street Saturday for a midday recreation at Colgate that additionally will probably be televised by the CBS Sports Network.
Navy-Bucknell on the Airways
• Monday’s recreation would be the sixth Navy-Bucknell recreation to be aired by the CBS Sports Network since its founding as CSTV (College Sports Television) in 2004-05.
• The recreation will probably be Navy’s 74th on the community since its inception as CSTV.
• Game No. 75 will probably be Saturday at Colgate and No. 76 will probably be Feb. 21 at Army.
Tied for Best 12-Game Start
• Navy’s 11-1 Patriot League document matches this system’s greatest 12-game document in its 45 seasons of convention play.
Navy’s Best 12-Game Record in League Play
Year League 12-Gm. W-L Final W-L
1985-86 CAA 11-1 13-1
1986-87 CAA 11-1 13-1
1999-00 PL 11-1 11-1
2020-21 PL 11-1* 12-1*
2025-26 PL 11-1 —
*The PL performed an unbalanced, abbreviated schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic with differing variety of video games.
Nearing 20 Wins
• Navy wants yet one more victory to attain 20 victories in a season for the second time in 5 seasons and the eleventh time in program historical past.
Navy’s 20 Win Seasons (chronological order)
1983-84 24-8 1996-97 20-9
1984-85 26-6 1998-99 20-7
1985-86 30-5 1999-00 23-6
1986-87 26-6 2017-18 20-12
1994-95 20-9 2021-22 21-11
Atop the Standings
• The Navy males’s and girls’s basketball groups are every in first place within the Patriot League. The Mids are one in every of 9 groups to have each males’s and girls’s groups in first place.
Men’s and Women’s Teams in First Place
Cal Baptist – Western Athletic Conference
College of Charleston – Coastal Athletic Association
Connecticut – Big East Conference
Duke – Atlantic Coast Conference
High Point – Big South Conference
Miami (Ohio) – Mid-American Conference
Navy – Patriot League
North Dakota State – Summit League
San Diego State – Mountain West Conference
Three Mids With 20 Points
• Austin Benigni (23), Jordan Pennick (23) and Aidan Kehoe (20) every scored at least 20 factors in Navy’s Jan. 7 win over Bucknell.
• It was the sixth time in Navy historical past wherein three Mids scored at least 20 factors in a recreation.
• It was achieved for the primary time in 9 seasons and the primary time throughout a 40-minute recreation in 41 seasons.
Games with Three Mids Scoring 20 Points
Jan. 8, 1965 at Rutgers
Jan. 12, 1966 George Washington
Nov. 29, 1984 Drexel
Feb. 16, 1985 William & Mary
Jan. 21, 2017 at Army (OT)
Jan. 7, 2026 Bucknell
— Benigni 23, Pennick 23, Kehoe 20
Two Double-Doubles vs. American
• Aidan Kehoe and Donovan Draper every recorded double-doubles in Navy’s Feb. 7 recreation towards American. Kehoe completed with 22 factors and 12 rebounds whereas Draper posted 18 factors and 14 rebounds (plus 5 assists, 4 steals and a pair of blocks).
• The final time two Mids posted a double-double in the identical recreation was when Kehoe and Draper achieved it in a Jan. 2, 2025 recreation towards American.
Navy Good Again on the Offensive Boards
• Navy has been superb during the last variety of years at profitable the offensive rebound margin.
• The Mids are +1,087 in offensive rebounding margin during the last 12 seasons.
• Navy has repeatedly turned these second-chance alternatives into factors.
• The Mids are +1,018 in second-chance factors during the last 12 years.
• Aidan Kehoe had 15 second-chance factors in Navy’s double additional time win at Lehigh on Jan. 17.
500-Point Seasons
• Austin Benigni scored 526 factors throughout his 2023-24 sophomore season and 638 factors in 2024-25 as a junior.
• He grew to become the fourth Mid to have scored 500 factors in a number of seasons. He has scored 453 factors this 12 months.
Multiple 500-point Seasons at Navy
3 David Robinson – 1985, 1986, 1987
2 Vernon Butler – 1985, 1986
2 Greg Sprink – 2007, 2008
2 Austin Benigni – 2024, 2025
Benigni Surpasses 1,700 Points
• Austin Benigni grew to become the twenty seventh Mid to rating 1,000 profession factors throughout Navy’s Jan. 18, 2025, recreation at Bucknell.
• He reached the milestone in his 81st profession recreation (twelfth fewest video games wanted to rating 1,000 factors).
• He then reached the 1,500-point plateau throughout Navy’s Dec. 19, 2025, recreation towards Coppin State, surpassed 1,600 factors Jan 10 towards Lafayette and scored his 1,700th level Jan. 24 towards Army
• Benigni ranks among the many Navy scoring leaders for each all video games and Patriot League video games.
• Benigni stands in sixteenth place in Patriot League historical past in profession factors.
Navy Career Scoring List — All Games
Rnk. Pts. Player, Years
1. 2,669 David Robinson, 1984-87
2. 1,952 Vernon Butler, 1983-86
3. 1,785 Greg Sprink, 2005-08
4. 1,764 Austin Benigni, 2023-pres.
Navy Career Scoring List — Patriot League Games
Rnk. Pts. Player, Years
1. 970 Austin Benigni, 2023-pres.
2. 937 Greg Sprink, 2005-08
• Benigni is in third place at Navy with 86 video games of scoring in double figures and fourth place with 38 profession video games with 20 or extra factors.
3-Point Progression
• One of the explanations behind Benigni’s scoring success this season has been his improved three-point taking pictures.
• He has made extra three-point baskets by way of 25 video games this 12 months than he made in 34 video games final season.
At the FT Line – Austin Benigni
• This is the third season in a row wherein Austin Benigni ranks among the many NCAA leaders in all three free throw taking pictures statistics.
• He ranks among the many NCAA’s energetic profession leaders in each free throws made (tied for first, 580) and tried (fifth, 674).
• He additionally ranks among the many Navy and repair academy leaders for essentially the most foul photographs made and tried in a season and profession.
• Benigni ranks among the many Navy (third) and Patriot League leaders (first) for profession free throw share (86.1%).
Benigni Leading in Points and Assists
• Austin Benigni usually has led the Mids in both factors or assists –– and infrequently each –– in a recreation 39 instances.
• Benigni has totaled each 10 or extra factors and 5 or extra assists in 33 profession video games.
• Benigni grew to become the third Mid to lead the staff in whole factors and assists in a number of seasons since assists started being tracked with the 1972-73 season.
• Benigni is the second Mid with 1,500 factors and 300 assists in a profession and the primary 1,600 / 400 Mid.
• He ranks among the many Navy leaders for profession assists (sixth, 442).
• He is the primary Mid to have three seasons with each 400 factors and 100 assists.
• Benigni is one in every of seven energetic gamers who’ve solely performed on the NCAA Division I stage with each 1,700 factors and 400 assists.
• He is the third Patriot League participant — throughout every staff’s Patriot League period — with 1,700 factors and 400 assists.
• Benigni is one in every of 4 gamers to rank within the Patriot League’s top-25 lists in each factors (sixteenth) and assists (twenty first).
• Benigni is one in every of three Mids to rank amongst Navy’s top-10 statistical leaders in each profession factors and assists.
Benigni Among Minutes Played Leaders
• Austin Benigni enters the sport ranked second within the Patriot League and ranked thirty second nationally with a median of 35:38 of enjoying time a recreation this season.
• He has performed all 40 minutes this season towards Southeastern Louisiana, Air Force, each video games towards Boston and all 50 minutes at Lehigh.
• He ranks among the many Navy leaders for essentially the most minutes performed in a profession (third, 3,651).
Kehoe’s Shooting Among the NCAA Leaders
• Aidan Kehoe ranks first amongst all NCAA Division I gamers in discipline aim share this season.
Highest Field Goal Pct. / 2025-26
Rnk. FG%. Player, School (FGM-A)
1. .745 Aidan Kehoe, Navy (164-220)
2. .693 Morez Johnson Jr., Michigan (115-166)
.693 Ben Defty, Boston U. (133-192)
4. .684 Flory Bidunga, Kansas (143-209)
5. .679 Ven-Allen Lubin, NC State (127-187)
• Kehoe was 10-10 from the ground in Navy’s Jan. 10 recreation towards Lafayette. That effort instantly adopted the Jan. 7 recreation wherein he was 8-9 from the ground towards Bucknell.
• Kehoe then was 11-11 from the sphere towards Loyola on Jan. 31.
• The 11-11 effort tied the Patriot League document for essentially the most made discipline targets with out a missed shot.
• Kehoe ranked second at Navy for the best discipline aim share in a single season in 2024-25 (62.1%), and he has to this point bettered that in 2025-26 (74.5%).
• Kehoe at present holds the highest mark for the best discipline aim share in a season by a Patriot League participant.
Draper and Kehoe — Double-Doubles
• Donovan Draper and Aidan Kehoe every rank among the many Navy leaders in profession double-doubles.
Most Double-Doubles – Career at Navy
Rnk. No. Player, Years
1. 74 David Robinson, 1984-87
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8. 21 Hassan Booker, 1995-98
9. 20 Aidan Kehoe, 2023-pres.
10. 19 Jay Metzler, 1958-60
11. 16 Donovan Draper, 2024-pres.
Kehoe’s 20-Point Double-Doubles
• Aidan Kehoe has posted 12 double-doubles this season, seven of which noticed him rating at least 20 factors.
• He is in seventh place at Navy for essentially the most 20-point double-doubles in a season.
Most 20-Point Double-Doubles in a Season
Rnk. No. Player, Years
1. 20 David Robinson, 1985-86
2. 18 David Robinson, 1986-87
3. 16 David Robinson, 1984-85
4. 14 Don Lange, 1953-54
5. 13 Don Lange, 1952-53
6. 10 Vernon Butler, 1984-85
7. 7 Aidan Kehoe, 2025-26
Draper and Kehoe — Rebounds
• Aidan Kehoe set a Navy document in 2024-25 for essentially the most offensive boards by a Mid in a season.
• Both he and Donovan Draper rank among the many Navy leaders in Navy season and profession leaders in a number of rebounding classes.
• Draper now ranks seventh at Navy and Kehoe ninth for essentially the most profession caroms.
• Draper and Kehoe are two of the 11 Mids to have totaled each 700 factors and 600 rebounds in a profession.
• This is the second 12 months in a row wherein Kehoe ranks amongst NCAA leaders in all three rebounding statistics.
• He additionally ranks fourth nationally in whole rebounds.
Draper’s Steals
• Donovan Draper ranks among the many Navy profession leaders in steals (158, seventh) and steals per recreation (1.80, fifth).
• Draper is the third Mid to rank amongst Navy’s top-10 gamers in each profession rebounds and steals.
More Minutes for Cole
• Cam Cole has moved right into a extra distinguished function within the rotation because the begin of the Patriot League season.
• He has already surpassed the entire profession totals he had recorded by way of the beginning of this season.