Cadets Drop Road Tilt to Brown

Sunday, November 18

Providence, RI

4 PM

Army West Point

1-4

Brown

3-2

Army West Point

BROWN

Jacob Kessler dribbles the ball up the floor

Cadets Drop Road Tilt to Brown

November 18, 2018 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Army West Point men's basketball team was defeated by Brown, 86-66, on the final day of the Brown Bears Tip-Off Classic on Sunday afternoon at the Pizzitola Sports Center.

Tommy Funk paced the Black Knights offensively with 15 points and five assists. He was one of three Cadets to reach double-digit scoring as Matt Wilson totaled 14 points on 7-of-12 shooting and Aaron Duhart added 13, one shy of his career high, in the scoring column.

After averaging 15.7 points and 7.3 rebounds per game while shooting 73 percent from the field over the three-day weekend, Wilson was named to the all-tournament team.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Wilson reached double-figures in scoring for the fifth time this year.
After starting 0-for-4 from the field, he made seven straight shots before his next miss.
The junior has shot over 55 percent from the floor in 10 straight contests.
Army assisted on 62 percent of its made shots.
Funk recorded five or more assists for the sixth straight outing.
Duhart reached double-figures in scoring for the second consecutive game.
16 different Cadets saw action versus Brown.
John Scully and Brendan Thiele made their collegiate debuts.
Scully made his first career basket and finished with nine points on three makes from deep.
Mark Madden and Nick Finke appeared in a game for the first time this year.
The Black Knights scored 48 percent of their points from inside the paint.
Army notched 19 points off of 19 Brown turnovers.
The Cadets corralled 13 offensive rebounds and turned those into 17 second chance points.

HOW IT HAPPENED

It was a slow start offensively from Army and Brown and it was not until the 14:49 mark that one side reached double-figures in the scoring column.
Following a Wilson layup, the Cadets trailed by just two, 22-20, but the Bears caught fire offensively. Over the final 7:11 of the first half, Brown went on a 24-6 run while shooting 7-for-8 from the field and burying 5-of-6 tries from deep.
The Bears carried a, 46-26, lead into the new half and kept their foot on the gas, never allowing the Black Knights to trim the deficit to fewer than 20 points over the final 20 minutes of play. Both teams putting up 40 second-half points, while Brown connected on 53 percent of its shot attempts and got to the foul line 18 times.

UP NEXT
The Black Knights return to Christl Arena on Wednesday for a 7:30 p.m. matchup with Maritime.