Men’s Basketball Handles Purchase College

Tuesday, December 7

West Point, NY

6:00 PM

Army West Point

5-4,0-0Patriot

Purchase College

0-5,0-1Skyline

Purchase

Army West Point

Men’s Basketball Handles Purchase College

December 07, 2021 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

Game 9
SCORE	Army Black Knights 97, Purchase Panthers 40
RECORDS	Army (5-4) \| Purchase (0-5)
LEADING SCORERS	Army – Aaron Duhart (12) \| Purchase - Jordan Knochen (7)
LOCATION	Christl Arena

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army men's basketball team tied a program record with 16 made 3-pointers en route to a 97-40 victory over the Purchase Panthers on Tuesday night.

GAME SUMMARY
The Black Knights found their stroke from long range, connecting on 16 of 40 3-point attempts. Army had twice made 16 3-pointers in a game – against Colgate on February 11, 2012 at Christl Arena and versus Air Force on December 17, 2017 at Madison Square Garden.

Army started the game brightly as 10 different Cadets scored in the first half. The Black Knights sprinted to a 10-2 lead behind a 7-0 run to open the game. Four of Army's first seven made field goals were 3-pointers as the Black Knights led 21-7 after 10 minutes.

Josh Caldwell connected on Army's seventh 3-pointer of the half for a 42-21 advantage for the Black Knights' largest lead of the half with 55 seconds left. Army went into halftime with a 42-24 lead.

The Black Knights started the second half by outscoring the Panthers, 22-7, while going 9-for-12 from the field. Army, then, reeled off a 17-0 run as the lead erupted to 81-35 with 4:40 left. John Scully made Army's 13^th 3-pointer of the game, to set a season-high, as the Black Knights ended the game on a 16-3 run including making four 3-pointers from four different Cadets – Scully, Blane St. Clair, Blake Barker, and Ben Kinker.

CADETS CAPSULES

Aaron Duhart led the game in scoring with 12 points to be in double figures for the second straight game. He chipped in six rebounds and two steals in 14 minutes.
Jalen Rucker was in the double figures for the fifth straight game, finishing with 11 points including a game-high three 3-pointers. He led the game in assists with seven and added two steals.
Abe Johnson had career-highs in points with nine and in rebounds with six.
Charlie Peterson and Matt Dove shared team-high honors in rebounds with eight.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

In addition to tying a program record in 3-pointers, the Black Knights had season-highs in points (97), field goals made (36), 3-point field goal percentage (.400), rebounds (61), assists (22), and steals (12).

COACH'S CORNER (Jimmy Allen)
"I thought today was a great opportunity to get back on the court after a disappointing game at Air Force and then get back to playing the way that we know that we're capable of playing. I think the biggest thing is just from an offensive standpoint is playing with pace and sharing the basketball. I thought over the course of this game we continued to improve in that area and that was our ultimate goal tonight, and to be solid defensively and really share the ball. We had 22 assists and 11 turnovers and I thought we really created some opportunities in transition."

On success from 3-point range
"I don't know that we've shot the ball particularly great in the last few games and I know that we've got some guys that are really capable of being high-level shooters and so a game like tonight certainly hopes that builds confidence with your guys. I think the biggest thing was just how we worked to get some of those shots was very satisfying,"

CADET'S CORNER

Comments from junior Chris Mann about the team's win. #GoArmy pic.twitter.com/yry0XQbzJa
— Army M.Basketball (@ArmyWP_MBB) December 8, 2021

UP NEXT

Army starts a three-game road trip on Friday, December 10 against NJIT at 7 p.m.
Coverage will be provided by the ESPN+ and by the Army Sports Network via the Varsity Sports Network and www.GoArmyWestPoint.com.

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