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NAVY MEN'S BASKETBALL: The Navy (3-5) men's basketball team answered every charge Delaware (7-3) made at it to come away with an 80-65 victory Wednesday night at the Bob Carpenter Center in Newark, Del. “It was a great team win,” said Navy head coach Ed DeChellis. “It was fun watching our team play. I am really, really proud of our kids. We needed a win and we came in here and got one.” Navy had balance on offense as seven players scored between nine and 13 points. Leading the way were George Kiernan and Cam Davis with 13, and Hasan Abdullah and Danny Ogele with 12. John Carter Jr. scored nine points, led the Mids with eight rebounds and shared the team lead with four assists.

“We had guys make big shots,” said DeChellis. “We made timely shots. We're a balance team; we're not going to have this guy score 20 (points) and that guy score 20. But if we can get 5-6-7 guys between nine and 13 points, that's really good for us.” Navy also committed just five turnovers and forced 15, which led the Mids to enjoying a 20-7 edge in points scored after those miscues.

“We really tried to focus on offensive execution the last few days in practice,” said DeChellis. “I thought we were much better at taking care of the ball. And the big thing is we rebounded the ball well. We really tried to work on rebounding. Our offensive rebounds made us more aggressive.”

Navy will be back in action Sunday when it plays at Lipscomb.

NAVY WRESTLING: After spending the last month competing in a handful of tournaments, the Navy wrestling team (0-1) closes out the calendar year with a dual match against longtime rival Maryland (0-1) on Friday evening (7:00 pm) at Xfinity Center in College Park.

Navy owns a 0-1 mark in dual action this season, losing a 28-9 decision to No. 2 Ohio State in the opening week of competition. Since the Ohio State dual, the Mids have competed at the Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open (no team scoring), Navy Classic (3rd/16 teams) and Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (17th/43 teams). BOWIE STATE MEN'S BASKETBALL: Redshirt junior David Belle pumped in a career-high 24 points and hauled down a game-high 10 rebounds to lead Bowie State University to a 74-70 victory over previously unbeaten Shippensburg University on Wednesday evening in the A.C. Jordan Arena. The Shippensburg Raiders (8-1) were ranked #11 in the latest NABC Coaches Poll coming into the contest.

Bowie State (4-5) won its fourth straight game.