2010 Face-Off Classic
Baltimore, MD: You lacrosse fans who did not go to Inside Lacrosse Magazine’s Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic held at M&T Bank Stadium missed out on three great games. In fact, two went into overtime.
NCAA Basketball: Navy at Army Men’s and Women’s Games
20 February 2010: The Navy Midshipmen defeated the Army Black Knights 54-48 in the women’s game while the The Navy Midshipmen lost to the Army Black Knights 69-50 during the men’s game. Both games were held at Crystl Arena in West Point , New York.
NCAA Women’s Basketball: Illinois at Penn State
NCAA: Cornell, Yale and Iowa at Penn State Gymnastics
23 January 2010: Action images taken during the Cornell, Yale and Iowa at Penn State Women’s Gymnastics competition held at the Rec Hall in State College, Pennsylvania.
NCAA Basketball: New Hampshire at Army
22 December 2009: Army used a 13-0- run to turn a five-point lead into an 18-point advantage en route to a 54-46 victory over New Hampshire (4-5) at the Christl Arena at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. The Black Knights (9-2) have won four straight games overall and seven in a row at West Point.
NCAA Basketball: Mt. St. Vincent at Army Basketball
WEST POINT, N.Y. – Army broke open a 54-54 tie with an 8-0 run to take a hard-fought 62-56 win over Mount Saint Vincent at Christl Arena on Saturday afternoon. The Black Knights (8-2) and Dolphins (4-3) swapped the lead six times in the second half, before the Black Knights pulled away for its third straight win.
Army won its sixth straight home game, including all five of its appearances this season.
Senior F Cleveland Richard led all players with 17 points, including 10 in the second half. Sophomore GJulian Simmons was also in double figures with 11 points, including a team-high two three-pointers. Senior GJosh Miller led the Black Knights with eight rebounds, five assists and four steals. Senior G Marcus Nelsonblocked three shots, including two on a key defensive stand during the decisive run, to move into second place on Army’s all-time list with 65 career rejections.
The Division III Dolphins stayed in the game with 11 three-pointers (11-34), including four by Dino Johnson and three by Nick DiMaggio. DiMaggio led the team with 13 points, while Johnson added 12 markers. Pat Panetta grabbed a team-high five boards for the Dolphins.
Army shot 45.7 percent for the game and limited Mount Saint Vincent to a 33.9 percent shooting average. The Black Knights held a 16-rebound edge (41-25) and were able to use their superior size to outscore the Dolphins 28-10 in the paint. Army turned the ball over 20 times in the game.
The Black Knights have now won 11 straight games when limiting their opponents to less than 60 points.
Mount Saint Vincent jumped out to an 11-7 advantage on the strength of a 3-for-6 start from three-point range. The Black Knights, playing their first game in a week, started sluggish on the offensive end, hitting just three of their first seven shots and turning the ball over three times in the opening seven minutes.
Army trimmed the Dolphins’ lead to 13-11 with 10:40 to go when junior G Mitch McDonald found junior F Jeremy Hence for a layup, but Mount Saint Vincent answered right back with consecutive three-pointers by Johnson to claim a 19-11 lead with 9:23 left.
Senior C Chris Walker ended a three-minute, 29-second Army scoring drought for the Black Knights to make it 19-13 with 7:11 to go. The basket jumpstarted an 8-0 run with Richard’s three-point play tying the game at 19-19 with 4:46 left in the half.
With the score tied at 23-23, Richard hit back-to-back jumpers to give Army its largest lead of the half at 27-23 with 26 seconds remaining. The Dolphins scored the last points of the half on their sixth three-pointer, this one by DiMaggio, with 11 seconds remaining. Army came up empty on its final possession, sending the Black Knights into the locker room with a 27-26 advantage.
Richard scored a team-high seven points in the opening 20 minutes, while Johnson led the Dolphins with nine points, all on three-pointers.
Army shot 54.5 percent (12-22) in the first half, but was just 1 for 7 from three-point range and turned the ball over 11 times. Mount Saint Vincent hit 37.0 percent (10-27), but made six three-pointers (6-18).
Army started the half on a 5-2 run to extend its lead to 32-28, but the Dolphins drained back-to-back three-pointers to regain a 34-32 advantage with 17:33 to go. After a pair of free throws by Walker, senior G Jon Sizemore’s fastbreak layup off a Dolphin turnover gave the Black Knights a 36-34 lead with 16:38 left. The basket was part of a 6-0 run that pushed the Black Knights back in front 38-34 with 15:52 on the second-half clock.
The Black Knights led 39-38, but the Dolphins struck again from long range when DiMaggio stroked his third of the game to give them a 41-39 lead with 13:33 to go. Army responded with a 7-0 run to take its largest lead at 46-41 with 10:26 remaining. The Dolphins did not fold, however, as Kieran Halton converted a three-point play to cut the Army lead to 46-44 with 10:17 left.
Army led 50-46, but again the Dolphins found the mark from three-point range on a long jumper by Johnson to trim the margin to 50-49 with 7:56 left. The Black Knights led by two points, but another three-pointer, this one by Cunningham gave the Dolphins a one-point lead with 6:17 left.
Richard answered with a three-pointer of his own for the 10th lead change of the game, putting Army back on top 54-52 with 5:57 on the clock. Panetta tied the game for the fifth time with a pair of free throws with 5:10 left. Neither team scored for the next three minutes until Miller followed his own miss with a jumper in the lane that gave the Black Knights a 54-52 lead with 2:08 left. Army did not trail again.
Mount Saint Vincent came up empty on its next possession, and the Black Knights were able to get the rebound and push the ball up the floor. Miller found a streaking Richard for a layup that extended the Army lead to 58-54 with 1:29 remaining.
Nelson went to work on the defensive end, blocking a pair of shots before Army could corral the rebound. Miller hit 1-of-2 free throws to push Army’s lead to 59-54 with 37 seconds left. Army’s defense came through yet again with a steal before Simmons hit two free throws to extend the Army lead to 61-54 with 29 seconds left. Nelson finished Army’s scoring with a free throw to make it a 62-54 game with 21 seconds remaining in the game. Panetta tacked on the final basket of the game to set the final margin.
Army has won 26 straight games against non-Division I opponents since the 1993-94 season.
The Black Knights play their final game before the holiday break on Tuesday, Dec. 22 when they host New Hampshire. Tip-off at Christl Arena is set for 2 p.m.
Game Notes: The Dolphins’ 56 points snapped Army’s two-game streak of holding opponents to less than 50 points … Army is 6-0 when leading at halftime … the Black Knights shot 64.0 percent from the free throw line, stopping a four-game streak of hitting less than 60 percent of their free throws … Army is now 19-5 in its last 24 games when holding the rebounding edge and 11-2 in its last 13 games when holding at least a 10-rebound advantage … Army has outrebounded six of its first 10 opponents after holding the edge only five times in 30 games last season … Army is 8-2 for the first time since the 2006-07 team started 9-2 … Arm is now 17-10 since the start of last season since when Cleveland Richard scores at least 10 points … … Marcus Nelson took his first three-point attempt of the season … Tyrell Thompson missed his sixth straight game with an ankle injury … MSV’s Kieran Halton fouled out with 4:24 left in the second half.
NCAA Football: OCT 10 Vanderbilt at Army
Game action during the the Vanderbilt at Army football game. The Army Black Knights defeated the Vanderbilt Commodores 16-13 in overtime at Michie Stadium in West Point New York.
NCAA Football: Tulane at Army
3 October 2009: Last Saturday, I was taking photos during game action of the Tulane at Army football game. The Black Knights lost to the Green Wave 17-16 at Michie Stadium in West Point New York.
NCAA FOOTBALL: SEPT 26 Iowa at Penn State
State College, PA: I had the opportunity to photograph the University of Iowa at Penn State football game at Beaver Stadium in State College, PA over the weekend for Southcreek Global Media. The Nittany Lions fell to the undefeated Hawkeyes 21-10. It was one of the best games I’ve been to this year despite the unrelenting downpour the entire evening.
NCAA Football – Ball State at Army
19 September 2009: The Army Black Knights defeated the Ball State Cardinals 24-17 at Michie Stadium in West Point New York.
Photos by Alex Cena for Southcreek Global
Duke @ Army Football
12 September 2009 West Point, NY: Duke University at The United States Military Academy Football. The Army Black Knights fell 35-19 in its home-opener against the Duke Blue Devils in a football game played at USMA’s Michie Stadium in West Point, NY.
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