TCU's Clyde Smith III hit a free throw with 9.4 seconds left and Brandon Venturini's three-pointer a

Navy (2-3) aims to snap a two-game losing streak on Friday as It begins round play In the South Padre Island Invitational. The Mids head to the Island off the Texas coast to face Southwestern Athletic Conference member Prairie View A&M (2-4), beginning at 3:30 PM (ET) at the South Padre Island Convention Center. Pete Medhurst will handle the Navy radio call on WNAV (1430 AM, 99.9 FM, wnav.com). Live stats will be provided on NavySports.com and as always, fans can receive Twitter updates on Twitter.com nba tickets cheap (@NavyAthletics).
This will be the first meeting all-time against a member of the SWAC (Southwestern Athletic Conference). The league is comprised of members Alabama A&M, Alabama State, Alcorn nba tickets cheap State, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Grambling, Jackson State, Mississippi Valley nba tickets cheap State, Prairie View A&M, Southern and Texas Southern.
Navy is facing nba tickets cheap its second straight opponent from the Lone Star State, as the Panthers hail from Prairie View, Texas. Navy is 6-17 against teams from Texas following Tuesday's 47-45 loss to TCU. Prairie View A&M will be the eighth team from the state Navy will have faced.
TCU's Clyde Smith III hit a free throw with 9.4 seconds left and Brandon Venturini's three-pointer at the buzzer went in and out as Big 12 member TCU held off the Navy men's basketball team, 47-45, Tuesday night in Fort Worth.
Navy would still lead 38-35 with over nine minutes to play and still be tied at 40-40 with 7:28 to play. However, Navy went scoreless for the next six-plus minutes as TCU stretched its lead to 46-40.
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Navy backcourt players scored 30 of Navy's 45 points vs. TCU and 54 of 63 points against UAB. In the two games of the South Padre Invitational, Navy guards have scored 84 of Navy's 108 points (.778). Only 32 of Navy's 108 points have been scored in the paint.
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Navy's bench is averaging 21.4 points per game, 15.2 rebounds per game and 3.2 assists per game in 79.8 minutes per game. The group is shooting 37-of-91 (.407) from the field and 14-of-35 nba tickets cheap (.400) from three-point range for the season.
Navy freshmen have scored 124 points (24.8 ppg) after scoring 16 of Navy's 45 points on Tuesday against TCU. The group has accounted for six of Navy's 13 double-figure scoring games so far this year. The group accounts for 40.4 percent of Navy's pts.
Tilman Dunbar leads the Patriot League in assists per game (6.6 apg), ahead of Lehigh's Mackey McKnight (5.4 apg). He ranks 23rd nationally and is third nationally among freshmen. nba tickets cheap However, the two players ahead of him have played just one and two games, respectively.
Brandon Venturini is averaging 9.0 ppg and has three double-figure scoring games. He had three all of last year. He is averaging 12.5 ppg in the two games of the South Padre Island Invitational, nba tickets cheap while making 5-of-17 three-point attempts.
Phil Guglielmo had played four minutes and scored no points in the first three games of the season, but tallied 12 points in 18 minutes against UAB. He then added six points (2-of-2 3Ps) in just 11 minutes against TCU. For the tournament, his is averaging 9.0 ppg on 4-of-6 three-point attempts nba tickets cheap in just 29 minutes. Per 40 minutes in the last two games, Guglielmo is averaging 24.8 points per game.