Sugars' 25 leads Navy past Army 85-81
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Jordan Sugars scored 25 points to lead all five Navy starters in double figures in an 85-81 victory over Army on Saturday night.
Navy (6-16, 1-4 Patriot League), which broke a four-game losing streak, took the lead in the second half and held off Army (10-10, 2-3), which has lost three of four.
The Midshipmen led by 13 with 14:14 left, but Army cut the lead to 78-77 on Ella Ellis' three-point play with 56 seconds left. Navy pushed the advantage to 80-77 before Jeremy Hence's layup brought Army to within 80-79 with 28 seconds to play.
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O.J. Avworo hit two free throws to push lead to 82-79.
Navy was 8 for 8 from the free-throw line in the final 55 seconds.
J.J. Avila scored 17 points, Avworo had 15, Isaiah Roberts added 13 and Greg Brown had 12 for Navy.
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Ellis scored 21 points, Hence had 17, Josh Herbeck scored 16 and Julian Simmons added 11 for Army.