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WASHINGTON – Behind a game-high 22 points from freshman Madden Collins and four players in double figures, American University men’s basketball broke its five-game skid with a 75-63 victory over Army in Bender Arena on Saturday afternoon. The Eagles shot 53 percent from the field and led by as many as 17 in the second half, holding a double-digit advantage nearly the rest of the way.

Notable 


Collins turned in an impressive performance, hitting 9-of-11 from the field on his way to his sixth 20-point effort of the season.
Junior Matt Mayock and sophomore Julen Iturbe scored 11 points apiece, and junior Greg Jones added 10 along with a game-high five assists.
Jones, Iturbe, and Mayock all posted five rebounds to lead the Eagles.
AU shot 53 percent to Army’s 39 percent, and finished with a 36-24 advantage in points in the paint.

First Half 


The game got off to a tough start for the Eagles with a 8-0 run from Army, but momentum shifted to the home team and largely stayed with AU the rest of the way.
Sophomore Wyatt Nausadis hit a three-pointer to tie the game at 14-14 halfway through the period, during a 20-6 run that put the Eagles up by six with 8:09 remaining.
After Army ended a scoreless drought of over three minutes and cut the Eagles’ lead to four, AU fired off another 8-0 run for a 28-16 advantage on a driving, fast break layup by Jones at the six-minute mark.
The Black Knights fared better during the final stretch and cut the 12-point deficit to as few as four points, but a late floater for Collins put the Eagles up by nine at the break, 36-27.
American hit 13-for-24 from the field in the first half (54.2 percent) compared to Army’s 9-for-28 shooting (32.1 percent). Mayock and Collins led AU with nine points at halftime, while Jones had eight.

Second Half 


Army twice came back within four in the opening four minutes of the second half, but Iturbe scored four points in a 6-0 run that widened AU’s lead back to 10.
Collins stole the ball on his way to a breakaway dunk to put the Eagles up by 11 making at 13:45, and Iturbe later hit a triple at the midway point of the half for AU’s largest lead of 17 points following a 16-3 run, 56-39.
Army’s Ryan Curry fouled out on a technical foul just past the five-minute mark, leaving the game with just three points despite averaging a team-high 14.4 points per game for the Black Knights this season.
The Eagles’ lead only once got back to single digits with 2:35 remaining when Army used a 6-0 run to make it a nine-point game, but AU answered with its own 6-0 run thanks to a 6-of-6 showing at the line from freshman Kade Sebastian (4-for-4) and senior Geoff Sprouse.
Collins hit the final bucket of the game, a step-back jump shot, with 12 seconds left to cap his 22-point effort.

Next Up


The Eagles will play their next two games on the road, starting with a 7 p.m. contest at Bucknell on Wednesday, Feb. 18.

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