Showing posts with label U.S. Naval Academy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label U.S. Naval Academy. Show all posts

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Mids let UMES slip from grasp for overtime victory

At this stage in its development, the Navy basketball team is still learning how to win. Navy had the ball with a chance to close out a come-from-behind victory by scoring on the final possession of regulation. Much to the dismay of head coach Billy Lange and 1,825 fans at Alumni Hall, the Midshipmen did not even get off a shot.

Senior point guard O.J. Avworo lost control of his dribble while trying to create and the ball squirted toward midcourt. Freshman guard Isaiah Roberts chased down the loose ball, but did not realize the final seconds were ticking away and waited until after the final buzzer had sounded to launch a potential game-winning 3-pointer.

That final sequence was deflating for Navy and uplifting for the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore, which proceeded to dominate overtime.

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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Howard Bison 72, Navy Midshipmen 65

Howard Uses Late Run to Push Past Navy, 72-65

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Howard men's basketball team outscored Navy, 9-0, in the final minute of play to hand the Midshipmen a 72-65 setback on Monday night. The loss snapped Navy's modest two-game winning streak and drops Navy's record to 6-9 overall. Howard improved to 2-13 with the victory. Navy has lost six straight games away from Annapolis and has a 1-7 record away from Alumni Hall, entering Saturday night's Patriot League opener at Bucknell.

"We didn't do enough tonight for 40 minutes to be successful. When we don't play together, we aren't going to beat anyone," said Navy head coach Billy Lange. "We were careless defensively and didn't show enough patience on offense. It just seemed we got antsy in the second half and weren't patient enough. When we were, we got any shot we wanted." Howard was aided by seven three-point plays. Three of the seven came on fouled three-point shot attempts, while the Bison also connected on four and-one opportunities. "It's just a lack of focus, and we didn't close out on shooters properly," said Lange. "Our heads were somewhere else."

Final Stats

White, Collins Lead Balanced Attack In Win Over Navy

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Curtis White scored 12 of his game-high 21 points in the second half and Dadrian Collins added 10 of his 15 after intermission to lead Howard to a 72-65 win over Navy in a non-conference men's basketball game at Burr Gymnasium. The Bison (2-13), who snapped a five game losing streak, rallied from a 36-30 halftime deficit on the scoring of White and Collins who combined for 12 of the team's points during a key 15-9 run that tied the score at 45-all.

Buoyed by the run, Howard embarked on an 11-4 run to open up a 56-49 lead at the 10:48 mark of the second half. This time it was Mike Phillips and Calvin Thompson who keyed the run as they combined for 8 of the points. But the scrappy Mids (6-9) put together a rally of their own, a 16-6 spurt that helped them regain the lead at 65-63 with 3:08 remaining.

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Sunday, May 11, 2008

U.S. Naval Academy: Facility Dedicated to Black Pioneer, retired Howard U employee

D.C. Resident Broke Institute's Color Barrier When He Graduated in 1949.

Annapolis, Md (March 25, 2006) - The first African American Commandant of the Naval Academy, Capt. Bruce Grooms stands with Retired Lt. Cmdr. Wesley Brown at the groundbreaking ceremony of the Wesley Brown Field House at the U.S. Naval Academy. (Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

Wesley A. Brown, a son of the District who became the first African American to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy, entered the pantheon of military heroes yesterday as the academy's newest facility was dedicated in his honor.

The Navy's highest brass celebrated Brown as a pioneer of racial justice with attendant pomp at yesterday's opening of the $52 million Wesley A. Brown Field House on the scenic bank of the Severn River in Annapolis. Brown's life story was hailed as an American tale of courage and perseverance, grace and humility.

"He fought a war his whole life for all of us to improve who we are as individuals, who we are both as a Navy and a nation," said Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. "It was his noble calling and it was his call to service and citizenship that led to lasting change in our Navy and in our nation."

Capt. Peter W. McGeory, the academy's senior chaplain, paid tribute to Brown. "He is a true American treasure, and may all of us learn from his courage, his grace, his humor and his humility," McGeory said.

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(Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
Annapolis, Md. (March 25, 2006) - Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Mullen talks with Ret. Lt. Cmdr. Wesley Brown at the groundbreaking ceremony of the Wesley Brown Field House at the U.S. Naval Academy. The 140,000 square-foot complex will sport facilities for physical education, varsity and intramural athletics, club sports and personal fitness, at a cost of about $52 million dollars. The project is scheduled to be complete by 2008. Brown was the first African American graduate of the Academy in 1949. There had been five before him, but they were all forced out.

Brown's story was not particularly well known until the publication in 2005 of Robert J. Schneller Jr.'s book, "Breaking the Color Barrier: The U.S. Naval Academy's First Black Midshipmen and the Struggle for Racial Equality." This book documents the experiences of the first five African Americans admitted to the Academy and the challenges Brown and the others faced.

Photo: (Courtesy of Brown Family) Wesley A. Brown U.S. Army photo.

Brown became the first in his family to attend college, at Howard University. Prior to 1945, he began his military career with a stint in the Army before applying to the Naval Academy. He originally wanted to go to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He served in the Korean War and the Vietnam War and served in the US Navy from May 2, 1944–June 30, 1969.

He was nominated for admission and later appointed to USNA, by New York Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

The Wesley A. Brown Field House houses facilities for physical education, varsity and intramural athletics, club sports and personal fitness. The field house utilizes the most advanced technology for personal condition and combat preparedness.

Yesterday, with the dedication of this facility, Ret. Lt. Cmdr. Wesley Brown joined the likes of William F. Halsey Jr. and Chester W. Nimitz, Alfred Thayer Mahan and Hyman G. Rickover with a rare honor of having a Naval Academy building named after him.

Read: 1st Black Graduate Joins Elite Group (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/25/AR2006032500994.html)

Photo Gallery: Wesley A. Brown Field House Construction: http://navysports.cstv.com/photogallery/gallery_index.html?school=navy&sport=&

Note to Readers: We were unable to verify if Ret. Lt. Cmdr. Brown is an alumnus of Howard University. If any historians have verification of this fact and year of graduation, please provide us with a link. Thank you.

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