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Navy Defeats Loyola in Tournament Opener as DeChellis Earns 400th Victory

The Navy men's basketball team took the lead 16 seconds in the game and maintained an advantage for the remainder of an eventual 64-48 Patriot League Tournament first round victory over Loyola, Tuesday night at Alumni Hall in Annapolis.  The victory by the seventh-seeded Mids (13-17) over the 10th seeded Greyhounds (7-25) advances Navy to a Thursday night quarterfinal round game at No. 2 Boston U.  The win was the 400th in the head coaching career of Navy's Ed DeChellis.