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Navy comeback falls short against Bucknell in tournament semifinal

LEWISBURG, Pa. — After getting off to a nightmarish start a little more than a week ago in its regular-season finale at Bucknell, the Navy men's basketball team might have had a sense of déjà vu Sunday in a Patriot League semifinal.

Bucknell scored the first nine points of the game, but this time Navy battled back and turned the game into a nail-biter before ultimately falling, 70-65, to the top-seeded Bison.

"We didn't start off very well," Navy coach Ed DeChellis said. "But we shook that bad start off and got our legs back and played pretty well the rest of the game.