And a child shall lead them.
That passage from the Old Testament seemed appropriate on a Sunday afternoon when a baby-faced freshman was the difference-maker in the Army-Navy men’s basketball game.
Rookie forward Alex King caught fire in the first half and sparked the Black Knights to a lead they would never relinquish in handing the Midshipmen a humbling defeat on their home court.
King scored 15 of 17 points in the first half and Army pretty much led wire-to-wire in beating Navy, 64-62, before a sellout crowd of 5,710 at Alumni Hall. The skinny 6-foot-8 Indiana native showed no nerves in his debut against the archrival, making 7 of 10 field goals with most coming on a smooth jumper from the perimeter.