Barnett-Gay and Navy host Lehigh

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Lehigh Mountain Hawks (8-8, 4-1 Patriot) at Navy Midshipmen (10-6, 4-1 Patriot)

Annapolis, Maryland; Saturday, 1 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Navy faces Lehigh after Zanai Barnett-Gay scored 24 points in Navy's 86-68 victory over the American Eagles.

The Midshipmen are 6-3 on their home court. Navy is the leader in the Patriot with 7.9 fast break points.

The Mountain Hawks are 4-1 in Patriot play. Lehigh is fourth in the Patriot with 14.1 assists per game led by Gracyn Lovette averaging 3.6.

Navy averages 7.6 made 3-pointers per game, 1.2 more made shots than the 6.4 per game Lehigh gives up. Lehigh averages 66.2 points per game, 1.8 more than the 64.4 Navy gives up to opponents.

The Midshipmen and Mountain Hawks square off Saturday for the first time in Patriot play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Barnett-Gay is shooting 45.1% and averaging 17.6 points for the Midshipmen. Zoe Mesuch is averaging 2.4 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

Lovette is averaging 7.3 points, 3.6 assists and 1.5 steals for the Mountain Hawks. Lily Fandre is averaging 19.0 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Midshipmen: 5-5, averaging 76.0 points, 29.0 rebounds, 15.4 assists, 8.0 steals and 3.2 blocks per game while shooting 42.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 67.3 points per game.

Mountain Hawks: 6-4, averaging 67.8 points, 25.5 rebounds, 14.6 assists, 8.0 steals and 1.0 block per game while shooting 42.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 62.4 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.