Farmer leads Youngstown State against Navy after 20-point outing

Published Dec. 20, 2023 3:42 a.m. ET

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Navy Midshipmen (3-6) at Youngstown State Penguins (9-3, 2-0 Horizon League)

Youngstown, Ohio; Thursday, 2 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Youngstown State hosts the Navy Midshipmen after EJ Farmer scored 20 points in Youngstown State's 117-45 victory against the Westminster (PA) Titans.

The Penguins have gone 6-0 in home games. Youngstown State is third in the Horizon League with 39.5 points per game in the paint led by Ziggy Reid averaging 5.3.

The Midshipmen are 0-5 on the road. Navy is second in the Patriot League with 38.4 rebounds per game led by Donovan Draper averaging 8.4.

Youngstown State makes 46.6% of its shots from the field this season, which is 7.3 percentage points higher than Navy has allowed to its opponents (39.3%). Navy averages 67.6 points per game, 0.6 fewer than the 68.2 Youngstown State allows to opponents.

TOP PERFORMERS: Brandon Rush is shooting 37.6% and averaging 12.9 points for the Penguins. Brett Thompson is averaging 11.5 points over the last 10 games for Youngstown State.

Kam Summers is shooting 56.0% from beyond the arc with 1.6 made 3-pointers per game for the Midshipmen, while averaging 7.2 points. Austin Benigni is averaging 12.7 points and 3.4 assists for Navy.

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

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