Navy hosts Lehigh following Pennick's 22-point game

Lehigh Mountain Hawks (12-15, 8-6 Patriot League) at Navy Midshipmen (21-6, 13-1 Patriot League)

Annapolis, Maryland; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Navy hosts Lehigh after Jordan Pennick scored 22 points in Navy's 84-80 overtime win against the Colgate Raiders.

The Midshipmen have gone 12-1 in home games. Navy ranks second in the Patriot League with 9.3 offensive rebounds per game led by Aidan Kehoe averaging 3.6.

The Mountain Hawks are 8-6 in Patriot League play. Lehigh is sixth in the Patriot League scoring 73.5 points per game and is shooting 45.9%.

Navy averages 74.2 points per game, 0.9 fewer points than the 75.1 Lehigh allows. Lehigh averages 8.0 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.5 more makes per game than Navy gives up.

The Midshipmen and Mountain Hawks face off Wednesday for the first time in conference play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Austin Benigni is averaging 17.5 points and 4.3 assists for the Midshipmen. Kehoe is averaging 17.6 points over the last 10 games.

Nasir Whitlock averages 2.2 made 3-pointers per game for the Mountain Hawks, scoring 20.2 points while shooting 42.4% from beyond the arc. Hank Alvey is averaging 15.1 points, 6.6 rebounds and 1.8 steals over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Midshipmen: 9-1, averaging 75.4 points, 33.1 rebounds, 17.4 assists, 7.8 steals and 2.9 blocks per game while shooting 50.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 65.2 points per game.

Mountain Hawks: 6-4, averaging 78.4 points, 28.7 rebounds, 15.5 assists, 6.8 steals and 3.0 blocks per game while shooting 49.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 77.2 points.

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