Barnett-Gay and Navy host Lafayette

Navy Midshipmen (9-3, 1-0 Patriot) at Lafayette Leopards (4-8, 1-0 Patriot)

Easton, Pennsylvania; Sunday, 2 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Navy plays Lafayette after Zanai Barnett-Gay scored 26 points in Navy's 66-59 win over the American Eagles.

The Leopards are 2-3 in home games. Lafayette is 2-5 in games decided by 10 or more points.

The Midshipmen have gone 1-0 against Patriot opponents. Navy is the Patriot leader with 26.3 defensive rebounds per game led by Barnett-Gay averaging 5.1.

Lafayette averages 6.4 made 3-pointers per game, 1.6 more made shots than the 4.8 per game Navy allows. Navy averages 6.9 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.5 fewer made shots on average than the 8.4 per game Lafayette allows.

The Leopards and Midshipmen square off Sunday for the first time in conference play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Abby Antognoli is scoring 12.8 points per game with 5.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists for the Leopards.

Barnett-Gay is scoring 19.6 points per game and averaging 7.2 rebounds for the Midshipmen.

LAST 10 GAMES: Leopards: 3-7, averaging 56.3 points, 29.8 rebounds, 12.7 assists, 4.9 steals and 1.6 blocks per game while shooting 37.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 69.2 points per game.

Midshipmen: 7-3, averaging 67.0 points, 39.9 rebounds, 13.0 assists, 8.7 steals and 4.1 blocks per game while shooting 36.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 61.4 points.

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