Navy plays Lafayette in conference matchup

Lafayette Leopards (8-13, 4-6 Patriot) at Navy Midshipmen (14-6, 8-1 Patriot)

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

BOTTOM LINE: Lafayette takes on Navy in Patriot action Wednesday.

The Midshipmen have gone 8-3 in home games. Navy averages 70.5 points while outscoring opponents by 8.4 points per game.

The Leopards are 4-6 against Patriot opponents. Lafayette is 3-5 when it wins the turnover battle and averages 13.0 turnovers per game.

Navy scores 70.5 points, 5.5 more per game than the 65.0 Lafayette allows. Lafayette averages 7.9 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.5 more made shots on average than the 5.4 per game Navy gives up.

The Midshipmen and Leopards meet Wednesday for the first time in conference play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Zoe Mesuch is shooting 34.8% from beyond the arc with 2.6 made 3-pointers per game for the Midshipmen, while averaging 13.1 points. Zanai Barnett-Gay is averaging 16.4 points, 8.5 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 2.5 steals over the past 10 games.

Maddison Krug is averaging three points and 7.5 rebounds for the Leopards. Teresa Kiewiet is averaging 16.2 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Midshipmen: 8-2, averaging 72.3 points, 28.5 rebounds, 14.7 assists, 6.1 steals and 3.2 blocks per game while shooting 42.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 60.4 points per game.

Leopards: 4-6, averaging 58.1 points, 27.9 rebounds, 12.3 assists, 6.2 steals and 2.9 blocks per game while shooting 38.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 64.9 points.

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