Barnett-Gay leads Navy against Loyola (MD)

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Loyola (MD) Greyhounds (12-16, 8-9 Patriot) at Navy Midshipmen (20-7, 14-2 Patriot)

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

BOTTOM LINE: Navy faces Loyola (MD) after Zanai Barnett-Gay scored 31 points in Navy's 73-63 win against the Colgate Raiders.

The Midshipmen have gone 11-3 in home games. Navy is the Patriot leader with 32.8 rebounds per game led by Barnett-Gay averaging 8.5.

The Greyhounds have gone 8-9 against Patriot opponents. Loyola (MD) is 2-8 in games decided by 10 or more points.

Navy is shooting 41.7% from the field this season, 1.7 percentage points higher than the 40.0% Loyola (MD) allows to opponents. Loyola (MD) averages 55.3 points per game, 4.6 fewer than the 59.9 Navy allows to opponents.

The teams play for the second time in conference play this season. Navy won the last meeting 68-62 on Jan. 31. Julianna Almeida scored 19 points points to help lead the Midshipmen to the victory.

TOP PERFORMERS: Barnett-Gay is shooting 43.1% and averaging 16.9 points for the Midshipmen. Zoe Mesuch is averaging 12.5 points over the last 10 games.

Lex Therien is shooting 53.7% and averaging 15.5 points for the Greyhounds. Kimmie Hicks is averaging 9.9 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Midshipmen: 9-1, averaging 65.6 points, 34.5 rebounds, 14.3 assists, 8.1 steals and 3.4 blocks per game while shooting 41.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 52.7 points per game.

Greyhounds: 4-6, averaging 54.0 points, 28.8 rebounds, 11.8 assists, 6.9 steals and 2.0 blocks per game while shooting 38.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 56.1 points.

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