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Navy Midshipmen (12-5, 4-0 Patriot League) at American Eagles (9-8, 2-2 Patriot League)

Washington; Monday, 7 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Midshipmen -1.5; over/under is 139.5

BOTTOM LINE: American hosts Navy after Madden Collins scored 26 points in American's 84-73 loss to the Holy Cross Crusaders.

The Eagles have gone 8-2 at home. American leads the Patriot League averaging 77.4 points and is shooting 45.8%.

The Midshipmen have gone 4-0 against Patriot League opponents. Navy has a 4-4 record against opponents over .500.

American averages 9.1 made 3-pointers per game, 2.0 more made shots than the 7.1 per game Navy gives up. Navy has shot at a 45.8% clip from the field this season, 0.4 percentage points less than the 46.2% shooting opponents of American have averaged.

The matchup Monday is the first meeting of the season for the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Julen Iturbe is averaging 9.4 points for the Eagles. Collins is averaging 13.0 points over the last 10 games.

Austin Benigni is averaging 17.8 points, 4.6 assists and 1.5 steals for the Midshipmen. Aidan Kehoe is averaging 14.8 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Eagles: 5-5, averaging 71.7 points, 25.9 rebounds, 12.7 assists, 7.9 steals and 1.2 blocks per game while shooting 44.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 73.7 points per game.

Midshipmen: 8-2, averaging 70.6 points, 35.9 rebounds, 14.8 assists, 7.3 steals and 2.8 blocks per game while shooting 44.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 58.9 points.

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