Barnett-Gay and Navy host American

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American Eagles (4-11, 2-2 Patriot) at Navy Midshipmen (9-6, 3-1 Patriot)

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

BOTTOM LINE: Navy hosts American after Zanai Barnett-Gay scored 26 points in Navy's 97-58 victory over the Lafayette Leopards.

The Midshipmen are 5-3 in home games. Navy ranks eighth in the Patriot with 20.8 defensive rebounds per game led by Barnett-Gay averaging 5.6.

The Eagles are 2-2 against Patriot opponents. American ranks seventh in the Patriot with 7.3 offensive rebounds per game led by Charlotte Tuhy averaging 2.1.

Navy averages 71.1 points, 6.1 more per game than the 65.0 American gives up. American's 35.6% shooting percentage from the field this season is 4.0 percentage points lower than Navy has allowed to its opponents (39.6%).

The Midshipmen and Eagles square off Wednesday for the first time in conference play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Barnett-Gay is scoring 17.1 points per game and averaging 8.2 rebounds for the Midshipmen. Mary Gibbons is averaging 2.1 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

Tuhy is averaging 10.3 points and 10.4 rebounds for the Eagles. Madisyn Moore-Nicholson is averaging 13.4 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Midshipmen: 5-5, averaging 73.3 points, 28.8 rebounds, 15.0 assists, 8.1 steals and 3.0 blocks per game while shooting 41.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 65.7 points per game.

Eagles: 3-7, averaging 55.3 points, 30.1 rebounds, 11.2 assists, 5.3 steals and 1.6 blocks per game while shooting 34.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 62.5 points.

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