Benigni and Navy host Bucknell

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Bucknell Bison (4-11, 1-1 Patriot League) at Navy Midshipmen (10-5, 2-0 Patriot League)

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

BOTTOM LINE: Navy hosts Bucknell after Austin Benigni scored 23 points in Navy's 65-58 victory over the Holy Cross Crusaders.

The Midshipmen have gone 6-1 in home games. Navy leads the Patriot League in rebounding, averaging 34.5 boards. Aidan Kehoe paces the Midshipmen with 9.7 rebounds.

The Bison are 1-1 in conference play. Bucknell averages 13.4 turnovers per game and is 3-2 when winning the turnover battle.

Navy's average of 6.1 made 3-pointers per game is 2.8 fewer made shots on average than the 8.9 per game Bucknell gives up. Bucknell averages 7.6 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.6 more makes per game than Navy allows.

The Midshipmen and Bison square off Wednesday for the first time in Patriot League play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Benigni is averaging 17.5 points, 4.6 assists and 1.5 steals for the Midshipmen. Jinwoo Kim is averaging 1.3 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

Amon Dorries is scoring 11.9 points per game and averaging 3.7 rebounds for the Bison. Aleksander Pachucki is averaging 1.9 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Midshipmen: 8-2, averaging 72.4 points, 36.0 rebounds, 14.1 assists, 6.6 steals and 2.8 blocks per game while shooting 45.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 60.5 points per game.

Bison: 2-8, averaging 62.1 points, 26.9 rebounds, 12.7 assists, 7.7 steals and 1.9 blocks per game while shooting 39.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 77.4 points.

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