Whitlock and Lehigh host Navy
Navy Midshipmen (7-14, 4-4 Patriot League) at Lehigh Mountain Hawks (7-12, 2-6 Patriot League)
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Lehigh takes on Navy after Nasir Whitlock scored 21 points in Lehigh’s 86-47 win over the Lafayette Leopards.
The Mountain Hawks have gone 6-2 in home games. Lehigh is 2-2 in games decided by less than 4 points.
The Midshipmen have gone 4-4 against Patriot League opponents. Navy is 2-7 against opponents with a winning record.
Lehigh averages 70.3 points per game, 0.1 fewer points than the 70.4 Navy allows. Navy averages 7.7 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.2 more made shots on average than the 6.5 per game Lehigh gives up.
The Mountain Hawks and Midshipmen square off Wednesday for the first time in conference play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Cam Gillus averages 1.5 made 3-pointers per game for the Mountain Hawks, scoring 9.9 points while shooting 33.3% from beyond the arc. Keith Higgins Jr. is averaging 17.9 points over the last 10 games.
Austin Benigni is shooting 41.3% and averaging 17.5 points for the Midshipmen. Jinwoo Kim is averaging 1.8 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Mountain Hawks: 4-6, averaging 68.9 points, 28.3 rebounds, 12.2 assists, 7.8 steals and 2.1 blocks per game while shooting 43.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 66.5 points per game.
Midshipmen: 4-6, averaging 68.4 points, 35.0 rebounds, 13.0 assists, 5.5 steals and 2.6 blocks per game while shooting 43.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 66.9 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.