Navy visits Lehigh following Fandre's 20-point game

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Navy Midshipmen (18-6, 12-1 Patriot) at Lehigh Mountain Hawks (13-11, 9-4 Patriot)

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Wednesday, 6 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Lehigh hosts Navy after Lily Fandre scored 20 points in Lehigh's 73-59 loss to the Lafayette Leopards.

The Mountain Hawks have gone 8-4 at home. Lehigh is ninth in the Patriot in team defense, allowing 65.8 points while holding opponents to 43.8% shooting.

The Midshipmen are 12-1 in Patriot play. Navy ranks fifth in the Patriot shooting 30.4% from 3-point range.

Lehigh averages 8.4 made 3-pointers per game, 3.4 more made shots than the 5.0 per game Navy gives up. Navy's 41.8% shooting percentage from the field this season is 2.0 percentage points lower than Lehigh has allowed to its opponents (43.8%).

The Mountain Hawks and Midshipmen meet Wednesday for the first time in Patriot play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Gracyn Lovette is averaging 7.9 points, 3.9 assists and 1.6 steals for the Mountain Hawks. Fandre is averaging 17.7 points and 4.6 rebounds while shooting 46.1% over the past 10 games.

Zoe Mesuch is shooting 36.0% from beyond the arc with 2.6 made 3-pointers per game for the Midshipmen, while averaging 13.2 points. Zanai Barnett-Gay is averaging 17.1 points, 9.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists and three steals over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Mountain Hawks: 6-4, averaging 65.2 points, 24.5 rebounds, 15.6 assists, 9.0 steals and 1.6 blocks per game while shooting 43.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 60.1 points per game.

Midshipmen: 10-0, averaging 72.0 points, 36.5 rebounds, 16.6 assists, 7.3 steals and 3.4 blocks per game while shooting 44.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 52.2 points.

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