Barnett-Gay and the Navy Midshipmen take on conference foe Bucknell

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Navy Midshipmen (7-6, 1-1 Patriot) at Bucknell Bison (4-9, 0-2 Patriot)

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

BOTTOM LINE: Zanai Barnett-Gay and Navy visit Tuana Coskun and Bucknell on Wednesday.

The Bison are 3-3 in home games. Bucknell is 0-2 in games decided by less than 4 points.

The Midshipmen are 1-1 against Patriot opponents. Navy is the Patriot leader with 33.7 rebounds per game led by Barnett-Gay averaging 7.6.

Bucknell is shooting 40.7% from the field this season, 1.3 percentage points higher than the 39.4% Navy allows to opponents. Navy averages 7.7 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.2 more made shots on average than the 5.5 per game Bucknell gives up.

The matchup Wednesday is the first meeting this season between the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Coskun is averaging 13.2 points for the Bison. Reese Zemitis is averaging 1.3 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

Zoe Mesuch is shooting 31.9% from beyond the arc with 2.3 made 3-pointers per game for the Midshipmen, while averaging 11.1 points. Barnett-Gay is averaging 16 points, 6.8 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 2.7 steals over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Bison: 3-7, averaging 58.4 points, 25.7 rebounds, 13.6 assists, 7.4 steals and 3.6 blocks per game while shooting 43.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 55.7 points per game.

Midshipmen: 4-6, averaging 68.2 points, 31.9 rebounds, 15.3 assists, 8.7 steals and 2.9 blocks per game while shooting 38.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 67.3 points.

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