Fajardo leads Iona against Navy after 20-point outing

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Iona Gaels (6-2) at Navy Midshipmen (5-3)

Annapolis, Maryland; Sunday, 3 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Iona visits Navy after Ella Fajardo scored 20 points in Iona's 67-56 victory over the UMass Lowell River Hawks.

The Midshipmen have gone 4-1 at home. Navy is second in the Patriot scoring 68.0 points while shooting 39.8% from the field.

The Gaels are 2-2 on the road. Iona is fifth in the MAAC with 11.9 assists per game led by Mya Zaccagnini averaging 2.9.

Navy scores 68.0 points, 12.2 more per game than the 55.8 Iona allows. Iona averages 56.3 points per game, 9.2 fewer points than the 65.5 Navy allows to opponents.

TOP PERFORMERS: Zanai Barnett-Gay is scoring 17.9 points per game and averaging 8.8 rebounds for the Midshipmen. Zoe Mesuch is averaging 2.5 made 3-pointers.

Isabellah Middleton is averaging 13 points, 6.4 rebounds and two steals for the Gaels. Zoey Ward is averaging 11.3 points and 8.4 rebounds.

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