Loyola (MD) hosts Navy following Benigni's 27-point outing

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Navy Midshipmen (23-6, 15-1 Patriot League) at Loyola (MD) Greyhounds (11-18, 7-9 Patriot League)

Baltimore; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Navy plays Loyola (MD) after Austin Benigni scored 27 points in Navy's 81-63 win over the Army Black Knights.

The Greyhounds are 8-5 in home games. Loyola (MD) ranks ninth in the Patriot League in team defense, giving up 77.1 points while holding opponents to 46.7% shooting.

The Midshipmen are 15-1 against Patriot League opponents. Navy is 6-5 against opponents over .500.

Loyola (MD) makes 43.6% of its shots from the field this season, which is 3.3 percentage points higher than Navy has allowed to its opponents (40.3%). Navy averages 74.3 points per game, 2.8 fewer than the 77.1 Loyola (MD) gives up.

The teams meet for the second time in conference play this season. Navy won 87-71 in the last matchup on Jan. 31. Aidan Kehoe led Navy with 23 points, and Emmett Adair led Loyola (MD) with 28 points.

TOP PERFORMERS: Adair is averaging 14.2 points and 5.3 rebounds for the Greyhounds. Braeden Speed is averaging 18.8 points over the last 10 games.

Benigni is scoring 18.1 points per game with 3.5 rebounds and 4.3 assists for the Midshipmen. Kehoe is averaging 17.7 points and 10.7 rebounds while shooting 78.3% over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Greyhounds: 5-5, averaging 78.0 points, 32.1 rebounds, 12.6 assists, 5.5 steals and 4.0 blocks per game while shooting 43.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 78.2 points per game.

Midshipmen: 10-0, averaging 77.4 points, 32.1 rebounds, 18.8 assists, 8.7 steals and 3.4 blocks per game while shooting 51.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 62.0 points.

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