Whitlock leads Lehigh against Navy

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Navy Midshipmen (12-6, 4-1 Patriot League) at Lehigh Mountain Hawks (7-11, 3-2 Patriot League)

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Lehigh hosts Navy after Nasir Whitlock scored 30 points in Lehigh's 93-91 overtime win over the Boston University Terriers.

The Mountain Hawks are 4-3 in home games. Lehigh is 2-1 in one-possession games.

The Midshipmen are 4-1 against Patriot League opponents. Navy ranks second in the Patriot League with 9.6 offensive rebounds per game led by Aidan Kehoe averaging 3.3.

Lehigh scores 71.9 points, 8.3 more per game than the 63.6 Navy allows. Navy averages 72.2 points per game, 2.7 fewer than the 74.9 Lehigh gives up.

The matchup Saturday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Hank Alvey is averaging 13.8 points, 7.1 rebounds and 2.1 blocks for the Mountain Hawks. Whitlock is averaging 20.6 points over the last 10 games.

Austin Benigni is scoring 17.5 points per game with 3.6 rebounds and 4.4 assists for the Midshipmen. Kehoe is averaging 14.8 points and 11.7 rebounds while shooting 74.4% over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Mountain Hawks: 5-5, averaging 75.6 points, 29.7 rebounds, 14.6 assists, 7.2 steals and 3.7 blocks per game while shooting 46.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 77.4 points per game.

Midshipmen: 8-2, averaging 70.0 points, 36.6 rebounds, 14.9 assists, 7.0 steals and 3.1 blocks per game while shooting 45.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 56.7 points.

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

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