Benigni leads Navy against Delaware State after 24-point game

Navy Midshipmen (4-5) at Delaware State Hornets (2-7)

Dover, Delaware; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Navy takes on Delaware State after Austin Benigni scored 24 points in Navy’s 69-65 loss to the SE Louisiana Lions.

The Hornets are 2-0 in home games. Delaware State has a 1-6 record against opponents above .500.

The Midshipmen are 1-3 on the road. Navy is sixth in the Patriot League with 22.2 defensive rebounds per game led by Donovan Draper averaging 5.6.

Delaware State scores 58.6 points per game, 13.2 fewer points than the 71.8 Navy gives up. Navy’s 44.9% shooting percentage from the field this season is 5.7 percentage points lower than Delaware State has given up to its opponents (50.6%).

TOP PERFORMERS: Ponce James is scoring 12.9 points per game and averaging 2.7 rebounds for the Hornets. Zion Bethea is averaging 1.2 made 3-pointers.

Benigni is averaging 16.4 points, 4.4 assists and 1.8 steals for the Midshipmen. Jinwoo Kim is averaging 13.8 points.

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