Wake Forest and Navy square off in NIT matchup

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Navy Midshipmen (26-7, 18-2 Patriot League) at Wake Forest Demon Deacons (17-16, 8-12 ACC)

Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: Wake Forest and Navy meet in the National Invitation Tournament.

The Demon Deacons are 8-12 against ACC opponents and 9-4 in non-conference play. Wake Forest averages 78.8 points and has outscored opponents by 1.7 points per game.

The Midshipmen are 18-2 in Patriot League play. Navy is fourth in the Patriot League scoring 74.7 points per game and is shooting 47.6%.

Wake Forest makes 45.0% of its shots from the field this season, which is 4.5 percentage points higher than Navy has allowed to its opponents (40.5%). Navy averages 74.7 points per game, 2.4 fewer than the 77.1 Wake Forest allows.

TOP PERFORMERS: Juke Harris is averaging 21.3 points and 6.5 rebounds for the Demon Deacons. Tre'Von Spillers is averaging 10.2 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.8 blocks over the past 10 games.

Austin Benigni is averaging 18 points and 4.4 assists for the Midshipmen. Aidan Kehoe is averaging 16.5 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Demon Deacons: 6-4, averaging 76.1 points, 29.7 rebounds, 13.3 assists, 5.3 steals and 3.7 blocks per game while shooting 45.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 74.8 points per game.

Midshipmen: 9-1, averaging 76.9 points, 33.2 rebounds, 18.0 assists, 8.6 steals and 3.9 blocks per game while shooting 48.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 63.7 points.

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