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Barnett-Gay and Navy host Bucknell

Bucknell Bison (9-14, 5-7 Patriot) at Navy Midshipmen (16-6, 10-1 Patriot)

The Associated Press
February 10, 2026 at 9:44AM
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Bucknell Bison (9-14, 5-7 Patriot) at Navy Midshipmen (16-6, 10-1 Patriot)

Annapolis, Maryland; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Navy hosts Bucknell after Zanai Barnett-Gay scored 22 points in Navy's 86-58 victory over the American Eagles.

The Midshipmen have gone 9-3 in home games. Navy is 1-1 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

The Bison are 5-7 against Patriot opponents. Bucknell is 4-8 in games decided by 10 or more points.

Navy averages 7.1 made 3-pointers per game, 1.9 more made shots than the 5.2 per game Bucknell gives up. Bucknell has shot at a 39.4% rate from the field this season, 1.1 percentage points greater than the 38.3% shooting opponents of Navy have averaged.

The Midshipmen and Bison face off Wednesday for the first time in conference play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Barnett-Gay is averaging 17.2 points, 8.8 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 2.7 steals for the Midshipmen. Zoe Mesuch is averaging 14.2 points over the last 10 games.

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Tuana Coskun is averaging 13.6 points for the Bison. Reese Zemitis is averaging 8.0 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Midshipmen: 9-1, averaging 72.0 points, 33.1 rebounds, 14.6 assists, 6.4 steals and 3.1 blocks per game while shooting 42.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 55.8 points per game.

Bison: 5-5, averaging 51.6 points, 24.9 rebounds, 9.5 assists, 6.4 steals and 3.4 blocks per game while shooting 37.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 54.2 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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