Jan. 11, 2011
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- After successfully opening its Patriot League season with a victory at Bucknell, the Navy women's basketball team returns home to play host to Lehigh Wednesday night in a 7 p.m. game in Alumni Hall.
A live video stream of the game will be available to Navy All-Access subscribers and live statistics from the game will be offered for free. Visit www.NavySports.com to access links to live statistics and to sign-in or subscribe to Navy All-Access. A one-month subscription costs $9.95, while the cost for a year-long subscription is $79.95.
Fans are reminded that only those vehicles with a Department of Defense sticker affixed to it will be allowed to drive onto the grounds of the USNA. All other visitors to The Yard have the option of either finding parking in downtown Annapolis and walking through the Academy's gates or riding the free shuttle bus from Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium ($5. per vehicle to park). For maps and directions to the shuttle bus pick-up point as well as additional fan information, please click HERE.
All fans who bring a ticket stub from the Jan. 8 men's basketball game against Bucknell with them will be admitted to the Navy-Lehigh game for free.
The Mids won a Patriot League opener on the road for just the second time in school history with a 62-56 victory over Bucknell this past Saturday night in Lewisburg, Pa. Navy used a 15-2 run to overcome a four-point deficit with four minutes left to play in the game to defeat the Bison. The win was the third in a span of four games for the Mids and improved Navy's record on the year to 8-7.
Freshmen Alix Membreno (Loxahatchee, Fla.) and Jade Geif (Lakeview, Minn.) both set career scoring highs in the game for the Mids. Membreno paced all Navy players in the game with 15 points, while Geif recorded 14 points. Both players also tallied five rebounds apiece in the game as well.
Lehigh compiled a 31-3 record against Patriot League competition in winning league regular season and tournament titles during the 2009 and `10 seasons. However, the Mountain Hawks started the 2011 league campaign with a 64-51 loss to American last weekend in Bethlehem. The loss ended Lehigh's nine-game winning streak and dropped its overall record on the season to 10-6.
Lehigh has won each of the last six games it has played against Navy. Four of those six games have been decided by four points or less. This includes a 54-53 victory by the Mountain Hawks last February here in Alumni Hall.
In all, Lehigh holds a 23-20 lead in the all-time series with Navy, including a 21-17 advantage in Patriot League regular season games. Navy does hold a slim 11-10 edge in games played in Annapolis.
Navy will be back in Alumni Hall Saturday night to play host to Lafayette (7 p.m.) before playing its next three games on the road.
