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Lehigh (14-11, 8-6 PL) at Navy (10-16, 6-8 PL)
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 | 7:00 PM (ET)
Annapolis, Md. | Alumni Hall (5,710)
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Radio: 1430 AM / 99.9 FM WNAV and wnav.com
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The Navy men's basketball team (10-16, 6-8 PL) will host Lehigh (14-11, 8-6 PL) on Wednesday evening at 7:00 PM at Alumni Hall. Navy is trying to build on a 70-69 win at Colgate on Saturday.

Wednesday's Navy-Lehigh contest will be streamed for free on PatriotLeague.TV and navysports.com. The game will also be on the radio on WNAV 1430 AM / 99.9 FM and on wnav.com. Pete Medhurst and Michael Heary will serve as the broadcast crew. Live statistics will also be available.

Promotions
• Faculty/Staff Night - All USNA faculty and staff can receive four free tickets at the Alumni Hall box office.
• Dollar Dogs - Hot dogs will be available at the concession stands for only $1.

Midshipmen Storylines
• Navy is coming off a remarkable 15-point comeback win at Colgate on Saturday.
• Navy overcame a 12-point deficit in the final two minutes and finished the game on an 11-0 run for the 70-69 win.
• Senior forward Worth Smith scored 22 points, with 20 in the second half, and scored the game-winning layup with 13 seconds left to lead the comeback.
• Smith was named the NAAA Athlete of the Week for his performance.
• Junior center Will Kelly scored a season-high 12 points and had five rebounds and two blocks and freshman guard Bryce Dulin scored a season-high 11 points and drilled three second-half 3-pointers.
• The 15-point comeback was the third-largest in school history. Navy had come back from down 16 points twice.
• Navy had the 15-point comeback against Colgate last Saturday, getting revenge for Colgate coming back from 15 points down to Navy for a 65-53 Colgate win in January.
• Navy had two one-point games last week. The Mids lost to Bucknell, 52-51, on Wednesday before beating Colgate, 70-69, on Saturday.
• Head coach Ed DeChellis will be going for his 250th career win on Wednesday.
• Smith and David Robinson are the only two players in school history to amass 1,000 career points, 500 rebounds, 100 steals and 100 blocked shots.
• Navy's six conference wins and 10 wins overall are the most since the 2011 season.
• Navy enters Wednesday's game in a four-way tie for sixth place and the Mids are one game out of fourth.
• Smith is the team's leading scorer and in conference games, he ranks sixth in the Patriot League in scoring (15.5), 10th in rebounding (5.8), fifth in steals (1.4) and sixth in blocked shots (1.2).
• Kelly ranks first in the league in conference games in blocked shots per game (1.8).
• Junior guard Tilman Dunbar ranks sixth in the league in assists (3.9), seventh in steals (1.3) and is sixth in assists to turnover ratio (2.1).
• Senior guard Brandon Venturini has missed the last four games with a foot injury. Venturin is 29 points away from the 1,000-point mark in his career.
• Navy has seen five players that were projected to be in its main playing rotation combine to miss a total of 63 games this season (Venturini-4, Smith-11, Kendall Knorr-11, Michael Brown-11 and Tim Abruzzo-26).
• Senior captain Kevin Alter has been named to the 2015 Allstate NABC Good Works Team, a community service and leadership based award.
• He is one of five Division I players on the Good Works Team along with Virginia's Malcolm Brogdon, Texas A&M's Jordan Green, Appalachian State's Michael Obacha and Santa Clara's Dominic Romeo.
• Alter has been invited to the Final Four in Indianapolis to be recognized for his achievement and to participate in a community service project benefitting the city.

Lehigh Storylines
• Lehigh (14-11, 8-6 PL) had its four-game winning streak snapped in a 58-52 loss at Holy Cross on Saturday.
• Lehigh sits alone in third place in the Patriot League at 8-6.
• Sophomore center Tim Kempton had a double-double against Holy Cross with 22 points and 11 rebounds.
• Kempton had 20 points in a 65-58 win over American on Wednesday.
• Kempton leads Lehigh in scoring (15.4) and rebounding (8.6) this season.
• Sophomore guard Austin Price is second on the team in scoring at 11.2 and freshman guard Kahron Ross is third at 10.0).
• In conference games, Lehigh is first in field goal percentage defense (.398), first in total rebounds per game (35.1) and first in defensive rebounds per game (25.4).
• Lehigh is coached by Brett Reed, who is 129-84 in his eighth season at the school.

Series History vs. Lehigh
• Navy leads the all-time series against Lehigh, 44-27.
• Navy is 24-15 against Lehigh in games played in Annapolis.
• Lehigh has the longest active winning streak against Navy of any Patriot League school, having won 10 straight games in the series.
• Lehigh defeated Navy, 61-47, in the first meeting of the season in Bethlehem, Pa. on Jan. 21.
• Lehigh outscored Navy, 32-19, in the second half, after holding a 29-28 halftime lead.
• Tilman Dunbar had a team-high 13 points for Navy, while Lehigh's Brandon Alston scored 14 points off the bench for the Mountain Hawks.

Looking Ahead
• Navy will next host Holy Cross on Sunday at 12:00 PM.
• Navy will honor its four seniors prior to the Holy Cross game on Sunday.

Shuttle / Parking Information
Fans without Department of Defense clearance must park outside of the U.S. Naval Academy grounds. Fans may park at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium for $5. Buses will run every 15 minutes starting at 6:00 PM and will continue running throughout the game and until 10:00 PM.