Game Information
Lehigh (10-7, 4-2 PL) at Navy (8-10, 3-3 PL)
Wednesday, January 18, 2017 | 7:00 PM (ET)
Annapolis, Md. | Alumni Hall (5,710)
Radio: 1430 AM / 99.9 FM WNAV
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The Navy men's basketball team (8-10, 3-3 PL) will host Lehigh (10-7, 4-2 PL) on Wednesday at 7:00 PM in Alumni Hall. Both teams are carrying three-game winning streaks into the game, which are the longest active winning streaks in the Patriot League.

Wednesday's game will have free live video on PatriotLeague.TV and navysports.com. Pete Medhurst and Michael Heary will call the game on the Patriot League Network and will also have the radio call on 1430 AM / 99.9 FM WNAV in Annapolis. Live statistics will also be available.

Midshipmen Storylines
• Navy (8-10, 3-3 PL) has won three straight Patriot League games to even its conference record at 3-3 after starting the season at 0-3.
• Navy is currently in a three-way tie with Holy Cross and Loyola for fourth place in the Patriot League.
• Navy has won three straight Patriot League regular season games by at least 10 points for the first time in a season since 1990-00.
• Navy's streak started with a 67-55 win over Colgate, followed by a 75-62 win at Loyola and an 88-51 win at Lafayette this past Saturday.
• Junior guard Bryce Dulin scored 23 points in Navy's win at Lafayette. Dulin was 9-of-11 from the floor and 5-of-6 on 3-pointers.
• Navy had four players in double figures as sophomore point guard Hasan Abdullah tallied 15 points, four rebounds and four steals, junior forward Tom Lacey scored 13 points and senior center Edward Alade posted 12 points and seven rebounds.
• Navy's 37-point win margin at Lafayette was its largest in program history in a Patriot League road game and the second largest in overall road games behind its 45-point win over Delaware (108-63) on Jan. 20, 1986.
• After starting the season 0-7 in games away from Alumni Hall, Navy has won back-to-back road games.
• Junior guard Shawn Anderson leads Navy in scoring at 11.4 points per game. He also leads the team in assists per game (2.8) and is second in rebounding (5.2).
• Anderson ranks 45th in program history in career scoring with 749 points. Anderson is six points away from tying 1997 graduate Brian Walker for 44th place at 755 points.
• Sophomore forward George Kiernan is second on the team in scoring at 8.8 points per game.
• Lacey is third on the team in scoring at 8.3 points per game and is first in rebounding (7.2).
• Lacey ranks fourth in the Patriot League in overall rebounds per game (7.2) and is first in offensive rebounds per game (2.8).
• Lacey has nearly doubled his scoring (4.5) and rebounding averages (4.2) from his sophomore season last year.
• Lacey's 7.2 rebounding average is the highest by a Navy player since Jordan Sugars averaged 8.0 rebounds in 2009-10, seven seasons ago.
• Dulin is fourth on the team in scoring at 7.5 points per game. Dulin has scored 37 points in Navy's last two games.
• Dulin was named the NAAA Athlete of the Week for his play in Navy's wins over Loyola and Lafayette last week.
• Abdullah is averaging 7.4 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 2.1 steals.
• Abdullah ranks 22nd in the NCAA in total steals (38) and 29th in steals per game (2.11).
• Abdullah ranks second in the Patriot League in steals per game (2.1).
• Alade has started the last three games for Navy and is averaging 5.7 points and 4.3 rebounds in 19.2 minutes in Navy's five conference games. Against Division I non-conference opponents, Alade averaged 2.2 points and 1.5 rebounds in 10.0 minutes.
• Alade is Navy's active leader in career games played with 106.
• Senior guard Zach Fong ranks 12th in program history with 124 career 3-pointers made.
• As a team, Navy ranks first in the Patriot League in rebounds allowed per game (29.8).
• Navy is second in the conference in scoring defense (64.2), rebounding margin (+4.5) and offensive rebounds per game (12.0).
• Navy is ranked 33rd in the NCAA in scoring defense (64.2).
• Navy has had 11 different players score in double figures in a game this season.
• Grant Vermeer has been nominated to the 2017 Allstate NABC Good Works Team.
• Navy is in its 26th season of Patriot League play.
• Navy's all-time Patriot League record is 162-194 (.455).

Lehigh Storylines
• Lehigh enters Wednesday's game at 10-7 overall and 4-2 in the Patriot League.
• The Mountain Hawks have posted three straight wins over American (79-73), Bucknell (82-71) and Holy Cross (68-51).
• The game against Holy Cross was a rematch of the 2016 Patriot League Championship game, which the Crusaders won at Lehigh, 59-56.
• Senior center Tim Kempton was recently named the Patriot League Player of the Week for the sixth time this season.
• Kempton scored 23 points with 17 rebounds in the win over Holy Cross.
• Kempton leads the Patriot League in scoring (21.7) and rebounding (10.6).
• Kempton is one of three players in the NCAA (Alec Peters of Valparaiso and Dedric Lawson of Memphis) averaging more than 20 points and 10 rebounds this season.
• Senior guard Austin Price is second on the team in scoring at 12.7 points per game.
• Junior guard Kahron Ross is averaging 11.4 points and a Patriot League-best 5.9 assists.
• Sophomore guard Kyle Leufroy is a fourth Mountain Hawk averaging double figures at 10.9 points per game.
• Lehigh leads the Patriot League in scoring offense (78.7), scoring margin (+5.6), free throw percentage (.763), field goal percentage (.492), 3-point field goal percentage (.409), rebounding margin (+4.7) and assists per game (16.3).
• Lehigh currently sits in sole possession of third place in the Patriot League standings.
• Lehigh was selected as the preseason favorite in the Patriot League preseason poll.

Series History vs. Lehigh
• Navy leads the all-time series against Lehigh, 45-30.
• Navy and Lehigh split the regular season series in 2015-16, each winning on the other team's home court.
• Lehigh beat Navy in the Patriot League Tournament quarterfinals, 65-63, last season to end Navy's season.
• In the regular season contest at Lehigh on Jan. 20, Tom Lacey scored 18 points with six rebounds and Will Kelly tallied 16 points and five rebounds in Navy's 69-64 win.
• The win snapped an 11-game losing streak to Lehigh.
• Lehigh won the rematch in Annapolis on Feb. 17, 77-74. Lehigh's Kahron Ross scored 15 of his 24 points in the final five minutes of the game.
• In the Patriot League Tournament game, Lehigh pulled ahead by 19 points in the second half, but Navy rallied with a 25-4 run to retake the lead, but Lehigh's free throw shooting down the stretch helped seal the win.
• Navy is 24-17 against Lehigh in Annapolis, but the Mountain Hawks have won the last six games at Alumni Hall.
• Navy's last home win over Lehigh was a 94-83 victory on Jan. 14, 2010.
• Lehigh has won 13 of the last 14 games in the series.

Looking Ahead
• Navy will next play at Army West Point (8-10, 2-4 PL) on Saturday at 1:30 PM on CBS Sports Network.
• Saturday's Army-Navy game will be the first of two series meetings.
• The Army-Navy Star Game will be played in Annapolis on Feb. 18.

Mids Make History in Rout at Lafayette
• Junior Bryce Dulin poured in a career-high 23 points to lead Navy to an 88-51 rout at Lafayette on Jan. 14.
• Navy shot a season-high 60 percent from the floor (35-of-58) and was 56 percent on 3-pointers (9-of-16) en route to its season-high total of 88 points. Navy shot 63 percent from the field in the second half (17-of-27).
• Navy's 37-point win margin was its largest in program history in a Patriot League road game and the second largest in overall road games behind its 45-point win over Delaware (108-63) on Jan. 20, 1986.
• The win over Lafayette gave Navy three straight Patriot League wins by at least 12 points (Colgate, Loyola, Lafayette), marking the first time since 1999-00 that Navy won three straight Patriot League regular season games in a season by double digits.

Promotions
Jersey Night - All kids in a youth basektball OR Navy Basketball Jersey can receive FREE admission at the door on game night!

Parking / Shuttle Information
All fans attending the game are encouraged to park at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Fans can enter Gate 5 off Taylor Ave. and pay $5 for parking. The shuttle is free and the pick up and drop off spot is in front of the Blue Angel plane. The shuttle will run from one hour before the start of the game to one hour after the game concludes. Fans ages 18 and over need photo ID to enter the Academy. Parking at the stadium is the best option for fans attending the game. Due to Naval Academy security restrictions, the general public can not drive their vehicles on to the Yard. The pedestrian entries at Gate 1, Gate 3 and Gate 8, will be open.