At this point, the Patriot League men's basketball race is wide open. Five schools entered Wednesday's slate of games within two games of first place with four conference contests remaining.
Navy and Lehigh started the night in a three-way tie for second place, which made the matchup crucial toward each team's hopes of capturing the regular season championship.
Sophomore point guard Kahron Ross and senior forward Jesse Chuku led a lights out performance from 3-point range as Lehigh kept pace with the front-runners by earning a hard-fought 77-74 victory over Navy in front of 1,068 fans at Alumni Hall.