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WILKES-BARRE, Pa. - Junior Dan Hodge scored a career-high 26 points and junior Kyle Enoch added 17 of his own as Lebanon Valley College beat King's College Tuesday, 79-68, to advance to Wednesday's championship game of the Ramada Inn/Monarch Classic at King's.
The Flying Dutchmen (3-5) shot a red-hot 59.3 percent in the second half as they overcame a six-point Monarch (4-3) lead to win.
Lebanon Valley moves on to face Hood College, a 75-70 winner over Susquehanna University in the opener, in Wednesday's 7 p.m. title game. King's will play Susquehanna at 5 p.m. in the consolation.
Hodge and Enoch teamed up to rain three-pointers on the Monarchs, with Hodge hitting five and Enoch three. Hodge also added seven rebounds and four assists to his total. Junior Eric Humphrey came off the bench to have a flawless shooting night, going 7-7 from the floor for a career-high 15 points and six rebounds.
John Soboleski led King's with 17 points.
Coming off a 10-day break, LVC fell behind early but kept the King's lead under five for most of the first half. Down five with 9:55 to go, Humphrey made a lay-up and Matt Staub made one of two free throw chances to put LVC within two. After a King's free throw, Humphrey drew and converted a three-point play to tie the game at 23 with 7:49 left in the half. From there, LVC led the rest of the half, and consecutive three-pointers by Hodge put the Dutchmen up seven with 1:15 to go.
The Monarchs quickly swung things around in the second half. Enoch started the half with a jumper, but it was LVC's last basket for nearly four minutes as King's went on an 11-0 run to take a four-point lead early in the half.
Head Coach Brad McAlester used a timeout with 15:27 left, and it did the trick - the Dutchmen stormed out with a 6-0 run to tie the game at 46 with 13:06 to go. King's quickly retook the lead, but a Humphrey layup gave LVC the lead back for good at 11:02 and the Dutchmen went on a tear, starting with a three-ball from Hodge and ending with another trey by Enoch to take an eight point lead just over a minute later.
The Dutchmen ballooned the lead to as much as 15 late in the half. LVC was outstanding at the line, shooting 12-of-15. King's, meanwhile, was plagued by poor foul shooting with a 10-for-21 night. The Monarch committed just six turnovers to LVC's 16 in the game.
