Lebanon Valley 78, Widener 55

LVC Starters
Davis, Light, Bugg, Boccanfuso, Orr

Widener Starters
Green, Jackson, McMahon, Sambo, Smith

How It Happened
Lebanon Valley made quick work of Widener in a 78-55 victory over the Pride in the team's MAC Commonwealth opener at Sorrentino Gymnasium on Wednesday night, Nov. 30.

Marquis Davis sparked the Flying Dutchmen (3-3, 1-0 MAC Commonwealth) in the first half when he knocked down three triples in the opening moments to put LVC ahead 13-9 at the 10:53 mark. Travis Conrad got into the scoring act in his first game back from injury, burying a pair of three-balls to put the home team up 22-13 with 7:50 left in the first half.

A pair of Sam Light free throws and a Ricky Bugg three-point buzzer beater extended the Dutchmen lead to 32-20 at halftime before LVC netted the first seven points of the second half to increase the advantage to 19 with 17:15 remaining.

The Lebanon Valley onslaught continued when Caleb Barwin was fouled attempting a three before sinking his trio of foul shots to put the Dutchmen up by 27. Light also knocked down free throws and his pair from the charity stripe gave LVC its largest lead of the game at 59-30 with nine minutes left to play.

Head coach Brad McAlester went to his bench midway through the second half and the group of Brett Gilbert, Chris Anderson, Luke Stambaugh, CJ Boxley, Collin Moore, Liam Brennan, Andrew Eberhart, Cyree Sutton-Ames, and RJ Kupsho kept up the pace set by the team's starters, never allowing the Pride (4-2, 0-1 MAC Commonwealth) to draw closer than 20 points.

Inside the Numbers
- Lebanon Valley shot 40 percent from three-point territory, while the Pride managed just 18 percent from distance.
- Each team got solid contributions from its bench as each squad's reserves netted 30 points.
- Marquis Davis was the catalyst for LVC's offense on Wednesday as he poured in a career-high 21 points on an impressive 7-10 shooting from the field, including six jumpers from beyond the arc.
- Andy Orr was solid and finished one rebound shy of a double-double with 11 points and nine boards.
- Sam Light added eight points and four rebounds to go along with a game-high four steals.
- Will Boccanfuso pulled in seven rebounds to go along with three assists.
- Travis Conrad returned from injury to play for the first time this season. He knocked down a pair of triples and added three rebounds.
- Every one of LVC's 16 players saw time in the victory over Widener.
- LVC's defense was stout as no Widener player managed to reach the double-digit scoring mark.

Who's Next?
The Dutchmen hit the road for the first time since their season opener when they travel to Alvernia on Saturday afternoon.