Lebanon Valley 82, Stevenson 68

LVC Starters
Davis, Light, Bugg, Boccanfuso, Orr

SU Starters
Hayes, Wiebusch, Wooldridge, Cornish, Hayman Jr.

How It Happened
Lebanon Valley led nearly wire-to-wire in the team's 82-68 victory over MAC Commonwealth rival Stevenson at Sorrentino Gymnasium on Wednesday night, Dec. 7.

The Mustangs (1-6, 0-3 MAC Commonwealth) led 5-4 at the 17:01 mark of the first half but when Sam Light converted a layup in traffic on the other end, the visitors would never see the lead again.

LVC (4-4, 2-1 MAC Commonwealth) broke open a tight contest midway through the opening half when six straight points from Andy Orr followed by six in a row from Light pushed the Flying Dutchmen advantage from one marker to seven points at the 6:01 mark.

Orr and Ricky Bugg combined to score LVC's next nine tallies before back-to-back layups from Bugg gave the Dutchmen a comfortable 44-29 lead heading into halftime.

It was more of the same after the break, with Lebanon Valley grabbing its largest advantage of the night when Orr followed up a Light jumper from beyond the arc with a layup off a Travis Conrad assist to make it 63-41 LVC with 11:31 left to play.

The Mustangs chipped away and eventually pulled to within 12 but key treys from Light and Marquis Davis off great finds from Orr halted the Stevenson momentum and pushed the Dutchmen advantage to 16 in the closing minutes; a deficit in which the visitors were unable to make a dent.

It Was Over When…
Stevenson cut the deficit to a manageable 12 points with 4:24 to play and seemed to have some semblance of life left in its comeback effort. That changed when Sam Light buried a jumper from three-point land off a find from Andy Orr with 3:33 remaining. Mark Terrell converted a layup on the Mustangs' next possession but Orr found Marquis Davis for another crippling triple on the other end to put the Dutchmen ahead by 16 with 2:47 left, ending all hope of an SU come-from-behind effort.

Welcome to the Club
Prior to Wednesday's game, Sam Light was presented a ball in honor of recording his 1,000th career point at Alvernia on Saturday, Dec. 3. Light joined teammate Andy Orr as the most recent Dutchmen to reach the impressive career mark after Orr accomplished the same feat against Misericordia on Nov. 22. Since transferring from Division II Millersville as a sophomore, Light has netted 695 points for Lebanon Valley.

Inside the Numbers
- The Dutchmen shot 50.9 percent from the floor, including an impressive 59.3 percent from the field in the first half.
- LVC's offense dominated the block and finished with 34 points in the paint compared to just 18 for the Mustangs.
- Lebanon Valley took advantage of SU mistakes and scored 21 points off Stevenson turnovers.
- Sam Light led all scorers with 29 points and connected on a game-high five three-pointers.
- For the second time this season, Andy Orr finished one rebound shy of a double-double. The big man netted 27 and grabbed nine boards to go along with three assists and a steal.
- Ricky Bugg turned in another solid performance, finishing with 11 points and four rebounds.
- Marquis Davis added eight points, three assists, and a steal, while Will Boccanfuso pulled down five boards for the Dutchmen.
- RJ Kupsho netted his first points of the season for LVC, laying in a second-half buzzer-beater to end the game.

Who's Next?
The Dutchmen travel to Hood for their second MAC Commonwealth road contest of the season on Saturday afternoon.