Rinso Marquette Tournament Championship
Moravian 69, Lebanon Valley 63
 
LVC Starters
Lehr, Evans, Bamberger, Scarff, Mealey
 
Moravian Starters
McPherson, Ewald, Capuano, Brogan, Cunningham
 
How It Happened
Lebanon Valley fell behind, regrouped, and made a late run but ultimately it was not enough as the team fell 69-63 to Moravian at Sorrentino Gymnasium in the 2017 Rinso Marquette Tournament Championship Game on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 19.
 
Becky Evans netted the game's first points when she converted a pair of free throws one minute into the contest.
 
And then the Greyhounds (2-1) scored the next 24 points. Moravian went on a tear that included four 3-pointers in the first quarter, including a pair of contested shots. LVC (2-1) on the other hand, struggled mightily from the field in the first 10 minutes and was unable to convert a field goal until Emily Mealey's bucket at the 7:39 mark of the second quarter.
 
The Dutchmen made adjustments in the second and put up 23 points in the stanza, cutting the deficit to 40-25 at halftime. Lebanon Valley was led by six points apiece from Caroline Scarff and Veronica Venezia during the second 10 minutes.
 
After Morgan Bamberger drilled a 3-ball to open the second half, the Dutchmen drew to within single digits for the first time since the opening moments when a Scarff layup off an assist from Lehr cut it to 45-36 midway through the third quarter.
 
Moravian halted that momentum by scoring the game's next seven points and the Greyhounds took a 14-point advantage into the final period.
 
Lebanon Valley trailed by 20 with eight minutes left and by 12 with 1:21 remaining but an Evans triple in the final minute cut the deficit to single digits. Lehr connected from distance with 13 seconds left and hit a buzzer-beating jumper but ultimately, the Dutchmen ran out of time.
 
All-Tournament Team
Most Valuable Player: Moravian's Trista Cunningham
Moravian's Camille McPherson
LVC's Caroline Scarff
LVC's Morgan Bamberger
Ursinus' Lydia Konstanzer
 
Inside the Numbers
- After shooting just 28 percent from the field in the first half, LVC shot 40 percent from the floor and 66.7 percent from beyond the arc in the second half.
- Moravian won the rebounding battle 48-31.
- The Greyhounds scored 16 second chance points.
- The Dutchmen assisted on 16 of their 19 made field goals.
- Caroline Scarff scored a team-high 20 points.
- Morgan Bamberger netted 14 points and knocked down four 3-pointers.
- Anne Lehr recorded 10 points on 4-6 shooting to go along with a game-high seven assists.
- Veronica Venezia pulled in a team-high eight rebounds and added eight tallies.
- Scarff, Bamberger, Lehr, Molly Galvin, and Jen Kaufman swiped two steals each.
- Moravian's Camille McPherson scored a game-high 26 points and added eight rebounds.
 
Who's Next?
The Dutchmen are back in action when they host Elizabethtown at Sorrentino Gymnasium on Wednesday night, Nov. 22.
 
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