Lebanon Valley 55, Alvernia 30

LVC Starters
Evans, Bamberger, Scarff, Kline, Mealey

Alvernia Starters
Zerbe, Cooper, Zerbe, Andrefski, Miller

How It Happened
ANNVILLE, Pa. – Lebanon Valley outscored Alvernia 16-6 in the third quarter and eventually cruised to its third-straight win by a score of 55-30 on Saturday afternoon in MAC Commonwealth women's basketball action. The Dutchmen improved to 5-2, 2-0 MAC Commonwealth, while the Golden Wolves dropped to 2-3, 0-2 MAC Commonwealth.

With LVC ahead by just five heading at 20-15 into the third quarter, a massive 16-0 run that spanned nearly eight minutes put the game out of reach at 36-19. During the critical spurt, Caroline Scarff started things off with a layup, followed by another layup on the fastbreak by Becky Evans. After an Alvernia timeout, Emily Mealey got in on the action and connected on back-to-back layups, while Anne Lehr then made another fastbreak-layup for the Dutchmen. The Golden Wolves scored their only six points of the quarter near the end, but LVC still went into the fourth with a comfortable 36-21 advantage.

The Dutchmen remained on fire in the early stages of the fourth, as Morgan Bamberger, Evans, and Mealey hit consecutive 3-pointers to ice the game and put LVC up by 24 at 45-21 with 8:22 left in the game. The Dutchmen led by as many as 30 at one point, and they went on to cruise to a 55-30 win.

In the early stages of the contest, Alvernia held a slight 6-2 advantage with 5:55 left in the first, but that was quickly nixed when Scarff made a layup at 5:41, followed by a good free throw from Scarff at 4:57. With 4:21 left in the first, Bamberger drilled a trey to give LVC an 8-6 lead with 4:21 remaining. Lehr later hit a jumper in the paint, and the Dutchmen held a narrow 10-9 lead after one quarter of action.
In the second, LVC's defense continued to stifle the Golden Wolves, as Alvernia mustered up just six points in the 10-minute period.

Inside the Numbers
 - Scarff led all scorers this afternoon with 15 points on 6-of-10 shooting.
 - Mealey finished with 13 points on 5-of-9 shooting to go along with seven boards.
 - Evans chipped in eight points for the Dutchmen, while Bamberger added seven.
 - Lehr ended with four assists and three steals.
 - LVC shot 39.3-percent compared to Alvernia's 23.1-percent.
 - The Dutchmen held the overwhelming edge in points in the paint at 32-18.
 - LVC is now 2-0 in conference action so far this season.

Who's Next?
MAC Commonwealth action continues for the Dutchmen on Wednesday when they travel to take on Stevenson at 8 p.m.

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