Hamilton 102, Lebanon Valley 83
 
LVC Starters
Light, Bugg, Anderson, Orr, Boccanfuso
 
Hamilton Starters
Doyle, Pucci, Grassey, Gilmour, Hoffmann
 
How It Happened
Lebanon Valley suffered a 102-83 setback to undefeated Hamilton on day one of Moravian's Greyhound Classic in Bethlehem, Pa. on Saturday night, Dec. 30.
 
Three LVC players in Andy Orr, Sam Light, and Zach Tucker combined for 58 of the team's points, while the Continentals used a balanced attack to facilitate their offense, with five players reaching the double-digit scoring mark.
 
The Flying Dutchmen (8-4) held a slim lead during the early portion of the first half, with Orr netting 12 points in the first 7:45, before Hamilton (9-0) pulled ahead at the 12-minute mark and maintained the advantage the rest of the way.
 
The Continentals struggled to create much breathing room and a pair of Light free throws with 3:51 left in the first half cut the deficit to three. From there, however, Hamilton put together a game-changing 9-1 run to end the half and take a 51-40 advantage into the break.
 
A Light jumper early in the second half cut the deficit to single digits for the last time, as the Continentals stretched their lead to 16 on a number of occasions before pushing the advantage to 20 for the first time with six minutes left to play.
 
Inside the Numbers
- Both teams shot the ball well, with Hamilton finishing 51.9 percent from the field and the Dutchmen posting a 47.6 field goal percentage.
- The Continentals won the rebounding battle 44-33 and racked up 77 total shots.
- More than half of Hamilton's points came in the paint (54).
- Reigning MAC Commonwealth Player of the Week Andy Orr was LVC's leading scorer with 27 points on 9-15 shooting. He added seven rebounds, four assists, two blocks, and a steal.
- Sam Light also had a nice shooting night, finishing with 21 points on 50 percent shooting (8-16) to go along with seven boards.
- Zach Tucker was the third Dutchman to reach double digits with 10 points. He was 3-5 from beyond the arc.
- Chris Anderson recorded eight points and four assists and Andrew Eberhart added seven tallies and four rebounds of his own.
- Ricky Bugg swiped a team-high three steals, while Light and Tucker had two apiece.
 
Who's Next?
The Dutchmen wrap up their weekend at Moravian's Greyhound Classic when they face off with Bryn Athyn on Sunday evening, Dec. 31.

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