Messiah 74, Lebanon Valley 69
 
LVC Starters
Light, Bugg, Anderson, Orr, Boccanfuso
 
Messiah Starters
Sareyka, Darville, Hess, Glogowski, Murren
 
How It Happened
Lebanon Valley struggled in a number of key statistical categories in a 74-69 loss at Messiah on Wednesday night, Jan. 17.
 
The Flying Dutchmen (11-6, 5-3 MAC Commonwealth) were outrebounded, surrendered 25 points off turnovers to the Falcons (10-6, 5-3 MAC Commonwealth), and connected on just three field goals from beyond the arc in the defeat.
 
Sam Light scored a game-high 21 points, Ricky Bugg netted 14, and Will Boccanfuso was the third LVC player to reach the double-digit scoring mark with 10 tallies.
 
The Dutchmen never led and fell behind by a double-digit margin for the first time when Messiah's Matt Goglowski finished off an old-fashioned 3-point play with 8:37 remaining in the first half. The Falcons' advantage held when they took a 39-27 advantage into the break.
 
LVC chipped away at the deficit early in the second half and drew to within six points at 45-39 when Light knocked down a jumper with 15:30 left to play.
 
The turning point came when the Falcons responded with a 9-2 run that put them back on top by 13 with 11:18 remaining. The Dutchmen cut the deficit to a more manageable 65-57 with 3:09 left when Light hit a triple but turnovers and missed shots in crunch time prohibited the visitors from putting together a legitimate comeback attempt.
 
Inside the Numbers
- The Dutchmen shot 50.9 percent from the field, compared to 39.7 percent by Messiah.
- LVC struggled mightily from 3-point territory and shot just 18.8 percent (3-16) from beyond the arc.
- Lebanon Valley gave up 25 points off turnovers and 18 second-chance points to the Falcons.
- The Dutchmen were outrebounded 42-30.
- LVC scored 42 of its points in the paint.
- Sam Light scored a game-high 21 points on 8-13 shooting.
- Ricky Bugg netted 14 to go along with five rebounds.
- Will Boccanfuso added 10 points, three boards, two steals, and a block.
- Andy Orr finished with a team-high nine rebounds to go along with eight points.
- Zach Tucker chipped in with nine points and three boards off the bench.
 
Who's Next?
The Dutchmen look to get back on track when they travel to Alvernia for another MAC Commonwealth matchup on Saturday afternoon, Jan. 20.

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