Dickinson 84, Lebanon Valley 66
 
LVC Starters
Baker, Tucker, Anderson, Covey, Deihm
 
Dickinson Starters
Wright, Drummond, Allen, Bates, Hinckley
 
How It Happened
CARLISLE, Pa. – In its first game of the new year, Lebanon Valley's men's basketball team suffered an 84-66 defeat at the hands of Dickinson on Wednesday evening in non-conference action. The Flying Dutchmen slipped to 4-9, while the Red Devils improved to 5-7.
 
The home team hopped out to an early 8-2 lead just two and a half minutes into action, but Jeremy Deihm netted a layup on LVC's ensuing possession to make it a four-point game until Dickinson's Mike Hinckley hit a 3-pointer at 16:30, putting the Red Devils up 11-4. Over the next three and a half minutes of play, the Dutchmen put together a 10-2 run, capped by a pair of free throws from Derreck Orr Jr., to overtake Dickinson at 14-13 with 12:06 left in the first half. Then, after the home squad missed a jumper, Orr Jr. came down the court and knocked down a trey to increase LVC's advantage to 17-13. The Red Devils, however, answered with a 13-0 run to take a nine-point lead at 26-17 with 5:57 remaining. Dickinson went up by as many as 14 points, but with 1:25 to go, Mason Green made a pair of free throws to cut it to nine, but Dickinson hit a layup in the final seconds to go back up by double digits at 37-26 heading into halftime.
 
At the 15:46 mark of the second half, Deihm's made bucket from the charity cut the Red Devils' advantage back to single digits at 44-35, and the Dutchmen continued to hang around as Justin Baker later kept LVC within striking distance after a pair of made free throws with 14:19 left to make it 48-39, but that was a close as the Dutchmen would get, as Dickinson proved to be too much down the stretch and eventually went on to win by an 84-66 margin.
 
Inside the Numbers
 - Zach Tucker, Deihm, and Orr Jr. each recorded 11 points.
 - Deihm finished with five rebounds for LVC.
 - Baker was also in double digits in points with 10 and he added three rebounds and a team-high three helpers.
 - Green chipped in six points off the bench.
 - Dickinson's Hinckley led all scorers with 21 points.
 - The Red Devils' Elijah Wright registered 18 points.
 - The home team led in field goal percentage at 45.6-percent to 38.8-percent.
 - LVC went 27-of-33 (81.8-percent) from the charity stripe.
 - Turnovers hurt the Dutchmen, as they committed 23, their second-highest total of the season.
 - Dickinson netted 21 points off turnovers.
 - The Dutchmen led in bench points at 25-19.
 - The Red Devils held the edge in points in the paint at 34-28.
 
Who's Next?
LVC jumps back into MAC Commonwealth action on Saturday when the Dutchmen travel to Chester to take on Widener at 3 p.m.
 
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