Widener 88, Lebanon Valley 58
 
LVC Starters
Baker, Tucker, L. Garcia, Covey, Deihm
 
Widener Starters
Lewis, Boyd, Holden, Peters, Laverty
 
How It Happened
CHESTER, Pa. – Lebanon Valley suffered an 88-58 setback to Widener University on Wednesday evening in each team's Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Commonwealth 2019-20 opener. The Flying Dutchmen slipped to 3-4, 0-1 MAC Commonwealth, while the Pride stayed perfect and improved to 8-0, 1-0 MAC Commonwealth.
 
Similar to the way things began in LVC's game with Widener in Annville last season, the Pride started off tonight's game on fire and jumped out to a quick 10-0 lead with 16:40 to go in the opening half. Jeremy Deihm stopped the bleeding with back-to-back jumpers in the paint, and later, with the Dutchmen on the fast break, Zach Tucker dropped a 3-pointer, bringing LVC to within three at 12-9 with 13:59 to go.
 
Widener's Connor Laverty answered the Dutchmen's spurt by netting a trey, followed by a free throw and then a layup by Kolbey Woodard that extended the home team's lead back to nine at 18-9 with 11:39 left. LVC didn't go away and continued to claw its way back into the contest. With 5:43 remaining in the first, Tucker and Joe Wright knocked down back-to-back jumpers, followed by Wright's layup that brought the visiting Dutchmen to within two at 26-24 with 4:36 to go in the first. Once again, Laverty then responded with a triple, followed by Elijah Boyd's jumper and in a flash, Widener was back up by seven. Laverty's trey sparked an 18-7 run that the Pride ended the half on, and Widener went into the locker room up 13 at 44-31.
 
Early on in the second half, Trevor Covey hit a 3-pointer that brought LVC to within 13 at 49-33 with 18:07 remaining, but that was as close as the Dutchmen would get, as the Pride continued their hot shooting from beyond the arc and the visitors were unable to mount a comeback and eventually fell 88-58.
 
Inside the Numbers
 - Jeremy Deihm led LVC's offense with 14 points on 7-of-8 shooting. The sophomore added four rebounds in 19 minutes of action, as he battled foul trouble for most of the game.
 - Justin Baker added eight points, six boards, and four assists.
 - Zach Tucker finished with seven points, five rebounds, and a pair of assists.
 - Joe Wright was solid off the bench for the Dutchmen and ended with six points.
 - Widener's Elijah Boyd registered a game-high 20 points, while Laverty (17) and Kenny Lewis (13) were also in double digits in points.
 - The Pride let off 31 3-pointers tonight and made 13 of them (41.9-percent).
 - Widener led in points off turnovers at 23-9 and bench points at 23-20.
 - The Dutchmen held a slight edge in points in the paint at 32-30.
 
Who's Next?
MAC Commonwealth action continues for LVC on Saturday, Dec. 7, when the Dutchmen welcome Albright to Sorrentino Gymnasium for a 3 p.m. game.
 
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