Hood 79, Lebanon Valley 70
 
LVC Starters
Baker, Tucker, Covey, Jones, Deihm
 
Hood Starters
Riley, M. Wang, E. Wang, Smalls, Evans
 
How It Happened
FREDERICK, Md. – Collin Jones posted a career-high in points, but Lebanon Valley dropped a 79-70 decision to Hood College on Wednesday night in MAC Commonwealth Men's Basketball action. The Flying Dutchmen dropped to 10-12, 5-8 MACC, while the Blazers improved to 14-8, 7-6 MACC.
 
Similar to these teams' last meeting, Hood got off to a hot start and opened up an 8-4 advantage off Michael Riley's triple with 17:10 remaining in the opening half. LVC quickly closed the gap and evened the game at 10-10 thanks to a 6-0 spurt at 13:44. The Dutchmen continued to keep things close and Joe Wright's layup at 9:28 made it a one-point lead in favor of the Blazers at 17-16, but one of the conference's most successful 3-point-shooting squad got hot from beyond the arc, as Mason Wang dropped a triple, followed by Christopher Small's make from 3-point land, quickly putting the home team ahead 23-16 at 7:58. From there, the Blazers went on to lead by as many as 15 in the final minutes of the first, but four straight points by the Dutchmen in the final 1:39 cut into Hood's advantage, and LVC found itself down by just 11 at 38-27 at halftime.
 
To open up second-half action, Jones quickly cut the Blazers' lead to single digits with a layup at 19:16, however Hood answered with a 9-1 run that spanned two minutes of action to take a 47-31 advantage with 16:50 to go. The Blazers continued to hold a double-digit lead for the remainder of the second half and never relinquished their advantage.  The Dutchmen went cold from beyond the arc and were unable to get close, resulting in the 79-70 defeat.
 
Inside the Numbers
 - Collin Jones scored a career-high 29 points on 11-of-16 shooting. He added 12 rebounds for the double-double, as well as two steals.
 - Luis Garcia scored 10 points for LVC.
 - Joe Wright ended with eight points off the bench for the Dutchmen.
 - Hood's Mason Wang netted 29 points to lead his team, while Evan Wang scored 14.
 - The Blazers held the slightest of edges in field-goal percentage at 41.4% to 41.2%.
 - The Dutchmen shot just 18.2% from 3-point land.
 - Hood let off 32 3-pointers and sank 10 of them.
 - LVC led in bench points at 27-10 and points in the paint at 48-28.
 
Playoff Push
The Dutchmen have three MAC Commonwealth games remaining and are still in a fight for the fifth and final playoff spot, but will need to win their last three games and get some help from other schools in order to sneak in.
 
Who's Next?
LVC's two-game road trip is complete and the Dutchmen return home this Saturday, Feb. 15, to battle Stevenson in a must-win game at 2 p.m. LVC's Alumni Game is set for 11 a.m. on Saturday.
 
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