Lebanon Valley 87, Alvernia 71
 
LVC Starters
Baker, Tucker, L. Garcia, Jones, Deihm
 
Alvernia Starters
Mullan, Pierce, Taylor, Harman, Green
 
How It Happened
ANNVILLE, Pa. – Lebanon Valley's Men's Basketball team continued one of its best starts in recent memory after thrashing Alvernia University 87-71 on Thursday evening in MAC Commonwealth Men's Basketball action. The Flying Dutchmen stayed perfect and improved to 6-0, 5-0 MACC, while the Golden Wolves dropped to 2-1, 2-1 MACC.
 
LVC shot lights out in the first half en route to a 50-point opening period. With 14:05 left Bryce Diehl knocked down a trey from Luis Garcia to give the Dutchmen a 14-9 advantage. That triple sparked a 12-5 spurt, which was finished off by an AJ Catanzaro 3-pointer, to make it a 26-14 lead for the home squad. From there, the Dutchmen continued their hot shooting and held a double-digit lead for the remainder of the half. At the 3:06 mark, LVC held its biggest advantage of the period after Luis Garcia's fastbreak layup made it an 18-point lead. For the half, the Dutchmen shot 64% from the floor and 57% from beyond the arc and took a 50-33 lead into the second half.
 
In the early going of the second half, the Golden Wolves hung around and cut LVC's lead to 12 at 58-46 with 15:06 remaining, and then later finally cut it to single digits off Keon Taylor's jumper at 13:52 to make it 60-51, but Collin Jones answered with a layup to put LVC back up by 11 at 62-51. The home team continued to lead comfortably and with 3:20 to go, Zach Tucker's fastbreak layup gave LVC its biggest lead of the game at 84-63. The Dutchmen went on to win easily at 87-71 for their best start since 1998-98.
 
Inside the Numbers
 - The reigning MAC Commonwealth Player of the Week, Collin Jones, continued his impressive season by scoring a game-high 29 points on 10-of-14 shooting. He added seven rebounds for the Dutchmen.
 - Zach Tucker poured in 19 points on 6-of-10 shooting and added four rebounds, two assists, and a pair of steals.
 - Jeremy Deihm netted 12 points on 6-of-8 shooting and brought down eight rebounds.
 - Luis Garcia finished with eight points.
 - Justin Baker netted seven points.
 - Malik Green paced Alvernia's offense with 20 points and Keon Taylor added 17.
 - LVC shot 59.3% from the floor, while the Golden Wolves shot 40.4%.
 - The Dutchmen dominated in points in the paint at 48-18.
 - LVC also led in points off turnovers at 17-15.
 
Who's Next?
The Dutchmen and Golden Wolves finish off their home-and-home tomorrow in Reading. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m.
 
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