GLENSIDE, Pa. – The Lebanon Valley Men's Basketball team had three scorers in double figures and held off a late rally from host Arcadia University to defeat the Knights 72-70 at Alumni Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon in an important Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom game.
 
LVC (9-8, 3-3 MAC Freedom) won for the third consecutive Saturday to even its conference record while picking up the program's first victory over Arcadia (8-9, 3-3 MAC Freedom) since 2017. The Dutchmen got off to a great start for the second game in a row as Evin Timochenko scored on the first two possessions to make it 4-0. The Knights missed their first two shots but got on the scoreboard with a layup just over two minutes into the game. Braden Bohannon hit a three, but Arcadia responded right back with a three of their own. The Dutchmen grew the lead to six as Ryan Harder and Bohanon sandwiched a Knights bucket. Arcadia got the deficit back down to three on a three-pointer. Kyle Tang scored on a three-point play and then hit a driving layup to put the dutchmen up 18-10 with just under 12 to play in the half.
 
The Dutchmen held the Knights scoreless for a four-minute stretch but were unable to increase the lead any larger than 10 as Michael Main knocked down a jumper midway through the half. Arcadia scored on a layup with nine minutes on the clock and the next points came on a Bohannon bucket a little over a minute later. LVC's lead was at eight with right around four minutes to go in the half when Timochenko found Main open for a three-pointer. The Knights responded with a pair of layups over the next two minutes and then a three pointer with a little over a minute to go cut the score to 27-23. Bohannon scored on a layup in the final minute and the Knights responded at the other end to keep it a four-point game at the half.
 
Arcadia came out of the break and scored five points in the first minute to take a 30-29 lead. Jason Penn hit a jumper out of a timeout to give the Dutchmen back the lead. The Knights continued their run with the next four points to take their biggest lead of the game at 34-31 with 17 minutes left. Main scored in the paint and then Timochenko gave LVC the lead on a traditional three-point play. After another stop on defense, Harder knocked down a three to put the Dutchmen up by five. The Knights responded with five quick points to tie the game up. Harder knocked down another three off a feed by Bohannon and then after forcing a turnover, Penn scored on a driving layup. Phil Unangst grabbed a defensive rebound and then scored at the other end forcing the Knights to call a timeout with 13 minutes on the clock and LVC leading 46-39.
 
The Knights came out of the timeout and held the Dutchmen scoreless for a little over two minutes. However, LVC played great defense and held the Knights to just three made free throws during that stretch to keep a four-point advantage. Penn scored on a driving layup, Timochenko had another traditional three-point play, and then Penn hit another driving layup to give LVC an 11-point advantage with 8:30 to play. The Knights stooped the run with a three before Evan Smith scored on a layup and Penn knocked down a three giving LVC its largest lead at 58-45 with seven minutes to play.
 
Arcadia slowly trimmed the advantage down to eight over the next three minutes. Tang found a wide open Timochenko under the basket to push the lead back to 10. A three pointer by the Knights cut it down to seven. A traditional three-point play got Arcadia within four before Penn scored to make it 68-62. The Knights scored three points to make it a three-point game with a minute left. Timochenko was fouled and made two shots, Arcadia scored a layup, and then Penn hit his two free throws. The Knights responded with a bucket and steal. They made one of two free throw attempts to get within two at 72-70 with 19 seconds left. Arcadia got the ball back with 10 seconds left and a last second three was off the mark as the Dutchmen held on for the win.
 
Inside the Box

• Timochenko led the Dutchmen with 20 points and seven rebounds. He was 8-14 from the floor and knocked down all four of his free throw attempts. Timochenko has now scored at least 20 points in six games this year. He also dished out three assists.
• Penn finished with 17 points on 6-11 shooting with one made three. He also knocked down all four of his free throw attempts.
• Bohannon was the third Dutchmen in double figures with 10 points and five rebounds. The senior hit two threes and dished out two assists.
• Harder scored nine points on three made threes. The senior also grabbed three rebounds and dished out an assist.
• Main scored seven points in nine minutes off the bench while Tang had five points, four rebounds, and two assists.
• LVC shot 47.5 percent from the floor and 41.2 percent on 17 three-point attempts.
• The Dutchmen scored 20 points off 15 Arcadia turnovers and had 34 points in the paint.
• The win broke an eight-game losing skid to the Knights. LVC's last win over Arcadia was an 81-75 victory to complete a season sweep in the 2016-17 season.
• LVC is currently in a five-team tie for second place in the MAC Freedom at 3-3 with one game remaining in the first rotation of games.

Up Next
The Dutchmen will wrap up the first half of conference play on Wednesday by hosting King's College inside Sorrentino Gymnasium. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. against the Monarchs.
 
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