LVC beats Jays down the stretch
By STAFF REPORT
Annville
Published Feb 17, 2008 00:07
Dan Hodge connected on six 3-pointers and finished with a game-high 25 points to lift Lebanon Valley College to a 78-70 victory over Elizabethtown College in Commonwealth Conference action Saturday afternoon.

Hodge broke a 68-68 tie on a 3-pointer with 1:06 left, then added another trey with 40 seconds to go as the Dutchmen (9-14 overall, 3-5 Commonwealth) ended the game with a 10-2 run to finish a season sweep of the Blue Jays (15-7 overall, 2-6 Commonwealth).

Sophomore Mike Church (Solanco) finished with a career-high 22 points, and senior Chad Piersol added 20 points for Elizabethtown, which as a team shot 35.7 percent from the field.

Lebanon Valley led 56-44 with 11:22 to play in the second half, but Elizabethtown put together a 10-1 run to cut the Dutchmen lead to 57-54 with 9:12 remaining.

The Dutchmen built their lead back to 66-56 with 5:41 left, but the Blue Jays countered with a 12-2 run to tie the game at 68 on a 3-point play by senior Mike Schatzmann (Pequea Valley) with 1:31 left.

Hodge then hit 3-pointers on back-to-back Lebanon Valley possessions to give the Dutchmen a 74-68 lead with 40 seconds to go, and Dustin Kerns and Kyle Enoch hit two foul shots each in the final 18 seconds to clinch the win.

Elizabethtown dashed to a 9-2 lead in the game's first four minutes, but Lebanon Valley fought back to take its first lead at 15-13 on a layup by Eric Humphrey with 10:57 left in the half.

The Dutchmen led 38-31 at intermission as Kerns led a balanced Lebanon Valley attack with seven points, while Church paced the Blue Jays with nine points on 4-for-6 shooting.

Joining Church and Piersol in double figures for the Blue Jays was Schatzmann, who tallied 16 points and four steals. Enoch finished with 10 points and nine rebounds for the Dutchmen, while Kerns added 10 points and four rebounds and James Shinn totaled 12 points and six boards.

Lebanon Valley shot 53.2 percent (25-for-47) from the field and 10-for-19 from 3-point range. The Dutchmen finished with a slim 38-37 edge in rebounding, with Dan Dunkelberger equaling Enoch with a game-high nine boards.
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