Women's Basketball
Valley Forge Christian at Lancaster Bible, 6 p.m., Horst Athletic Center
Team Records:
Valley Forge Christian: 10-12
Lancaster Bible: 16-4
Last Game:
Valley Forge Christian: The Patriots held Trinity Washington to just 15 first half points, but had to hold on at the end to secure a 50-47 victory over the Tigers. Amanda Reich had a team-high 16 points, while Vanity Jones added five points, 14 rebounds and seven assists.
Lancaster Bible: The Chargers played one of their most sloppy games of the season last Saturday, but played well enough to defeat SUNY Cobleskill, 59-54.
Brooklyn Wilson and
Lauren Heliger each had 16 points, while
Aubrey Folger added 13 points and 10 boards to keep LBC atop the NEAC South Division standings.
All-Time Series:
Lancaster Bible leads, 40-36
Last Meeting:
February 23, 2012 – NCCAA East Region Final
Valley Forge Christian 64, Lancaster Bible 48
Morgan Godwin had a game-high 20 points and knocked down six three-pointers as the Patriots won the NCCAA East Region title on the Chargers' home floor. Amanda Reich added 18 points for the Patriots, while
Emily Lloyd had 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Chargers.
For Your Information:
Valley Forge Christian: The Patriots have won seven of the last eight meetings between these two teams, including the last three at LBC…The last time the Patriots lost at LBC was during the 2008-09 season…Amanda Reich has averaged 12.8 points in eight career games against the Chargers.
Lancaster Bible: The Chargers' next win will break the program-record for wins in a season which currently stands at 16…This is the final non-conference regular season game for the Chargers as they will wrap-up their regular season with four straight NEAC South Division games… Saturday is Play4Kay Day at LBC as the Chargers will wear pink to honor breast cancer awareness.
Statistical Leaders:
Points Per Game:
VFCC: Amanda Reich, 19.0
LBC: Lauren Heliger, 16.0
Rebounds Per Game:
VFCC: Amanda Compton, 10.3
LBC: Aubrey Folger, 8.9
Assists Per Game:
VFCC: Vanity Jones, 4.0
LBC: Lauren Heliger, 3.8
Field Goal Percentage (Min. 125 attempts):
VFCC: Amanda Compton, 49.8% [117-of-235]
LBC: Sarah Heilenman, 46.5% [66-of-142]
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Men's Basketball
Valley Forge Christian at Lancaster Bible, 8 p.m., Horst Athletic Center
Team Records:
Valley Forge Christian: 13-10
Lancaster Bible: 3-18
Last Game:
Valley Forge Christian: After one of their biggest wins of the season against Grace Bible College, the Patriots suffered a 78-75 loss to Great Lakes Christian who entered the game with a record of 2-22. Kevin Mack had 23 points to lead the Patriots, while Lance Harris had 13 points. The Patriots were just 1-of-8 from beyond the arc.
Lancaster Bible: The Chargers snapped a five-game losing streak with an 81-65 victory over SUNY Cobleskill last Saturday.
CJ Dunston led the Chargers with 19 points on 6-of-8 shooting, while
Dan Karl and
Jon Bird each had 16 points. Bird was a perfect 7-of-7 from the field and added nine rebounds.
All-Time Series:
Valley Forge Christian leads, 64-23
Last Meeting:
February 24, 2012 – NCCAA East Region Final
Valley Forge Christian 98, Lancaster Bible 61
The Patriots crushed the Chargers in the East Region Final, 98-61 a year after the Chargers shocked the Patriots in the East Region Final. Valley Forge Christian led 57-29 at halftime as Michael Stum finished the game with 30 points, while Latrell Alford added 26 points.
Madison Warfel had 21 points for the Chargers and scored his 1,000
th career point during the game.
Keith Keltner added 20 points for the Chargers who finished 7-20.
For Your Information:
Valley Forge Christian: The Patriots have lost three of their last four games after they won three straight games late in January…VFCC has not played a game in Pennsylvania since January 25 when they defeated Berkeley, 89-67…Since then, they have played once in New Jersey and three times in Michigan as they took on Kuyper, Grace Bible and Great Lakes Christian over a three-day period.
Lancaster Bible: The Chargers have not won consecutive games since January 21-26, 2012 when they defeated Cazenovia, Penn St. Abington and Philadelphia Biblical…Tonight and Saturday are LBC's final non-conference regular season games as they will face St. Joseph's Brooklyn on Saturday before wrapping up the regular season against NEAC foes Penn St. Abington and Penn St. Berks.
Statistical Leaders:
Points Per Game:
VFCC: Kevin Mack, 14.6
LBC: Dan Karl, 13.2
Rebounds Per Game:
VFCC: Jonathan Dukes, 6.0
LBC: Jon Bird, 5.8
Assists Per Game:
VFCC: Donnell Davis, 4.5
LBC: Keith Keltner, 2.9
Field Goal Percentage (Min. 125 attempts):
VFCC: Dominic Cain, 59.2% [84-of-142]
LBC: Jon Bird, 58.4% [73-of-125]
