The Lancaster Bible College men's basketball team got back to its winning ways on Saturday as the Chargers defeated Cazenovia, 66-53 at Horst Athletic Center. The victory propels the Chargers to 7-8 overall and 7-3 in North Eastern Athletic Conference play, while the Wildcats fell to 1-12 overall and 1-5 in conference action. 

How it Happened: Both teams started slowly during the first 10 minutes of the opening half as Cazenovia made just one bucket over the first eight minutes of the game and the Chargers had three. With the Chargers leading 9-4 with 11:45 remaining in the first half, the game and pace began to pick up and Lancaster Bible grabbed a 13-9 lead with 10:26 to play. 

The Chargers continued to push the pace and used a 9-2 run over 2:21 to take a 22-11 lead. Herbie Brown and Austin Brown combined for seven of the nine points during the run, which Herbie capped with a layup. Cazenovia fought its way back into the game and used a 9-0 run of its own to trim its deficit to two. Will Thompson hit two 3-pointers during the run, while Jallah Jackson had the other. 

Lancaster Bible never trailed in the first half and eventually extended its lead back to six just before halftime on a layup from Herbie Brown.

The Chargers scored the first four points of the second half on layups from Quentin Davis and Bill Livezey and the teams then went basket-for-basket for several minutes. Leading by eight, 44-36, Lancaster Bible got five straight points from Jason Kuntzelman and took its biggest lead to that point, 49-36. After Cazenovia cut the deficit to 10, Lancaster Bible used a 9-0 run over the next six minutes to open up a 58-39 lead with 6:34 to play. 

The Wildcats cut the deficit to 12 at one point, but would not get any closer as the Chargers maintained their second place position in the NEAC South Division.

By the Numbers: Lancaster Bible shot 39.7 percent (23-of-58) from the floor and 15-of-20 from the free throw line...Cazenovia shot 33.3 percent (18-of-54) and 11-of-16 from the free throw line...Lancaster Bible was led by Herbie Brown who had a game-high 17 points and also added eight rebounds...Davis added 16 points and 11 rebounds, while Austin Brown had 11 points and four rebounds...Kuntzelman finished with eight points and six boards and Luke Beers had four points and five rebounds...Thompson led Cazenovia with 12 points and added five rebounds.

Information Hodge Podge: Lancaster Bible is now 7-0 all-time against Cazenovia...The 53 points allowed by the Chargers are a season-low...Lancaster Bible is now 3-4 at home this season...The Chargers had at least 15 made free throws for the fifth straight game...Davis earned his third double-double of the season.

Up Next: Lancaster Bible heads to New York next weekend as the Chargers face Keuka on Saturday and Wells on Sunday...Both games set to begin at 3 p.m.