The Lancaster Bible College men's basketball team returned to North Eastern Athletic Conference play on Saturday and earned a big conference victory with a 69-54 over Keuka at Horst Athletic Center. The Chargers are now 3-8 overall this season, and 1-1 in NEAC play, while the Wolves dropped to 1-8 overall, and 0-2 in NEAC action.
 
How it Happened: Lancaster Bible stormed out of the gate with a 10-2 run over the first 4:19 of the contest, as back-to-back layups from Tyler Norris and Brion Elliott capped the run. Keuka cut its deficit to 12-7 later in the half, but a free throw from Luke Beers, and a 3-pointer from Brett Bechler jumpstarted a 12-0 run which A.J.  Holmes capped with a layup to make it 24-7.
 
Lancaster Bible stretched the lead to 31-9 on a jumper from Tyler Hilton with 5:27 to play in the opening half, and the lead grew to its largest, 24 points, on a free throw from Jordan Shewbridge with 2:58 remaining.
 
After leading 37-19 at halftime, the Chargers extended the advantage to 46-23 on another 3-pointer from Bechler, and restored the 24-point advantage with 13:54 to play when a layup from Caleb Carpenter made it 52-28.
 
The Wolves wouldn't go away easily however, as the visitors cut their deficit to 13 with 5:26 remaining, but Lancaster Bible finally iced the game with an 8-0 run that Shewbridge ended with a layup.
 
By the Numbers: Lancaster Bible shot 47.5 percent (29-of-61) from the floor, but just 2-of-15 from 3-point range…Shewbridge led the Chargers with 19 points on 9-of-15 shooting, and also added four rebounds and three assists…William Afoakwah had eight points and 13 rebounds, while Bechler finished with eight points on 3-of-4 shooting…Britton Beachy also added four points, four boards, and six assists…James Barnes led the Wolves with 16 points.
 
News & Notes: Lancaster Bible is now 8-3 all-time against Keuka…The Chargers defeated Keuka, 80-63 last season in Keuka Park, N.Y…Lancaster Bible is now 2-2 at home this season…Lancaster Bible has shot over 43 percent from the floor in three of its past four games…The Chargers held a 40-26 edge in rebounds, and the +14 margin is the second best of the season for Lancaster Bible…Saturday marked the third time this season the Chargers have had just two 3-pointers, and Lancaster Bible is now 1-2 in those three games.
 
Up Next: Lancaster Bible is right back in action on Sunday, as the Chargers host Wells at 12 p.m.