The Lancaster Bible College men's basketball team will play in the North Eastern Athletic Conference Semifinals for the seventh consecutive season on Friday night, as the Chargers battle SUNY Poly for a chance to go to the NEAC Final. Lancaster Bible and SUNY Poly met one week ago in Utica, N.Y., with the Wildcats overwhelming the Chargers en route to an 80-53 victory.
 
Lancaster Bible rebounded Tuesday night with a 77-73 victory over Penn College in the NEAC Quarterfinals, and will look carry that momentum into Friday's neutral site contest against the Wildcats. The game will be played in Middletown, Pa. on the campus of Penn St. Harrisburg, as the Nittany Lions serve as the NEAC Final Four hosts, and will take on Morrisville State in the second semifinal on Friday evening.
 
Team Records
Lancaster Bible: 13-13, 10-6 NEAC
SUNY Poly: 16-9, 13-3 NEAC
 
Regular Season Meeting
SUNY Poly 80, Lancaster Bible 53
Feb. 21, 2020: Lancaster Bible actually led 6-0 in the first 3:30 of the game, and eventually led 16-12 midway through the first half, but SUNY Poly went on a 26-0 run over an eight-minute span in the latter half of the opening half, and the Chargers trailed 44-21 at the break…The Wildcats expanded their lead in the second half, and cruised to a 27-point victory.
 
How they Got Here 
Lancaster Bible: The Chargers defeated a pesky Penn College squad, 77-73 on Tuesday night in the NEAC Quarterfinals, as Jordan Shewbridge, named to the NEAC All-Conference First Team on Thursday, led four players in double figures with 16 points…William Afoakwah added 12 points and 13 rebounds, while Kaleb Murry had 13 points, and Luke Beers added 11.
 
SUNY Poly: The Wildcats won the NEAC North Division this season, as SUNY Poly won its final six regular season contests…SUNY Poly was 13-3 overall in NEAC play, and posted an 8-2 mark in NEAC North Division play.
 
Statistically Speaking
Lancaster Bible: Lancaster Bible scores 71.4 points per game, and gives up 74.6…The Chargers are shooting at 42.6 percent, including 31.6 percent from 3-point range…Jordan Shewbridge leads the Chargers with 16.2 points per game, and he posted 16 more in Tuesday night's victory…William Afoakwah stands at 10.2 points per contest, and is also averaging 9.4 rebounds per game…Afoakwah's double-double in Tuesday's win was his sixth of the season…Senior Luke Beers continues to play well in his final season, as he is up to 7.6 points per game, and has scored in double digits in six of his past 10 games.
 
SUNY Poly: The Wildcats average 76.4 points per game, and are allowing 70.8…The team is shooting at 47.4 percent from the floor, including 34.9 percent from beyond the arc…SUNY Poly averages nearly 40 rebounds per game…Josh Gregory, who was also named to the NEAC All-Conference First Team on Thursday, leads the team with 18.4 points per contest, and Caleb Canty is also in double figures at 14.4 points per game…Jesse O'Dell averages 9.6 points per game for the Wildcats, and LJ Randle sits at 9 points per game.
 
Team Notes 
Lancaster Bible: The Chargers are just 4-10 in games away from Horst Athletic Center this season…Lancaster Bible is 1-0 in neutral site contests this season, defeating Marywood, 85-74 at the F&M Tip-Off Tournament on Nov. 16…This will be the third all-time meeting in the NEAC Semifinals between Lancaster Bible and SUNY Poly…The Chargers won the first match, 75-57 in Lancaster, Pa. during the 2015-16 season, while SUNY Poly won last year's battle, 67-64 in Morrisville,  N.Y…Lancaster Bible is 9-4 all-time in the NEAC Playoffs.
 
SUNY Poly: The Wildcats are 7-7 away from home this season, including 2-0 in neutral site games…SUNY Poly has lost just once in February, that coming on Feb. 5 to Morrisville State, 72-69…Gregory had 21 points in last season's postseason victory over the Chargers, and also pulled down 11 rebounds…The Wildcats opened their season by playing NCAA Division I Boston University.
 
How to Follow
Saturday's NEAC Semifinal can be seen at the following link, thanks to Penn St. Harrisburg. LIVE VIDEO LINK