The Lancaster Bible College Men's Basketball team headed to Penn St. Abington on Saturday, January 27 for a United East matchup, winning 73-71 on a last-second shot from freshman Connor Storr. The Chargers improve to 12-9 overall and 6-2 in conference play, while the Lions drop to 7-13 overall and 2-7 in conference.
 
How It Happened: The Lions got the first bucket to go at the 18:12 mark before Storr opened the Chargers' scoring with a three-pointer. Finding themselves tied at 8-8 all behind a three-pointer from Maureon Tisdale-Couch, the Chargers proceeded to go on a 33-12 run to end the first half. Turnovers and fast break points fueled the Chargers' first half run as they forced 19 turnovers and tallied 13 steals.
 
The Lions opened the second half with an and-one from Jake Schalki, but the Chargers answered with three of their own layups to keep it a 20-point lead, 47-27. Continuing to find scoring opportunities, the Lions crept within single digits on two made free throws, making it a 49-40 Chargers lead.
 
Chipping away little by little, the Lions took the lead, 67-66, for the first time in the game since the beginning minutes. The Chargers responded with their own bucket as sophomore Luke Rumbaugh got an acrobatic layup to go, giving the Chargers the edge. A Lions free throw with just 2:10 left to go tied the game at 68-68. Feeling the pressure, the Chargers knew it was crunch time, and freshman Connor Storr came up clutch, hitting a three-pointer from the top of the key to make it 71-68. Several more free throws brought the score to even once again at 71-71 with 34 seconds left. Just one full possession remaining, Storr found the ball in his hands with just a few seconds on the shot clock, backing down into the paint, Storr shimmied with his left shoulder turned and nailed a short jumper with just a few seconds left. A failed last second attempt from the Lions gave the Chargers their sixth conference win of the season, 73-71.
 
By the Numbers: The Chargers shot 45-percent from the field, 31-percent from three, and 75-percent from the line… the Lions shot 52-percent from the field, 33-percent from three, and 64-percent from the charity stripe… the Chargers forced 25 turnovers and tallied 16 steals for the day… the Lions had 23 points off turnovers… Grant Sareyka led the Chargers with 15 points and five steals… Tisdale-Couch reached double figures with a career-high 14 points and three rebounds… Storr had 12 points and five rebounds… Alex Podolski had a game-high 23 points.

Information to Know: Senior Grant Sareyka continued to add to his career prowess in a Charger uniform, eclipsing 1,500 points in today's game and becoming just the 6th player in program history to reach the 1,500-point milestone, joining CJ Dunston, Chris Readinger, David Green, Sam Rempel, and Jordan Shewbridge. Sareyka has 1,505 points in 98 career contests, making his 15.4 career points/game the 14th-highest mark in program history as of today. Grant also became just the 4th Charger to reach 200 career steals, joining Drew Karschner, Matt Lynsky, and CJ Dunston and sitting at 203 steals after recording five in today's contest.
 
Up Next: The Chargers host a rematch with the Seahawks of St. Mary's (Md.) on Tuesday, January 30 at 5:00 p.m.