The Lancaster Bible College Men's Basketball team played their second game of the Geneva Classic on Saturday afternoon, defeating Grove City 85-69 to win both games this weekend. The Chargers improve to 3-0 overall while the Wolverines drop to 1-2 overall.
* In addition, two Lancaster Bible players were named to the All-Tournament team for this weekend, with junior Connor Storr and senior Luke Rumbaugh earning the honors with Storr being named tournament MVP.
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How it Happened:
Grove City came out firing in the first half, getting out to a 12-2 lead over LBC about six minutes in. The Chargers cut it to five with a layup by freshman
Landon Zeiset, but the Wolverines kept the lead at six points at the halfway mark of the first half. Junior
Trey Grube knocked down a three to cut the lead in half, then later
Connor Storr had back-to-back buckets in the paint to tie the game at 19.
Luke Rumbaugh put the Chargers in front with a tip-in layup, then had another to cap an 11-point run for the Chargers as they got out to a seven-point lead with six minutes to go. Grove City then scored seven straight to cut it to one, then swung in front 35-32 before Rumbaugh tied it back up at 35. With time winding down, junior
Camden Hurst scored a layup with one second left to give LBC a 40-39 lead at halftime.
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Hurst began the half with another score, then sophomore
Bennett Bowers completed an and-one layup off an assist from Storr to get the lead back to six. Grube had two more threes around the 10-minute mark of the half for an eight-point Charger lead, then Storr made the lead 10 points on a made 3-pointer. The Wolverines fought to get the deficit down to three, but the Chargers ended the game on an 18-5 scoring run with several key layups and good free throw shooting helping close the door on their 16-point win and keeping LBC unbeaten through three games this season.
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By the Numbers:
- The Chargers shot 46-percent from the floor, 27-percent from 3-point range, and a season-best 79-percent from the free throw line
- The Wolverines shot 48-percent from the floor, 31-percent from three, and 61-percent on free throws
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Luke Rumbaugh netted a career-high 21 points for the Chargers off the bench
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Connor Storr reached 20 points with eight rebounds
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Camden Hurst added 16 points and four assists
- The Wolverines were led by Mike Christenson with a game-high 26 points and 10-12 shooting from the line
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Information to Know:
The Chargers have their first win over Grove City all-time as they are now 1-1 against the Wolverines. The Chargers have their first 3-0 start since the 2015-16 season when they went 27-1 and won their first conference title in program history.
Connor Storr made his 250th career field goal tonight and has the most points among active players with 639 points.
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Up Next:
The Chargers are back home on Wednesday, November 19 as they host Ramapo at 7:00 p.m. in the Horst Athletic Center.
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