The Lancaster Bible College Men's Basketball team traveled to Reading, Pa. to take on Penn St. Berks in their first United East game of the season, leaving with a 100-74 victory. The Chargers improve to 6-1 overall and 1-0 in conference while the Lions fall to 2-8 overall and 1-1 in conference.
 
How it Happened:
The Chargers began the game on an 11-2 scoring run as junior Camden Hurst scored seven points on the run, beginning the scoring on two layups and making three from the charity stripe. The Lions scored five in a row to cut back into the lead and then got within three, but Hurst knocked down a three-pointer to get the lead back to six. The next star for LBC was junior Trey Grube, hitting three 3-pointers over the next three minutes to help power the Chargers to a 15-point lead at 31-16 with nine minutes to go. After only scoring on free throws for the next few minutes, junior Daniel King and senior Luke Rumbaugh each got layups to go, then King had another layup as the Chargers led by 15 again with under five minutes to play. The Lions fought back to within 11 before senior Tyshaun Pulley made a layup, then Hurst closed out his electric 19-point first half with a three and a layup as the Chargers led 54-35 at the halftime break.
 
Junior Connor Storr opened the scoring for the Chargers in the second half, then later freshman Jacob Lewis knocked down a three and Hurst and Lewis each added scores for a 22-point lead at 63-41. Pulley and Lewis helped keep the lead at 20 points later on, but Penn St. Berks fought as they got back to within 15 points at 70-55 before Hurst ended the run. King had four in a row for the Chargers as the teams traded scores over the next few minutes, then Hurst drained a 3-pointer to top 30 points on the day. Lewis had a pair of free throws to get the lead back over 20, then Storr had a pair of buckets and senior Nile Austin drilled a three to get LBC over 90 points. Freshman Nas Joy then had a nice assist to Hurst to cap a nine-point Chargers run, with Lancaster Bible finishing off a dominant road win in conference play with 100 total points.
 
By the Numbers:
- The Chargers shot 47-percent from the floor, 31-percent from 3-point range, and shot 64-percent from the free throw line
- The Lions shot 49-percent from the floor, 38-percent from three, and 65-percent on free throws
- The Chargers forced a season-high 28 turnovers on the Lions with a +11 margin
- Camden Hurst led the Chargers with a season-high 32 points on 12-19 from the field, adding four rebounds and four steals
- Trey Grube added 12 points on 4-5 from 3-point range
- Daniel King had 12 points and Connor Storr had 10 points and seven rebounds
- The Lions were led by Marquis Ferreira with 22 points

Information to Know:
The Chargers are now 24-6 all-time against Penn St. Berks and scored 100 points against the Lions for the ninth time in their matchup history. The Chargers have won their conference opener for the fifth straight season and make it five straight road United East wins dating back to last season. Camden Hurst has his second career 30-point game and the highest-scoring performance of the season in the United East so far this season. Hurst also reached 600 career points in today's game, with Connor Storr reaching 700 career points with 10 today.
 
Up Next:
The Chargers' next game will be next Saturday, December 13 as they travel into New York City to face NYU, last season's National Runner-Up and currently receiving votes in the D3Hoops.com poll, at 3:00 p.m.