The Lancaster Bible College Men's Basketball team has the stage set for their 2026-27 season of competition, scheduled for 25 total games including 11 United East Conference games. Head coach Jon Mack (128-61) takes on his 8th Season at the head of the Men's Basketball team as they look to defend their United East Regular Season Title from 2025-26 and improve upon their conference Semifinal appearance. In addition, Lancaster Bible enters the year as the defending NCCAA Division I National Champions, their second-ever national championship in program history and first since 2015. The Chargers were selected second out of 12 teams in Wednesday's United East Preseason Poll voted on by the coaches, earning 114 total points including four total first-place votes heading into the season.
 
The Chargers have 12 total returning players from last year's roster, including a pair of All-Conference First Team selections in Camden Hurst (Sr.) and Connor Storr (Sr.). Hurst led the United East last season with 21.3 points per game on 55.6% from the field en route to winning United East Player of the Year honors, averaging almost 23 points per game in conference play. Hurst added many more accolades last year including Lancaster Bible's first-ever NABC All-American honor with national Third Team honors, adding a NCCAA Tournament MVP and a pair of All-Regional honors to his stellar season. Storr also landed First Team honors last year with 15.6 points per game and a team-best 6.0 rebounds per game, blocking a team-high 25 shots as well for the year. He is the only active player for LBC with All-Conference honors in each of his first three seasons, adding 72 assists and 55 steals to his season totals. Other key returners for the Chargers include Trey Grube (Sr.) who led the team with 52 made 3-pointers and a 47.3% 3-point percentage in 2025-26 as well as Bennett Bowers (So.) with a team-best 94.3% free throw clip and Jacob Lewis (So.) who shot 43.1% from deep last year with 6.4 points per game. Lancaster Bible also has seven incoming players for this season with five total freshman for a roster of 19 players as the season commences.
 
The Chargers open up their season with a road game against (RV) Washington & Jefferson on Saturday, November 7, then host their first home games on Friday and Saturday, November 13-14 in the FCA Proven Classic as they take on Geneva (Pa.) on Friday and Grove City on Saturday with Cairn also joining the action for a pair of neutral site games. The Chargers then have several matchups including a Division I exhibition against UMBC before a home game against Shenandoah on November 24, then after Thanksgiving, LBC hosts Gallaudet on Wednesday, December 2 for their first United East game of the year at 7:30 p.m. The Chargers then welcome preseason #23-ranked NYU into the Horst Athletic Center on December 5, then host Centenary (N.J.) for the last home game of the calendar year. The Chargers conclude 2026 with a pair of tournaments on the road, starting with the North Beach Plastic Surgery Winter Classic hosted by Batten on December 12-13 and ending with the F&M Holiday Tournament hosted by Franklin & Marshall on December 29-30.
 
To begin 2027, the Chargers host Moravian on January 2, then after a road game against Keystone to resume United East action, they host Penn St. Berks in conference play on Saturday, January 9. After that, it's back-to-back road games against Notre Dame (Md.) and Penn College, then a home battle against Cairn on Saturday January 19. The Chargers then have St. Mary's (Md.) on the road and Penn St. Harrisburg at home in the same week, then a non-conference game against Salisbury at home to open February. After a road game against Penn St. Abington, the Chargers close their regular season at home against both Penn St. Brandywine (February 10) and Wilson (February 13) before the conference playoffs begin the following week.
 
Head coach Jon Mack had this to say about his team with the new season on the horizon:
 
"We are excited about the upcoming journey. Our non-conference schedule will stretch us tremendously as we figure out our identity for this year's team before conference play.
 
Our ability to defend the paint without fouling, be tough on the boards, and limit extra possessions for our opponents will determine the ceiling for this team."
 
The Men's Basketball team gets their season started this Saturday, November 7 on the road against (RV) Washington & Jefferson in Washington, Pa. at 6:00 p.m., then hosts their first home games of the year with the FCA Proven Classic here in Lancaster as they take on Geneva (Pa.) on Friday, November 13 at 7:00 p.m. and Grove City on Saturday, November 14 at 3:00 p.m. For more information on the Men's Basketball team, check the links here for both the Schedule and Roster and follow the Chargers on Instagram at lbcathletics.