WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Lancaster Bible dealt Penn College a 114-86 setback in a North Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball game Wednesday. The Chargers improved to 1-2, while the Wildcats fell to 2-3.
Four Penn College players reach double figures in scoring, led by
Tyree Vidal's 11 points.
Ben Sosa,
Erik Perry Jr., and
Jesse White all finished with 10. White also grabbed a team-best 14 rebounds to pick up his first career double-double.
Micah Brown led LBC with a game-high 22 points, while Jason Kuntzelman and Herbie Brown both finished with double-doubles for the Chargers.
Penn College jumped out to a three-point, 8-5, lead on Perry's trey at 17:14. After the Chargers regained a 10-8 lead with 16:09 left, the Wildcats took their final lead, 11-10, on Vidal's trey with 15:46 left in the first. The Chargers led by as many as 10 in the ensuing 13 minutes and made a push in the final two minutes to take a 52-34 lead into halftime after 10-0 run in the final 1:47.
Lancaster Bible retained a 20-plus point advantage for the majority of the second half.
Penn College returns to action Saturday, 3 p.m., at Bryn Athyn.