The Lancaster Bible College men's basketball team celebrated Senior Day in a big way on Saturday, drubbing Bryn Athyn, 98-57 at Horst Athletic Center, as the Chargers rebounded from Wednesday night's surprising loss at Penn St. Abington, and capped the regular season with a victory. The win gives the Chargers 20 wins during the regular season, as Lancaster Bible improved to 20-5 overall and 15-1 in North Eastern Athletic Conference play. Bryn Athyn ended its season with a 9-16 overall record and 6-10 mark in NEAC action.

How it Happened: The Chargers stormed out of the gate, using a 9-2 run over the first 3:36 to grab an early lead. Seniors Bill Livezey and Herbie Brown opened the run for the Chargers, while junior Christo Majok capped it with fastbreak layup. After a Bryn Athyn timeout, the Lions got back into the game with a 7-2 run, which Drew Heller ended with a 3-pointer to cut the Chargers' lead to two, 11-9.

A quick 7-0 run by the Chargers followed, as sophomore Luke Beers hit the first of his four 3-pointers during the run, which junior Quentin Davis finished off with a layup to make it 18-9. The Lions cut the deficit to six after a three-point play from Rahim Washington, but Lancaster Bible used another big run, this time an 11-2 spark that Majok capped with a big dunk that made it 29-14.

The Chargers continued to lead throughout the rest of the first half, though Bryn Athyn cut its deficit to seven with 3:51 remaining, before Lancaster Bible re-built a double-digit advantage with just over two minutes remaining. With four seconds left in the half, Tariq Moore converted a layup to cut the Chargers' lead to nine, 36-27.

The teams exchanged baskets during the first two minutes of the second half, but Lancaster Bible put its foot on the gas, and finally left the Lions in the rearview mirror with a 10-0 run over a three minute span to make it 50-31 in favor of the home team. Following a Bryn Athyn bucket, Lancaster Bible used another 10-0 run to really put the game out of reach, as senior Austin Brown and Beers drained 3-pointers during the run. The 20-2 run for the Chargers over a five minute span, gave Lancaster Bible a 60-33 lead with 13:23 remaining.

Lancaster Bible continued to pour it on later in the half, building a lead of 42 (96-54) with just under two minutes remaining on a layup from freshman Matt Pereira, before winning by a margin of 41.

By the Numbers: Lancaster Bible shot 36-of-65 (55.4 percent) from the field, including 11-of-26 from 3-point range...Bryn Athyn shot 20-of-55 (36.4 percent) from the floor, but just 4-of-15 from beyond the arc...Lancaster Bible outrebounded the Lions, 48-21, including 12-3 on the offensive glass...Herbie Brown had a game-high 27 points on 10-of-16 shooting, and also grabbed eight rebounds...Beers finished with 14 points, as did Majok on 5-of-5 shooting, and a 4-of-4 mark from the free throw line...Majok also had seven rebounds, four assists, two steals and two blocks...Austin Brown posted eight points and eight boards, while senior Jalen Archer had nine points and three assists...Livezey chipped in with seven points, four assists and three boards...Rahim Washington had a team-high 21 points for the Lions.

The Coach Says: "Everyone is on the same page right now," Lancaster Bible Head Coach Zach Filzen said. "We obviously didn't want to lose to Abington on Wednesday, but it woke us up. We had a great film session and practice on Thursday and Friday and I think we played well in the first half today defensively. We challenged them at halftime a bit and they responded in a big way. We played very well on both ends of the floor in the second half and it was good to have a half like that going into the playoffs next week."

Information Hodge Podge: Lancaster Bible is now 11-1 all-time against Bryn Athyn, and have defeated the Lions nine straight times...The four Lancaster Bible seniors, Archer, Livezey, Austin Brown and Herbie Brown, combined for 51 points, 20 rebounds and 14 assists on Saturday...The +27 rebounding margin for the Chargers was their highest of the season, and the fourth time this year they have posted a +20...Herbie Brown posted 20 or more points in a game for the seventh time this season and for the third time in four games...With its 20th win, Lancaster Bible has now posted 20 or more wins in four of the past five seasons.

Up Next: Lancaster Bible has clinched the top spot in the NEAC South Division and will host the fourth seed, Penn St. Abington on Tuesday night at 6 p.m...The teams split the season series, with the Nittany Lions handing the Chargers their only conference loss of the season...Stay tuned to www.lbcchargers.com for a NEAC Quarterfinal preview on Monday.