Thiel (1-3) show a season-best 48.7 percent (38-78) from the field and knocked down seven-of-22 from three-point range. The Tomcats also forced 30 Charger turnovers.
After trailing by an early 6-0 deficit, the Tomcats 21-3 run, jumped in front of the Chargers 21-9 with just over 13 minutes remaining in the first half. Lancaster Bible (4-8) cut the Thiel lead to one (31-30) with just over five minutes to play in the first before the Tomcats pushed ahead on a 13-4 run to take a 44-34 lead into the half.
Thiel extended its lead to as many as 18 (70-52) in the second half en route to the 16-point win.
Freshman guard Pete Farley totaled 18 points and six assists while sophomore forward Joe Herrmann added 16 points, six rebounds and three steals.
Ryan Carpenter, Drew Karshner and Tim Feliciano each had 20 for the Chargers. Karshner added a game-high 11 points in the loss.
The Tomcats will return to action on Monday, Dec. 5 when they travel to Case Western Reserve University for a 7:30 p.m. tip off.
Newspaper Box Score Lancaster Bible College vs Thiel College 12/3/05 3 p.m. at Greenville, PA - Beeghly Gymnasium At Greenville, PA - Beeghly Gymnasium THIEL COLLEGE 88, LANCASTER BIBLE COLLEGE 72 LANCASTER BIBLE COLLEGE (4-8) Drew Karshner 4-14 12-14 20; Tim Feliciano 7-14 4-4 20; Ryan Carpenter 9-15 2-4 20; Kevin Williams 1-3 2-2 5; Andrew Butler 1-4 2-2 4; Zach Long 1-4 0-1 2; Dennis Thompson 0-3 1-2 1; Drew Lockhart 0-1 0-0 0; Jeremy Gower 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-58 23-29 72. THIEL COLLEGE (1-3) Brad Bowman 8-11 1-2 21; Pete Farley 8-15 2-2 18; Joe Herrmann 8-16 0-0 16; Jason Manningham 4-7 0-0 8; Gary Gates 2-5 2-3 6; Damien Williams 2-4 0-2 5; Stephen Laird 2-6 0-0 5; Tony White 1-2 0-0 3; James Beedle 1-3 0-0 2; Andre Jones 1-3 0-0 2; Ross Watson 1-4 0-4 2; Geno Bianco 0-0 0-0 0; Steffon Radcliff 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 38-78 5-13 88. Lancaster Bible College....... 34 38 - 72 Thiel College................. 44 44 - 88 3-point goals-Lancaster Bible College 3-9 (Tim Feliciano 2-6; Kevin Williams 1-1; Drew Karshner 0-2), Thiel College 7-22 (Brad Bowman 4-6; Stephen Laird 1-4; Damien Williams 1-2; Tony White 1-1; James Beedle 0-1; Andre Jones 0-1; Steffon Radcliff 0-2; Jason Manningham 0-1; Joe Herrmann 0-3; Pete Farley 0-1). Fouled out--Lancaster Bible College-None, Thiel College-None. Rebounds-Lancaster Bible College 42 (Drew Karshner 11), Thiel College 38 (Gary Gates 7). Assists-Lancaster Bible College 9 (Zach Long 5), Thiel College 21 (Pete Farley 6). Total fouls-Lancaster Bible College 10, Thiel College 22. A-218