The Flying Dutchmen (7-7, 1-2 CC) shot a season-best 60.8% from the floor – including a red-hot 72.0% mark in the second half – while four players reached double figures in scoring. Lebanon Valley received a team-high 15 points apiece from junior guard Hunter Bretschneider (Washington Crossing, Pa./Council Rock North) and freshman guard Kyle Enoch (Lancaster, Pa./Hempfield). Enoch shot 4-for-6 and had six rebounds and four steals while Bretscheider, who handed out four assists, shot 5-for-8 from three-point range.
Junior forward Dave Kasyan (Point Pleasant, N.J./Toms River East) added 12 points, eight rebounds, and four assists for LVC while junior guard Jimmy Curran (Allentown, Pa./Allentown Central Catholic) had 11 points and five rebounds. Freshman guard Dan Hodge (Camp Hill, Pa./Cedar Cliff) finished with nine points.
Moravian (5-9, 0-3 CC) was led by senior forward Zach Zsilavecz, who pumped in a game-high 28 points on 10-for-17 shooting from the field and a 7-for-8 mark at the foul line. Sophomore forward Chris Earley added 15 points on 5-of-7 shooting in 18 minutes off the bench.
The Dutchmen’s 86 points marked their highest offensive output since their 114-79 win over Delaware Valley College on Jan. 8, 2004.
The win was Lebanon Valley’s fifth-straight over Moravian.
The Dutchmen led from start to finish after racing out to a 7-0 lead to open the game. The Greyhounds answered with an 8-3 run to make it 10-8, but that’s as close as they would get. LVC used a 10-2 run, capped by a Bretschneider trey, midway through the opening stanza to push its lead to double digits (29-17) with 7:30 to go. A 6-0 Moravian spurt over a 1:00 span slimmed the deficit to five (32-27) 3:43 before halftime, but the Dutchmen scored the final four points of the half to assume a 36-27 lead at the break.
In the second half Lebanon Valley picked up right where it left off, outscoring the ’Hounds 11-4 to push its advantage to 16 (47-31) with 16:35 left. The Dutchmen’s lead ballooned to 20 (60-40) with 13:02 remaining after a three-pointer from Hodge and Moravian failed to get any closer than 13 the rest of the way.
The Greyhounds shot 46.6% from the floor but made just 26.3% (5-for-19) of their three-point attempts.
Moravian vs Lebanon Valley 1-11-06 8:00 p.m. at Annville, PA - LVC Gymnasium LEBANON VALLEY 86, MORAVIAN 71 MORAVIAN (5-9, 0-3 CC) Zach Zsilavecz 10-17 7-8 28; Chris Earley 5-7 4-6 15; Ed Reid 5-11 1-1 11; Ryan Miller 3-8 0-1 8; Justin Chestnut 2-5 0-0 5; Eric Whitman 1-1 0-0 2; Michael Clemente 1-4 0-0 2; Steve Buynovsky 0-1 0-0 0; Greg Jones 0-1 0-0 0; Matt Devlin 0-2 0-0 0; Mark Franzyshen 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 27-58 12-16 71. LEBANON VALLEY (7-7, 1-2 CC) H. Bretschneider 5-9 0-2 15; Kyle Enoch 4-6 5-6 15; Dave Kasyan 5-9 1-2 12; Jimmy Curran 5-9 1-2 11; Dan Hodge 4-7 0-0 9; Dan Hogan 3-4 2-3 8; Dustin Kerns 2-2 0-0 6; Peter Ruth 2-4 1-1 5; Brian Wolensky 1-1 3-4 5. Totals 31-51 13-20 86. Moravian...................... 27 44 - 71 Lebanon Valley................ 36 50 - 86 3-point goals-Moravian 5-19 (Ryan Miller 2-3; Zach Zsilavecz 1-5; Chris Earley 1-2; Justin Chestnut 1-2; Greg Jones 0-1; Matt Devlin 0-1; Michael Clemente 0-3; Ed Reid 0-2), Lebanon Valley 11-24 (H. Bretschneider 5-8; Kyle Enoch 2-4; Dustin Kerns 2-2; Dave Kasyan 1-2; Dan Hodge 1-4; Jimmy Curran 0-4). Fouled out--Moravian-None, Lebanon Valley-Dave Kasyan; Dan Hogan. Rebounds-Moravian 26 (Zach Zsilavecz 5), Lebanon Valley 30 (Dave Kasyan 8). Assists-Moravian 11 (Michael Clemente 3), Lebanon Valley 21 (Dan Hogan 5). Total fouls-Moravian 19, Lebanon Valley 17. A-544