GLENSIDE, Pa. – The Arcadia University men's basketball team, seeded third in the MAC Commonwealth Championship, travels to Annville, Pa. Wednesday night to take on the second-seeded Lebanon Valley Flying Dutchmen in the semifinals of the MAC Commonwealth Championship.
Ticketing Information: Per conference policy, all fans must pay admission for playoff contests. Prices are as follows: adults $6, seniors $4, students/children $2, under six years-old is free.
Tournament Schedule:
Play-in Game – Monday, Feb. 22Game 1 – No.5 Lycoming 89, No. 4 Stevenson 75 [F]
Semifinal Round – Wednesday, Feb. 24Game 2 - No. 5 Lycoming at No. 1 Alvernia 7 p.m.
Game 3 – No. 3 Arcadia at No. 2 Lebanon Valley 7 p.m.
Final – Saturday, Feb. 27Game 4 – Game 2 Winner vs. Game 3 Winner at highest remaining seed
Game Coverage:Click here for live video.Click here for live stats. About Arcadia: The Scarlet and Grey enter the postseason with a 16-9 overall record and 9-7 MAC Commonwealth mark. The Knights clinched the third seed with a 69-62 win at Messiah on Saturday to close out the regular season. Senior
John Landro led the Knights with 15 points in the contest with freshmen
Evan Slone (11) and
Josh Scott (10) also reaching double-figures.
Arcadia's Leaders: Averaging 16.6 points per game, Landro leads Arcadia in scoring while ranking fifth in the MAC Commonwealth. He is joined in double-figures by Scott (12.7) and junior
Ryan Kelley (12.6). Eight active Knights are shooting over 40% for the season led by Slone at 53%. Junior
Tom Feraco comes off the bench shooting 46.7% from the field. Kelley's 47.2% shooting from distance serves as a team-high, with Landro converting a team-best 54 three-pointers on the year. The freshman class leads the way off the glass with Slone leading all active Knights with 5.1 rebounds per game; Scott sits right behind Slone at five rebounds per game. Arcadia has taken very good care of the ball maintaining a turnover ratio of +5.36 per game with a 1.07 assist to turnover ratio.
About Lebanon Valley: The Flying Dutchmen come in having won four straight following a 76-70 victory over Lycoming to wrap up the regular season. Andy Orr scored a game-high 22 points while shooting 7 of 9 shooting and 8 of 9 from the line to lead the way for Lebanon Valley. The tournament's second seed earned its position with a 10-6 conference mark to cap off a 16-9 campaign.
Lebanon Valley's Leaders: With the league's highest scoring offense, the Flying Dutchmen have two of the conference's top four scorers. Orr leads the way in the MAC Commonwealth at 21.6 points per game with Sam light in fourth at 18.9 points per game. The duo also serves as one of the most efficient shooting pairs in the league with the former ranking second at 52.9% and the latter fifth at 48% shooting from the floor. With two players in the top 10 in three point shooting, the Flying Dutchmen are the most efficient in the entire Middle Atlantic Conference at 39%; Light is shooting 41.9% and Travis Conrad and 34.4% from beyond the arc. Orr leads the way off the glass to Lebanon Valley, averaging 8.6 rebounds per night.
Regular Season Series: Lebanon Valley took both meetings during the regular season, first an 83-74 decision in Glenside, and then a 93-75 win in Annville.
Playoff History: This marks the third MAC Commonwealth Championship appearance for the Knights and second in a row. As the fifth seed a year ago, the Knights dropped an 87-80 overtime decision at fourth-seeded Alvernia. Arcadia and Lebanon Valley have never met in conference tournament play. Arcadia made 10 conference tournament appearances as a member of the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference between 1993 and 2006, and four appearances as a member of the Keystone Athletic Conference.
