Box Score

Penn St.-Abington PSA 6-8,1-2 United East

Lancaster Bible LBC 7-8,2-2 United East

Penn St.-Abington PSA

6-8,1-2 United East

Final

Jan. 06, 2024

Lancaster Bible LBC

7-8,2-2 United East

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Penn St.-Abington PSA	35	35	70
Lancaster Bible LBC	44	38	82

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | 1/6/2024 12:00:00 AM

Abington Resumes United East Play at Lancaster Bible

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Gallaudet University

1/10/2024 | 5:00 p.m.

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Lancaster, Pa. – The Penn State Abington men's basketball team fell short against Lancaster Bible College, 82-70, in United East Conference (UEC) action on Saturday morning at the Horst Athletic Center.

Score: Lancaster Bible 82, Penn State Abington 70
Records: Penn State Abington (6-8, 0-2 UEC) | Lancaster Bible (7-8, 2-1 UEC)
Location: Lancaster, Pa. (Horst Athletic Center)

How It Happened

* Abington led by as many as three points late in the first half after breaking a 17-17 tie with three straight points. Junior Kolby Miller split a pair of free throws before fifth-year Alex Podolski scored a fastbreak basket on the team's following possession to give the Nittany Lions a 20-17 lead with 7:33 to play until halftime.

* Over the next three minutes of action, Lancaster Bible went on a 14-3 run to grab an eight-point advantage (31-23) with less than five minutes remaining in the opening half. The Nittany Lions quickly followed with a 6-0 surge to come within two points of tying the game when Podolski hit a jumper to cap the run.

* The Chargers responded with a 5-0 run of their own and closed the final three minutes of the half with a 13-6 rally to lead 44-35 at the half.

* Lancaster Bible opened the second half with a layup score to record the first double-digit lead of the game at 46-35. The Nittany Lions answered back with five straight points, including a three-pointer by Podolski to cut the deficit down to six points at 46-40.

* The Chargers went on a 7-0 run to increase their lead to 53-40. The Nittany Lions cut the lead back down to single digits with another mini run of five straight points. However, the Chargers answered right back with back-to-back three-pointers on their next two possessions to grab their biggest lead of the game to that point at 59-45.

* Lancaster Bible led by double-digits the final 13-plus minutes of regulation and held a 20-point advantage with just over six minutes remaining at 73-53.

Inside the Numbers

* Miller set another career-high as he finished with a team-best 18 points on 7-of-12 shooting from the field.

* Podolski added 17 points while shooting 7-of-13 from the field. He also finished with eight rebounds. With his 17-point performance, Podolski surpassed 900 points in his career (906) and is now sixth all-time in the program's record book. Podolski, based on his season averages, is in striking distance to reach the 1,000 career point milestone.

* Redshirt sophomore Christian Niles also scored in double-figures as he finished with 13 points.

* Senior Jake Schalki totaled 12 points and eight rebounds, while recording three steals on defense.

* For Lancaster Bible, Connor Storr led all scorers with 22 points while recording 10 rebounds. Grant Sareyka added 19 points and seven rebounds.

All-Time Series
Today marked the 25^th meeting between Abington and Lancaster Bible since the start of the 2011-12 season. The Nittany Lions are now 6-19 versus the Chargers in the all-time series.

Next Up
Abington returns to action on Wednesday, Jan. 10 as the Nittany Lions host Gallaudet University in United East action. Tip-off is set for 5 p.m. at the Abington Athletic Building.

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