MARS HILL, N.C. - Lenoir-Rhyne went into Mars Hill on Saturday and defeated the home side 91-74.  

10 Bears found their way into the scoring column, led by 16 points from both Conrad Luczynski and Akili Evans. Julian Dozier put forth one of his best offensive performances of the season, scoring 15 points on 6-7 from the field while dishing out four assists. 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: (RV) Lenoir-Rhyne 91, Mars Hill 74
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (20-6, 14-4 SAC), Mars Hill (9-15, 3-15 SAC)
Location: Mars Hill, N.C. | Stanford Arena

STORY OF THE GAME:

• Despite an early Bears advantage Mars Hill fought back to take an 18-16 lead with 10:48 remaining in the half.
• A layup from Conrad Luczynski sparked a 9-0 run from Lenoir-Rhyne to take back the lead.
• A few minutes later Tyler Burraston gave the Bears a 13-point lead on a three.
• The teams played fairly even the rest of the half and Lenoir-Rhyne went into the break leading 45-34.
• A quick layup from Akili Evans and three from Junior Hodnett put the Bears on top 50-34 just over a minute into the second half.
• That lead was pushed to 21 (62-41) just a few minutes later on a jumper from Luczynski.
• The Lions never got closer than 15 in the second half as the Bears came away with the comfortable 17-point victory.

STATS OF THE GAME:

• Conrad Luczynski and Akili Evans both scored 16 points on a combined 11-16 from the field.
• Luczynski set a new career high with four steals.
• The Bears were 30-60 (50%) from the field, 7-19 (36.8%) from three, and 24-26 (92.3%) from the charity stripe.
• Mars Hill was 24-45 (53.3%) from the field, 7-18 (38.9%) from three, and 19-30 (63.3%) from the free throw line.
• The Bears scored 24 points off 24 Mars Hill turnovers. 

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

• Lenoir-Rhyne leads the all-time series 58-20 and have won 16 of the last 17 meetings.
• Mars Hill has turned the ball over 29 and 24 times in their games with the Bears, the most turnovers the Bears forced against any team all season.
• Brent Owen is now just one win away from 50 wins as the Lenoir-Rhyne head coach (49-12). 
• The last time men's basketball had back-to-back season of 20 wins was when they had four straight from 1989-93. 

UP NEXT: Lenoir-Rhyne will be back at home on Wednesday to face off against the Coker Cobras. Coker is 3-21 (2-16 SAC) and fell 86-69 at UVA Wise earlier tonight. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. from Shuford Arena.