ANNVILLE - Fight yourself enough, and eventually you become your own worst enemy.

 On Wednesday night, the Lebanon Valley College men's basketball team overcame itself as much as it did visiting Lycoming. After missing three late free throws in regulation, the Flying Dutchmen won it 75-72 in overtime.

 An off-balanced drive by Lycoming's Eric Anthony with four seconds left in the second half knotted the score at 61 and sent the Commonwealth Conference affair to 'bonus basketball', where LVC outscored the Warriors 14-11. A 7-0 OT burst - five of which were the result of the inspired play of Anthony Trautman - gave Lebanon Valley a 70-64 lead, before senior Dan Dunkelberger iced it with five charity tosses in the closing 41 seconds of the extra session.

 The Flying Dutchmen are now 8-12 overall, 4-5 in the Commonwealth and very much in the running for the conference's final playoff berth. Lycoming, which fell to LVC 70-67 in Williamsport on Dec. 2, dropped to 16-4 on the year and 6-3 in the circuit.

 "No, it doesn't matter how," said Lebanon Valley head coach Brad McAlester. "We're just trying to win games. We just want to win.

 "These kids play hard," McAlester added. "When we had that stretch where we lost eight in-a-row, I never questioned their heart. We're in every game. It's not like we're losing by 30 points."

 Sophomore floor general Joe Meehan paced Lebanon Valley with 24 points, while Trautman, a Lebanon High product, netted 14 points. Jordan Stewart also collected 14 points for LVC, and Dunkelberger tallied 13, on 11-of-13 free throwing, to go with 12 caroms.

 "This was huge," said McAlester. "We're still in the hunt. But we've got to win games. We can't depend on anyone else.

 "We should've won it earlier," McAlester continued. "But we missed foul shots."

 Before turning cold at 'the line', a Stewart trey and free throws from Meehan had given Lebanon Valley a 58-53 advantage with less than two minutes to go in regulation. In the final analysis, the Flying Dutchmen used 78 percent free throw shooting to outscore the Warriors 30-10 at the charity stripe.

 LVC was horrible early, managing just a Dunkleberger three-point play in the game's opening 9:34. But Lebanon Valley outscored Lycoming 22-5 over the final 7:20 of the first half to open a 28-24 halftime cushion.

 "At the beginning of the game I told them (his players) they (the Warriors) were out-toughing us," said McAlester. "I told them (his players): 'If we play as hard as we can, things'll take care of themselves."

LYCOMING (72)

 Will Kelly 3 2-2 8, Mike Bradley 4 1-2 9, Jerald Williams 2 0-1 4, Eric Anthony 7 4-4 20, James Oberlies 1 2-2 4, John Ryan Wolff 0 0-0 0, Johnathan Willams 4 1-4 9, Austin Smith 1 0-0 2, Sebastian Sabella 1 0-0 2, John Caggiano 2 0-0 4, Ishaan Davis 4 2-4 10. Totals: 29 10-15 72

LEBANON VALLEY (75)

 Grant Becker 0 0-0 0, Dan Dunkelberger 1 11-13 13, Joe Meehan 6 11-17 24, Sean MacIntosh 0 3-4 3, Cameron Prince 1 0-0 2, Zach Kebetz 2 0-0 5, Ryan Kinard 0 0-0 0, Anthony Trautman 4 3-6 14, Jordan Stewart 5 2-4 14, Danny Brooks 0 0-0 0. Totals: 19 30-44 75

 Halftime score: Lebanon Valley 28, Lycoming 24

 End of Regulation: Lebanon Valley 61, Lycoming 61

 Three-point field goals: L - Anthony 2, Davis 2. LVC - Meehan, Kebetz, Trautman 3, Stewart 2

 Fouled out: L - Bradley, Jerald Williams, Johnathan Williams.