WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Holding Marymount University to 29 percent shooting and 13 percent on 3-pointers, the Lycoming College men's basketball team used an total-team defensive effort to win its second game in as many days, 66-49, on Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 19, at Lamade Gym.
 
The 49 points allowed is the lowest total given up this year and the lowest since holding Messiah to 36 in 2017.
 
Lycoming (7-6 overall) outscored Marymount (7-5 overall), 36-24, in the second half, and used a 26-11 run over the game's final 12 minutes to put the game out of reach. Sophomore Darius Dangerfield (Abingdon, Md./Harford Tech) was able to consistently weave his way through the Marymount full-court press and freshman Matt Ilodigwe (Wilmington, Del./Concord) drilled two threes during the run, accounting for eight Warrior points in the run.
 
Freshman Markanthony Fidelis (Largo, Md./DeMatha Catholic) finished with his first-career double-double with 19 points and 11 rebounds. Ilodigwe continued his hot stretch, netting 11 points, while hitting 3-of-6 shots from three and he finished with a game-high four assists. Senior Calvin Chandler (Lake Worth, Fla./Park Vista) matched his career-high in consecutive games, scoring 14 points.
 
The Warriors used pressure perimeter defense and an efficient offense to go into the half with a 30-25 lead. Lycoming forced 11 turnovers which led to 10 fastbreak points compared to Marymount's four. Marymount scored the first basket of the game before the Warriors used an 11-4 run to get a five-point lead. After Marymount took a one-point lead, the Warriors went back to work, building a 29-23 lead, the largest of the half, thanks to a nice press break by sophomore D'Yante Doughty (Baltimore, Md./Calvert Hall) and Dangerfield, and six points in the paint by freshman D'Andre Edmond (Pflugerville, Texas/Pflugerville). Fidelis led all scorers at the break with 13 points.
 
The Warriors forced 20 Marymount turnovers, while only committing nine, and only allowed two 3-pointers, the lowest total by an opponent this season.
 
Sophomore Steve Etienne led the Saints with a double-double, finishing with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
 
The Warriors are back on the court after the New Year when they host the Louis Fleming Basinger Memorial Tournament on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 4-5 in Lamade Gym. Lycoming hosts Penn State Abington in the opening round at 6 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 4.