WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – With a second-half surge egged on by eight points from sophomore Matt Ilodigwe (Wilmington, Del./Concord) and nine from junior Darius Dangerfield (Abingdon, Md./Harford Tech), the Lycoming College men's basketball opened the 2019-20 season with an 85-66 win over Penn State Schuylkill on Friday night, Nov. 8, at Lamade Gym.
 
The Warriors will face off with Ursinus College in the finals of the Dutch Burch Tournament, as Ursinus beat Saint Vincent, 73-58, in the other first round game.
 
Freshman Dyson Harward (Danville, Pa./Danville Area) posted 14 points and 10 rebounds to post a double-double in his first collegiate game and junior D'Yante Doughty (Baltimore, Md./Calvert Hall) and Dangerfield each posted 17 points. Ilodigwe finished with 13 points, as Lycoming (1-0 overall) shot 46 percent (28-of-61) from the field in the contest.
 
The Warriors trailed just once in the game, at 5-4, before going on a 15-7 run to take a 19-12 lead after a layup from Doughty. The Lions (0-2 overall) cut that lead down to one with 5:21 to go before Dangerfield drilled a deep 3-pointer and freshman Mo Terry (Severn, Md./Severn School) hit a layup to start a run of 12 straight points. The Lions closed the gap to four, though, at the break, 38-34.
 
In the second half, the Warriors came out running again, leading by 12 at 46-34 with 17:30 left before the Lions cut the lead back to five at 46-41 with 15:53 left. Ilodigwe hit a 3-pointer, though on a second chance and Dangerfield followed with another, as the Lions couldn't get back within eight points, while Lycoming expanded the lead to as many as 22 and not less than 15 in the final 10 minutes.
 
Terry finished with eight points, three rebounds and three assists and freshman Luke Finkbeiner (Warrenton, Va./Wakefield School) added six points, hitting two 3-pointers. Freshman DeAundre Manuel (Brooklyn, N.Y./KIPP NYC College Prep) added four points, four rebounds, two assists and two blocks.
 
Penn State Schuylkill was led by 20 points, five rebounds and three blocks from Khari Thompson and 12 points from Lamonttea Brown, as the Lions were limited to nine points off eight Lycoming turnovers and Lycoming scored 17 points off 13 turnovers.