DAYTONA, Fla. — Sophomore Matt Ilodigwe (Wilmington, Del./Concord) totaled a season-high 20 points and freshman Dyson Harward (Danville, Pa./Danville) added 15 points and nine rebounds, but a last-second layup by Ugnius Zilinskas lifted Kenyon College to a 69-67 win to wrap up Lycoming's time at the Land of Magic Classic inside the ICI Center at Embry-Riddle University on Sunday afternoon, Dec 29.
 
Ilodigwe shot 8-of-14 from the field and knocked down four three-pointers in his 30 minutes of work to lead a Warriors' offense that shot 39 percent in the game. Harward was a rebound shy for his second consecutive double-double with nine and he added three blocked shots.
 
The Warriors' bench provided support as it accounted for 27 points with the freshman trio of Deaundre Manuel (Brooklyn, N.Y./Kipp NYC College Prep) scoring eight points and Tobias Walden Jr. (New York, N.Y./Southern Columbia) and Donovan James (Mount Carmel, Pa./Mount Carmel) each netting a career-high six.
 
Kenyon (5-4 overall) opened the first half with a 11-4 run in the first five minutes before James knocked down a three at 14:04 and Ilodigwe followed him up with a layup to make it a one-possession game. Lycoming (8-4 overall) did not hold the lead until Ilodigwe hit a pull-up jumper with six seconds remaining in the first half to take a 36-35 lead at the break.
 
Four Warriors had a hand in getting an 11-point lead early in the second half. Ilodigwe knocked down a three to regain the lead after a shot from Kenyon's Carter Powell. Freshman Mo Terry (Severn, MD./Severn School) hit a layup before Ilodigwe canned back-to-back 3-pointers, setting up another triple from Harward at 14:52 to hand its first double-digit lead at 50-39. Lycoming extended the lead to 12 with 8:50 left before Kenyon went on a 16-5 run to take the lead off a layup from Ryan O'Neil with 32 seconds left. Harward hit the back end of a pair of free throws to tie the score, but Zilinskas hit a running layup with a second left to tilt the game in the Lords' favor.
 
Zilinskas had a 24-point, 10-rebound double-double to lead Kenyon, Sam Walsh added 12 and Powell had 10 points for a team that shot 50 percent from the field and 44 percent from 3-point range.
 
The Warriors will make the trip back home to host Juniata College on Sunday, Jan. 5 for a 1 p.m. tip-off inside Lamade Gymnasium.