WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Junior Darius Dangerfield (Abingdon, Md./Harford Tech) led the Lycoming College men's basketball team with 16 points, but Albright College came back from a 13-point first half deficit for a 73-68 MAC Commonwealth win on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 8, at Lamade Gym.
 
Dangerfield scored in double figures for the second straight game, leading Lycoming (9-5 overall, 2-3 MAC Commonwealth) with 16 points and sophomore Matt Ilodigwe (Wilmington, Del./Concord) had 12 points. Freshman Tobias Walden (New York, N.Y./Southern Columbia) had a career-high seven points and a steal, freshman Dyson Harward (Danville, Pa./Danville Area) had six points, nine rebounds and two blocks, freshman Mo Terry (Severn, Md./Severn School) had six points and three assists and sophomore D'Andre Edmond (Pflugerville, Texas/Pflugerville) also had six points to go with seven rebounds.
 
Sydney Brown's jumper pulled the Lions within one, 68-67, just under two minutes to play and Albright hit six free throws in the final two minutes, while the Warriors were held without a field goal in the stretch to make up the final margin.
 
In the second half, Lycoming re-stretched it to its largest lead (13) of the game, as Terry grabbed a defensive rebound and finished at the rim to make it 45-32 in the opening minute, but Lycoming hit just 35 percent from the floor in the period. The Lions chipped away at Lycoming's lead until Albright's Sam Majekodunmi hit a layup to go ahead 62-60. Lycoming responded with a Edmond tip-in and the two sides traded baskets until Brown's shot with two minutes to go.
 
Albright and Lycoming traded shots up to a 20-19 Albright lead in the first half before the Warriors went on a 9-2 run that prompted an Albright time out. Walden knocked down a two-point shot and followed it up with a trey to push the Warriors out to a 27-22 lead. The Warriors picked up help from its bench with 15 points in the period, as Walden led with all of his career-high seven.
 
Ilodigwe and Dangerfield the offense with nine and eight points, respectively, as Lycoming held a 43-32 halftime lead. The Warriors had 19 rebounds and two blocks courtesy of Harward, who led the Lycoming defense with five rebounds in the half.
 
The Lions (9-5 overall, 4-1 MAC Commonwealth) benefitted from four players in double figures, as Majekodunmi scored 15, Brown finished with 14, Corey Simmons had 13 and Isaiah Harris had 12.
 
The Warriors head on the road to Frederick, Md., to play Hood College in MAC Commonwealth action on Saturday, Jan. 11, at 3 p.m.