READING, Pa. – Freshman
Dyson Harward (Danville, Pa./Danville Area) led the Lycoming College men's basketball team with 20 points and seven rebounds and junior
Darius Dangerfield (Abingdon, Md./Harford Tech) added 18 points, four assists and two steals, but a hot-shooting first half from Albright College helped it to a 75-57 MAC Commonwealth win on Saturday, Feb. 15, at the Bollman Center.
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Freshman
Tobias Walden Jr. (New York, N.Y./Southern Columbia) posted six points and three rebounds and senior
Ryan Hollis (Centreville, Md./Saints Peters & Paul) finished with five points, as Lycoming (16-8 overall, 9-6 MAC Commonwealth) was limited to just 34 percent from the floor (19-of-56).
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Harward's 20 points give him 312 on the season, as he became the first Warrior freshman to score 300 points since Ihsaan Davis had 306 in 2009-10.
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The Lions (13-10 overall, 8-6 MAC Commonwealth) shot 41 percent (27-of-66), including 14-of-29 (48 percent) in the first half. Albright jumped out to a 20-8 lead in the first 10 minutes of the first half and after Lycoming fought back within six at 22-16 with 9:02 left after a free throw from freshman
Mo Terry (Severn, Md./Severn School), the Lions closed the half on another 20-6 run.
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Lycoming chipped the lead down to eight points after five points in a pair of possessions from Dangerfield made it 47-39 with 15:17 left, but Sidney Brown responded with a 3-pointer for Albright, starting a run of 10 straight points. Lycoming wasn't able to close within 15 again until freshman
A.J. MacKrey (Lake Worth, Fla./Olympic Heights) hit a 3-pointer with 1:07 left.
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Jordan Guerrero led the Lions with 17 points and 10 rebounds and Samuel Majekodumi also added 17 points and three assists. Corey Simmons posted 10 points.
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The Warriors get back on the court on Saturday, Feb. 22, when they host Stevenson University at 3 p.m. in the MAC Commonwealth season finale.
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