ANNVILLE, Pa. – Freshman Mo Terry (Severn, Md./Severn School) and junior Darius Dangerfield (Abington, Md./Harford Tech) hit 3-of-4 at the free throw line in the final 30 seconds of the overtime period and a final Lebanon Valley shot was underhanded from 25 feet off the rim, as the Lycoming College men's basketball team came back for an important 79-77 overtime win in MAC Commonwealth action on Wednesday night, Feb. 5, in Sorrentino Gymnasium. 
 
Sophomore Matt Ilodigwe (Wilmington, Del./Concord) drained a 3-pointer with 10 seconds left in regulation to give the Warriors a 65-63 lead before a layup by Zach Tucker at the buzzer sent the game to overtime tied at 65.
 
The Warriors (15-6 Overall, 8-4 MAC Commonwealth) fought back from a slow start, falling behind 17-8 to open the game and also faced an 11-point deficit in the second half.
 
The Flying Dutchmen held a 61-56 lead with 2:53 left in regulation, but a pair of free throws from Terry and two layups from Dangerfield cut the lead to a point with 41 seconds left. A missed LVC free throw set up Ilodigwe's 3-pointer to give Lycoming its fourth lead of the game.
 
In overtime, there were three ties and two lead changes before Terry hit an open look from three on a dish from Dangerfield with 1:12 left, making it 76-73. After a pair of LVC free throws with 24 seconds left, Terry and Dangerfield hit their three free throws to make it a four-point game. Luis Garcia drove the lane for a layup with four seconds left to round out the scoring, as Lycoming missed a pair of free throws to set up LVC's last-second effort that fell off the rim.
 
Dangerfield continued to set the offensive pace with 23 points, hitting 11-of-13 at the line, and dishing out four assists. Terry scored 22, adding three assists, and Ilodigwe hit five 3-pointers for all of his 15 points.
 
The Dutchmen (9-11 Overall, 4-7 MAC Commonwealth) built an 11-point lead midway through the first half before Ilodigwe hit a 3-point shot and the Warriors worked from beyond-the-arc to get back into the game. Senior Ryan Hollis (Centerville, Md./Saints Peters & Paul) followed up with a three, Dangerfield made a jumper and Terry added another three to get within two of the Dutchmen with six minutes to go in the first half.
 
Mo Terry led the first half offense with 10 points shooting 50 percent (4-of-8) from the field and converting The Warriors held a 7-1 offensive rebound advantage over the Dutchmen, but shot just 27.6 percent (8-for-29) in the first half, as the Dutchmen took a 31-22 lead into the break.
 
Lycoming forced Lebanon Valley into foul trouble early in the second half as a technical foul was the Dutchmen's sixth foul and sent Dangerfield to the line. Dangerfield hit both attempts and Ilodigwe hit a trey on the next possession to cut the lead to two with 14 minutes to play. The Warriors capitalized on the Dutchmen's foul trouble and shot 81 percent from the foul line in the half (18-for-22), which gave the Warriors momentum down the stretch.
 
Freshman Dyson Harward (Danville, Pa./Danville Area) was held to single digits in both scoring (9) and rebounds (8) for the first time this season.
 
Deihm led the Dutchmen with 25 points, shooting 10-of-15 from the field and converting all five free throw attempts as Zach Tucker scored 18 and Collin Jones had 17.
 
The Warriors are back in action on Saturday, Feb. 8, hosting Arcadia University in MAC Commonwealth action at 3 p.m. at Lamade Gym.
 
Newspaper Box Score
Lycoming vs Lebanon Valley
02/05/20 6 p.m. at Sorrentino Gymnasium - Annville, Pa.
At Sorrentino Gymnasium - Annville, Pa.
LYCOMING 79, LEBANON VALLEY 77
LYCOMING (15-6, 8-4 MACC)
Darius Dangerfield 6-16 11-13 23; Mo Terry 7-15 5-7 22; Matt Ilodigwe 5-10
0-0 15; Dyson Harward 3-11 3-3 9; Ryan Hollis 2-3 1-2 6; Jon-Marc
Flores-Diaz 0-0 3-4 3; D'Andre Edmond 0-1 1-2 1; DeAundre Manuel 0-2 0-2 0;
Donovan James 0-2 0-0 0; Tobias Walden Jr. 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 23-61 24-33 79.
LEBANON VALLEY (9-11, 4-7 MACC)
Jeremy Deihm 10-15 5-5 25; Zach Tucker 6-14 4-4 18; Collin Jones 6-9 5-7 17;
Luis Garcia 3-6 1-2 7; Trevor Covey 3-5 0-0 6; Justin Baker 1-6 2-3 4; AJ
Catanzaro 0-0 0-2 0; Bryce Diehl 0-0 0-0 0; Trevor Hamilton 0-0 0-0 0; Joe
Wright 0-0 0-0 0; Mason Green 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 29-58 17-23 77.
Lycoming......................   22   43   14  -   79
Lebanon Valley................   31   34   12  -   77
3-point goals--Lycoming 9-25 (Matt Ilodigwe 5-8; Mo Terry 3-5; Ryan Hollis
1-2; Donovan James 0-2; Tobias Walden Jr. 0-1; Dyson Harward 0-2; Darius
Dangerfield 0-5), Lebanon Valley 2-13 (Zach Tucker 2-8; Trevor Covey 0-2;
Mason Green 0-3). Fouled out--Lycoming-None, Lebanon Valley-None.
Rebounds--Lycoming 38 (Dyson Harward 8), Lebanon Valley 39 (Collin Jones
13). Assists--Lycoming 12 (Darius Dangerfield 4), Lebanon Valley 5 (Collin
Jones 1; Mason Green 1; Luis Garcia 1; Trevor Covey 1; Zach Tucker 1). Total
fouls--Lycoming 18, Lebanon Valley 24. Technical fouls--Lycoming-None,
Lebanon Valley-AJ Catanzaro; Trevor Hamilton. A-456