DOYLESTOWN, Pa. – A quick start helped five Lycoming College men's basketball starters finish in double figures en route to a 97-88 MAC Freedom win at James Work Gymnasium on Wednesday night, Jan. 5.
 
Junior Mo Terry (Severn, Md./Severn School) led the way with a season-best 23 points and nine rebounds as he crossed 500 career points for the Warriors (8-5 overall, 3-1 MAC Freedom) and sophomore Steven Hamilton (Phoenixville, Pa./Phoenixville Area) added a career-high 20 points and five rebounds. Junior Dyson Harward (Danville, Pa./Danville Area) notched 17 points, 13 rebounds and two steals for his sixth double-double of the season as he crossed 600 points in his career with his 14^th point of the night.
 
Senior Matt Ilodigwe (Wilmington, Del./Concord) posted 12 points and a career-best eight assists and sophomore Mavin James (Danville, Pa./Danville Area) added 11 points, five rebounds and three assists. Junior Jon-Marc Flores-Diaz (San Antonio, Texas/William Howard Taft) added five points and two assists.
 
Lycoming shot a season-best 61 percent (33-of-54) from the field and added a steady 48 percent (10-of-21) from 3-point range. Delaware Valley (7-6 overall, 2-3 MAC Freedom) shot 45 percent (34-of-76) and 29 percent (7-of-24) from three.
 
Hamilton and Terry combined for nine points as Lycoming started the game on a 13-point run in the first five minutes before pushing the lead to 17 points with a layup from James midway through the half to make it 25-8.
 
The Aggies cut the lead to single digits with an eight-point run, but the Warriors kept the lead in double figures after that, expanding it to 17 again at 45-28 after a 3-pointer from Ilodigwe with 1:30 left in the period, helping them take a 47-33 lead at the break.
 
The Aggies cut the lead to nine with 15 minutes left in the game and got as close as eight in the final 30 seconds, but the Warriors hit 5-of-6 at the line to keep the Aggies at bay. Lycoming led by as many as 22 in the second half, taking an 81-57 lead with 5:57 left after a transition 3-pointer from Terry.
 
Four Aggies finished in double figures, led by 19 points each from Godly Marc and Pernell Ghee. Matt Paulus added 18 points. Ghee also added nine rebounds and five steals.
 
The Warriors get back on the court on Saturday, Jan. 8, when they head to Arcadia University for a 3 p.m. MAC Freedom game.