GLENSIDE, Pa. – Senior DeAundre Manuel (Brooklyn, N.Y./KIPP NYC Prep) tied the game with 19.1 seconds left with a pair of free throws, but Jalen Watkins had a second-chance putback as time expired that helped lift Arcadia University past the Lycoming College men's basketball team in MAC Freedom action at Alumni Gymnasium on Saturday, Jan. 21.
 
Down 50-44 with 5:47 left, the Warriors (11-7 overall, 6-3 MAC Freedom) closed the gap to a point with a layup from Manuel and a 3-pointer from senior Mo Terry (Severn, Md./Severn School) and Terry forced a turnover and went coast-to-coast a minute later, hitting a layup and giving Lycoming a 52-51 lead.
 
The Knights (8-9 overall, 4-5 MAC Freedom) scored the next five points and led 59-55 with 1:34 left. Terry got another steal and went in for a layup with 53 seconds left and then, with 30 seconds left, Arcadia missed a pair of free throws. The Warriors got the ball inside to Manuel at the rim on their next possession and he was fouled. He calmly converted both free throws to tie the game at 59, setting up the final play, where Nas Johnson charged the lane and lifted a shot off the back iron with three seconds left before Watkins tipped in the rebound as the buzzer sounded.
 
Senior Dyson Harward (Danville, Pa./Danville Area) led the Warriors with 15 points and 12 rebounds, as he tied the school-record with his 32^nd career double-double set by Matt Stackhouse (2000-04). He also broke the school-record for career blocks, rejecting his 159^th shot with 4:59 to play in the second half, surpassing Michael Rudy (2010-14) with that block.
 
Terry finished with 12 points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals, junior Brendon Blackson (Laurel, Md./Laurel) had seven points and two assists and both Manuel and junior Steven Hamilton (Phoenixville, Pa./Phoenixville Area) each had six points.
 
The Warriors jumped out to a 17-6 lead in the game's first eight minutes and led by 12 at 25-13 with 7:41 left in the first half before the Knights used a 15-4 run to close within a point in the final minute of the period. First-year J.J. Beagle (Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport Area) hit a jumper at the buzzer to help Lycoming lead, 31-28, at the break.
 
In the second half, the teams worked through six lead changes and five ties, with neither team leading by more than six in the period.
 
Watkins finished with 32 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Knights, who shot 43 percent (24-of-56) from the field in the game.
 
The Warriors get back on the court on Wednesday, Jan. 25, when they host Wilkes University in a MAC Freedom doubleheader, with the men starting it at 6 p.m. before the women play at 8 p.m.