WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Three Lycoming College men's basketball seniors finished in double figures to lead the team as it clinched its fourth straight appearance in the postseason with an 85-69 win over FDU-Florham on a Senior Day Saturday, Feb. 11, at Lamade Gym.
 
The Warriors (15-8 overall, 10-4 MAC Freedom) not only clinched their third straight appearance in the MAC Freedom Championship (they appeared in the MAC Commonwealth Championship in 2020), they clinched one of the top three seeds in the five-team tournament and they need just one more win in their last two regular-season games to clinch the No. 2 seed and earn a home game in the semifinals of the tournament on Wednesday, Feb. 22.
 
Senior Dyson Harward (Danville, Pa./Danville Area) led the Warriors with 23 points and 13 rebounds for his school-record 36^th career double-double, senior Mo Terry (Severn, Md./Severn School) added 18 points, five assists and three steals and senior DeAundre Manuel (Brooklyn, N.Y./KIPP NYC Prep) added 14 points, five rebounds and four steals.
 
Sophomore Steven Hamilton (Phoenixville, Pa./Phoenixville Area) added seven points and seven assists and both first-year J.J. Beagle (Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport Area) and senior Luke Finkbeiner (Warrenton, Va./Wakefield School) each added six points.
 

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The Warriors shot 45 percent (31-of-69) from the field, hit 11 3-pointers, posted a 40-27 advantage on the glass, held a 25-7 advantage in points off turnovers and 16-4 advantage in second-chance points.
 
Lycoming jumped out to an 8-2 lead before FDU-Florham (3-20 overall, 2-12 MAC Freedom) posted a 10-3 run to take the lead. Finkbeiner hit a 3-pointer off a give from Harward, though, to give Lycoming the lead back halfway through the first half.
 
The Devils never got the lead back to more than a point, but the Warriors didn't separate until late in the first half when they scored the last six points of the half, first on a trey from Terry and then on an old-fashioned three-point play by Hamilton, giving the Warriors a 40-32 lead at the break.
 
In the second half, the Devils got as close as seven points twice, but the Warriors maintained a double-digit lead for most of the half. The Devils closed within nine points at 73-64 with 2:36 left, but the Warriors scored 12 points in a row in the next two minutes to lead 85-64 after back-to-back-to-back dunks by Terry and two from Manuel.
 
Jamal Santana led the Devils with 18 points, Brian Nichols had 17 and James Zingaro posted 12 points, six rebounds and four assists.
 
The Warriors get back on the court on Tuesday, Feb. 14, when they host Misericordia University in a MAC Freedom doubleheader. The men tip at 6 p.m. before the women play at 8 p.m.