WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – Scoring nine of 11 points in the game's final 121 seconds, the Lycoming College men's basketball team came-from-behind to post a 67-62 win over King's College in MAC Freedom action at Scandlon Gymnasium on Wednesday evening, Feb. 8.
 
Eamonn Walsh hit a pair of free throws with 2:33 left to give King's (8-14 overall, 3-11 MAC Freedom) a two-point edge, but senior Dyson Harward (Danville, Pa./Danville Area) hit a big 3-pointer on the left arc to give Lycoming (14-8 overall, 9-4 MAC Commonwealth) a one-point lead heading into the last two minutes. Senior Mo Terry (Severn, Md./Severn School) spun in his own layup after a King's turnover, getting his own rebound of an off-balance floater and fighting for a layup in the paint to make it 63-60. After a pair of fruitless King's possessions, the Monarchs were forced to foul and the Warriors sealed the game by going a perfect 4-for-4 at the line in the game's final 11 seconds.
 
The Warriors edged even closer to clinching a MAC Freedom Championship berth, lowering their magic number to one, needing one more win its last three games or a Wilkes loss to earn a spot in the tournament. The team also held its one-game lead for second in the conference standings, one game ahead of third-place Stevens (11-11 overall, 8-5 MAC Freedom).
 
Harward posted his 11^th double-double of the season and the 35^th of his career with a 12-point, 14-rebound effort, helping lead a group of four Warriors in double figures. He also blocked two shots. Junior Steven Hamilton (Phoenixville, Pa./Phoenixville Area) led the Warriors with 14 points and Terry notched 12 points, five rebounds and three assists. First-year J.J. Beagle (Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport Area) chipped in 10 points and five rebounds and first-year Isaiah Valentine (Mifflinburg, Pa./Mifflinburg Area) added eight points and 10 rebounds.
 
Down 35-28 at halftime, the Warriors went on an 11-2 run to open the second half, taking a 39-37 lead less than four minutes in the half off a 3-pointer from the left wing by sophomore Brandon Blackson (Laurel, Md./Laurel). The Monarchs responded with a 14-6 run over the next eight minutes to lead by six with 8:11 remaining.
 
Lycoming closed within two three times in the next four minutes until Valentine rebounded his own runner and hit a layup to make it 57-56 with 3:45 left. King's hit a free throw before Harward tied it with a pair at the charity stripe with 3:01 left.
 
The Warriors shot 40 percent from the field (12-of-30) in the second half and 41 percent (25-of-61) in the game and held the Monarchs to just seven field goals and 24 percent (7-of-29) in the second half to seal the come-from-behind win.
 
King's took a 9-4 lead in the first half before a 9-2 run by the Warriors bookended by layups from Hamilton to give the Warriors' their only lead of the half at 13-11 midway through the period. A 13-5 run late in the half helped King's take a 33-24 lead before the Warriors hit a pair of layups in the last 90 seconds to head into the locker room down seven.
 
Walsh led the Monarchs with 25 points, as he went 13-of-16 at the free-throw line. Carmine Castiello had seven rebounds and Will Johnson had three assists and two steals.
 
The Warriors get back on the court on Saturday, Feb. 11, when they host FDU-Florham in a 3 p.m. MAC Freedom contest. Seven team members will be honored before the game in a Senior Day ceremony.