WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Shooting 56 percent from the floor and 53 percent from 3-point range, the Lycoming College men's basketball team rolled to a 86-74 non-conference win over Wilson College on Saturday afternoon, Dec. 14, at Lamade Gym.
 
Junior Isaiah Valentine (Mifflinburg, Pa./Mifflinburg Area) led a group of five Warriors (2-8 overall) in double figures, as he posted a season-high 27 points, nine rebounds and three assists. First-year Gyasi Miller (Philadelphia, Pa./Shipley School) added 15 points and five rebounds, sophomore Connor Shanahan (Chester Springs, Pa./Downingtown East) added 14 points and five assists and senior Ivan Komitski (Sofia, Bulgaria/Lee Academy) added 11 points and four rebounds. Sophomore Hayden Pardoe (Mill Hall, Pa./Central Mountain) added 11 points, six rebounds, two assists and two steals.
 
Valentine, Pardoe and Miller drilled three 3-pointers each and Shanahan hit two. Sophomore Misaias Herrera (Brookshire, Texas/Katy Jordan) added three assists.
 
The Warriors forced the Phoenix (3-6 overall) into shooting 35 percent (24-of-68) from the field and 25 percent from three (6-of-24) while the Warriors started the game by shooting 64 percent (18-of-28) in the first half and finished at 56 percent (30-of-54) and 53 percent from downtown (11-of-21).
 

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Shanahan and Pardoe helped the Warriors start the game on a 10-0 run with game-starting 3-pointers before Komitski scored the next four. The Phoenix closed within seven a couple times in the opening minutes before the Warriors rolled out on a 18-6 run to lead 34-15 with 7:01 left after Shanahan's second trifecta.
 
The Phoenix got within seven at 37-30 with 3:17 left, but Lycoming closed the half on a 12-2 run to lead 49-32 at the break, with Valentine posting 15 points in the period to pace Lycoming's hot offense.
 
The Warriors got the lead to 21 at 57-36 four minutes into the second half, but midway through the period, the Phoenix had cut the lead to 10 at 63-53, but that was as close as they could get, as the Warriors had an answer each of the four times the Phoenix were on the cusp of closing within single digits.
 
Trea Keys led the Phoenix with 18 points and five rebounds, Gary Robertson added 15 points, five assists and three steals and Armani Jones added 14 points and eight rebounds. Jalen Pierce added 11 points and Jordan McKenzie had nine points and nine rebounds.
 
The Warriors get back on the court after the New Year, facing Lebanon Valley on Saturday, Jan. 4, at Sorrentino Gymnasium.