BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Sophomore Isaiah Valentine (Mifflinburg, Pa./Mifflinburg Area) posted his second straight 20-point game to lead a group of four Lycoming College men's basketball players in double figures, but a late rally from down 13 came up short in the final minute, as Moravian University held on for a 75-66 Landmark Conference win at Johnston Hall on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 10.
 
Valentine finished with 20 points, hitting four 3-pointers, three steals and two assists. First-year Hayden Pardoe (Mill Hall, Pa./Central Mountain) added 14 points, seven rebounds, three assists and two blocks, sophomore J.J. Beagle (Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport Area) added 11 points, 13 rebounds and two blocks in his fifth double-double of the season and senior Brendon Blackson (Laurel, Md./Laurel) added 10 points, three assists and two blocks. Senior Steven Hamilton (Phoenixville, Pa./Phoenixville Area) nine points, five rebounds and four assists for the Warriors (8-15 overall, 4-12 Landmark).
 
Down 59-46 with 8:10 to go, the Warriors worked back into the game with seven straight points over the next two minutes, with Hamilton hitting a driving layup to close with six with 6:28 to go. Three minutes later, Valentine scrambled on the floor to get to a loose ball and found a streaking Beagle, who hit a layup to make it 65-61, but Moravian (9-14 overall, 5-11 Landmark) scored the next five points to take the clock under a minute.
 
A pair of quick layups, one by Blackson and one by Hamilton, which he converted into the old-fashioned 3-point play, made it 70-66 with 34 seconds left, but the Greyhounds went 5-of-6 at the line in the waning seconds to seal the win.
 
Moravian led 21-12 10 minutes into the game before Lycoming responded with a 10-point run to take the lead off a 3-pointer from Valentine with 7:47 to play. The Greyhounds scored the next seven before the Warriors scored eight in a row to lead 29-28 off a Beagle hook shot with 2:49 left, but another seven-point Moravian run made it 35-30 at the break. In the second half, the Greyhounds built a double-digit lead in the first five minutes of the period, keeping a three-possession lead until Lycoming's run of seven straight points cut the lead to six.
 
Marquis Ratcliff finished with 19 points, 16 rebounds and two blocks, Filippo Baldo notched 13 points and Gary Francis added 12 points and six rebounds.
 
The Warriors get back on the court on Wednesday, Feb. 14, when they head to the University of Scranton for a 7 p.m., Landmark Conference game.