ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. — With four double-figure scoring efforts, the Lycoming College men's basketball team used a balanced scoring effort to stay within striking distance in the first half, but a series of Elizabethtown College bursts in the second half proved too much to overcome in an 86–66 Landmark Conference setback on Saturday afternoon, Jan. 17, inside Thompson Gymnasium.
 
First-year guard Noa'Sosa Friedman (Louisville, Ky./St. Xavier) scored 11 points and grabbed four rebounds to lead the Warriors' starting unit and junior guard Connor Shanahan (Chester Springs, Pa./Downingtown East) supplied 13 points off the bench, hitting a trio of jumpers in the second half while also handing out four assists. Sophomore guard Princeton Layton (Katy, Texas/Katy Paetow) paced the offense with 14 points and four assists, while sophomore forward Noah Mathis (Ewing, N.J./Notre Dame) produced one of his most efficient outings of the season with 12 points on 5-of-5 shooting, including two 3-pointers.
 
Senior guard Isaiah Valentine (Mifflinburg, Pa./Mifflinburg Area) knocked down a pair of 3-pointers on his way to eight points for the Warriors (4-11 overall, 0-8 Landmark) and junior forward Hayden Pardoe (Mill Hall, Pa./Central Mountain) added six points and nine rebounds.
 
Elizabethtown opened the game with a 7–0 run and led 24-14 with 9:15 left. A scoring punch came late in the half when the Warriors strung together seven points in 90 seconds, with Mathis converting inside, Friedman finishing at the rim, and Pardoe knocking down a jumper to bring the margin to 26–25 with 5:12 left. Elizabethtown responded with an 8–3 stretch to close the half, taking a 40–34 lead into the break.
 
Lycoming again struck first after halftime, with Layton and Friedman converting in the paint to trim the deficit to 42–38, but Elizabethtown countered with a 13–3 run, to lead 55–43. Mathis answered with five straight points — hitting a corner three and then finishing at the rim — to bring Lycoming within 55–48 at the 13-minute mark. However, the Blue Jays hit three more 3-pointers in the next four minutes that widened the gap to 72-58 with 5:58 left, eventually pushing that lead to 22 in the closing two minutes.
 
Austin Finarelli led the Blue Jays with 27 points and eight rebounds and Woody Machado added 16 points and six rebounds, as the team shot 49 percent (34-of-69) from the field in the game. EJ Finney also posted seven assists.
 
The Warriors return home on Wednesday, Jan. 21, when they host Juniata College in a 7 p.m. Landmark Conference matchup inside Lamade Gymnasium.