BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Senior guard Isaiah Valentine (Mifflinburg, Pa./Mifflinburg Area) scored 19 points and the Lycoming College men's basketball team battled through a back‑and‑forth first half, but Moravian used a second‑half surge to claim a 79–71 Landmark Conference win on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 14, at Johnston Hall.
 
Valentine went 6‑for‑11 from the field and hit four 3‑pointers while adding five rebounds and four assists. First‑year guard Noa'Sosa Friedman (Louisville, Ky./St. Xavier) added 12 points, six rebounds, and two assists and senior forward J.J. Beagle (Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport Area) totaled 14 points and seven rebounds. Junior forward Hayden Pardoe (Mill Hall, Pa./Central Mountain) posted nine points and a team‑high 10 rebounds, adding three blocks and two steals. First-year Gabriel Buksh (Vail, Ariz./Cienega) hit three 3‑pointers off the bench for a season-high nine points.
 
Lycoming struck first with a 3‑pointer from first-year guard Elisha Slabach (Cleona, Pa./Annville‑Cleona) at 19:03 for a 3–0 lead. The Warriors held an early 3‑point edge twice (3–0 and 15–12) — their largest leads of the half.
 
Moravian (15‑8 overall, 9‑7 Landmark) answered and led 36-25 with 4:07 left in the half before taking a 41-32 advantage into the break. The first half featured two ties and three lead changes
 
Moravian kept the lead between five and 12 across the first five minutes of the second half before Buksh hit a 3-pointer to make it 45-43 with 14:37 left. Moravian answered with six straight points and the Warriors cut that back to four at 60-56 with 5:55 left before and 11-3 Moravian run provided the largest second‑half margin at 71–59 with 3:46 remaining.
 
A Valentine 3‑pointer at 28 seconds pulled Lycoming within 77–69 and Friedman added a transition layup with 16 seconds left to cap the Warriors' scoring.
 
Moravian was led by 28 points and 10 rebounds from Marquis Ratcliff, who hit seven 3‑pointers. Nico Pulieri and Chad Kratzer added 10 points each.
 
Lycoming shot 26‑for‑62 from the field and 9‑for‑20 from 3 while posting 38 rebounds and 15 assists, turning 11 Moravian turnovers into 10 points. Moravian finished 27‑for‑65, including 15‑for‑37 from 3, and held a 42–38 edge on the glass.
 
Lycoming returns home on Wednesday, Feb. 18, hosting Juniata College for a 7 p.m. Landmark Conference matchup in Lamade Gym.