TOWSON, Md. — A 3-pointer from the left wing by first-year Elisha Slabach (Cleona, Pa./Annville-Cleona) broke the last of four ties with 3:24 left, as the Lycoming College men's basketball team pulled away for a 69–61 Landmark Conference win over Goucher College on Wednesday night, Feb. 4, at the Decker Sports & Recreation Center.

Slabach, who entered the game after a rebound fell out of bounds to give Lycoming (6-14 overall, 2-11 Landmark) a second chance, slipped a screen and was left wide open when junior Connor Shanahan (Chester Springs, Pa./Downingtown East) found him for the 3-pointer, which started the Warriors on a final 11-3 run to close the game.

Senior guard Isaiah Valentine (Mifflinburg, Pa./Mifflinburg Area) and junior Hayden Pardoe (Mill Hall, Pa./Central Mountain) each recorded a double‑double and four Warriors scored in double figures to highlight the night, as Valentine led the Warriors with 13 points, a team‑high 10 rebounds, six assists, and no turnovers in 40 minutes and Pardoe added 15 points, 11 rebounds and three steals. First‑year guard Noa'Sosa Friedman (Louisville, Ky./St. Xavier) scored 15 points on 7‑of‑7 shooting and added four rebounds and two assists and junior guard Connor Shanahan (Chester Springs, Pa./Downingtown East) contributed 12 points, including two 3-pointers, to go along with six assists.

Senior forward J.J. Beagle (Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport Area) added nine points and five rebounds, while Slabach finished with five points and five boards.
Lycoming opened the game with a six-point run, scoring on two Friedman layups and a jumper from Beagle before Goucher's first basket came with 17:35 left in the half. The Warriors extended the lead to 22-8, capped on a fastbreak dunk by Pardoe at 12:55.

Goucher responded with a 23-5 run over the final twelve minutes of the half to take a 31-27 lead into the break. A transition 3-pointer by Shanahan brought Lycoming back within four at the horn.

The Warriors regained control early in the second half with a 12-4 burst featuring a run of nine straight points off layups by Friedman, two by Pardoe and a 3-pointer from Shanahan — to move ahead 39-35. Goucher tied the game at 56 on a 3 pointer from Brian Griffin with  5:21 left, but Slabach's 3-pointer moments later ignited the Warriors on a seven-point run that was followed by a pair of layups from Friedman.  

Lycoming's defense held Goucher (4-16 overall, 1-12 Landmark) to four free‑throw attempts and forced 12 turnovers, converting them into 13 points. The Warriors also won the battle of the boards, 39-33, and scored 36 points in the paint.

Lycoming hits the road on Saturday, Feb. 7, for Susquehanna University and a 2 p.m. Landmark Conference tip-off.