Warriors Dominate Hunter in Season Opener

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Lycoming College men’s basketball shot a sparkling 52.7 percent Jonathan Pribble throws one down against Hunter. from the field in trouncing Hunter College 88-58 in the opening game of the 2005 Lycoming Tip-Off Tournament.

Senior Jonathan Pribble (Woolrich, Pa./Central Mountain) led all scorers with 23 points. The d3hoops.com preseason All-American Honorable Mention selection also snared nine rebounds and canned a pair of three-pointers.

Freshmen Greg Sye (Chantilly, Va./Chantilly) and Greg Woody (Baltimore, Md./Mt. St. Joseph’s) had outstanding first games in blue and gold. Sye showed excellent strength down low with 19 points and 10 rebounds while Woody went 2-3 from deep and 5-6 from the charity stripe in collecting 13 points in 13 minutes of play.

Hunter’s attack was led by Tyrone Fosmire’s 13 points followed by 10 tallies apiece from Stephen Thomas and Nelson Pierre. Naeem Mahmood grabbed a team-best six boards.

Greg Sye lays one in against Hunter College. Lycoming went into the half up 40-26 thanks to 13 points from Sye and an overall strong shooting performance that saw the Warriors clicking at a 57.7 percent clip from the field. Hunter managed only a 37.0 percent (10-27) showing.

Pribble, rather quiet in the first 20 minutes, exploded for 15 points in the second stanza. Fosmire and Nelson did their best to keep Hunter close with nine and eight points apiece, but Lycoming’s defense tightened the clamps in the holding Hunter to 9-25 shooting (36.0 percent). The Warriors also converted all 16 free throw attempts in the second half.

Lycoming moves on to face Widener University in the championship game on Saturday afternoon at 4:00 p.m. Widener defeated Kean College 62-47 in the Friday night’s second affair. Kean and Hunter will square off in the consolation match at 2:00 p.m.