Lycoming Trips Up at Shenandoah
Lack of Rebouding Does in Warriors
Box score

WINCHESTER, Va. – Lycoming men’s basketball looked to carry over the team’s nice showing from the College of Wooster tournament last weekend to tonight’s game at Shenandoah University, but the Warriors couldn’t muster enough offense in falling to the Hornets 73-59 on Friday evening.  Lycoming drops to 7-6 on the season while Shenandoah improves to 8-2.

Shenandoah controlled much of the action in the paint including a resounding 50-29 advantage in the glass.  The Hornets used 22 offensive rebounds to notch 21 second chance points, and commanded a 36-28 edge in overall scoring down on the blocks.

Senior forward Jonathan Pribble (Woolrich, Pa./Central Mountain) led all scorers with 22 points including a nice 11-for-11 showing from the charity stripe.  Freshman post Greg Sye (Chantilly, Va./Chantilly) was the only other Warrior in double figures with 12 tallies.  Pribble, Sye, and sophomore Kevin Morris (Camp Hill, Pa./Trinity) all grabbed a team-best five rebounds.

Four Hornets notched double figures led by 15 points from Steven Johns.  Jeremiah Lawrence was next on the docket with 13 points, but he did most of his damage on the glass with 17 rebounds.  Onyie Townsend and Jared Hale each dropped in 10 points while Townsend helped the rebounding effort with 11 boards.

Both teams shot the ball well in the first half.  Lycoming managed a 48.1 percent (13-of-27 from the field) shooting clip, but Shenandoah was a little better at 16-for-31 from the field (51.6 percent).  Although most of the first period was separated by on a few points no matter which team led, the Hornets broke away near the end of the frame and went into the half up 40-34.

The Warriors shooting plummeted in the second half to 27.6 percent including 3-13 from beyond the arc, but it didn’t stop them from making a strong run at the lead.  After falling behind 12 points at 48-36 with 13:32 on the clock, 11 straight points from Pribble brought the Warriors within three at 50-47 with 9:56 remaining.

Shenandoah stiffened from there, running off nine unanswered points to regain control of the match.  The Warriors didn’t have a second run left in them, missing nine of their final 13 shots covering the final 7:28 of the contest.

The Warriors look to snap their two-game skid and open the conference portion of their schedule with a victory at King’s College on Wednesday, January 11.  Game time is set for 8:00 p.m. at King’s.