Warriors Clinch Playoff Spot in Win Over DelVal
Third Showdown with Scranton on Tap
Box Score

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. --- The Lycoming men's basketball took its fate into its own hands on Saturday after noon as the Warriors defeated Delaware Valley College 93-85 in the final game of the 2005-06 regular season.  Lycoming improves to 15-10 overall, 9-5 in Freedom Conference play while the Aggies fall to  5-20, 2-12.

The victory also propels the Warriors into the postseason and a third match up with the University of Scranton.  Scranton earned the #1 seed with a 64-56 victory over DeSales University earlier in the day.  King's College picked up the second seed with a victory at FDU-Florham, and Wilkes University secured the third position by downing Drew University.

Senior Jonathan Pribble (Woolrich, Pa./Central Mountain) paced five Warriors in double figures with 24 points to go with 12 rebounds for his second straight double-double.  Pribble now has 1,964 points in his career ranking him second all-time at Lycoming.  Fellow fourth year star Brad Musser (Mifflinburg, Pa./Mifflinburg) also proved doubly successful with 10 points and 10 assists, furthering his margin as the Warrior men's basketball career assists king.  He now has 428 to his credit.

Sophomore Kevin Morris (Camp Hill, Pa./Trinity) canned four three-pointers on the way to 18 points and seven rebounds.  Freshman Greg Sye (Chantilly, Va./Chantilly) continued his late season dominance with 16 points while pulling down four boards and blocking two shots.  Sophomore Dave Wilson (Pottsville, Pa./Pottsville) came off the bench with a very productive 11 points to go with six assists and five rebounds.

Isaiah Pinckney led five Aggies in double-figures with 19 points including a few nice driving lay-ups.  Forward Zack Van Dyke dropped in 16 points to go with 11 boards, and Pat Lenehan and Maurice Slaughter chipped in 14 apiece.  Slaughter also pulled down 10 rebounds.  Jason Seipt added 10 points.

Game plans and half-court sets were thrown to fire immediately as Delaware Valley pushed the pedal to the floor from the outset, subbing in full "hockey-style" line shifts as they ran up and down the court the entire game.

Much to their credit, the Warriors seemed unphased by the unexpected change in tactic as they roared out to a 9-0 lead with just 1:32 gone.  The lead eventually hit 11-0 before the Aggies switched on the lights on the visitor's side of the scoreboard.

The game-pace and scoring frequency maintained at a high level with Lycoming going into the half up 59-39.

Lycoming continued its scoring punch into the second half, opening its first 25-point lead at 73-48 following Pribble's final regular season three-point hit with 14:31 to play.  Pribble put an exclamation point on the afternoon in pushing the Warriors out to its second 25-point margin at the 5:13 mark with an emphatic reverse dunk for an 89-64 advantage.

Lycoming subbed out its seniors over the next minute, and emptied the bench shortly thereafter, riding out the margin through the remainder of the contest.

Fourth-seeded Lycoming travels to #1 Scranton on Wednesday, February 22, to battle the Royals for third time this season and second time in the last eight days in the first round of the Freedom Conference Basketball Tournament.  Lycoming lost the first two games of the season, most recently suffering an 82-79 setback on February 14 in Scranton.  Game time for the first round game is set for 8:00 p.m. in Scranton's Long Center.  You can catch all the action right here as WRAK-AM 1400 will be simulcasting the game on the radio and via the Internet courtesy of the MSA Sports Network.  If you can't make it to the game, tune into either outlet and listen as Ken Sawyer and Tom Losch call all the action live!