Warriors Sweep Season Series from FDU
Pribble, Sye, Morris Lead Offensive Charge
Box Score

MADISON, N.J. --- Lycoming men’s basketball continued its string of strong shooting performances and made its seven point halftime lead stand up as the Warriors downed FDU-Florham 88-80 in a Freedom Conference contest on Saturday afternoon.  Lycoming improves to 10-9, 4-4 in the league play while FDU falls to 4-15, 1-7.

Senior Jonathan Pribble (Woolrich, Pa./Central Mountain) and freshman post Greg Sye (Chantilly, Va./Chantilly) combined for 27 of Lycoming’s first half output as the Warriors built a 44-37 edge going into the intermission.  Pribble canned 3-of-6 three-point attempts on his way to 17 first stanza scores while Syes knocked down three field goals and was a perfect 4-of-4 from the charity stripe for his 10 points.

Lycoming kept the scoring rolling in the second frame with sophomore Kevin Morris (Camp Hill, Pa./Trinity) joining the party for 11 of his 19 total points.  He pulled the trigger on four jumpers from beyond the arc, nailing three of them

Pribble finished the afternoon with a game-high 28 points to go along with six rebounds.  Sye put together his second strong performance from the post with a 22-point effort to go along with a game-best eight boards.  Senior point guard Brad Musser (Mifflinburg, Pa./Mifflinburg) put up his second successive contest in double figures with 11 points to go with four assists and just as many steals.

FDU-Florham wasn’t short on scoring either as five Devils posted double-digit scoring totals led by Jason McClendon’s 18 points.  Adam Biancosino added 14 points while Pierre Schmitt and Frank Emslie each contributed 11.  Brian Dillon chipped in 10 points to go with seven assists.

The free throw line help provide much of the difference for Lycoming.  The Warriors knocked down a season-high 29-of-34 shots from the stripe for a sparkling 85.4 percent showing.  In contrast, FDU-Florham attempted 21 free throws, making 16 of them.

The Warriors came into today’s game ranked fourth in the league in a tie with DeSales University.  The Bulldogs earned that spot with a 77-69 victory over the Warriors on Thursday.  With only the top four teams making it to the conference postseason tournament, and six games remaining against conference foes, each game from here out will have a large effect on the Warriors’ playoff hopes.

Lycoming continues its drive towards the postseason on Wednesday, February 1, as the Warriors travel to Wilkes University looking to knock off the conference leading Colonels.  Game time is set for 8:00 p.m. in Wilkes-Barre.