Williamsport, PA (March 12, 2021) - The DeSales University men's basketball team suffered its first loss of the shortened season falling 75-62 at Lycoming College on Friday evening in MAC Freedom action.

The Basics

• Final Score: Lycoming - 75, DeSales - 62
• Records: DeSales (8-1, 6-1 MAC Freedom); Lycoming (4-1, 4-1 MAC Freedom)
• The loss sets up a very important game tomorrow with the winner of tomorrow's game earning the #1 seed and will host next week's MAC Freedom Championship game featuring these same two teams who have clinched the top two spots.

How it Happened

• The first 13 minutes of this game were back and forth with Lycoming holding nine point leads twice but only holding a three point cushion at the 7:04 mark after a jumper from senior Timmy Edwards.
• The Warriors scored eight straight points after that to go up 11 points but the Bulldogs finished the half on an 8-2 spurt to trail by six (39-33) at the half.
• Lycoming shot a blistering 64.0 percent from the field over the first 20 minutes as compared to just 41.4 percent for DeSales.
• DSU cut it to a one-point game five minutes into the second-half but an 11-0 run after that gave the hosts a 55-43 lead with 12:15 remaining.
• DeSales chipped away and eventually pulled to within four (59-55) at the 6:18 mark on a three from junior Dat Lambert, but six quick points from the Warriors pushed the advantage back to double digits with 4:51 to go and the Bulldogs were unable to recover.

Top Bulldog Performers

• Edwards led DeSales with 19 points and added eight rebounds in the loss.
• Junior Keba Mitchell added 10 points as the only other double digit scorer.
• Freshman Ryan Boylan had nine points.

For the Foes

• Dyson Harward finished with 17 points to lead the Warriors.
• Matt Ilodigwe added 13 tallies and DeAundre Manuel and Darius Dangerfield each had 10 in the win.

Inside the Box Score

• Lycoming torched the nets throughout the entire game hitting 61.2 percent from the field and going 10-for-21 from outside the arc.
• DeSales shot a season-low 39.7 percent after entering the game shooting better than 50 percent from the field this season.
• The Bulldogs pulled down 10 offensive rebounds but only capitalized with seven second chance points.

Up Next

• Game time for tomorrow's batte for the top seed starts at 4:00 pm in Billera Hall.