News Release

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — The Lycoming College men’s basketball team hosted New Jersey City University, Wednesday evening, for a non-conference contest. The game was a rematch of last season’s second round NCAA playoff tilt in which the Gothic Knights eliminated the Warriors from the post-season. Lycoming enacted some measure of revenge, this evening, defeating New Jersey City 71-55. The Warriors improve to 6-0 on the season, while the Gothic Knights fall to 4-3.

Lycoming scored the game’s first seven points, but New Jersey City was able to keep the game tight for a while trailing just 23-18 with six minutes to play in the first half. The Warriors, however, outscored the Gothic Knights 15-6 the rest of the period and went to the locker room leading 38-24.

New Jersey City scored the first eight points of the second half to pull within six, but it was all Lycoming after that. Jonathan Pribble hit a three-pointer for the Warriors’ first points of the half and sparked a 12-0 run that gave the home team a 50-32 lead with 13 minutes to play. Lycoming’s advantage grew to as many as 25 before cruising to a 16-point victory.

Pribble was the Warriors leading scorer with 22 points. Kevin Morris added 18 markers, including four three-pointers. Shaun Morris contributed nine assists – moving into second all-time for career assists at Lycoming. Patrick Baylor came off the bench to lead the team with seven rebounds.

The Gothic Knights were led by Javier Rodriguez with 18 points and eight rebounds. Devin Davis and Abraham Williams each added 13 points. Davis also grabbed eight rebounds.

The Warriors will play again on Saturday, December 11, when they travel to Susquehanna University for another non-conference game. Tip-off is at 1 p.m.

Newspaper Box Score
New Jersey City Gothic Knights vs Lycoming Warriors
12/8/04 8:00 p.m. at Lamade Gym., Williamsport, Pa.
At Lamade Gym., Williamsport, Pa.
LYCOMING WARRIORS 71, NEW JERSEY CITY GOTHIC KNIGHTS 55
NEW JERSEY CITY GOTHIC KNIGHTS (4-3)
Javier Rodriguez 8-11 0-1 18; Devin Davis 6-10 1-2 13; Abraham Williams 4-15
5-10 13; Will Morris 3-8 1-2 7; Namreh White 1-7 0-0 3; James Kaiser 0-3 1-2
1; Christopher Kates 0-4 0-0 0; Ben Balcom 0-2 0-0 0; Rajahn Jones 0-5 0-0
0. Totals 22-65 8-17 55.
LYCOMING WARRIORS (6-0)
Jonathan Pribble 8-15 4-5 22; Kevin Morris 7-15 0-0 18; Jeremiah Edison 4-7
0-0 8; Brad Musser 2-7 1-2 6; Curtis Mays 2-5 1-2 5; Dave Pearson 2-2 1-2 5;
Nick Myers 1-1 0-0 2; Patrick Baylor 1-5 0-0 2; Dave Wilson 1-4 0-0 2; Shaun
Morris 0-2 0-0 0; Derrick Dull 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 28-64 8-15 71.
New Jersey City Gothic Knights   24   31  -   55
Lycoming Warriors.............   38   33  -   71
3-point goals-New Jersey City Gothic Knights 3-19 (Javier Rodriguez 2-5;
Namreh White 1-6; Christopher Kates 0-3; Ben Balcom 0-2; Rajahn Jones 0-3),
Lycoming Warriors 7-24 (Kevin Morris 4-9; Jonathan Pribble 2-7; Brad Musser
1-2; Patrick Baylor 0-2; Shaun Morris 0-2; Derrick Dull 0-1; Curtis Mays
0-1). Fouled out--New Jersey City Gothic Knights-Ben Balcom, Lycoming
Warriors-None. Rebounds-New Jersey City Gothic Knights 51 (Javier Rodriguez
8; Devin Davis 8), Lycoming Warriors 39 (Patrick Baylor 7). Assists-New
Jersey City Gothic Knights 14 (Ben Balcom 3; Devin Davis 3), Lycoming
Warriors 23 (Shaun Morris 9). Total fouls-New Jersey City Gothic Knights 17,
Lycoming Warriors 17. A-629