Williamsport, Pa. — The Lycoming College men’s basketball team hosted FDU-Florham, Saturday afternoon, as the second game of a Freedom Conference doubleheader. The Warriors gave up the game’s first basket, but never trailed again running away with an 85-63 victory. Lycoming improves to 17-5 overall and 9-2 in the conference with the win. They also secure a berth in the Freedom Conference tournament and keep pace with DeSales University for the number-one seed. The Devils fall to 10-12 and 5-7.

FDU scored the first points of the game on a lay-up by Jeff Hemschoot, but Brad Musser answered for the Warriors with a triple at the other end, giving Lycoming a lead they would never relinquish. A 24-10 run over the final 10 minutes of the opening period gave the Warriors a 45-28 cushion at the half.

The second half continued to be all Lycoming as the home team extended their lead to 30 before clearing the bench with five minutes to play.

The Warriors were led by Matt Stackhouse with 17 points and 15 rebounds in his first start since January 6. L.J. Huggler added 16 points and nine boards as Lycoming dominated the paint. Curtis Mays came off the bench to chip in 10 markers. Shaun Morris led the squad with five assists and set a new single-season Warrior record with 119 assists so far this year.

The Devils were led by Jamaal Ford and Hemschoot with 13 points each. Pierre Schmitt added nine markers off the bench.

Newspaper Box Score
FDU-Florham Devils vs Lycoming Warriors
2/14/04 3:00 p.m. at Lamade Gym., Williamsport, Pa.
At Lamade Gym., Williamsport, Pa.
LYCOMING WARRIORS 85, FDU-FLORHAM DEVILS 63
FDU-FLORHAM DEVILS (10-12, 5-7)
Jamaal Ford 4-8 2-4 13; Jeff Hemschoot 5-9 3-6 13; Pierre Schmitt 3-4 3-7 9;
Chris Hendershot 2-6 2-4 6; Matt Cushing 2-7 0-0 6; Frank Emslie 2-7 0-0 4;
Kevin White 2-4 0-3 4; Cody Chalmers 1-4 1-2 3; Sean Lynch 1-3 0-0 2; Nate
Lawrence 0-2 2-2 2; Matt Weisenthal 0-2 1-2 1; Brian Klug 0-1 0-0 0. Totals
22-57 14-30 63.
LYCOMING WARRIORS (17-5, 9-2)
Matt Stackhouse 7-10 3-4 17; L.J. Huggler 7-11 2-4 16; Curtis Mays 3-6 2-2
10; Jeremiah Edison 4-7 0-0 8; Jonathan Pribble 3-10 2-3 8; Nick Myers 3-5
1-2 8; Brad Musser 2-4 0-0 6; Patrick Baylor 2-3 0-0 4; J.J. Manikowski 1-1
0-0 3; Scott Corrigan 1-3 0-0 3; Shaun Morris 1-2 0-1 2; Derrick Dull 0-3
0-0 0; Michael DiNatale 0-1 0-2 0. Totals 34-66 10-18 85.
FDU-Florham Devils............   28   35  -   63
Lycoming Warriors.............   45   40  -   85
3-point goals-FDU-Florham Devils 5-16 (Jamaal Ford 3-5; Matt Cushing 2-4;
Frank Emslie 0-2; Cody Chalmers 0-3; Nate Lawrence 0-1; Matt Weisenthal
0-1), Lycoming Warriors 7-20 (Curtis Mays 2-4; Brad Musser 2-2; Nick Myers
1-2; J.J. Manikowski 1-1; Scott Corrigan 1-2; Shaun Morris 0-1; Derrick Dull
0-1; Patrick Baylor 0-1; Jonathan Pribble 0-6). Fouled out--FDU-Florham
Devils-None, Lycoming Warriors-None. Rebounds-FDU-Florham Devils 29 (Kevin
White 6), Lycoming Warriors 55 (Matt Stackhouse 15). Assists-FDU-Florham
Devils 11 (Frank Emslie 4), Lycoming Warriors 24 (Brad Musser 7). Total
fouls-FDU-Florham Devils 16, Lycoming Warriors 24. A-819
Shaun Morris breaks Lycoming's single-season assist record with 119