FEBRUARY 11, 2004
BOB ZIADIE
KING'S MEN FALL TO LYCOMING IN OVERTIME
WILLIAMSPORT -- The King's College men's basketball
team rallied from a 13-point half-time deficit to eventually fall in
overtime to Lycoming College 77-74 Wednesday in Williamsport.
In the first half, King's made just 20.8 (5-24
percent of its shots and trailed 32-19 at the break.. In the second half,
the Monarchs trailed 50-39 with 9:02 remaining before finally finding
their offensive rhythm. King's went on a 6-0 spurt to creep back to within
50-45 when Brian Horgan drained a three-pointer and Britt Moore made three
of four foul shots, the last coming with 7:59 left. Lycoming would extend
the lead to 53-45 with 7:45 remaining on a three-point play from Matt
Stackhouse but the Monarchs would rally.
King's would outscore Lycoming 16-10 to knot the
score at 63-63 with 1:51 left. The Monarchs would suffer a blow when
Horgan fouled out with 1:16 remaining after netting 28 points but King's
hung tough and eventually tool
A bucket by Horgan was followed by a pair of foul
shots from Jamar Stokes to bring the Monarchs to within 67-65 with 1:01
remaining. The Monarchs would finally take a 68-67 lead on a three-pointer
from Marty O'Hora with 0:15 left in regulation. On the next possession
Lycoming's Jonathan Pribble was fouled with 0:05 remaining and hit one of
two foul shots to send the game into overtime.
In the extra frame, the teams would trade leads
until Landon Gabriel made one of two foul shots to tie the score at 72-72
with 2:34 left. King's would take the lead on a basket by Britt Moore with
1:16 remaining but Stackhouse would score to tie the game at 74-74 with
0:53 left. After a King's miss, Lycoming took the lead when Brad Musser
scored and was fouled with 0:03 left. Musser would convert the charity
toss to push the score to 77-74. King's would have one last gasp when
Gabriel's long three-pointer missed as the Warriors walked away with the
win.
O'Hora was the only other King's player to score in
double figures as he netted 15 points. Moore and Dave Marks added seven
points each. Stackhouse led Lycoming with
28 points while Pribble netted 17 while Lyle Huggler added 14.
King's travels to meet Drew Saturday at 3:00 p.m. in
Madison, NJ.
