WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (November 16, 2019) – A five-point lead late in the second half Saturday was undone by 18 Lycoming points in the last four-plus minutes to hand the SUNY Delhi men's basketball team an 81-75 defeat for their first loss of the year. The contest marked the now 1-1 Broncos' first of their two-day Crosstown Challenge down in Williamsport, as they look to close things out with a win Sunday as they head down the road to face Penn College of Technology at 1:00 p.m.

In a back-and-forth, late-afternoon battle, Lycoming took a slim 32-29 lead into the half before both sides engaged in a second-half scoring frenzy, totaling a combined 95 second-half points. The Broncos held a 68-63 lead with about four-and-a-half minutes to play before the Warriors closed out the game on an 18-7 run. While Delhi posted a respectable 47.5 field goal percentage (29-for-61) to Lyco's 39.1 percent (25-for-64), as well as a 39-33 advantage in rebounds, the Warriors found an edge by making 12-of-33 3-point attempts to the Broncos' 8-of-20, and converted on 19-of-21 free throws to Delhi's 9-of-15. Lycoming also took advantage of forcing 18 Broncos turnovers for 20 points.

Senior forward Payton Dean posted a game-high 22 points and eight rebounds as the game's lone 20-point scorer. William Knight made 5-of-9 threes off the bench for 17 points, as Norman Wilson totaled ten points with five boards. Justin Daoud finished with seven points and six boards, while senior point guard Jordan Fragale recorded six points, five rebounds and seven assists. Mavenson Therneus logged six points off the bench, while senior guard Carlos Ithier made five points with three assists.

Lycoming's final 18 points consisted of five two-pointers and eight free throws. Four Warriors finished in double figures, as Luke Finkbeiner made 5-of-6 3-pointers on his way to a team-leading 17 points. Mo Terry made a pair of threes on his way to 15 points, as Dyson Howard totaled 14 points and Darius Dangerfield 11 points.