TOWSON, Md. – Sophomore Connor Shanahan led a group of three Lycoming College men’s basketball team players in double figures with 19 points as a hot-shooting effort helped it to a 73-64 Landmark Conference win over Goucher College on Saturday.

Shanahan finished 6 of 14 from the field and 6 of 10 from the line to finish with 19 points while adding five rebounds for the Warriors (3-18 overall, 2-12 Landmark). Senior Ivan Komitski added 15 points and seven rebounds and sophomore Hayden Pardoe, a Central Mountain graduate, notched a double-double with 12 points, 10 rebounds and two steals.

Senior Isaiah Valentine added nine points, five steals and four rebounds, freshman Princeton Layton added seven points and two assists and freshman Gyasi Miller  added five points and a steal. 

The Warriors shot 46% (25 of 54) from the floor and 50% (9 of 18) from the 3-point line while holding the Gophers (4-17 overall, 3-11 Landmark) to 36% (21 of 59) from the floor and 32% (7 of 22) from deep.

The Warriors led by nine with 1:40 left and were aided by a Goucher shot that died on the rim for an offensive deadball. The Gophers closed within seven twice and got within five with 35 seconds left at 69-64, but the Warriors scored the last four points, with Layton dropping in a fastbreak layup with 1.8 seconds left to seal the win.

Goucher opened the first half on a 9-2 run to cut the Warriors’ lead to 40-32 with 16:08 left, but a 3-pointer from Valentine started a five-point run that got the lead back into double figures, expanding to 16 points off a layup from Layton with 10:54 left. Goucher finally cut the lead to nine at 64-55 with 3:07 left and closed within seven before a pair of free throws from Shanahan with 1:34 left.

The Warriors jumped out of the gate on a 20-4 run, as Shanahan scored the team’s first five points and had seven during the run to match Komitski. Goucher scored the next nine points to cut within seven with 7:17 left in the half before a Layton jumper ended the run. After trading buckets for the next couple minutes, the Warriors got jumpstarted again off a 3-pointer from sophomore Ethan Bomgardner, starting an 18-7 run capped by a steal and layup from Miller with 14 seconds left. A last-second 3-pointer helped the Gophers cut the lead to 38-23 at the break.

Lycoming 73, Goucher 64

LYCOMING (3-18, 2-12 LANDMARK)

Hayden Pardoe 4-9 3-3 12; Ethan Bomgardner 1-3 0-0 3; Isaiah Valentine 3-11 1-4 9; Ivan Komitski 5-6 3-6 15; Connor Shanahan 6-14 6-10 19; Noah Mathis 1-3 0-0 3; Princeton Layton 3-6 1-2 7; Gyasi Miller 2-2 0-0 5. TOtals 25-54 14-25 73.

GOUCHER (4-17, 3-11 LANDMARK)

Chima Egeonu 0-2 0-0 0; Darnell Morris 2-14 2-2 7; Darrell Green 3-6 3-5 11; Josh Dixon 3-12 0-0 6; Brian Griffin 8-12 4-5 23; Alex Miller 1-2 0-0 2; Jayden Saunders 0-3 0-0 0; Jack Murdaugh 2-3 2-2 6; Avree Harris 0-0 0-0 0; Can Dalli 0-2 0-0 0; Timi Akisanya 1-2 2-4 4; Thomas Lewis 1-1 2-2 5. Totals 21-59 15-20 74.

Halftime: Lycoming 38-23. 3-point goals: Lycoming 9-18 (Komitski 2-2, Valentine 2-4, Miller 1-1, Mathis 1-2, Bomgardner 1-1, Pardoe 1-3, Layton 0-1), Goucher 7-22 (Griffin 3-5, Green 2-5, Morris 1-5, Lewis 1-1, Saunders 0-1, Dalli 0-2, Dixon 0-3). Fouled out: Lycoming-none; Goucher-Griffin. Rebounds: Lycoming 37 (Pardoe 10), Goucher 39 (Morris 5, Green 5). Assists: Lycoming 6 (Layton 2, Shanahan 2), Goucher 8 (Murdaugh 2, Griffin 2. Technical fouls: Lycoming-none; Goucher-none. Total fouls: Lycoming 17, Goucher 20. A: 112.