Mbb: Five devils hit double figures in win over warriors

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – The Dickinson men's basketball team put five players in double figures and shot better than 53 percent from the floor to open the 2026-27 season with a convincing 90-66 non-conference win over Lycoming College on Wednesday night inside Lamade Gymnasium. Zion Williams led the Red and White with 20 points in his collegiate debut, while Dickinson controlled the glass with a 46-21 rebounding advantage and knocked down 11 three-pointers.

First half

• Dickinson got early baskets from Dane Moran and Jacob Pichay, but Charlie Sims, Blake Nagurney and Elisha Slabach helped the Warriors take a 9-4 lead with 3:09 gone.
• Williams supplied the next four Dickinson points, before a Sims triple made it 12-8. A foul shot by Luis Ruiz and another Williams layup trimmed the deficit to one, while Joey Dopirak later drilled a three to tie things at 14-14 with 12:15 remaining.
• After Noa'Sosa Friedman put the hosts back in front, Williams answered with a layup to begin a 6-0 Dickinson push. A Moran free throw and Jordan Shaffer triple finished the run to give the visitors a 20-16 edge with 8:14 left.
• The teams exchanged baskets over the next few minutes, before Ian Polonowski knocked down two free throws and finished inside to stretch the advantage to 26-20.
• Following a Nagurney jumper, the Devils rattled off eight straight as Pichay and Polonowski each scored, before Dopirak added a layup and tip-in to make it 34-22 with 3:20 remaining.
• The Warriors tried to keep pace with baskets from Gyasi Miller, Hayden Pardoe and Friedman. However, triples by Pichay, Cole Cosby and Williams helped the Red and White carry a 43-29 lead into the break.

Second half

• Moran opened the period with a tip-in and free throw to push the margin to 17, but Friedman, Slabach and Nagurney answered with seven consecutive points to pull Lycoming within 46-36 with 17:34 remaining.
• Cosby responded with two jumpers around a pair of Moran foul shots to restore a 16-point cushion. Wade Seddelmeyer, Williams and Cosby then connected from deep, before a Polonowski layup made it 63-43 with 13:22 left.
• The Warriors chipped away over the ensuing minutes as Friedman, C.J. Pearson, Pardoe and Nagurney helped narrow the gap to 66-54 at the 8:43 mark. A Williams dunk accounted for Dickinson's lone basket during that stretch.
• The Devils regained their footing with a Moran tip-in and Pichay free throw, before Williams knocked down his third triple of the night to make it 72-56 with 6:45 remaining.
• Polonowski added a three of his own, while Moran followed a Pardoe layup with consecutive baskets to extend the advantage to 79-60 with 4:26 left.
• Seddelmeyer finished a tip-in and Polonowski hit two at the stripe to push the lead past 20. Pavlos Zougris and Shaffer added late baskets, before Ryan Leskauskas drilled a triple with 23 seconds remaining to set the 90-66 final.

Dickinson top performers

• Points – Williams (20), Moran (14), Polonowski (13), Cosby and Pichay (10)
• Rebounds – Polonowski and Ruiz (9), Moran (6)
• Assists – Williams (4), Polonowski (3), Cosby, Pichay and Ruiz (2)
• Blocks – Ruiz (2), Polonowski (1)

Opponent top performers

• Points – Friedman (17), Nagurney (11), Pardoe (10), Sims (9)
• Rebounds – Nagurney and Pearson (4), Friedman, Pardoe and Slabach (3)
• Assists – Friedman (5), Pearson (3), Slabach (2)
• Blocks – Pardoe and Pearson (1)

Up next

Dickinson (1-0) returns to the Kline Center on Saturday afternoon for the home opener against York College of Pennsylvania. Tipoff is scheduled for 4 p.m.