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 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)
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