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Williamsport, PA.Lycoming's men's basketball team defeated The College of
New Jersey by a score of 58-56 in the consolation game of the Lycoming
Tip-Off Tournament on Saturday.

Warrior point guard Eric Anthony (Wheeling, WV) led the team with 14
points, and shared the team lead of three assists with fellow guard
Jemayne Nowlin (Gaithersburg, MD).

Nowlin knocked in seven points on the
day, including Lycoming's only three-pointer of the first half.
Anthony had nine of his points in the first period, while sophomore Ricky
Varnell (Patterson, NY) claimed eight of his ten points before the break.
But TCNJ's Lions wouldn't go away and the score at halftime was knotted at
31.

The Warriors grew a lead in the second half, eventually holding a
ten-point differential of 57-47 with 6:58 remaining. But then Lycoming
went cold, and nearly scoreless, for the remainder of the contest. They
gradually allowed TCNJ back in the game, until Warrior Greg Sye
(Chantilly, VA) sank a key foul shot with five seconds left on the clock.
The shot followed a crucial blocked shot by sophomore James Oberlies
(Philadelphia, PA). TCNJ's sophomore Steve Feinberg (Middletown, NJ/Red
Bank Catholic) drove free to the basket looking to give his team the lead,
when out of nowhere, Oberlies leapt through the air and swept the ball off
the backboard.

The game-saving play, as well as Oberlies' eight points on
the day, earned him a spot on the All-Tournament team.
Fellow All-Tournament members were King's Vince Scalzo, who was also the

Tip-Off Tournament's Most Valuable Player, TCNJ's junior guard Jeff
Molinelli (Pennington, NJ/Hopewell Valley), PSU-Altoona's Quintin Dziabo
and King's Jamie Cousart.
Molinelli led the Lions on the day with 17 points, while senior Mark Aziz
(Hackettstown, NJ/West Morris Central) added 11 points with six rebounds.

In the tourney's championship game, a talented King's squad narrowly
defeated a scrappy, well-coached PSU-Altoona team by a score of 61-59.
Senior forward Jeff Warner (Jackson, NJ/Jackson Memorial) and senior Corey
Gilmore (South Plainfield, NJ/South Plainfield) both chipped in nine
points as well.