WILLIAMSPORT, PA (November 24, 2025) – The King's College men's basketball team fell on the road to Lycoming College by a score of 98-78 on Monday night. The loss brings the Monarchs to 2-5 overall while the Warriors improve to 3-4 on the season.

Lycoming jumped ahead early as King's missed their first six shots from the field, taking a 7-0 lead before a tough Ray Gooley layup put King's on the board and stopped the run with 15:50 in the first. The Warriors kept up the pace, extending their lead to 11 points after hitting three-pointers on three consecutive possessions and forcing the Monarchs to call a timeout at 13:13.

Lycoming pushed their advantage to 18 with a 15–7 stretch early in the first half. Jaden Hall then found Devin Kimmick for a layup to trim the margin to 16 before the Warriors called timeout at 8:58. King's carried that momentum forward, answering with a 17–6 run highlighted by five points from Gooley. Darren Yost capped the surge with a three that cut the deficit to seven and forced Lycoming to burn another timeout with just under four minutes left in the half.

Both teams traded baskets over the next three minutes and change as Lycoming took a 46-38 lead into the locker room. Gooley led the Monarchs in the first half with ten points on 4-of-7 from the floor while Kimmick added eight points and seven rebounds in the opening frame.

As the second half moved on, both teams continued to search for momentum as they went basket for basket. The Warriors began to pull away from the Monarchs at the 14:11after a costly technical gave Lycoming two free throws and possession once again. Lycoming scored on the ensuing possession to give themselves a 15-point lead with 13:40 remaining.

Trailing 75-53, King's found a spark from beyond the arc with four different players hitting four threes in five possessions to cut the Warrior lead to 11 with just 8:25 to go. Lycoming responded with an 11-3 run to go back ahead by 22 with just over five minutes left.

Showing resilience, the Monarchs continued to fight back as Yost and Ben DeBalko aided a quick 9-3 run to pull back within 13. A Lycoming three pointer on the following possession stopped the run and ultimately put the game out of reach as they went on to win 98-78.

Jake Karnish led the Monarchs offensively with an outstanding performance, posting multiple career-highs with 20 points and 15 rebounds on 6-of-9 shooting and 5-of-8 from the free throw line. Devin Kimmick also recorded a career-high 16 points as he hit six of his 11 shots from the field while Gooley added 12.

The Monarchs are back in action on Wednesday, December 3, hosting Centenary University (NJ) for a 7:00 p.m. tipoff.