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WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Riding back-to-back wins, the Lycoming College women’s basketball team will head into the final four games of the regular season looking to make some waves in the Commonwealth Conference playoff picture, beginning with a road trip to second-place Messiah on Wednesday, Feb. 8.
The Warriors (10-10 overall, 5-5 Commonwealth) will wrap up the season with contests against all the other teams bottled up with them between second and sixth place in the league, entering the run 1.5 games behind Widener for the fourth and final playoff slot.
Messiah (16-4 overall, 7-2 Commonwealth) is coming off a harrowing experience on Saturday, Feb. 4. The team’s game with Widener was postponed, as head coach Matt Miller was admitted to the hospital the day of the game with health complications. He returned to practice on Monday, Feb. 6.
Warrior Notes
• The Warriors have set a new standard for the most wins (5) in Commonwealth Conference play since joining the league in 2007-08.
• With two wins in their last four games, Lycoming would finish at .500 in conference play for the first time since the 2003-04 squad went 7-7 in the Freedom Conference.
• The Warriors have scored 51 percent (58-of-113) of their points in the last two games in the paint, while another 29 have come at the free throw line.
• Sophomore Julia Antonelli is tied for fourth in the league with six double-doubles.
• Freshman Kylee Sutton is averaging 11.5 points per game and shooting 44 percent from the floor over the last four games.
• With junior Rachael Scheller’s six assists against Arcadia, she now has five games with five or more helpers this season.
• The Warriors are 4-0 in games in which senior Erin Connaghan scores 10 or more points.
• The Warriors are 6-0 when holding their opponents to 50 points or less.
