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Junior Julia Antonelli and the Warriors head to No. 11 Messiah on Wednesday night looking for an upset.

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Warriors head to Messiah looking for a big upset

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WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - With a week of monster upsets on the road just finishing up in college basketball, the Lycoming College women’s basketball team will look for one of its own on Wednesday, Jan. 30, when it heads to No. 11 Messiah for a 6 p.m. Commonwealth Conference game.

The Warriors (5-13 overall, 5-7 Commonwealth) are holding onto a one-game lead for the fifth and final conference playoff spot after falling to second-place Widener, 80-59, on Jan. 26. Senior Rachael Scheller and freshman Olivia Manges each tallied 11 points to lead the team in the game.

The Falcons (17-2 overall, 11-1 Commonwealth) hold a one-game lead in the conference over Lebanon Valley and Widener. They beat Albright, 66-50, on Jan. 26, led by 18 points from junior Chelsea Danel.

Warrior Notes
• The Warriors need one more win to reach six in the conference for the first time since the 2003-04 team won seven.

• Senior Rachael Scheller leads the Commonwealth Conference with 3.2 steals per game. She needs three more swipes to enter the school’s single-season top 10.

• With five double-doubles on the season, junior Julia Antonelli needs one more to reach her sophomore year total of six.

• With six regular-season games left, Antonelli needs 49 rebounds to become the 11th player in school history to pull down 200 in a season.

• Sophomore Kat Andriani needs five more points to match her freshman year total of 61.

• Freshmen have accounted for 12 of the team’s  27 double-figure scoring efforts this season, led by six from Shannon Wheeler.

• The Warriors have posted double-figure steal efforts in each of the last five games.
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