WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Coming off a win over the two-time defending Commonwealth Conference champion Alvernia, the Lycoming College men's basketball team will head to the Hamilton Invitational for two games, starting by facing SUNYIT on Saturday, Nov. 29, at 7 p.m.
The Warriors (2-2 overall) posted a 67-64 victory over Alvernia on Saturday, Nov. 22. Freshman
Issak Boden led the team to the win with 18 second-half points, while freshman
Alex Newbold poured in 16. Junior
John Monkam hit a go-ahead free throw with 35 seconds left.
The Wildcats (0-2 overall) fell in overtime to Utica in their last outing on Tuesday, Nov. 25. Maverick Hodge led the team with 33 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds and Ryan McCarthy added 21 points and six rebounds.
Game Notes• Senior
Malcolm Covington is third in the Commonwealth Conference in assist-turnover ratio (2.1)
• The team's eight freshmen have accounted for 194 of the team's 293 points (66.2 percent) through the first four games.
• Freshman
Issak Boden is averaging 16.0 points and 4.0 rebounds in the last two games.
• Sophomore
Nykolas King notched the first double-double of his career at Alvernia, notching 11 points and 11 rebounds.
• The Warriors lead the MAC with a +9.50 turnover margin.
• Head coach
Guy Rancourt needs two more wins to become the second coach in program history to win 100 games with the Warriors.
• The last time the Warriors played an in-season tournament away from Lamade Gym was the Rochester Holiday Inn Tournament on Nov. 29-30, 2008.
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