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Junior Darius James and the Warriors head to Susquehanna on Tuesday.

Men's Basketball

Warriors set for showdown with 25th-ranked River Hawks

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - After three wins at home to open the season, the Lycoming College men's basketball team will venture onto the road for the first time in 2016-17 when it heads to 25th-ranked Susquehanna for a pre-Thanksgiving showdown on Tuesday night, Nov. 22.

The Warriors (3-0 overall) won the Dutch Burch Tip-Off Tournament with a pair of 100-point performances, putting six in double figures in the 103-90 championship game win over Western Connecticut State. Junior Alex Newbold was named the tournament MVP after averaging 15.5 points per game.

The River Hawks (2-1 overall) won their Pepsi Tip-Off Tournament, posting a 78-65 win over King's in the championship game, as senior Steven Weidlich scored 31 points in the win.

Game Notes
• Lycoming has scored 100 points in back-to-back games for the first time since doing it in five straight games from Nov. 21-Dec. 8, 1995.

• The Warriors have shot better than 50 percent from the field in each of the last two games and in four of their last seven.

• Senior Nyk King needs one more double-double to tie Mike Bradley (2008-12) and Rasheed Campbell (1996-00) for 10th in school history with nine in a career.

• Despite leading the MAC Commonwealth with an average of 98.0 points per game, no Warrior is listed amongst the league's top 10 scorers.

• Junior Alex Newbold needs 22 more points to reach 600 in his career.

• The game is Lycoming's first regular-season game against a team ranked in the D3hoops.com poll since they beat 21st-ranked Messiah, 81-73, in 2013-14.
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Players Mentioned

Nyk King

#1 Nyk King

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6' 2"
Senior
Alex Newbold

#20 Alex Newbold

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5' 10"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Nyk King

#1 Nyk King

6' 2"
Senior
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Alex Newbold

#20 Alex Newbold

5' 10"
Junior
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