WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -Â With both teams coming off come-from-behind, exciting wins in their conference openers, the Lycoming College men's basketball team will look to stop Hood College's undefeated momentum on Saturday, Dec. 3, at 3 p.m. at Lamade Gym.
The Warriors (5-1 overall, 1-0 MAC Commonwealth) overcame a 12-point halftime deficit on the road thanks to an 81 percent shooting effort in the second half to post an 87-75 win over Messiah in its last outing, with the team clinching the win with an 18-4 run in the game's final five minutes.
Hood (6-0 overall, 1-0 MAC Commonwealth) came back from a seven-point deficit in the final two minutes to post a 76-73 win over Alvernia in its last outing.
Warrior Notes
• The Warriors received votes in the D3hoops.com poll in the first two polls of the year, the first time since 2012-13 they have been mentioned.
• The Warriors are seventh in Division III with a .532 field goal percentage, 17th with 20.0 assists and 21st with 11.3 steals per game.
• Senior
Nyk King is five points shy of reaching 750 in his career and seven assists shy of 150.
• Junior
Chris Wallace needs 21 points to reach 600 in his career.
• Junior
Alex Newbold needs one more steal to tie Brad Musser (2002-06) for 13th in program history with 108.
• At least seven Warriors have scored five points or more in each of the first six games of the year.
• The 18-point margin (41-23) that the Warriors faced in the first half at Messiah is the largest they have overcome to win in
Guy Rancourt's nine years as head coach.