WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -Â Riding a seven-game winning streak, the Lycoming College men's basketball team will get back in action after the Christmas break on Thursday, Dec. 29, when it hosts Fredonia State in the opening round of the Louis Fleming Basinger Memorial Tournament.
The Warriors (10-1 overall) have scored 86 points in each of its last three games and have crossed the 80-point mark in eight of 11 games. The team posted an 86-64 win over Potsdam State in its last outing, with senior
Nyk King leading four players in double figures with 17 points.
The Blue Devils (3-6 overall) are coming off a 96-64 loss to Cortland State in its last outing, as senior Richard De La Cruz led the team with 19 points.
Warrior Notes
• The Warriors are the fifth team listed in others receiving votes in the latest D3hoops.com poll.
• The Warriors are looking to score more than 85 points its fourth straight game for the first time since Nov. 21-Dec. 2, 1997.
• Lycoming is looking for its eighth straight win, which would be tied for the seventh longest in school history and it is tied for the ninth-longest in Division III.
• Junior
Chris Wallace was named to the D3hoops.com Team of the Week after averaging 15.7 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.0 steals in three wins from Dec. 11-18.
• With his 13th of 17 points against Potsdam, senior
Nyk King became the 53rd player in school history to reach 800 career points.
• The Warriors tied a season high with nine 3-pointers against SUNY Potsdam, led by a season-best four from sophomore
T.J. Duckett and two from sophomore
Calvin Chandler.