WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - After posting one of its best defensive efforts of the season against SUNY Fredonia, the Lycoming College men's basketball team will look for its fifth Louis Fleming Basinger Memorial Tournament title when it hosts Delaware Valley on Friday, Dec. 30, at 3 p.m., in Lamade Gym.
The Warriors (11-1 overall) held Fredonia to a season-best 47 points and just 30 percent from the field in a 65-47 win. Senior
Willie Kee led the team offensively with 14 points, while both senior
Nyk King and junior
Chris Wallace each posted four steals.
The Aggies (5-5 overall) opened the Basinger Tournament with a 75-70 win over Rosemont. Five Aggies finished in double figures, led by 16 points from senior Tyliek Kimbrough.
Warrior Notes
• Head coach
Guy Rancourt is one win shy of 200 in his career. Rancourt, in his 13th year as a head coach, won 55 games in four years at John Jay and he has won 144 in nine years at Lycoming.
• Lycoming is looking for its ninth straight win, which would be tied for the fifth longest in school history.
• The Warriors are looking for their 11th straight win in Lamade Gym, which would be the team's longest winning streak in the friendly confines since a 12-game streak from Feb. 5, 2011-Feb. 1, 2012.
• Senior
Nyk King needs six more steals to become the 15th player in program history to reach 100 in a career.
• King is ninth in the MAC Commonwealth in rebounding (6.0), eighth in assists (3.0) and fourth in steals (1.8). He and Hood's Scott Bolen are the only players in the league ranked in the top 10 in all three categories.
