WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - If there is a team in the MAC Commonwealth that has gotten off to a hotter start than Lycoming College's women's basketball team, it is Messiah College, which has entered the national rankings and is the lone undefeated team in the conference as it gets set for a showdown with Lycoming at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 29, in Lamade Gym.

The Warriors (4-1 overall) lead the MAC Commonwealth in eight statistical categories and have scored 80 points four times in five games, including in an 85-75 win over Susquehanna on Sunday. Junior Becca Painter led the team with 19 points and four assists in the game.

The 21st-ranked Falcons (4-0 overall) are set for their  first game in eight days after head coach Mike Miller won his 600th career game in a 76-62 win over Eastern on Nov. 21.

Warrior Notes
• Lycoming leads the MAC Commonwealth with an average of 87.2 points per game, a +26.0 scoring margin, a .330 defensive field goal percentage, a .473 3-point field goal percentage, 48.8 rebounds per game, a +10.0 rebounding margin, a 1.32 assist-turnover ratio and 20.0 assists per game.

• Today's game features four of the top five scorers in the MAC Commonwealth in Messiah's Leah Springer (1st, 20.3) and Kaitlyn Hoff (5th, 14.8) and Lycoming sophomore Kayla Kline (2nd, 16.8) and senior Shelby Mueller (3rd, 16.2).

• Kline has scored in double figures in each of her last eight games, averaging 16.3 points in that span.

• Senior Haley Sipple (5.0) and Kline (3.6) lead the MAC Commonwealth in assist-turnover ratio.

• Sophomore Morgan Mader needs two points to reach 100 in her career.

• Senior Hailey Fricke needs three more points to reach 100 in her career.