WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - With a magic number that dropped to the attainable two after beating Alvernia, the Lycoming College men's basketball team will take its first shot at clinching its third straight berth in the MAC Commonwealth Championship when it heads to Arcadia University on Saturday, Feb. 4, for a 1 p.m. 

The first-place Warriors (17-4 overall, 9-3 MAC Commonwealth) can clinch a spot in the five-team postseason tournament with a win and a Widener loss at Stevenson. The team snapped a two-game skid on Wednesday with a 78-61 win over Alvernia, using a 16-1, 8:40 run to take control of the game in the second half.

The Knights (9-11 overall, 4-7 MAC Commonwealth) are coming off close losses to Albright (76-69) and Messiah (75-69).

Game Notes
• The Warriors own the best record in the MAC Commonwealth since the start of the 2014-15 season, going 30-14 in league play.

• The Warriors have won at least 17 games in three straight years for the first time in school history.

• Senior Nyk King needs 14 more points to become the 41st player in school history to post 900 in a career.

• Senior Willie Kee is 22 points from reaching 1,000 points in his collegiate career. He scored 689 in two seasons of junior college ball and has 289 in two years at Lycoming.

• Junior Chris Wallace needs one more block to become the 14th player in school history to post 50 in a career.

• Sophomore Calvin Chandler needs four more points to reach 200 in his career and junior Darius James needs 12 to reach the mark.

• Eleven of Lycoming's 15 players have scored in double figures at least once this season.