WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - For the first time in program history, the Lycoming College men's basketball team will head into play in the NCAA Championship for the second straight year when the team heads to Middlebury, Vt., where it will face Cabrini College on Friday, March 3, at 5:30 p.m. in the tournament's first round.

The Warriors (23-4 overall) secured an automatic bid to the tournament by virtue of winning its second straight MAC Commonwealth title on Saturday, Feb. 25, in a 76-62 win over Albright. Lycoming has won seven games in a row.

Cabrini (19-7 overall) earned an at-large bid out of the Colonial States Athletic Conference after losing in the conference semifinals on a buzzer-beater to Gwynedd Mercy, 73-71.

Game Notes
• The Warriors have won a school-record 23 games this year, surpassing the mark of 21 set by the 1995-96, 2003-04 and 2009-10 teams. 

• The Warriors repeated as conference champions for the first time in program history.

• The Warriors are 4-6 all-time in the NCAA Division III Championship, with their last win coming, 74-68, over Lehman during the 2004 first round.

• Senior David Johnson needs nine more points to become the first player since Anthony Martin (2012-13, 464) to score 400 points in a season.

• Senior Nyk King needs one rebound to become the 24th player in school history to reach 500 in a career.

• Junior Alex Newbold needs one more steal to tie Thomas Wesner (2000-03) for sixth in school history with 134.

• Sophomore T.J. Duckett needs two more points to reach 500 in his career.