WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - The second-best scoring offense in the MAC Commonwealth in the Lycoming College men's basketball team, averaging 78.8 points per game, will face off with the second-best scoring defense in the league in Messiah College, allowing 64.9, on Wednesday night, Dec. 11, at 6 p.m. in Lamade Gym.
The Warriors (6-2 overall, 1-1 MAC Commonwealth) are looking to shake off a 73-67 loss to Stevenson on Saturday, Dec. 7, where Stevenson shot 62 percent from the field in the second half to overtake a 12-point halftime deficit. Junior
D'Yante Doughty led the Warriors with 16 poinds, 10 rebounds and five assists.
The Falcons (6-1 overall, 1-0 MAC Commonwealth) notched an 80-68 win over Wilkes on Saturday. Senior Colin Sareyka led the team with 30 points and five assists.
Game Notes
• The Warriors are 12-6 all-time on Dec. 11, last beating Wilkes, 72-71, in 2010.
• The Warriors lead the MAC Commonwealth with a 1.15 assist/turnover ratio and 4.75 blocked shots per game.
• No Warriors are in the top 10 in the league in scoring, but three are in the top 20 - junior
Darius Dangerfield (12th, 13.6), freshman
Dyson Harward (14th, 13.3) and freshman
Mo Terry (19th, 12.5).
• Harward and Terry are the two highest-scoring freshmen in the MAC Commonwealth.
• At least two Warrior freshmen have scored 100 points in a season in each of the last six years after Terry joined Harward in the club with his 11th point against Stevenson.
• The Warriors are 6-0 when Harward scored in double figures.
• Junior
D'Yante Doughty is seventh in the MAC Commonwealth in rebounding (6.5), fifth in field goal percentage (.507), ninth in assists (2.5) and eighth in blocked shots (0.7).