WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Fresh off a 100-point performance to clinch its 25th straight 10-win season, the Lycoming College men's basketball team will look to wrap up the 2018-19 campain with a MAC Commonwealth victory when it hosts Widener University on Saturday, Feb. 16, at 3 p.m. in Lamade Gym.
The Warriors (10-14 overall, 4-11 MAC Commonwealth) downed second-place Hood, 107-100, on Feb. 9. Freshman
Matt Ilodigwe tied a 16-year old program record by knocking down 11 3-pointers on his way to a careerhigh 33 points. Senior
Calvin Chandler had a 13-point, 11-rebound double-double.
The Pride (14-10 overall, 10-5 MAC Commonwealth) outlasted first-place Arcadia, 71-66, on Tuesday. Junior Connor Laverty led Widener with 18 points and six rebounds. Sophomore Jared Peters added 17 points off the bench.
Warrior Notes
• Four-year lettermen
Calvin Chandler,
Serge Cole and
Hiro Yamaki have been a part of two conference titles, two trips to the NCAA Tournament and 72 wins as Warriors.
• The Warriors have won five straight games on Feb. 16, with the last coming in a doubleovertime victory at Hood in 2013.
• With 247 made 3-pointers this season, the Warriors need one more to tie the school record set by the 1999-00 team.
• Lycoming is 18th in the NCAA and eighth in Division III with 43.2 percent of its points coming from beyong the arc.
• The Warriors' 24 3-pointers made against Hood are the most in a MAC Commonwealth game since 2015.
• Freshman
Matt Ilodigwe's 11 3-pointers against Hood tied the school record set by Tommy Wesner against Lincoln on Nov. 23, 2002.
• Ilodigwe was the second Warrior to post 30 points in a game this year with his 33 points against Hood. In the past five years, Lycoming has only had three 30-point games.
