WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - After falling to Messiah on Wednesday night, the Lycoming College men's basketball team will look to keep pace in the MAC Commonwealth as it hosts fellow second-place team Hood College on Saturday, Feb. 1 at 3 p.m. in Lamade Gym.
Although the Warriors (13-6 overall, 6-4 MAC Commonwealth) fell to Messiah in their last outing, freshman
Mo Terry scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for his first career double-double in the game. Freshman
Dyson Harward scored 16 and freshman
Tobias Walden Jr. added eight off the bench.
Hood (12-6 overall, 6-4 MAC Commonwealth) topped Albright, 94-83, on Saturday, Feb. 25. Junior Mason Wang scored 27 points, senior Tyler Evans had 20 and senior Michael Riley scored 17 to lead the balanced Blazers.
Game Notes
• The Warriors have a 7-0 record against the Blazers in Lamade Gym since Hood joined the conference in 2012.
• The Warriors are the No. 1 scoring defense in the MAC Commonwealth, allowing 68.2 points per game and Hood is the No. 1 scoring offense at 80.9 points per game.
• The Warriors are 9-2 when out-rebounding their opponents.
• Sophomore
Matt Ilodigwe needs eight more points and freshman
Dyson Harward needs 13 to reach 250 in their careers.
• With 53 blocks this season, Harward needs two more to tie Matt Stackhouse (2002-03) for third in the program's single-season record book.
• Harward and
Mo Terry are the only two freshmen in the top 20 in the MAC Commonwealth in scoring, with Harward 16th (12.5) and Terry 17th (11.9).
• The 11 freshmen on the roster is a program record, surpassing the previous high of 10 set by the 1995-96 and 2014-15 squads.