WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -Â Sitting at the top of the MAC Freedom standings in the final week of the regular season, the Lycoming College men's basketball team and DeSales University will meet in what could be a preview of the conference title game if Lycoming wins one of the two games in the series on Friday and Saturday, March 11-12.
The Warriors (3-1 overall) split its last home-and-home set with Arcadia, beating the Knights, 72-68, before falling, 89-61, on the road. Sophomore
Dyson Harward led the team with 13.5 points, 8.0 rebounds and 3.0 blocks per game during the series and sophomore
DeAundre Manuel added 10.5 points and 5.0 rebounds.
The Bulldogs (8-0 overall) are coming off a pair of convincing wins over Eastern, winning 89-63, at home, and 86-71, on the road.
Game Notes
• The Warriors can clinch a spot in the MAC Freedom Conference Championship with a win in either of the two games this weekend.
• Lycoming can clinch a home game for the championship against DeSales with a win in both games.
• The Warriors have competed in a conference championship game six times in the past nine years.
• Senior
Darius Dangerfield needs six more points to reach 900 in his career.
• Dangerfield is second in the MAC Freedom in assist-turnover ratio (2.00) and steals per game (1.75).
• Sophomore
Dyson Harward needs two more blocked shots to become the eighth player in school history to post 75 in a career.
• Sophomore
DeAundre Manuel needs nine more rebounds to reach 100 in his career.
• Lycoming leads the MAC Freedom in blocked shots (4.8), 3-point field goal defense (.286) and 3-pointers made (9.5).