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| Junior Calvin Chandler and the Warriors host Hood on Saturday.
(Photo courtesy of Lycoming Sports Information)
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WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - With two come-from-behind wins in the rearview mirror, the 10th-ranked Lycoming College men’s basketball team will look to continue its success when it hosts Hood College at Lamade Gym on Saturday, Jan. 20, at 3 p.m.
Freshmen D’Yante Doughty and Darius Dangerfield each had career games in the Warriors’ 79-75 win over Arcadia. Doughty set a career-high for the second straight game with 19 points and Dangerfield tied a career-high with 14 points and six assists. Senior Chris Wallace added 18 points and five rebounds for Lycoming (16-1 overall, 7-1 MAC Commonwealth).
Hood (7-10 overall, 3-5 MAC Commonwealth) won its second straight MAC Commonwealth game with its 90-82 win over Stevenson on Wednesday. Jared Ruiz scored a team-high 20 points andMason Wang added 13 points off the bench in the game.
Warrior Notes
• With wins over Albright and Arcadia, head coach Guy Rancourt earned the program’s first Hoopdirt.com Division III Coach of the Week award on Monday.
• The Warriors’ magic number to clinch a playoff spot is five. With a combination of Lycoming wins and losses from Alvernia and Hood, it will clinch a fourth straight playoff berth.
• Lycoming’s 17-game winning streak at home is tied for the second longest in Division III.
• With 1,121 career points, senior Chris Wallace needs six more to pass Jay Cleveland (1984-88) and 10 more to pass Tim Morse (1989-93) for 24th in program history.
