LYCOMING MEN’S BASKETBALL PLACES THREE PLAYERS ON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – The Middle Atlantic Freedom Conference announced the men’s basketball all-conference teams, Monday afternoon. Lycoming College placed three student-athletes on the teams – sophomore Jonathan Pribble (Woolrich, Pa.; Central Mountain) on the first team and seniors Matt Stackhouse (Hughesville, Pa.; Hughesville) and L.J. Huggler (St. Marys, Pa.; St. Marys) on the second team.

Pribble, the 2002-03 rookie of the year, is averaging 18.2 points and 5.8 rebounds per game this season. He has also recorded 48 assists, 20 steals, and 11 blocked shots in 24 games. He ranks third in the conference in scoring, sixth in three-point percentage, ninth in rebounds, and 10^th in blocked shots. Pribble was named the Freedom Conference Player of the Week on January 12^th after averaging 29.7 points and 7.7 rebounds over a three game span.

Stackhouse, a first-team all-conference selection a year ago, missed 10 games this season due to injury. However, in 15 games played he leads the Warriors in scoring and rebounding averaging 18.6 points and 10.3 rebounds per game. Stackhouse has also blocked 29 shots. If he had played enough games to qualify, he would be second in the league in scoring, rebounding, and blocked shots; fourth in field-goal percentage; and seventh in free-throw percentage. Prior to his injury, Stackhouse was named the conference player of the week on December 22, after averaging 23.5 points and 17.5 rebounds in games versus Elmira College and Division I Lafayette College.

Huggler is Lycoming’s third leading scorer averaging 14.6 points and 5.4 rebounds per game. He ranks second in the conference in field-goal percentage, eighth in free-throw percentage, ninth in scoring, and 10^th in rebounding. Huggler stepped up as the team leader when Stackhouse went down with his injury, averaging 20 points and 6.2 rebounds per game in 10 games, including seven in conference. Huggler was named the Freedom Conference Player of the Week on January 26, following a week in which he led the Warriors to three victories by averaging 18.3 points and four rebounds per game while shooting nearly 70% from the field.

Pribble, Stackhouse, and Huggler will look to extend their season on Wednesday, February 25, when they travel to King’s College for a Freedom Conference tournament semifinal contest. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 for adults, $4 for seniors, $2 for students, and free to children six and under.

2003-2004 All-Freedom Conference Teams:
First team

Second team

Player of the Year: Jim Zinn, DeSales
Rookie of the Year: Isaiah Pinckney, Delaware Valley
Coach of the Year: Scott Coval, DeSales