Warriors Sweep Major Conference Awards
Coach Friday, Pribble, Sye Named League Bests

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. --- Lycoming men’s basketball was rewarded for its outstanding season on Tuesday afternoon by the Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC), the governing structure for the Freedom and Commonwealth Conferences.  The Warrior program picked up all three major Freedom Conference honors as head coach Don Friday was named Coach of the Year while senior Jonathan Pribble (Woolrich, Pa./Central Mountain) was tabbed the Player of the Year and first-year big man Greg Sye (Chantilly, Va./Chantilly) earned the Freshman of the Year honor.  Not to be left out of the celebration, senior Brad Musser (Mifflinburg, Pa./Mifflinburg) was recognized for his stellar play with a All-Freedom Conference Second Team selection.

Coach Friday, in just his third season at Lycoming, has brought the Warriors to their second postseason appearance during his tenure.  In 2003-04, he led the blue and gold to a Freedom Conference title and berth into the NCAA Division III National Tournament.  This year, with talents like Pribble, Sye, and Musser on the squad, he hopes to repeat the same success and move beyond the national tourney’s first round.

Friday set a personal record in 2005-06 as well, tying former Lycoming head coach Joe Bressi for the quickest to 50 victories with the Warriors.  Both men reached the mark in their 75^th respective games patrolling the Lamade Gymnasium sidelines.  Coach Friday currently enjoys a 53-26 career record.

Pribble, after earning the Freshman of the Year award in 2002-03, has picked up three first teams honors, including this season.  On Saturday, he closed the regular season atop the conference in scoring for the second time in his career, finishing with a 20.6 points per game average.  He also led the league in free throw percentage (.802) and three-pointers made (74 for 2.96 per game).  He has recorded four of the top 10 scoring games in the conference this season, including the two highest totals of 40 and 36 points on separate occasions.

Aside from holding down the second position on the Lycoming men’s basketball’s all-time career points scored list, Pribble sits only 36 tallies away from reaching the coveted 2,000-point plateau.  Currently at 1,964 points, he would be only the second Warrior to reach such a lofty mark, trailing only 1974 grad Richard Henninger’s 2,184-point total.

Sye had an outstanding first campaign in Warrior blue and gold.  He emerged as one of the conference’s top post options covering the last month-plus of the regular season, increasing his scoring and rebound averages into the upper echelon of the conference fixtures.  His 12.3 points per game rate 11th in the league, and he chimes in tied for fourth place in rebounding at 6.5 boards per contest.  His six double-doubles tied with Evan Walters from King’s College and Tom Bicknell from the University of Scranton for tops in the conference.

Musser set a pair of records on the way to a banner year for the Warrior point guard and floor general.  Aside from leading the conference in assists at 6.12 per game, his 14-assist effort against Elmira College not only paced the conference, but set a new Warrior all-time single-game mark.  At the College of Wooster tournament over the holiday break, Musser added a second feather to his cap in becoming the Lycoming men’s basketball all-time career assists leader.  He currently boasts 428 total assists.

Below is the complete list of 2005-06 Freedom Conference honorees.

PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Jonathan Pribble, Lycoming
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Greg Sye, Lycoming
COACH OF THE YEAR: Donald Friday, Lycoming

First Team All-Freedom Conference

Player	Team	Pos.	Yr.	Hometown (High School)
Jonathan Pribble	Lycoming	G	Sr.	Woolrich, PA (Central Mountain)
Randy Arnold	Scranton	G	So.	Chalfont, PA (Central Bucks West)
Jamie Cousart	King’s	G	So.	Holland, PA (Holy Ghost Prep)
Drew Christman	DeSales	F	Sr.	Whitehall, PA (Whitehall)
Phil Strickler	DeSales	C	So.	Womelsdorf, PA (Conrad Weiser)

Second Team

Player	Team	Pos.	Yr.	Hometown (High School)
Vince Scalzo	King’s	G	So.	Philadelphia, PA (Archbishop Ryan)
Michael Constantine	Wilkes	G	Sr.	Binghampton, NY (Binghampton)
Chris Shovlin	Wilkes	G	So.	Wilkes-Barre, PA (GAR)
Evan Walters	Wilkes	C	Sr.	Boiling Springs, PA (Cumberland Valley)
Brad Musser	Lycoming	G	Sr.	Mifflinburg, PA (Mifflinburg)
Iasiah Pickney	Del. Val.	G	Jr.	Philadelphia, PA (Bishop McDevitt)
Thomas Bicnkell	Scranton	F/C	So.	Mordialloc, Australia (St. Bede’s College)
Chris Lopez	Drew	G	So.	Staten Island, NY (Monsignor Farrell)