PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Spencer Liddic, Muhlenberg (Jr, F, Clarks Summit, PA / Abington Heights)
Liddic averaged 21.5 points and 11.5 rebounds while shooting 63.0 percent from the field in a pair of Mule victories. He scored 23 points with 11 boards at Haverford and tallied 20-12 vs. Johns Hopkins, giving him 11 double-doubles on the season.
Complete Men's Basketball Release #9
Around the Conference
Dickinson
The Red Devils are the only team in the Conference that is undefeated when leading or tied at halftime. Dickinson is 4-0 when taking an advantage to the locker room at the break and 2-0 with the score deadlocked. Senior Matt Dolan (Chalfont, PA / St. Joseph's Prep) averaged 22.5 points in a 1-1 week, including 25 points with four assists at Ursinus.
Franklin & Marshall
Head coach Glenn Robinson is now three wins away from 800 for his career. He would become the 13th coach in NCAA history to reach the plateau. Senior Mike Baker (Maryland Heights, MO / Whitfield School) registered his fifth and sixth double-doubles of the season in a 2-0 week, averaging 15.0 points and 11.0 rebounds. The F&M senior class is now 53-10 at Mayser.
Gettysburg
Senior Andrew Powers (Boyertown, PA / Boyertown) is now 56 points shy of the program's career scoring record of 1,880 points, set by Ron Warner '62. He is just the fourth player in Conference history to score 1,800 in a career. The Bullets are 11-1 when tied or leading at halftime, but 0-5 when trailing at the break – the only CC team that has not won when behind at the intermission. Sophomore Derek Brooks (North Wales, PA / North Penn) scored a career-high 15 points at Swarthmore.
Haverford
Freshman Louis Cipriano (Scranton, PA / Holy Cross) made seven three-pointers on his way to a career-high 23 points vs. Muhlenberg. Senior Sam Permutt (Columbia, MD / Atholton) has 490 career rebounds and needs 10 more to reach 500 for his career.
Johns Hopkins
Aleksandar Nikolic (Louisville, KY / DuPont Manual) has 21 blocks on the season, the fourth most by a freshman in school history. Hopkins has not had three consecutive losing seasons since 1985-86-87.
McDaniel
Junior Devon Lesniak (Westminster, MD / Winters Mill) tallied a game-high 25 points as the Green Terror won in Chestertown for the first time since Feb. 4, 1982, ending a streak of 17 consecutive losses. It was McDaniel's fifth win in its last six starts and third win over the Shoremen this season.
Muhlenberg
Kevin Hargrove (Queens, NY / Chaminade) now holds the Centennial freshman record for blocked shots (50). Junior Spencer Liddic (Clarks Summit, PA / Abington) now has a CC-leading 11 double-doubles after a 20-point, 12-rebound effort vs. Johns Hopkins. He is 33 rebounds shy of the 700-mark for his career. Muhlenberg has won the battle of the glass in 18 of 19 games.
Swarthmore
Sophomore Will Gates (Willseyville, NY / Candor Central) has scored in double figures in all 18 games this season, including seven 20-point performances. He led the Garnet with 23 markers vs. Gettysburg. Jay Kober (North Huntingdon, PA / Norwin) is second among all Centennial freshmen with an 11.7 ppg. average.
Ursinus
Senior Matt Hilton (Lewistown, PA / Lewistown) averaged 24.5 points in a 1-1 week, including 26 vs. Dickinson. Sophomore Jon Ward (Allentown, PA / Parkland) has made 138 free throws this season and needs one more to crack the Centennial single-season top 10. The Bears are 3-5 in games decided by 1-5 points.
Washington College
Washington received 50 of its season-high 88 points from its bench in the win vs. Ursinus. Junior Kevin Breslin (Hagerstown, MD / St. Maria Goretti) has 944 career points and is 56 shy of 1,000. He averaged 17.5 points, 7.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists in a 1-1 week. The Shoremen's 17-game home win streak against McDaniel came to an end last Saturday.