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Two Lycoming College men's basketball players were honored with spots on the City of Basketball Love All-Area Team for 2021-22 as junior Dyson Harward was named to the all-area first team and sophomore Steven Hamilton was named to the area's all-rookie team.
Harward, who was the first Warrior post player to earn back-to-back first-team all-conference honors since Jonathan Pribble in 2005-06, finished eighth in the MAC Freedom with 13.1 points per game and he led the league with an average of 11.6 rebounds per contest. His 17 double-doubles set the team’s modern season record. Harward’s 313 rebounds this year are the eighth-best total in program history and the best since Ron Travis pulled in 334 in 1966. He also added 47 blocked shots, tied for seventh in program history. He is 15th in program history with 586 career rebounds and his 123 blocked shots are third.
Harward was previously named the City of Basketball Love Rookie of the Year and a fourth-team selection in 2019-20, averaging 12.9 points per game and 7.9 rebounds per game.
Hamilton, the MAC Freedom Rookie of the Year and a Second Team All-MAC Freedom selection, finished ninth in the conference with an average of 12.8 points per game and he also finished fourth with 3.5 assists per game. He was also 13th in the league in free throw percentage (.740), ninth in assist-turnover ratio (1.0) and he was third in the league, playing an average of 32.5 minutes per game. Hamilton had four 20-point efforts, including scoring a career-best 27 in a win at Arcadia, plus he dished out seven assists twice.
Both Hamilton and Harward scored in double figures in two games of the MAC Freedom tournament leading the Warriors to a third straight appearance in conference championship.
The Warriors finished 17-11 overall and 10-6 in the MAC Freedom under fourth-year head coach Mike McGarvey in 2020-21.