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The Lycoming College men’s basketball team earned the National Association of Basketball Coaches Team Academic Excellence Award for a second straight year and a record four players earned mention on the NABC Honors Court - senior Mavin James and juniors Bernard Rogers, Ivan Komitski and Jack McGaha --- the organization announced on Monday.
The NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards recognize men’s basketball programs that completed the 2022-23 academic year with a team GPA of 3.0 or higher. The NABC Honors Court, meanwhile, includes junior, senior and graduate student men’s basketball players who finished the 2022-23 year with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher.
More than 2,100 players earned spots on the NABC Honors Court and 360 programs received NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards for 2023-24. Scranton, Catholic, Susquehanna, Juniata, Wilkes, Elizabethtown also earned the award in the Landmark Conference.
James started all 25 games as a swing players as a senior, totaling career highs of 115 rebounds, 40 assists and 15 blocks while averaging 5.2 points per game. James recorded his first career double-double against Moravian, notching 14 points and 10 rebounds and added an 11-point, 11-rebound effort at Scranton to help the Warriors to a pair of wins.
Rogers appeared in 16 games and started one, posting four points, five rebounds and 10 assists.
Komitski appeared in 24 games, as he averaged 5.7 points and 2.0 rebounds per game, also adding 10 assists and four blocks. He scored in double figures five times and had a season-high 18 points at Susquehanna.
McGaha appeared in 13 games, posting 27 points, two rebounds, three assists and three steals.
The Warriors went 9-16 overall and finished eighth in their first Landmark Conference appearance under second-year coach Mark Linebaugh with a 5-13 record.