12/3/21
 
SCRANTON, Pa. – The Lackawanna College Women's Basketball team gets back to work this weekend, travelling to Newark, DE to take on Delaware Tech CC, at the Del Tech Stanton campus, on Saturday, December 4^th at 12:00pm ET.
 
About The Falcons
The Falcons (1-3) are fresh off a tough 89-70 loss to the #12 Union County College Owls this past Tuesday night. In that game, the Falcons fell behind early to the Owls, and were behind by 19 (45-26) at halftime. Lackawanna College, behind 12 third-quarter points from Gabrielle Jackson, closed the gap to 52-38 midway through the period, but the lead yo-yo'ed back and forth until the end of the quarter, when Union led 65-50. Lackawanna College used a furious 15-7 run in the first few minutes of the fourth quarter to cut the deficit to just seven (72-65) with just over seven minutes remaining, but the Falcons were out of gas, and couldn't keep up with Union's shot-making down the stretch. Gabrielle Jackson finished with a team-high 21 points for Lackawanna College, while Nya Morris added 19, including ten in the final period, for Lackawanna.   
 
Nya Morris is the team-leader at 17.3 points per game so far this year.  She had a season-high in the win over Howard Community College to open the season. Already a one-time EPAC Player of the Week, Morris also leads the team with 2.3 steals per game, and his hitting on 48% of her shots this year. Gabrielle Jackson is second on the team with 12.5 points per game, scoring in double-figures in her last three games, including her season-high 21 against Union County College. Jackson averages a team-high four assists per game. McKeyah Duley is third with 9.0 points per game, buoyed by her 25-point outburst against Essex. Duley had nine points in the loss at Union County. She leads the Falcons with seven made 3PT FGs on the year. Mahogony Collins is averaging a team-high 7.3 rebounds per game, to go with her 5.0 points per game. She is also the team-leader in blocks, with ten in four games.
 
Lackawanna College is shooting at 39% as a team in its first four games, and the Falcons are just 28.7% from beyond-the-arc. Lackawanna is also shooting at 58.8% from the free-throw line. Lackawanna College holds a +3 rebounding margin, and has 14 blocks as a team. The Falcons are holding their opponents to just 34.3% shooting so far this year, and teams have only hit 20.7% of their three-point attempts against the Lackawanna College defense.
 
Head Coach Joya Whittington enters her eighth season at the helm for the Falcons, winning three district championships and making three NJCAA National Tournament appearances, all within the last five seasons. Whittington is a three-time District Coach of the Year, and has won 150 games in her coaching career at Lackawanna College. Whittington is a Seton Hill University graduate, and a Carbondale, PA native, where she played for Carbondale Area HS.
 
About the Opponents
The Terry Hawks of Delaware Technical Community College are 6-4 on the season so far. Del Tech has won four of its last five games, including three in a row. Their latest win was a 77-72 victory over Chesapeake on December 1^st. The Terry Hawks share a common opponent with Lackawanna this year, having lost to Union County 100-59 back on November 20^th.
 
The Terry Hawks are averaging 69.3 points per game this year, while giving up around 75.2 points per game. Their -5.9 point differential, despite a +.500 record, is because of multiple 40+ point losses, including a 119-51 loss to Montgomery. Del Tech has given up 90+ points on three separate occasions this year. The Terry Hawks are hitting around 20% of their three-point attempts, and 34% overall from the field this year. Del Tech has been outrebounded by a +9.6 rebound margin this year. The Terry Hawks are holding opponents to just 23% shooting from beyond-the-arc this year, and have forced nearly 19 turnovers per game on the season.
 
Daqira Lancaster-Navarro is the leader for the Terry Hawks, averaging just over 18 points per game this season, to go with her team-high 13.0 rebounds per game. She's scored in double-figures in every game this year, including a season-high 48 points in the win over Raritan Valley. In that game, Lancaster-Navarro hit 19 shots, including four threes, while pulling down 19 rebounds. She has topped double-figures in rebounds seven times this year, including a season-high 20 rebounds against Montgomery County. She has seven recorded double-doubles this year. Lancaster-Navarro is also the team-leader in steals per game at 2.4 this year.
 
Melena Credle is second on the team with 15.1 points per game this year, to go with her 9.1 rebounds per game. Credle has hit double-figures five times this year, including a season-high 28 points against RCSJ Gloucester, where she scored 28 points, making three three-point shots in the loss and hitting on 64% from the field. Credle has three double-doubles this year, including a 23 point, 16 rebound performance against Raritan Valley.   
 
Armani Bell-Jackson is third on the team with 13.6 points per game, hitting double-figures in four games this year, including a season-high 29 points against Philadelphia earlier this year. She hit eight three-pointers in that game to help her team to victory. Sierra Smith leads the team with 4.7 assists per game, and is third on the team in rebounds at 6.2 per game. She's gone over six assists on four different occasions, including a season-high 10 against Raritan Valley.
 
The head coach for Delaware Tech is Megan Fox, in her first official season at the helm of the Terry Hawks. Fox joined the program in 2020, but the Delaware Tech program did not participate in the pandemic-shortened 2020-2021 season last year. She has collegiate coaching experience thanks to her time as an assistant at Wesley College. Fox was a high school girls basketball coach for four seasons before taking over at Del Tech, and she played collegiately at both Wilmington University and Arcadia University.  
 
Game Information
The match-up is set for a 12:00pm tip-off at the Delaware Technical Community College Stanton Campus in Newark, DE on Saturday, December 4^th. The game is the first of a doubleheader, with the second game being a men's basketball contest between Lackawanna College and Del Tech.  
 
For those who cannot attend in person, a video livestream will be available via the Delaware Technical CC athletics YouTube Channel. You can watch along at the link HERE.