ROCHESTER (Interstat) — Lycoming and Rochester Tech will meet Saturday in a men’s NCAA Division III basketball game at Clark Gymnasium in Rochester, N.Y. The date of the game will be Saturday. Lycoming will be the visiting team, and Rochester Tech will be the home team. The Warriors and Tigers both enter the matchup at 1-0. Lycoming’s team nickname is Warriors, and Rochester Tech’s team nickname is Tigers. The game will take place at Clark Gymnasium in Rochester, N.Y. Both teams will seek a 2-0 start.

Lycoming opened its season with an 80-69 win over SUNY Delhi. Against SUNY Delhi, Noa’Sosa Friedman played 33 minutes and posted 18 points, six rebounds and three assists. Elisha Slabach played 35 minutes and added 14 points, eight rebounds, five assists and one block. Hayden Pardoe played 24 minutes and contributed 10 points, nine rebounds, two assists and two blocks. Friedman is the player to watch for the Warriors. Lycoming placed three players in double figures in the win and will seek a second straight victory.

Rochester Tech opened with an 81-77 win over visiting Massachusetts Liberal Arts. In that game, Xavier Nelson played 27 minutes and recorded 20 points, six rebounds and one block. Nigel Pierman played 28 minutes and added 15 points, seven rebounds and four assists. Jason Gibbs played 24 minutes and scored 17 points with three rebounds and one assist. Nelson is the player to watch for the Tigers. Rochester Tech also had three players reach double figures and will aim to remain unbeaten.

Lycoming’s next 10 games include a home game against Dickinson, a visit to Keuka, a home game against Wilkes, a visit to Catholic, a home game against Mount Aloysius, a visit to Goucher, a home game against Drew, a home game against Alfred, a home game against Lebanon Valley and a visit to Susquehanna. Rochester Tech’s next 10 games include a home game against Nazareth, a home game against Alfred State, a visit to Rochester (N.Y.), a home game against Skidmore, a home game against Bard, a home game against Union (N.Y.), a game against Piedmont at Atlanta, Ga., a visit to Oglethorpe, a visit to Union (N.Y.) and a home game against Ithaca.

Interstat’s game simulator is projecting a final score of Rochester Tech 71, Lycoming 70. Interstat’s ELO system is projecting Rochester Tech with an 80.7 percent probability to win.