Worcester, MA - Worcester State University Men's Basketball has announced their 2023-24 season schedule. Tyler Hundley, and the current MASCAC Champions, returns for his fifth season as the head coach of the Lancer squad. The Lancers finished with a 22-6 (12-0, MASCAC) record and as the #1 seed in the MASCAC Tournament last season. Worcester State looks to continue to begin to defend their MASCAC when they open conference play on January 6 at Fitchburg State. The Lancers return an all-star cast headed by juniors Aaron Nkrumah, who was the MASCAC Player of the Year and D3hoops.com Region 1 Rookie of the Year, and Ryan Rubenskas who was a MASCAC 2^nd Team selection last season. They will be joined by a talented cast of returners and incoming talent to the program.

"We have a veteran core group this season and will lean on their leadership to hopefully take our program another step in the right direction" says Hundley. "We also have a few newcomers who we expect to have an impact. Our focus early in the season will be on making sure we are consistent each day to improve individually and collectively. We will play an exciting brand of basketball and we hope to see everyone at midnight on November 8th."

The season kicks off at 12:01am on Brissette Court on November 8^th when Worcester State welcomes the WPI Engineers for a midnight madness game to kick off the Basketball season. The Lancers then travel on November 11^th to Wentworth before returning home on the 14^th for a match up with Plymouth State. The Lancers will remain on the road for the rest of November as they first journey to Williams for the Williams Tournament on 17^th and 18^th prior to a 21^st trip to Western New England and closing out the month with a trip to Connecticut to take on Wesleyan on the 28^th.

Worcester State spreads out their five games in December, hosting Emerson and Lasell on the 2^nd and 9^th. The 6^th will see them on the road at Regis before post-Christmas travel sends the Lancers to Virginia to Roanoke College to compete in the Cregger Invitational on the 29^th and 30^th.

With a new year in the books, the Lancers begin their MASCAC title defense, traveling to Fitchburg State on January 6^th to open their conference slate. Worcester will remain home for a three-game stretch that sees the first go of the MASCAC Championship rematch with Westfield, January 10^th, Bridgewater, January 13^th and one last out of conference matchup, that will bring Trinity to Worcester on the 15^th. Worcester then begins a cycle of two away-two home games for the rest of the season that sees them travel to Salem St, January 17^th, Framingham State, January 20^th, a rematch with Westfield on February 3^rd, and Bridgewater on February 7^th before the final game of the season on February 17^th versus MCLA. During this stretch the Lancers will find themselves hosting MCLA, January 24^th, Fitchburg State, January 31^st, Salem State, February 10th and senior night on February 14^th versus Framingham State.

Live stats and videos for all games can be found on the Worcester State Men's Basketball Schedule at wsulancers.com.