JANUARY 2. 2008YORK MEN EDGE KING'S 76-73
WILKES-BARRE -- Senior all-American Chad McGowan scored a game-high 23 points and the King's College men's basketball team shot a dismal 50-percent from the foul line as visiting York College posted a 76-73 victory over the Monarchs Wednesday in Scandlon Gymnasium.
With the win, York improved to 6-4 while King's fell to 5-5.
The teams played on even terms throughout the first half but the Monarchs paid for a mental error. With King's in possession and coach J.P. Andrejko calling for one shot, senior point-guard Jamie Cousart rushed a three-pointer with 0:15 left in the half. York would rebound the missed shot and Jeremy Keefer banked in a three-pointer with 0:01 on the clock to give the Spartans a 43-42 halftime lead.
In the second stanza King's opened with a 9-3 surge to take a 51-46 lead on back-to-back baskets by John Soboleski. After four lead changes and three ties, York would take the lead for good when McGowan scored down low to give the Spartans a 63-61 lead with 8:38 on the clock. The bucket would ignite a 11-4 York surge as the Spartan lead grew to 72-65 on a three-pointer from Nick Brady with 3:19 remaining.
King's would fight back and use five straight points from Ryan Nenstiel to cut the lead to 74-73 with 0:37 left. Nate Lankford would give York a 75-73 lead when he made the first of two foul shots, but McGowan registered an important offensive rebound for the Spartans and was fouled with 0:08 on the clock. McGowan made one-of-two foul shots to push the score to 76-73 to give the Monarchs one last chance.
Cousart would take a three-pointer with 0:03 remaining but the ball bounded off the rim and into the arms of McGowan as time expired.
King's shot a solid 47.3 (26-55_ percent from the floor but hurt itself by shooting just 50 (14-28) percent from the foul line. York made 50.0 (27-54) percent of its shots from the field while converting 70.0 (14-20) percent from the charity stripe.
Soboleski led King's with 21 points on 9-of-11 shooting while hauling in 11 rebounds, four assists, and four blocks. Vince Scalzo contributed 19 points while Cousart added 12 points and three assists. Nenstiel and Kevin Conroy chipped in with seven points each.
McGowan led all scorers with 23 points on 8-of-13 shooting while Levi Winters and Lankford followed with 13 and 11 points respectively.
YORK (PA.) 76, KING'S COLLEGE 73
YORK (PA.) (5-4)
Chad McGowan 8-13 6-10 23; Levi Winters 5-9 1-1 13; Nate Lankford 4-10 3-6
11; Jeremy Keefer 2-2 2-2 7; Pat Kelley 3-5 0-0 7; Nick Brady 2-10 0-0 5; Matty Foley 1-2 2-2 4; Mike Riley 1-1 0-0 3; Dylan Hoffman 1-2 0-0 3; Chris Folland 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-54 14-21 76.
KING'S COLLEGE (5-4)
John Soboleski 9-11 3-10 21; Vince Scalzo 7-10 2-4 19; Jamie Cousart 4-10 3-3 12; Ryan Nenstiel 3-8 0-0 7; Kevin Conroy 1-5 5-7 7; Kofi Dwebeng 2-4 0-0 6; Jim Welsh 0-4 1-2 1; Jim Schule 0-1 0-0 0; Mike Wagner 0-1 0-0 0; Chris Hacker 0-1 0-2 0; Adam Brasky 0-0 0-0 0.
Totals 26-55 14-28 73.
York (Pa.)...................... 43 33 - 76
King's College................ 42 31 - 73
3-point goals--York (Pa.) 8-18 (Levi Winters 2-4; Dylan Hoffman 1-1; Mike Riley 1-1; Nick Brady 1-6; Pat Kelley 1-1; Jeremy Keefer 1-1; Chad McGowan 1-2; Matty Foley 0-1; Nate Lankford 0-1), King's College 7-22 (Vince Scalzo 3-5; Kofi Dwebeng 2-3; Jamie Cousart 1-4; Ryan Nenstiel 1-5; Mike Wagner 0-1; Jim Welsh 0-4). Fouled out--York (Pa.)-Pat Kelley, King's College-None. Rebounds--York (Pa.) 38 (Chad McGowan 8), King's College 30 (John Soboleski 11). Assists--York (Pa.) 15 (Nate Lankford 4), King's College 15 (John Soboleski 4). Total fouls--York (Pa.) 17, King's College 20. Technical fouls--York (Pa.)-None, King's College-None.
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