JANUARY 5, 2007
KING'S EDGES MISERICORDIA IN WILKES-BARRE CHALLENGEWILKES-BARRE -- Jamie Cousart scored 17 points and the King's College men's basketball team outscored Misericordia University 8-4 over the final 4:32 of the game to post a hard-fought 54-50 victory on the opening day of the Wilkes-Barre Challenge in Scandlon Gymnasium.
With the win, King's improved to 6-5 on the year while Misericordia fell to 7-4.
King's raced out of the gates early, building a 20-5 lead with 11:32 remaining in the half on the strength of eight points from Kofi Dwebeng and six more from Vince Scalzo.
But King's shooting would go cold and scored just seven points the rest of the half. Misericordia chipped away and closed to within 27-26 at the break when thanks to a pair of three-pointers by Ryan Roa and a Vinny Baumunk three-pointer at the buzzer.
In the second stanza, the Cougars would take their first lead of the game at 34-33 on a bucket by Baumunk with 15:30 remaining.
The teams would trade lead seven times and played to a tie score on four other occasions. With the game tied a 46-46 with 6:05 left, the Cougars would use a pair of foul shots by Baumunk to take a 48-46 advantage with 4:54 on the clock. King's would tie the score at 48-48 on a lay-up by John Soboleski at 4:32.
After a Cougar miss, Jamie Cousart score back-to-back buckets to give the Monarchs a 52-48 lead with 2:19 remaining. Baumunk would bring Misericordia to within 52-50 with a basket with 1:26 left. But King's countered when Cousart canned a pair of foul shotwwith 0:18 left to give the Monarchs a 54-50 lead.
Matt Hornak would miss a three-pointer for the Cougars with 0:04 on the clock and Chris Hacker rebounded for King's to seal the victory.
Cousart, who scored 13 of his 17 points in the second half, was 6-of-13 from the field and added six rebounds, two assists, and two steals. John Soboleski follwed with 13 points and six rebounds while Dwebeng added 11 points and four boards. Scalzo chipped in with nine points and four assists.
Baumunk led the Cougars with 15 points and 10 rebounds while Roa added 14 points and four assists. Hornak contributed seven points and four rebounds while Andy Smith tallied six points.
KING'S COLLEGE 54, MISERICORDIA 50
MISERICORDIA (7-3)
Vinny Baumunk 6-11 2-2 15; Ryan Roa 5-12 0-0 14; Matt Hornak 3-8 0-0 7; Andy Smith 2-4 2-2 6; Mark Williams 2-2 0-0 4; Dom Del Prete 1-4 0-0 2; Marcus Little 1-6 0-0 2; Robbie Johnson 0-3 0-0 0; Marqus Hunter 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 20-54 4-4 50.
KING'S COLLEGE (6-5)
Jamie Cousart 6-13 5-7 17; John Soboleski 5-7 3-6 13; Kofi Dwebeng 4-8 0-0 11; Vince Scalzo 3-7 1-2 9; Kevin Conroy 1-3 0-0 2; Mike Wagner 1-3 0-0 2; Ryan Nenstiel 0-3 0-0 0; Jim Schule 0-0 0-0 0; Chris Hacker 0-2 0-1 0; Adam Brasky 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 20-47 9-16 54.
Misericordia................... 26 24 - 50
King's College................ 27 27 - 54
3-point goals--Misericordia 6-16 (Ryan Roa 4-8; Matt Hornak 1-3; Vinny
Baumunk 1-2; Dom Del Prete 0-1; Marcus Little 0-1; Marqus Hunter 0-1), King's College 5-19 (Kofi Dwebeng 3-7; Vince Scalzo 2-4; Mike Wagner 0-2; Ryan Nenstiel 0-3; Chris Hacker 0-1; Adam Brasky 0-1; Jamie Cousart 0-1). Fouled out--Misericordia-None, King's College-None. Rebounds--Misericordia 36 (Vinny Baumunk 10), King's College 30 (John Soboleski 6; Jamie Cousart 6). Assists--Misericordia 11 (Ryan Roa 4), King's College 14 (Vince Scalzo 4). Total fouls--Misericordia 17, King's College 10. Technical fouls--Misericordia-None, King's College-None. A-225
Sunday Schedule
Wilkes vs. Misericordia, 1:00 p.m.
King's vs. Tufts, 3:00 p.m.
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