JANUARY 9, 2005
KING'S MEN FACE THE APPRENTICE SCHOOL
WILKES-BARRE -- Brian Horgan scored a game-high
24 points to lead four double-figure scorers as the King's College men's
basketball team posted a hard-fought 67-62 victory over The Apprentice School in the second day of the
Wilkes-Barre Challenge Sunday in Scandlon Gymnasium.
With the win, King's improved to 11-2 while The Apprentice School fell to
3-11.
The teams battled on virtually even terms in the first half as the
Monarchs took a 27-26 lead into the locker room, keyed by eight points
from Horgan and six from Vince Scalzo.
In the second stanza, King's would start off with a 25-11 run to build a
52-37 lead with 11:47 remaining thanks to 11 points from Horgan, five
points from Scalzo and three-pointers from Landon Gabriel and Jamie
Cousart.
The Builders would answer with a 18-7 run and cut the lead to 59-54 with
2:17 left on a bucket from Charles Holiday.
Scalzo then came up big with an offensive rebound when Horgan missed the
front end of a one-and-one and drew a foul. The Monarchs rookie
canned both charity tosses to give King's a 61-55 advantage 0:49 left.
The Builders would elect to foul and Gabriel made four straight free
throws whille O'Hora added two more to seal the victory
