JANUARY 6, 2007
WELSH, COUSART POWER KING'S PAST KEAN, 74-60
(Monarch Prep for Wednesday Showdown With Wilkes)
WILKES-BARRE -- Jim Welsh scored a game-high 20 points while Jamie
Cousart added 18 to lead the host King's College men's basketball team
to a 74-60 victory over Kean University Saturday evening in Scandlon
Gymnasium.
With the win, King's improved to 7-6 while Kean slipped to 9-4.
King's jumped out to a 31-16 half-time lead on the strength of seven
points each from Cousart and Kofi Dwebeng. But Welsh would take
over in the second stanza, netting 15 points over the final 20 minutes
for King's.
John Soboleski aided the Monarch attack with 12
points on 5-of-6 shooting with 13 rebounds, and three blocks. Dwebeng
finished with nine points and three assists. Vince Sobocinski tallied
eight points and two assists.
Cousart also contributed seven rebounds, four assists, and four
steals while Vince Scalzo chipped in with four points, five rebounds,
and four assists.
Kean was led by Bryan Keller with 11 points while Bryan Miller and Lamar
Wright added 10 points each.
King's returns to action Wednesday when the Monarchs host cross-town foe
Wilkes University at 8:00 p.m. in Scandlon Gym.
