JANUARY 10, 2007
MONARCH MEN POST IMPORTANT 76-55 CONFERENCE WIN
OVER WILKES UNIVERSITY
WILKES-BARRE -- The King's College men's
basketball team used a balanced attack with four double-figure scorers
as the host Monarchs earned a 76-55 win over cross-town rival Wilkes
University Wednesday in Scandlon Gym.
With the win, King's improved to 8-6 overall and 2-1 in Freedom
Conference play. Wilkes, meanwhile fell to 9-3 and 1-3 while
seeing their six-game winning streak come to an end.
Both teams would struggle offensive in the first half, but King's would
build a 19-6 lead when Jim Welsh and Ryan Nenstiel made back-to-back
three-pointers, followed by a pair of foul shots from Vince Scalzo with
7:49 remaining the opening stanza. Wilkes would cut the lead to 21-17
with 4:50 on the clock when Matt Gould and Jeremy Kable made consecutive
three-pointers.
The Monarchs would counter with a 9-2 surge, capped by a bucket down low
from Bob Nenstiel to take a 30-19 lead with 3:18 remaining. Wilkes
closed to within 37-29 on a Gould three-pointer with 0:54 left, but Kofi
Dwebeng gave the Monarchs a 39-29 halftime lead with a key buck at the
buzzer.
In the second half, Wilkes would cut the deficit ti e49-41 on a
three-pointer by Anthony Gabriel, but the Colonels would come no closer
as King's steadily extended the lead over the remainder of the contest.
Jim Welsh led a number of contributors with 16 points, going 4-fofr-4
from three-point range. Scalzo followed with 15 points, four rebounds,
and three assists. John Soboleski was outstanding for the
Monarchs, tallying 14 points and 13 rebounds with four blocked shots.
Jamie Cousart netted 10 points with 11 boards while Bob Nenstiel chipped
in with nine points and four boards.
Gould led Wilkes with 17 points while Gabriel added 15. Wilkes leading
scorer Tom Kresge was scored just seven points on 2-of-12 shooting but
pulled down a team-high nine rebounds.
King's outrebounded Wilkes 46-34. The Colonels made just 29.0 (18-62_
percent of their shots from the floor and only 12-of-22 from the foul
line. King's converted 46.3 (25-54) percent from the field and
18-of-21 from the charity stripe.
Kingšs will host Delaware Valley Saturday at 3:00
p.m. in Scandlon Gym.
KING'S COLLEGE 76, WILKES UNIVERSITY 55
WILKES UNIVERSITY (9-3/1-2 Freedom)
Matt Gould 5-12 4-4 17; Anthony Gabriel 5-8 2-7 15; Tom Kresge 2-12 3-6
7;
Jeremy Kable 1-10 2-2 5; Dan Adams 2-6 0-0 4; John Kelly 1-3 1-2 3;
Steve
Kline 1-8 0-1 2; John DeFeo 1-1 0-0 2; Chris Gulla 0-2 0-0 0. Totals
18-62
12-22 55.
KING'S COLLEGE (8-6/2-1 Freedom)
Jim Welsh 5-6 2-2 16; Vince Scalzo 4-11 5-5 15; John Soboleski 4-6 6-7
14;
Jamie Cousart 4-12 2-4 10; Bob Nenstiel 3-7 3-3 9; Kofi Dwebeng 2-5 0-0
5;
Vince Sobocinski 2-3 0-0 4; Ryan Nenstiel 1-4 0-0 3. Totals 25-54 18-21
76.
Wilkes University............. 29 26 - 55
King's College.................. 39 37 - 76
3-point goals-Wilkes University 7-28 (Matt Gould 3-7; Anthony Gabriel
3-5;
Jeremy Kable 1-8; John Kelly 0-2; Steve Kline 0-2; Chris Gulla 0-1; Tom
Kresge 0-3), King's College 8-17 (Jim Welsh 4-4; Vince Scalzo 2-4; Kofi
Dwebeng 1-2; Ryan Nenstiel 1-3; Vince Sobocinski 0-1; Bob Nenstiel 0-2;
Jamie Cousart 0-1). Fouled out--Wilkes University-None, King's
College-None.
Rebounds-Wilkes University 34 (Tom Kresge 9), King's College 46 (John
Soboleski 13). Assists-Wilkes University 11 (Matt Gould 4), King's
College
15 (Jamie Cousart 4). Total fouls-Wilkes University 18, King's College
21.
A-1500
