KING'S MEN UPSET BY DEL-VALLEY, 66-63
DOYLESTOWN (PA) – Sophomore guard
Jason Seipt came off the bench to score 18 points as Delaware Valley
College knocked visiting King’s College out of first place in the
Freedom Conference with a 66-63 upset on Saturday.
The win snapped a nine-game losing
streak for the Aggies as they improved to 4-15 overall and 2-6 in
conference play. Meanwhile, the Monarchs saw their six-game winning
streak come to an end as they fell to 12-7 and 6-2. King's dropped
one game behind The University of Scranton, a 65-51 winner over Drew
University on Saturday, in the Freedom standings with six conference
games to go.
Seipt just missed matching his career
high of 19 points set earlier in the season against Lebanon Valley
College. He played 28 minutes and was 6-for-9 from the field,
including a 4-for-6 effort from 3-point land. The 5-foot-6 Seipt
also grabbed seven rebounds and dished three assists in the game.
Seipt scored five points in an 11-2
Delaware Valley run that broke a 52-52 tie. However King’s came back
with a 6-2 spurt, capped by John Soboleski’s layup, to make it a
64-60 ballgame with 1:40 remaining.
The Aggies’ Josh Taylor hit one of
two free throws with 1:15 to go, but Jamie Cousart was 2-for-2 from
the line at the other end for a 65-62 Delaware Valley advantage with
1:11 remaining. The Aggies then missed the front end of a pair of
one-and-one-1 opportunities at the foul line and King’s Vince Scalzo
was hit on the rebound of the second miss with 24.5 seconds to go.
Scalzo hit the first free throw and missed the second, but the
rebound went off an Aggie player and out of bounds, giving
possession back to King’s with 21.6 ticks left.
On King’s possession, Cousart drove
to just inside the foul line and pulled up for a jumper with five
seconds to go. However, it was short of the rim and the Aggies were
awarded possession out of bounds with 1.7 seconds remaining. Seipt
was fouled with 1.1 to go and hit the second of two free throws for
a 66-63 Delaware Valley lead. Cousart took a long pass just inside
the halfcourt line, but his desperation try fell short and the
Aggies had the upset.
Delaware Valley shot 52.9 percent
from the field in the first half as it raced out to a 44-35
advantage. Seipt scored of 11 of his points in those 20 minutes,
include a trio of 3-pointers. King’s battled back and scored 17 of
the first 25 points in the second stanza, including seven by Vince
Sobocinski, to tie the game at 52-52 with 12:34 to go. However, the
Aggies regained the lead a minute later and never relinquished it
again.
Isaiah Pinckney added 12 points and
five assists for Delaware Valley while Eric Lawton, Josh Taylor and
Ryan Thomas notched nine points apiece. Taylor tied Seipt for
team-high honors in rebounds with seven.
Scalzo finished
with 15 points, seven rebounds and seven assists for the Monarchs.
Kofi Dwebeng also hit double digits with 12 points while Cousart and
Sobocinski each added nine.
The Monarchs will travel to Scranton to face the top-ranked Royals
Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. in the John Long Center.
DELAWARE VALLEY 66, KING'S COLLEGE 63
KING'S COLLEGE (12-7,6-2 Freedom)
Vince Scalzo 7-11 1-5 15; Kofi Dwebeng 5-7 0-0 12; Vince Sobocinski
3-5 2-2
9; Jamie Cousart 3-10 2-4 9; John Soboleski 3-4 0-2 6; Bob Nenstiel
2-5 0-0
5; Ryan Nenstiel 2-4 0-0 5; Jim Welsh 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 26-50 5-13
63.
DELAWARE VALLEY (4-15,2-6 Freedom)
Jason Seipt 6-9 2-5 18; Isaiah Pinckney 5-15 0-0 12; Eric Lawton
4-10 0-0 9;
Josh Taylor 4-8 1-4 9; Ryan Thomas 4-6 0-0 9; Bill Gelsomini 3-5 0-1
7;
Brian Hilinski 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 27-57 3-10 66.
King's College.................. 35 28 - 63
Delaware Valley............... 44 22 - 66
3-point goals-King's College 6-20 (Kofi Dwebeng 2-4; Jamie Cousart
1-5; Ryan
Nenstiel 1-2; Bob Nenstiel 1-3; Vince Sobocinski 1-2; Jim Welsh 0-3;
Vince
Scalzo 0-1), Delaware Valley 9-23 (Jason Seipt 4-6; Isaiah Pinckney
2-8;
Ryan Thomas 1-1; Bill Gelsomini 1-2; Eric Lawton 1-6). Fouled
out--King's
College-None, Delaware Valley-None. Rebounds-King's College 31 (John
Soboleski 8), Delaware Valley 32 (Josh Taylor 7; Jason Seipt 7).
Assists-King's College 16 (Vince Scalzo 7), Delaware Valley 16
(Isaiah
Pinckney 5). Total fouls-King's College 13, Delaware Valley 10.
A-800
