NOVEMBER 17, 2006
KING'S OPENS SEASON WITH 67-44 WIN OVER
TCNJ AT SUSQUEHANNA
SELINSGROVE -- Bob Nenstiel scored 17 points and
the King's College defense forced 20 turnovers as the Monarchs opened
the 2006-07 campaign with a 67-44 victory over The College of New Jersey
in the first round of the Pepsi/Weis Tip-Off Tournament Friday at
Susquehanna University.
In the process, KIng's handed head coach J.P. Andrejko his 100th career
coaching win as he begins his sixth season with the Monarchs
King's will play for the championship Saturday at 3:00 p.m. against the
winner of the other first-round pairing between Penn College and host
Susquehanna.
The Monarchs got off to a slow start but still managed to build a 19-7
lead on a three-point play by John Soboleski with7:23 remaining in the
first half. After New Jersey 's Brian Halligan canned a three-pointer,
the Monarchs countered with a 10-2 run. Baskets by Nenstiel and Jamie
Cousart, as well as a three-pointer from Vince Sobocinski, would give
the Monarchs a 29-12 lead with 2:39 remaining in the opening stanza. The
Lions would close to within 29-16 on a pair of foul shots from Jay
Frank, but Nenstiel buried a three-pointer with 0:31 on the clock as
King's took a 32-16 lead into the halftime break.
In the second half, New Jersey would come out and string together a 8-0
spurt to close to within 32-24 on a bucket by Corey Gilmore, but the
Monarchs would push the lead back to double-digits for the remainder of
the contest when consecutive buckets by Soboleski gave King's a 38-25
lead with 15:07 left.
KIng's would eventually build a 20-point lead when a three-pointer from
Nenstiel and a basket by Vince Scalzo gave the Monarchs a 60-40
advantage with 5:54 on the clock. KIng's reserves would enable the
Monarchs post its biggest lead of the game when an offensive rebound and
bucket from Dave King's pushed the score to 64-41 with 1:30 left.
Nenstiel made 7-of 8 shots from the field including 3-of-3 from
three-point range. Soboleski finished with 11 points and seven rebounds
while Kofi Dwebeng contributed with 10 points. Cousart netted eight
points with six rebounds and three assists while Scalzo chipped in with
seven points and three boards.
The College of New Jersey was paced by Halligan with 12 points and seven
rebounds while Jeff Warner and Mark Aziz followed with nine and eight
points respectively.
The championship game can be viewed in Live Stats on the Susquehanna web
site at the following link:
http://www.susqu.edu/sports/teams/MBasketball/results.htm
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