NOVEMBER 29, 2006
KING'S MEN RALLY PAST SCRANTON 75-69 BEHIND 18 POINTS
FROM KOFI DWEBENG
WILKES-BARRE -- Junior guard Kofi Dwebeng scored
13 of his 18 points in the second half, including two critical
three-pointers as the King's College men's basketball team rallied for a
75-69 victory over defending Freedom Conference champion University of
Scranton in the league opener for both teams.
King's improved to 3-2 overall while Scranton fell to 1-2.
With King's trailing 59-56, Dwebeng canned a three-pointer form the
right wing to knot he score at 59-59 with 6:25 remaining. Scranton would
eventually take a 63-61 lead on a bucket by Randy Arnold with 5:05 on
the clock, but Dwebeng answered with another big trey to give the
Monarchs a 64-63 lead with 3:57 left.
After the traded misses, Dwebeng converted a short jumper with 2:54 left
as King's built a 66-63 lead. After Paul Biagioli scored for Scranton,
the Monarchs answered with a jumper from Bob Nenstiel as King's held a
68-65 lead with 2:07 left. Jamie Cousart then made the first of
two foul shots for King's, but after missing the second, Monarch
teammate Vince Sobocinski hauled in a big offensive rebound and was
fouled on the play.
Sobocinski would connect on both ends of the one-and-one as King's lead
grew to 71-65 0:55 on the clock. After a Scranton miss, Sobocinski
followed with a lay-up to push the score to 73-65 with 0:22 left. After
a Scranton miss, Bob Nenstiel was fouled and made the first of two
charity tosses as the Monarchs held a 74-65 advantage with 0:17 left.
Scranton would convert a pair of uncontested lay-ups in the final
moments to round out the scoring.
Dwebeng was 7-of-11 from the field and 3-of-5 from three-point range
while also distributing five assists. Cousart added a
double-double, totaling 13 points and 10 rebounds, three assists and
four steals. Nenstiel netted 12 points while Sobocinski and Jim
Welsh added nine points each. John Soboleski chipped in with eight
points and seven boards.
Scranton was led by 6-8 forward Paul Hawk who was outstanding with a
23-point effort on 9-of-13 shooting and 5-og-8 from three-point range.
Arnold tallied 15 points while Ryan Fitzpatrick added 11.
KIng's shot 55.3 (26-47) percent from the field while Scranton made 46.6
(27-58) percent of its shots, including 11-of-25 from three-point range.
King's returns to action Saturday when the Monarchs travel to face
DeSales University at 3:00 p.m. in another Freedom Conference pairing.
Schedule Note: King's home game against
Baptist Bible College on December 7 has been changed to 7:00 p.m. The
game was originally listed as an 8:00 p.m. start.
