FEBRUARY 2, 2002
BOB ZIADIE
WOZNIAK CAREER-HIGH 25 POINTS LEAD LADY MONARCHS TO FIRST-EVER SEASON
SWEEP OVER SCRANTON
WILKES-BARRE Junior Forward Jen Wozniak came off the bench to score a
career-high 25 points and junior guard Nikki Kingston added 20 to lead the
King's College women's basketball team to a 77-65 victory over the
University of Scranton in a crucial MAC Freedom Conference matchup in
Scandlon Gymnasium.
With the win, King's improved to 19-1 overall and assumed sole possession
of first place in MAC Freedom play with a 9-1 mark. The victory also
marked the Lady Monarchs' first-ever regular season sweep over Scranton.
The Lady Royals, meanwhile, saw their six-game win streak come to an
end while falling to 17-4 and 8-2 in league competition. Scranton's last
loss was a 62-51 defeat at the hands of King's January 12.
The first half saw eight lead changes and four ties before Wozniak keyed a
16-7 run with eight of her 10 first half points as King's built a 35-24
lead with 0:59 left in the half.
Scranton would answer early in the second half with a 13-7 run when
AnneMarie Russo's bucket brought the Lady Royals to within 42-40 at the
16:09 mark. King's would withstand the charge and countered with a
three-pointer and bucket by Jennie Orelli and another three-pointer by
Kingston to take a 50-43 lead 14:05 remaining.
Scranton would claw back to within 57-53 with 8:01 left on a basket by
Tara Gemmell, but the Lady Monarchs would again answer with a 9-2 spurt as
Wozniak scored six points and Tiffini Varrasse chipped in with three more
to push the King's advantage to 68-57 with 3:41 remaining. After
Scranton came to within 72-63 on a Russo basket with 1:44 left, King's
closed out the game with an 8-2 run thanks to a basket and two fouls shots
by Kingston.
The Lady Monarchs shot 52.8 (28-53) percent from the field and made
17-of-24 shots from the foul line. Scranton also shot well at a 45.3
(29-64) clip but struggled from three-point (3-15) range.
Wozniak added a team-high 10 rebounds to secure a double-double while
Varrasse dished out nine assists to go along with her eight points and
four steals.
Russo was outstanding for
Scranton with 24 points on 12-of-14 shooting with 11 rebounds while Eileen
Webster chipped in with 10 points and seven rebounds.
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