FEBRUARY 5, 2005
BOB ZIADIE
YEASTED NETS CAREER-HIGH 32 AS KING'S WOMEN HALF
DESALES 12-GAME HOME WIN STREAK.
WILKES-BARRE -- Senior center Kristin Yeasted
scored a career-high 32 points to lead the 12th ranked King's College
women's basketball team to a crucial 73-58 victory over host DeSales
University Saturday in Center Valley.
With the win, King's improved to 18-2 overall and maintained its lock on
second-place in the Freedom Conference with a 9-1 mark. DeSales,
ranked 21st nationally, falls to 16-5 and 7-3 in conference play.
King's would open the game strong, building a 20-9 advantage with 10:24
left in the half on the strength of eight points by Yeasted. DeSales
would battle back with a 18-7 run and knotted the score at 27-27 on a
bucket by Holly Leibl with 3:56 remaining. The Lady Monarchs then
answered when Andrea Hochstuhl scored with 2:32 remaining, then hit one of
two foul shots with 1:12 on the clock as King's took a 30-27 lead into the
halftime break.
In the second half, King's would slow pull away when a three-pointer by
Vienna Spitler ignited a 9-2 spurt with seven consecutive points on a
three-pointer, a layup, and two subsequent foul shots. Yeasted followed
with a pair of foul shots to give King's a 47-37 lead with 13:22
remaining.
After DeSales cut the lead to 47-38 on a basket by Maria Viercinski,
King's responded with 10-0 run, capped by a three-pointer from Ashley
Whitehead to give the Lady Monarchs its biggest lead of the game at 57-39
with 10:42 left.
DeSales would attempt to rally with a 11-2 spurt and closed to within
59-50 on a three-pointer from Jen Netwall with 6:47 left but a three-point
play from Yeasted and a bucket by Beth Jordan extended the lead to 64-51
with 4:18 left. DeSales would draw no closer than 11 points for the
remainder of the contest.
Yeasted bested her previous career best of 25 points by connecting on
11-of-17 shots from the field and 10-of-13 from the foul line.
Jordan added 12 points with team-highs of eight rebounds and seven
assists while Spitler added nine points, six assists, and five
boards.
Alyssa Antolick led DeSales with 19 points on 6-of-15 shooting with four
rebounds and two assists, Leibl followed with 13 points and eight
boards.
King's will host Montclair State University in
non-conference action Monday at 7:00 p.m. in Scandlon Gym
