FEBRUARY 7, 2005
BOB ZIADIE
KING'S WOMEN'S SHUTS DOWN MONTCLAIR, 60-43
WILKES-BARRE -- The King's College women's
basketball team held visiting Montclair State to a season-low 43 points as
the 12-ranked Lady Monarchs posted a 60-43 victory Monday in Scandlon
Gymnasium,
With the win, King's improved to 19-2 on the year,
while Montclair slipped to 12-9 as its three-game win streak came to an
end.
Beth Jordan netted a pair of early baskets as King's built an 8-0 lead and
would hold the Red Hawks without a point until Jessica Garrabrant
hit a short jumper with 13:12 left in the half.
Montclair would close to within 10-9 on back-to-back baskets by Ferin
Catlett and Stephanie Machin with 9:04 left. King's, however, would
close out the half with a 17-4 run, capped by consecutive three-pointers
from Ashley Whitehead and Colette Makoweic to take a 27-13 lead into the
locker room.
In the second stanza the Lady Monarchs started with a 7-2 spurt to build a
34-15 lead on a pair of buckets from Yeasted and a three-pointer from
Lauren Bonnani. After Montclair closed to within 36-20 on a Cynthia
Warrington trey, King's used a pair of foul shots from Yeasted and a
jumper from Jordan to take its biggest lead of the game at 40-20 with
14:06 remaining.
Substituting freely, King's would continue to maintain a comfortable lead
as the Red Hawks would draw no closer than14 points when Amanda Mullaney
hit a pair of foul shots with 0:40 left in the contest to bring Montclair
to within 57-43. But Ann Orelli canned a three-pointer with 0:25 left to
bring the game to its final margin of 60-43.
King's, which is ranked 12th nationally in scoring defense (49.9), held
Montclair to its lowest point output of the year. The Red Hawks previous
low was in a 51-44 loss to Rutgers-Newark on January 29. Montclair shot
just 20.8 (5-24) percent from the field in the first half and 32.7 (17-52)
percent for the game. The Lady Monarchs also forced 26 Red Hawk turnovers.
It also marked the seventh time this season King's has held an opponent to
under 50 points
King's, which had 11 players register 10 or more minutes of action, was
led by Jordan with 13 points, nine boards, six assists, and five steals.
Yeasted followed with 10 points and four rebounds. Bonanni and Whitehead
added nine points each while Orelli and Spitler chipped in with
seven and six points respectively.
Montclair was paced by Machin with 10 points and six boards while
Garrabrant followed with nine points and seven rebounds. Warrington added
eight points while Catlett netted six points.
King's will then host Lycoming Wednesday at 6:00 p.m., before entertaining
Drew Saturday at 1:00 p.m.
