FEBRUARY 18, 2006
KING'S WOMEN FALL TO FDU, WILL FACE TOP-SEEDED SCRANTON IN OPENER
MADISON, NJ -- The King's College women's basketball team committed 26
turnovers and shot just 35.6 percent from the field as the Lady Monarchs
dropped a 71-57 decision to FDU-Florham Saturday in Madison, NJ.
With the loss, King's ended its regular-season with a 13-12 record and
an 8-6 Freedom Conference mark. FDU, which swept the season series from
King's, improved to 17-8 and 7-7 in league play. The loss gives King's
the fourth seed in next week's Freedom Conference playoffs while FDU
fell short of qualifying for post-season play.
The Lady Monarchs will travel to face top-seeded University of Scranton,
the second-ranked team nationally in Division III. The Lady Royals
posted a come-from-behind 63-60 win over DeSales to conclude the regular
season at 24-1 and 14-0 in conference games. The game is slated for
Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. in the John Long Center.
Second-seeded Delaware Valley will host third-seeded DeSales in the
other semi-final pairing.
King's trailed 32-28 at the half but the Devils opened the second stanza
with a 10-2 run to build a 42-30 lead with 15:24 remaining and the Lady
Monarchs would never recover. King's would score just eight points over
the first 12:20 of the second half, allowing FDU to build two leads of
18 points, the last coming at 54-36 with 7:40 left.
Beth Jordan was the only king's player to reach double figures with 13
points while adding six assists. Kaitlyn Fiorino followed with nine
points while Jenna Palumbo and Casey Heitman netted eight each. Andrea
Hochstuhl posted a team-high 10 rebounds.
Emily Cerankowski paced the Devils with 14 points while Ashley Flaherty
and Jessie Chalmers followed with 13 and 12 respectively.
