JANUARY 6, 2007
KING'S DOWNS SALISBURY IN LADY MONARCH TOURNEY
FINAL
(Arcadia defeats Keystone in consolation game)
WILKES-BARRE -- Tournament most valuable player
Kaitlyn Fiorino scored a game-high 22 points and Jena Palumbo followed
with 21 to lead the King's College women's basketball team to a 78-56
victory over Salisbury University in the championship game of the
Candlewood Suites/Lady Monarch Classic Saturday in Scandlon Gym.
As they did a night earlier in a semi-final victory over Arcadia, King's
came flying out of the gates, opening up a 18-8 lead. The Lady
Monarchs would stretch the advantage to 29-13 with 8:59 left in the half
on back-to-back three-pointers by Palumbo and Fiorino, and a bucket down
low by Brittany Atzert.
The Lady Monarchs would build its biggest lead of the half with 1:08 on
the clock when a pair of foul shots by Casey Heitman and one-of-two foul
shots by Atzert gave King's a 43-19 lead at the half.
King's continued the onslaught in the second half and built 62-29 lead,
its biggest advantage of the game, on a short jumper from Palumbo with
10:05 on the clock.
Firoino was 8-of-12 from the field, including 4-of-7 from three-point
range and earned MVP honors after tallying 21 points on Friday against
Arcadia. Palumbo was 6-of-16 from the floor and 4-of-10 from long-range
while adding four rebounds and two steals.
Andrea Hochstuhl earned a spot on the all-tournament with her second
straight double-double, posting 14 points and 11 rebounds. Kendra was
solid at point-guard, dishing out nine assists for the second
consecutive night while registering seven rebounds and six points.
Atzert finished with seven points.
Jessica Mills had nine points for Salisbury while Meghan Klug earned a
berth on the all-tournament team with nine points and seven boards.
Marissa Manzo netted seven points.
KING'S COLLEGE 78, SALISBURY 56
SALISBURY (8-3)
Meghan Klug 4-9 1-2 9; Jessica Mills 3-15 2-2 9; Marissa Manzo 3-3 0-0
6;
Rachel Downes 1-2 3-4 5; Meghan Phillips 2-6 0-1 5; Lindsay Martin 2-6
1-1
5; Brianna Simpson 2-6 0-0 4; Kylie Hall 1-4 1-2 3; Victoria Lawson 1-6
1-3
3; Jenna Peters 1-3 0-0 2; Shaniece Roseborough 1-3 0-0 2; Katie
MacFarland
1-4 0-0 2; Catherine Mills 0-8 1-2 1. Totals 22-75 10-17 56.
KING'S COLLEGE (7-5)
Kaitlyn Fiorino 8-12 2-2 22; Jenna Palumbo 6-16 5-6 21; Andrea Hochstuhl
6-14 2-5 14; Brittany Atzert 3-6 1-2 7; Lauren Kendra 2-3 2-4 6; Sarah
Darling 0-1 2-2 2; Jessica Paettie 0-2 2-2 2; Casey Heitman 0-4 2-2 2;
Kaitlyn Malshefski 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 26-60 18-25 78.
Salisbury....................... 19 37 - 56
King's College................ 43 35 - 78
In the consolation game, Arcadia posted a 74-53 win over Keystone. Katie
Lynch earned al all-tournament berth with 17 points and 10 rebounds
while Kim Milligan and Ashley Heakins added 14 and 11 points
respectively.
For Keystone, Kerri Brago netted 10 points while Kerry Fallon netted 10
points with five assists. Jessica Kobesky was named all-tournament after
a 10-point, 10-rebound effort.
ARCADIA 74, KEYSTONE 53
KEYSTONE (2-9)
Brago, Kelli 7-16 3-5 17; Fallon, Kerry 4-15 0-1 10; Kobesky, Jessica
4-10
2-2 10; Bates, Yasmeen 1-2 3-6 5; Wojcik, Carrie 2-2 0-0 4; Dennebaum,
Melissa 1-3 1-2 3; Woodard, Alicia 1-5 0-2 3; Keiper, Shannon 0-1 1-2 1;
Standefer, Lacy 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 20-56 10-20 53.
ARCADIA (3-7)
Katie Lynch 7-9 3-4 17; Kim Milligan 6-17 0-0 14; Ashley Heakins 3-8 5-8
11;
Beth Murray 2-8 4-4 9; Shannon Bustin 3-8 0-0 8; Caitlin Sparks 3-7 1-3
7;
Stephanie Bates 2-7 1-2 6; Nicole Werner 1-2 0-0 2; Kelli Burns 0-2 0-0
0.
Totals 27-68 14-21 74.
Keystone...................... 29 24 - 53
Arcadia......................... 36 38 - 74
All-Tournament Team
Jessiva Kobesky - Keystone
Katie Lynch - Arcadia
Andrea Hochstuhl - King's
Meghan Klug - Salisbury
Jenna Palumbo - King's
Most Valuable Player
Kaitlyn Fiorino - King's
John J. Dorish Sportsmanship Award
Casey Heitman - King's
