JANUARY 10, 2007
LADY MONARCHS DEFEAT WILKES 61-39 FOR 19TH CONSECUTIVE VICTORY OVER
LADY COLONELS
WILKES-BARRE -- Andrea Hochstuhl netted 19 points
and Jenna Palumbo added 15 to lead the King's College women's basketball
team to a 61-39 victory over Wilkes University Wednesday in Scandlon
Gymnasium.
With the win, King's won its fourth straight game, improving to 9-5
overall and 1-2 in Freedom Conference play. Lady Monarchs also
earned its 19th consecutive victory over Wilkes dating back to the the
199697 season. Wilkes, meanwhile, slipped to 5-8 and 1-2.
King's would take control early when the Lady Monarchs built a
24-6 lead. Palumbo continued her torrid outside shooting, scoring
all 15 over her points in the first half, making 5-of-7 from three-point
range. The Lady Monarchs continued to control play and took its biggest
lead of the half at 35-13 on a Palumbo trey with 0:27 on the clock.
The second half would display more of the same as the Lady Monarchs
built a 27-point lead when Hochstuhl scored down low to give King's a
42-15 advantage with 17:11 left in the contest. King's biggest
lead of the game would come with 3:14 left when Krystina Durako made
one-of-two foul shots to push the score to 60-31.
Casey Heitman and Brittany Atzert added eight points for King's while
Kaitlyn Malshefski chipped in with five points.
Wilkes was led by Randi Corbo with 11 points while Kelly Patchell added
six.
Kingšs will return to action Saturday with a 1:00
p.m. home contest with Delaware Valley College in Scandlon Gymnasium.
KING'S 61, WILKES 39
WILKES (5-8/1-2 Freedom)
Randi Corbo 2-9 5-8 11; Kelly Patchell 3-6 0-0 6; Lacey Andresen 1-9 1-2
4; Katie Cappelloni 2-5 0-0 4; Karyn Perestam 2-6 0-0 4; Emilee Strubeck
1-3 0-0 3; Ashley Makarczyk 1-2 0-0 3; Khadija Bates 0-2 2-6 2; Nicole
Quick 0-2 2-2 2; Chelsey Gosse 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 12-45 10-18 39.
KINGS (9-5/1-2 Freedom)
Andrea Hochstuhl 7-18 5-6 19; Jenna Palumbo 5-12 0-0 15; Brittany Atzert
3-7 2-2 8; Casey Heitman 2-5 4-4 8; Kaitlyn Malshefski 1-4 3-4 5;
Krystina Durako 0-1 2-6 2; Kaitlyn Fiorino 1-5 0-0 2; Sarah Darling 0-1
2-2 2; Julie Bidwell 0-1 0-0 0; Jessica Paettie 0-7 0-0 0; Lauren Kendra
0-6 0-0 0.
Totals 19-67 18-24 61.
WILKES........................ 13 26 - 39
KINGS........................... 35 26 - 61
3-point goals-WIL 5-17 (Randi Corbo 2-5; Ashley Makarczyk 1-2; Emilee
Strubeck 1-2; Lacey Andresen 1-6; Katie Cappelloni 0-2), KINGSW 5-19
(Jenna Palumbo 5-11; Kaitlyn Fiorino 0-3; Jessica Paettie 0-4; Andrea
Hochstuhl 0-1). Fouled out--WIL-Katie Cappelloni, KINGSW-None. Rebounds-WIL
46 (Khadija Bates 8), KINGSW 42 (Lauren Kendra 8). Assists-WIL 7 (Randi
Corbo 3), KINGSW 13 (Lauren Kendra 4). Total fouls-WIL 20, KINGSW 17.
A-225
