JANUARY 13, 2007
LADY MONARCH DEFEAT DELAWARE
VALLEY
WILKES-BARRE -- Junior center Andrea Hochstuhl
scored 21 points and pulled down 14 rebounds to power the King's College
women's basketball team to its fifth straight victory as the Lady
Monarch earned a 75-57 victory over Delaware Valley College.
With the win, King's improved to 10-5 overall and 2-2 in Freedom
Conference play. Delaware Valley slipped to 6-7 and 2-2 in league
games.
Both teams struggled for the first portion of the second half as the
gamed was tied 14-14 with 6:43 left on the clock. Things would begin to
heat up however as both teams scored 10 points each over the next 3:37
to remain deadlocked at 24-24 with 3:06 on the clock.
King's, however, would begin a decisive surge when Hochstuhl was fouled
down low and hit a pair of foul shots and Jenna Palumbo and Kaitlyn
Fiorino canned back-to-back three-pointers to give King's a 32-27
advantage with 1:40 left. Fiorino and Palumbo would then score one
more basket each as King's closed out the half with a 12-3 run to take a
36-27 lead into the break.
In the second half, the Lady Monarchs used a quick 9-9 spurt to build a
45-32 lead when Fiorino converted a pair of charity tossed with 15:02
left in the contest. The Aggies would later cut the lead to 49-42
on a Moira Donoghue basket with 10:11 remaining, but a Hochstuhl basket,
and a three-pointer from Palumbo stretched the lead back to 54-42 with
9:39 left. The Aggies would draw no closer than 11 points the rest
of the way.
Hochstuhl was 7-of-13 from the field while six of her 14 boards came on
the offensive end. She also distributed three assists.
Fiorinio netted 18 points while Palumbo followed with 14 points and four
three-pointers, moving into second place in King's single-season history
with 55 treys on the year. She needs four to surpass the Lady
Monarch record of 58 set in 2003-04 by Jennie Orelli.
Sarah Darling enjoyed a solid game with eight points and eight rebounds
while Lauren Kendra chipped in with four points, seven rebounds, three
assists, and four steals.
Shannon O'Neill led the Aggies with 15 points while Dena Santoro
and Rachel Joyce chipped in with 15 and 12 points respectively.
King's returns to action Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. in Williamsport against
Lycoming College.
KING'S COLLEGE 75, DELAWARE VALLEY 57
DELAWARE VALLEY (6-7, 2-2 Freedom)
Shannon O'Neill 6-12 0-0 15; Dena Santoro 4-8 2-4 12; Rachel Joyce 2-10
6-8
10; Moira Donohue 3-14 0-0 7; Brooke Dittmar 3-5 0-0 6; Stephanie Fanto
2-5
0-0 4; Kim Vennera 1-4 1-2 3. Totals 21-58 9-14 57.
KING'S COLLEGE (10-5, 2-2 Freedom)
Andrea Hochstuhl 7-13 6-8 21; Kaitlyn Fiorino 6-16 4-5 18; Jenna Palumbo
5-13 0-0 14; Sarah Darling 4-9 0-0 8; Lauren Kendra 2-6 0-0 4; Jessica
Paettie 1-2 0-0 3; Casey Heitman 1-8 0-0 3; Brittany Atzert 1-2 0-0 2;
Julie
Bidwell 0-1 0-0 0; Kaitlyn Malshefski 0-6 0-0 0. Totals 27-76 12-15 75.
Delaware Valley............... 27 30 - 57
King's College.................. 36 39 - 75
3-point goals-Delaware Valley 6-19 (Shannon O'Neill 3-6; Dena Santoro
2-4;
Moira Donohue 1-5; Stephanie Fanto 0-2; Kim Vennera 0-2), King's College
9-28 (Jenna Palumbo 4-11; Kaitlyn Fiorino 2-9; Andrea Hochstuhl 1-2;
Jessica
Paettie 1-2; Casey Heitman 1-4). Fouled out--Delaware Valley-Shannon
O'Neill, King's College-None. Rebounds-Delaware Valley 39 (Rachel Joyce
9),
King's College 51 (Andrea Hochstuhl 14). Assists-Delaware Valley 10
(Moira
Donohue 3), King's College 14 (Casey Heitman 3; Lauren Kendra 3; Andrea
Hochstuhl 3; Kaitlyn Fiorino 3). Total fouls-Delaware Valley 18, King's
College 14.
