JANUARY 20, 2007
KING'S WOMEN WIN SEVENTH STRAIGHT WITH 78-61 WIN AT
FDU, PALUMBO BREAKS THREE-POINT RECORD
MADISON, NJ -- Junior guard Jenna Palumbo
broke the single-season three-point record and the King's College
women's basketball team posted its seventh consecutive victory as the
Lady Monarchs defeated host FDU-Florham 78-61 in an important Freedom
Conference matchup Saturday in Madison, NJ.
With the win, King's improved to 12-5 on the year while moving to 4-2 in
Freedom Conference play. FDU slipped to 6-9 and 2-4 in league action.
The first half was closely played as King's held a 18-16 lead with 7:57
remaining in the opening stanza. The Lady Monarchs, however would use a
11-4 run thanks to seven points from Jenna Palumbo and four more from
Andrea Hochstuhl to build a 29-20 lead with 4:32 on the clock. The
Devils would respond with a 12-1 surge to close to within 32-30
after a steal and lay-up by Katie Daly with 1:06 left. But Jessica
Paettie would bury a three-pointer at 0:04 to give King's a 35-30
halftime lead.
In the second stanza, King's would build a 42-34 lead on a three-pointer
from Hochstuhl but the Devils cut the margin to 42-38 on a bucket but
Danielle Michlovsky at 15:12. King's answered with a short jumper
from Hochstuhl and two foul shots by Palumbo to take a 46-38 lead with
14:22 left in the contest.
The Lady Monarchs would maintain a comfortable advantage until the
Devils cut the lead to 60-55 on a lay-up by Emily Cerankowski with 5:14
remaining. But Casey Heitman enabled King's to close the door with
eight points during a 12-0 Lady Monarch run to push the score to 72-55
with 2:11 left.
Junior guard Kaitlyn Fiorino led King's with 20
points on 7-of-13 from the field while dishing out five assists.
Hochstuhl, a 6-foot junior center, posted her second dominant
performance of the week with 17 points and 16 rebounds, following a
19-point, 17-rebound effort against Lycoming on Wednesday.
Palumbo, meanwhile, tallied 15 points while breaking King's
single-season record of 58 three-pointers set by Jennie Orelli in 2004.
Palumbo drained three long-range shots to total 60 on the season. She
entered the game ranked second nationally in Division III with 3.7
three-pointers per-game
Lauren Kendra was also outstanding for King's as the 5-7 junior point
guard pulled down 11 rebounds while distributing a
career-high nine assists for the third time this season. The Lady
Monarchs also out-rebounded FDU 53-41 in the contest.
Cerankowski led the Devils with 16 points while Daly added nine points
and 10 boards.
KINGS 78, FDU-FLORHAM 61
KINGS (12-5, 4-2)
Kaitlyn Fiorino 7-13 4-6 20; Andrea Hochstuhl 6-14 4-4 17; Jenna Palumbo
5-13 2-2 15; Casey Heitman 3-7 0-0 8; Sarah Darling 1-3 3-4 5; Andrea
Carroll 1-1 2-4 4; Jessica Paettie 1-4 0-0 3; Lauren Kendra 0-5 2-5 2;
Brittany Atzert 1-3 0-0 2; Kaitlyn Malshefski 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 26-65
17-25 78.
FDU-FLORHAM (6-9, 2-4)
Emily Cerankowski 6-19 2-3 16; Kate Daly 2-4 4-6 9; Maureen Kehoe 1-8
5-7 7; Shannon Smith 3-8 1-2 7; Jessie Chalmers 2-7 3-4 7; Danielle
Michlovsky 2-9 1-2 5; Kim Molaskey 1-8 3-4 5; Lara Hirshenson 2-2 0-0 5.
Totals 19-65 19-28 61.
KINGS............................ 35 43 - 78
FDU-Florham................... 30 31 - 61
3-point goals-KINGSW 9-23 (Jenna Palumbo 3-9; Casey Heitman 2-3; Kaitlyn
Fiorino 2-6; Andrea Hochstuhl 1-1; Jessica Paettie 1-3; Lauren Kendra
0-1), FDU-Florham 4-11 (Emily Cerankowski 2-6; Kate Daly 1-3; Lara
Hirshenson 1-1; Jessie Chalmers 0-1). Fouled out--KINGSW-None,
FDU-Florham-Shannon Smith.
Rebounds-KINGSW 53 (Andrea Hochstuhl 16), FDU-Florham 41 (Kate Daly 10).
Assists-KINGSW 20 (Lauren Kendra 9), FDU-Florham 12 (Kate Daly 5).
Total fouls-KINGSW 17, FDU-Florham 17.
A-173
