KING'S WOMEN
DEFEAT DEL-VAL, 86-79 FOR NINTH STRAIGHT VICTORY
DOYLESTOWN (PA) – Jenna Palumbo scored 27
points and Andrea Hochstuhl had another double-double with 23 points and
12 rebounds as King’s College won its ninth game in a row with an 86-79
victory over host Delaware Valley College in a Freedom Conference game.
The Lady Monarchs upped their record to
14-5 overall, 6-2 in conference action. They are alone in third place,
just a game behind DeSales for the second spot and a home playoff game.
Delaware Valley (7-10, 3-5) remained tied for the fourth and final
postseason spot with six Freedom games remaining.
Palumbo was 8-for-16 from the field,
including a red-hot 7-for-12 from three-point land, tying her own
single-game record for most treys in one contest. She hit on five
three-pointers and 17 of her points came in the first 16:12 of the game.
Meanwhile, Hochstuhl hit double digits in both points and rebounds for
the 12th time this season, including a 15-point effort in the
second half.
King’s, behind of pair of three-pointers
by Palumbo and five points from Kaitlyn Fiorino, opened an 11-0
advantage just two minutes into the contest. The Lady Monarchs built the
lead to as many as 17, 34-17, and still held a 38-23 advantage with 2:32
remaining the half. However, Delaware Valley scored the last nine points
of the stanza as Angela Mensch came off the bench to sink of pair of
three-pointers, with a Moira Donohue trey sandwiched in-between, to
leave the King’s lead at 38-32.
The Lady Monarchs were still ahead by
three, 46-43, when Donhoue hit a layup and Mensch converted a
traditional 3-point play for the Aggies’s first lead of the game at
48-46 with 15:15 remaining.
The lead traded hands five times after
that, including a Donohue free throw with 7:33 remaining for a 61-60
Delaware Valley advantage. However, Hochstuhl and Palumbo combined for
nine points in a 14-2 spurt that put King’s up for good at 74-63 with
3:47 to go. The Aggies tried to rally late and pulled to within five on
two occasions, but Palumbo and Lauren Kendra each went 2-for-2 from the
foul line in the final 31 seconds to close out the game.
With seven treys, Palumbo, a junior, also broke King's career
three-point shooting record of 136 set by Jennie Orelli from 2001-04.
Palumbo now has 140 for her career.
Kendra finished with seven points, eight
rebounds and seven assists. Brittany Atzert added 11 points and seven
boards while Fiorino hit double figures with 10 points.
Mensch ended with 17 points, including a
4-for-5 showing from beyond the arc. Shannon O’Neill had 17 points and
10 assists while Rachel Joyce and Donohue finished with 16 and 15 points
respectively. Donohue also added six steals and five assists.
King's will now travel to Scranton to face the top-ranked Lady Royals
Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. in the John Long Center.
KING'S COLLEGE 86, DELAWARE VALLEY 79
KING'S COLLEGE (14-5,6-2 Freedom)
Jenna Palumbo 8-16 4-4 27; Andrea Hochstuhl 7-12 9-13 23; Brittany
Atzert
5-10 0-1 11; Kaitlyn Fiorino 4-11 0-0 10; Lauren Kendra 1-3 5-8 7; Casey
Heitman 1-6 4-8 6; Sarah Darling 1-3 0-0 2; Kaitlyn Malshefski 0-2 0-0
0.
Totals 27-63 22-34 86.
DELAWARE VALLEY (7-10,3-5 Freedom)
Angela Mensch 6-8 1-1 17; Shannon O'Neill 6-14 3-3 17; Rachel Joyce 6-20
4-4 16; Moira Donohue 6-18 1-4 15; Brooke Dittmar 3-5 2-2 8; Dena
Santoro 2-3 2-2 6; Michelle Oyer 0-1 0-0 0; Kim Vennera 0-2 0-0 0.
Totals 29-71 13-16 79.
King's College.................. 38 48 - 86
Delaware Valley............... 32 47 - 79
3-point goals-King's College 10-23 (Jenna Palumbo 7-12; Kaitlyn Fiorino
2-6;
Brittany Atzert 1-1; Casey Heitman 0-2; Lauren Kendra 0-1; Andrea
Hochstuhl
0-1), Delaware Valley 8-23 (Angela Mensch 4-5; Shannon O'Neill 2-5;
Moira
Donohue 2-9; Kim Vennera 0-2; Rachel Joyce 0-2). Fouled out--King's
College-None, Delaware Valley-Rachel Joyce; Shannon O'Neill.
Rebounds-King's
College 45 (Andrea Hochstuhl 12), Delaware Valley 42 (Brooke Dittmar
11).
Assists-King's College 14 (Lauren Kendra 7), Delaware Valley 18 (Shannon
O'Neill 10). Total fouls-King's College 15, Delaware Valley 23. A-500
