FEBRUARY 28, 2007
HOCHSTUHL POSTS 16TH DOUBLE-DOUBLE, KENDRA SETS
ASSIST MARK AS KING'S WOMEN WIN ECAC OPENER, 64-50
STEVENSON,
MD -- Junior center Andrea Hochstuhl (left)
registered her 16th double-double of the season and
Lauren Kendra (below) broke the
single-season assist record as the King's College women's basketball
team to a 64-50 victory over host Villa Julie College in the opening
round of the ECAC Southern Region Championships Wednesday in Stevenson,
MD.
With the win, King's improved to 20-8 on the year while Villa Julie
ended its season at 19-10.
The Lady Monarchs built a 29-15 lead thanks to 12 points from Hochstuhl
and five each from Kaitlyn Fiorino and Casey Heitman. The Lady Monarchs
continued to stretch the lead in the second half when a four straight
points by Kaitlyn Malshefski and a three-pointer by Fiorino gave King's
its biggest lead of the game at 36-15 with 18:20 left in the
contest.
The lady Monarchs would maintain a healthy double-digit lead and until
Villa Julie cut the margin to 49-39 with 7:40 remaining on a pair of
foul shots from Cara Hill. King's, however, would put the game away with
a 12-5 surge and stretched the lead back to 61-43 with 2:20 left
following a three-pointer from Jenna Palumbo and a bucket down low by
Hochstuhl.
Hochstuhl finished with 22 points on 11-of-15 shooting and hauled down
11 rebounds to reach double-figures in points and rebounds for the 16th
time this season. She also posted seven blocked shots in the game.
Kendra added nine points and nine assists and set King's new
single-season assist mark of 170 assists, surpassing the previous mark
of 161 set by Elaine Colyer in 1996-97. Fiorino and Palumbo netted eight
points each.
The Lady Monarchs shot 45.8 (27-59) percent from the floor and forced 23
Villa Julie turnovers.
The Mustangs were led by Tanisha Foster with 16 points and 11 rebounds
while Hill finished with 14 points and 10 boards.
King's advances to the semi-finals where it will
play fourth-seeded Washington & Jefferson College at a time to be
determined at Albright College in Reading. Washington & Jefferson
defeated fifth-seeded Cabrini 69-57 in another first-round pairing on
Wednesday.
In the other half of the bracket, third-seeded Albright downed
sixth-seeded Neumann 98-73 while seventh-seeded Moravian upended
second-seeded Penn State Behrend 72-56.
2007 ECAC Southern Region
Championships Schedule:
Semi-Finals - Friday, March 2, 2007 @ Albright College, Reading, Pa.
#1 King's vs. #4 Washington & Jefferson, time TBA
#3 Albright vs. #7 Moravian, time TBA
Finals - Saturday, March 3, 2007
@ Albright College, TBA
