DECEMBER 5, 2006
PALUMBO, HOCHSTUHL NET 20 EACH AS KING'S DOWNS
WIDENER
CHESTER -- Junior guard Jenna Palumbo of Hazleton
Area and junior center Andrea Hochstuhl netted 20 points each to power
the King's College women's basketball team to a 71-57 non-conference
victory over host Widener University Tuesday in Chester.
With the win, King's improved to 5-3 on the year while snapping a
three-game losing streak. Widener, meanwhile, slipped to 3-4.
Palumbo netted 11 first-half points while sophomore guard Kaitlyn
Fiorino added eight as King's trailed 32-31 at the break. The Lady
Monarchs would start the second stanza with a 5-0 spurt to take a 37-32
lead with 16:51 remaining on a short jumper by Hochstuhl. After Widener
cut the lead to 39-38 on a bucket by Kelley Guarrera with 15:22 left,
the Lady Monarchs would go on a 10-0 run. Baskets by Sarah Darling,
Casey Heitman and Hochstuhl, followed by a traditional three-point play
from Fiorino gave the Lady Monarchs a 49-39 advantage with 9:52 on the
clock.
Widener would chip away and cut the lead to 54-46 on a basket by Tasha
Camy with 6:23 left. But Palumbo canned a pair of three-pointers while
Hochstuhl added two more baskets down low to ignite an 11-1 King's run
as the Lady Monarchs built a 65-47 lead with 3:20 remaining.
Hochstuhl, who added 13 rebounds and four assists in the game, netted 13
second half points to lead the Lady Monarchs second half assault. King's
outscored Widener 40-25 over the final 20 minutes of play to improve its
road record to 4-1 on the year. Palumbo made 5-of-13 three-pointers and
contributed two assists and three steals. Fiorino, who finished with 14
points, added a trio of three-pointers for King's. Casey Heitman tallied
six points and five rebounds while Lauren Kendra chipped in with four
points, six assists, four rebounds, and four steals.
Widener was led by Guarrera with 20 points and six rebounds while Beth
Mager Dessart and Megan Sipple followed with 12 and 10 points
respectively.
King's will return to action on Thursday when the lady Monarchs travel
to Aston to face Neumann College at 7:00 p.m. The Lady Monarchs will
then close out the first semester of play on Saturday with a 1:00 p.m.
home game against Cabrini College in Scandlon Gym.
KING'S 71, WIDENER 57
KING'S (5-3)
Hochstuhl 8-13 4-7 20; Palumbo 7-16 1-2 20; Fiorino 5-9
1-1 14;
Heitman 3-10 0-0 6; Kendra 0-3 4-4 4; Darling 1-3
1-2 3; Paettie 1-2 0-0 2.
Totals 25-56 13-18 71.
WIDENER (3-4)
Guarrera 8-16 4-4 20; Dessart Mager 4-10 2-4 12; Sipple 3-10 2-4 10;
Reber 2-4 0-0 6; Dunston 2-3 0-2 4; Tyler 1-6 0-0 2; Camy 1-2 0-1 2;
Bixby 0-10 1-4 1; Isler 0-1 0-0 0.
Totals 21-62 9-19 57.
King's.......................... 31 40 - 71
Widener....................... 32 25 - 57
3-point goals-King's 8-21 (Jenna Palumbo 5-13;
Kaitlyn Fiorino 3-6; Casey
Heitman 0-2), Widener 6-14 (Dessart Mager, Beth 2-5; Sipple, Megan 2-6;
Reber, Rayne 2-2; Tyler, Becky 0-1). Fouled out--King's-None,
Widener-None.
Rebounds-King's 36 (Andrea Hochstuhl 13), Widener
40 (Dunston, Quisha 6;
Guarrera, Kelley 6). Assists-King's 18 (Lauren Kendra 6), Widener 16
(Sipple, Megan 4). Total fouls-King's 15, Widener 15.
A-205
