The King's College men's basketball team improved its record to10-7 and 3-2 in Freedom Conference play Saturday night with a 93-79 win over Arcadia University at Scandlon Gymnasium. With the loss Aracadia falls to 7-9 and 2-3 in the conference.
After going into halftime with a six point lead, the Monarchs went on a 13-4 scoring run to open the second half.
King's put the game away with a three pointer by senior Jim Welsh and four consecutive foul shots by senior Ryan Nenstiel to stretch its lead to 77-52 with eight minutes left to play. Welsh finished the game with 16 points including three buckets from downtown while Nenstiel added 13 points and three treys as well.
Senior big man John Soboleski led the team with 18 points and seven rebounds shooting 8-10 from the field. Senior point guard Jamie Cousart tallied 13 points, six rebounds, and eight assists. Senior Vince Scalzo added eight points, while senior Kofi Dwebeng and Freshman Kevin Conroy contributed seven apiece.
The Monarchs travel to FDU-Florham Saturday February 2 then return home for a rematch with conference leader DeSales University on Wednesday February 6 at 8pm in Scandlon Gymnasium. The men lost to DeSales on February 23d, by two points and look to even the season series and knock the Bulldogs off the top of the conference standings.
KING'S COLLEGE 93, ARCADIA 79
ARCADIA (7-9/2-3 Freedom)
Bobby Mulholland 7-14 0-0 18; Eric Elliot 5-12 2-2 15; Sterling Green 6-15 0-0 14; Glen Gagnon 3-5 4-4 10; Terrell Varnado 3-5 0-0 8; Steve Sharp 1-2 2-2 5; Durell Mills 1-1 0-0 3; Kevin Brown 1-6 1-2 3; Blaise Pepitone 1-5 0-0 3; Damien Palantino 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 28-67 9-10 79.
KING'S COLLEGE (10-7/3-2 Freedom)
John Soboleski 8-10 2-5 18; Jim Welsh 6-10 0-0 16; Ryan Nenstiel 3-5 4-4 13; Jamie Cousart 4-6 3-5 11; Vince Scalzo 3-4 0-0 8; Jim Schule 3-5 2-2 8; Kofi Dwebeng 3-5 0-0 7; Kevin Conroy 3-4 1-2 7; Mike Wagner 1-1 0-0 3; Adam Brasky 0-0 2-2 2; Chris Hacker 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 34-51 14-20 93.
ARCADIA ....................... 37 42 – 79
King's College................. 43 50 – 93
3-point goals--ARCADIA 14-34 (Bobby Mulholland 4-8; Eric Elliot 3-8; Sterling Green 2-7; Terrell Varnado 2-3; Durell Mills 1-1; Blaise Pepitone 1-3; Steve Sharp 1-2; Damien Palantino 0-2), King's College 11-17 (Jim Welsh 4-6; Ryan Nenstiel 3-4; Vince Scalzo 2-3; Mike Wagner 1-1; Kofi Dwebeng 1-2; Chris Hacker 0-1). Rebounds-- ARCADIA 26 (Glen Gagnon 5), King's College 33 (John Soboleski 7). Assists-- ARCADIA 12 (Eric Elliot 4), King's College 21 (Jamie Cousart 8). Total fouls-- ARCADIA 16, King's College 14. Technical fouls--ARCADIA-Kevin Brown 2; TEAM, King's College-None. A-325
Upcoming Games
Saturday 2/2 @ FDU-Florham 3 PM
Wednesday 2/6 vs. DeSales 8 PM
Saturday 2/9 @ Arcadia 3 PM
Wednesday 2/13 @ Penn College 8 PM
Saturday 2/16 vs. Manhattanville 3 PM
|
Conference |
|
Overall |
|
GP |
Record |
Win % |
GF |
GA |
|
GP |
Record |
Win % |
GF |
GA |
DeSales |
5 |
5-0 |
1.000 |
379 |
319 |
|
17 |
15-2 |
0.882 |
1262 |
1056 |
Wilkes |
5 |
4-1 |
0.800 |
370 |
334 |
|
16 |
9-7 |
0.562 |
1061 |
1059 |
Manhattanville |
5 |
3-2 |
0.600 |
404 |
398 |
|
17 |
11-6 |
0.647 |
1377 |
1307 |
King's ( Pa. ) |
5 |
3-2 |
0.600 |
379 |
344 |
|
17 |
10-7 |
0.588 |
1247 |
1165 |
Arcadia |
5 |
2-3 |
0.400 |
345 |
367 |
|
17 |
7-10 |
0.412 |
1197 |
1253 |
FDU-Florham |
5 |
1-4 |
0.200 |
329 |
363 |
|
18 |
2-16 |
0.111 |
1174 |
1368 |
Delaware Valley |
6 |
0-6 |
0.000 |
413 |
494 |
|
18 |
2-16 |
0.111 |
1192 |
1435 |
| 