FEBRUARY 5. 2011
KING'S WOMEN PICK UP IMPORTANT 71-55 LEAGUE WIN OVER FDU
WILKES-BARRE – Junior point-guard Brittany Muscatell scored a career-high 19 points to lead the King's College women's basketball team to an important 71-55 Freedom Conference victory over visiting FDU-Florham Saturday in Scandlon Gymnasium.
With the win, King's snapped a two-game conference losing streak, improving to 13-8 overall and 7-3 in league competition. FDU, meanwhile, slipped to 8-12 and 4-6. The Lady Monarchs move back into a first-place tie for the Freedom Conference lead as Misericordia was upset 53-51 at Eastern University. DeSales, which entered the weekend tied with King's at 6-3 in league play, had its game at Delaware Valley postponed due to weather conditions. The game has been rescheduled for Sunday.
King's built an early 13-10 lead after 9:15 of play before the Lady Monarchs strung together six straight points to take a 19-10 advantage after buckets from Muscatell and Paige Carlin. After the Devils cut the lead to 19-12, the Lady Monarchs used a lay-up from Abby Malloy and an offensive rebound and put back from Samantha Simcox as the King's lead grew to 23-12 with 6:04 left in the half.
After a pair of foul shots by FDU, Lindsay Atchison buried a three-pointer to give the Lady Monarchs a 26-14 advantage with 4:57 on the clock.
From there the Devils countered with 10-4 surge, trimming the King's lead to 30-24 with 0:13 to go. But Molly Dahl connected on an inside basket at the 0:04 mark to give King's a 32-24 halftime lead.
In the second stanza, the Lady Monarchs slowly began to extend the lead and eventually took a 44-32 advantage on a three-pointer from Celia Rader with 14:11 left in the contest. The Devils, however, would not quit and a 10-2 run cut the King's lead to 46-42 with 10:19 to go.
The Devisl remained within striking distance, trailing 54-48 with 5:42 to play. But a Rader three-pointer, a traditional three-point play from Carlin, and two foul shots each from Muscatell and Rader keyed key a big 15-1 run by King's as the Lady Monarchs assumed a 69-49 with 1:16 remaining.
Muscatell, who bettered her previous career-high of 18 points, was 7-of-14 from the field and 4-of-4 from the foul line. Rader added 18 points with four three-pointers while Carlin finished with 10 points and five assists. Atchison chipped in with eight points. Defensively, King's forced FDU into 31 turnovers, offsetting a 34-25 Devil lead in rebounding.
King's returns to action Wednesday when the Lady Monarchs travel to Doylestown to face Delaware Valley College
KING'S COLLEGE 71, FDU-FLORHAM 55
FDU-FLORHAM (8-12, 4-6Freedom)
Brianna Nicholls 4-10 4-4 12; Meghan Lentine 6-8 0-0 12; Matil Mangual 4-6 0-0 8; Shealyn Taggart 3-9 1-2 7; Lanie Andrews 3-4 0-0 6; Melissa DeHaas 3-5 0-0 6; Lynn Lopez 1-3 0-0 2; Brittany Mathes 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 25-47 5-6 55.
KING'S COLLEGE (13-8, 7-3Freedom)
Brittany Muscatell 7-14 4-4 19; Celia Rader 5-10 4-6 18; Paige Carlin 3-9 4-5 10; Lindsay Atchison 2-4 3-7 8; Molly Dahl 2-4 2-4 6; Abby Malloy 2-3 1-2 5; Samantha Simcox 1-4 1-2 3; Katlin Michaels 1-6 0-0 2; Meagan Boccio 0-0 0-0 0; Kyley Henry 0-0 0-0 0; Nina Magan 0-0 0-0 0; Carissa Gegaris 0-0 0-0 0; Jessica McHugh 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-54 19-30 71.
FDU-Florham................... 24 31 - 55
King's College.................. 32 39 - 71
3-point goals--FDU-Florham 0-2 (; Lynn Lopez 0-2), King's College 6-19 (Celia Rader 4-7; Lindsay Atchison 1-3; Brittany Muscatell 1-5; Katlin Michaels 0-1; Molly Dahl 0-1; Paige Carlin 0-2). Fouled out--FDU-Florham-None, King's College-None. Rebounds--FDU-Florham 34 (Shealyn Taggart 12), King's College 25 (Molly Dahl 5; Samantha Simcox 5). Assists--FDU-Florham 13 (Brianna Nicholls 5), King's College 12 (Paige Carlin 5). Total fouls--FDU-Florham 23, King's College 12. Technical fouls--FDU-Florham-None, King's College-None. A-110
