MEN'S BASKETBALL DEFEATS TCNJ 79-55 IN TOURNEY OPENER
WILLIAMSPORT -- The King's College men's basketball team opened up a 40-20 halftime lead and cruised to a 79-55 victory over The College of New Jersey in the opening round of the Lycoming College Tip-off Tournament Friday in Williamsport.
Jamie Cousart led the Monarchs with 16 points, five rebounds and four assists while
Ryan Nenstiel added 16 points and three boards. Freshman
Kevin Conroy came off the bench to add 11 points on 5-of-7 shooting.
John Soboleski contributed nine points and four rebounds
Vince Scalzo chipped in with three points and six rebounds.
Jeff Warner led TCNJ with 14 points while Jeff Molinelli added 10.
King's will face Penn State Altoona for the tournament title Saturday at 4:00 p.m. Altoona upset Lycoming 71-65 in overtime in the first game of the day.
KING'S COLLEGE 79, THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY 55
KING'S COLLEGE (1-0)
Jamie Cousart 6-9 4-5 16;
Ryan Nenstiel 6-10 2-2 16;
Kevin Conroy 5-7 1-3 11;
John Soboleski 3-5 3-4 9;
Jim Schule 3-5 0-0 7;
Jim Welsh 2-6 0-0 5;
Kofi Dwebeng 1-3 1-2 4; Shawn Swin 2-2 0-0 4;
Vince Scalzo 1-5 1-2 3;
Mike Wagner 0-1 2-2 2;
Harry Schlichter 1-1 0-0 2; Josh Kovalski 0-0 0-2 0;
Nate Alcott 0-0 0-0 0;
Jared Black 0-1 0-0 0;
Adam Brasky 0-2 0-0 0;
Ian Gilmartin 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 30-58 14-22 79.
TCNJ (0-1)
Jeff Warner 6-11 0-0 14; Jeff Molinelli 2-9 4-4 10; Mark Aziz 1-8 5-5 8;
Corey Gilmore 3-8 0-1 7; William Jett 2-5 1-2 5; Adam Gonzalez 2-2 0-0 4;Steve Feinberg 1-2 2-3 4; Aaron Syvertsen 1-4 0-1 3; Matt Holly 0-0 0-0 0; Will Manhart 0-1 0-0 0; Christoph Scjoenbeck 0-1 0-0 0; Eric Hayes 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-51 12-16 55.
King's College.................. 40 39 - 79
TCNJ............................... 20 35 - 55
3-point goals--King's College 5-14 (
Ryan Nenstiel 2-4;
Jim Schule 1-2;
Kofi Dwebeng 1-2;
Jim Welsh 1-3;
Jared Black 0-1;
Adam Brasky 0-2), TCNJ-MEN 7-19 (Jeff Warner 2-5; Jeff Molinelli 2-5; Aaron Syvertsen 1-4; Mark Aziz 1-1; Corey Gilmore 1-3; Steve Feinberg 0-1). Fouled out--King's College-None, TCNJ-MEN-None. Rebounds--King's College 39 (
Vince Scalzo 6), TCNJ-MEN 33 (Mark Aziz 6). Assists--King's College 19 (
Jamie Cousart 4), TCNJ-MEN 10 (Mark Aziz 2; Corey Gilmore 2). Total fouls--King's College 13, TCNJ-MEN 21.
Technical fouls--King's College-None, TCNJ-MEN-None.
