KING'S WOMEN'S BASKETBALL FACING SALISBURY

ARLINGTON, VA -- Jenna Palumbo netted a game-high 28 points to lead the King's College women's basketball team to a 76-69 victory over Salisbury University in the second-round of the eight-team Marymount Tip-Off Classic Saturday in Arlington, Va.

With the win, King's improved to 1-1 on the year while Salisbury fell to 0-2.

King's built a 17-point lead when the Lady Monarchs raced out to a 26-9 advantage with 8:10 remaining in the first half after Kaitlyn Fiorino made four consecutive foul shots.

Salisbury would chip away and cut the lead to 36-29 with 0:37 on the clock after a lay-up by Lindsay Martin. King's would use one-of-two foul shots by Elyssa Nieddu at 0:19 as the Lady Monarchs took a 37-29 lead into the break.

In the second half King's would stretch the lead back up to 11 points on a Palumbo three-pointer with 17:56 remaining. Salisbury, however would respond with a 15-6 run to take a 44-43 lead with 14:01 left on a basket by Christina Klamp.

The Lady Monarchs would finally take the lead for good when Lauren Kendra scored and Fiorino followed with a three-pointer to give King's a 54-50 lead with 10:00 remaining.

After Palumbo netted a three-pointer, then followed with a short jumper, Kendra added a pair of foul shots to give eth Lady Monarchs a 64-55 lead with 7:04 left. Salisbury would draw no closer than five points the rest of the way.

Palumbo finished with 28 points on 10-of-14 shooting and 6-of-9 from long range. Fiorino was outstanding as well with 19 points, including three three-pointers. Kendra contributed with 10 points, eight rebounds, and eight assists.

Martin and Janay Johnson led Salisbury with 1 points each.

King's will now play Gettysburg College Sunday at 11:30 a.m. in the fifth-and-sixth place game.


All tournament scores are available at the following link.

http://www.marymount.edu/athletics/wbball/



KING'S COLLEGE 76, SALISBURY 69

KING'S COLLEGE (1-1)
Jenna Palumbo 10-14 4-6 28; Kaitlyn Fiorino 4-8 8-12 19; Lauren Kendra 2-2
6-8 10; Sarah O'Doherty 2-5 2-2 6; Elyssa Nieddu 1-1 1-2 4; Jessica Paettie
1-2 1-2 4; Krystina Durako 1-2 0-0 2; Kaitlyn Malshefski 1-3 0-0 2; Andrea
Hochstuhl 0-3 1-2 1; Andrea Carroll 0-0 0-0 0; Julie Bidwell 0-0 0-0 0;
Katie Doss 0-1 0-0 0; Kristen Baumes 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 21-42 23-34 76.

SALISBURY (0-2)
Lindsay Martin 5-15 4-4 16; Janay Johnson 6-16 4-6 16; Monica Merkel 5-14
1-2 11; Meghan Phillips 3-13 0-0 8; Christina Klamp 3-6 0-0 6; Kylie Hall
2-2 0-3 4; Lauren Crehan 1-1 0-0 2; Marissa Manzo 1-4 0-0 2; Shaniece
Roseborough 1-1 0-0 2; Chante McKinney 1-5 0-0 2; Carolyn Weis 0-0 0-2 0;
Christian Eury 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 28-78 9-17 69.

King's College................ 37 39 - 76
Salisbury....................... 29 40 - 69

3-point goals--King's College 11-18 (Jenna Palumbo 6-9; Kaitlyn Fiorino
3-6; Jessica Paettie 1-1; Elyssa Nieddu 1-1; Kristen Baumes 0-1), Salisbury
4-21 (Lindsay Martin 2-7; Meghan Phillips 2-10; Monica Merkel 0-1; Marissa
Manzo 0-1; Chante McKinney 0-2). Fouled out--King's College-None,
Salisbury-Monica Merkel. Rebounds--King's College 33 (Kaitlyn Fiorino 8;
Lauren Kendra 8), Salisbury 49 (Janay Johnson 12). Assists--King's College
14 (Lauren Kendra 8), Salisbury 13 (Chante McKinney 5). Total fouls--King's
College 18, Salisbury 24. Technical fouls--King's College-None,
Salisbury-None. A-145



Event Schedule

Friday, November 16
Game 1 1:30 PM TCNJ 69, King's 60

Game 2 3:30 PM Denison 54, Salisbury 40

Game 3 5:30 PM Gwynedd Mercy 63, Geneseo 57

Game 4 7:30 PM Marymount 84, Gettysburg 62


Saturday, November 17
Game 5 11:00 AM King's vs. Salisbury

Game 6 1:00 PM Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4

Game 7 3:00 PM TCNJ vs. Denison

Game 8 5:00 PM Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4


Sunday, November 18
Game 9 9:30 AM Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6
(7th/8th place)

Game 10 11:30 AM Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6 (4th/6th place)

Game 11 1:30 PM Loser Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8
(3rd/5th place)

Game 12 3:30 PM Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8 (Championship)