MEN'S BASKETBALL POSTS 80-61 WIN OVER BARUCH

WILKES-BARRE -- The King's College men's basketball team raced out to an 18-2 lead and never looked back as the Monarchs posted a 81-60 win over Baruch College in the Monarchs' home debut Saturday in Scandlon Gymnasium.

With the win, King's improved to 4-3 while Baruch slipped to 3-5.

King's led by as many as 22 points in the first half as Monarch coach played 11 different players during the opening 20 minutes of play. Baruch would close to within 38-25 at the half and whittled the King's advantage to 45-34 with 16:10 remaining. But the Monarchs would back-to-back three pointers from Mike Wagner and Ryan Nenstiel to stretch the lead back to 57-36 with 13:23 left.

A total of 13 different players scored for the Monarchs, paced by Vince Scalzo with 13 points, six rebounds, and five assists. John Soboleski followed with 12 points and eight rebounds while freshman Kevin Conroy added 10 points and five boards. Jamie Cousart chipped in with nine points, four rebounds, and three assists while Wagner tallied seven for King's.

Lionel Hilaire led Baruch with 12 points while Phil Schatz added 10 for the Bearcats.

King's will be idle unto December 18-19 when the Monarch Classic is hosted in Scandlon Gymnasium.



KING'S COLLEGE 80, BARUCH COLLEGE 61

BARUCH (3-4)
Hilaire, Lionel 3-7 3-4 12; Schatz, Phil 5-8 0-1 10; Dietz, Michael 3-7 1-2 8; Kunkel, George 2-4 2-2 6; Smith, Laurence 2-5 2-3 6; Farid, Tammer 2-7 2-2 6; Serrano, Adrian 1-5 0-0 3; Beauchamp, Chris 1-1 0-1 3; Loftus, Sean 1-2 0-0 2; Leider, Jeffrey 0-2 2-2 2; Wisnu, Arki 1-5 0-1 2; Malave, Miguel 0-0 1-2 1; Falkenhainer,William 0-2 0-0 0; Duran, Cagdas 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-55 13-20 61.

KING'S COLLEGE (3-3)
Vince Scalzo 6-10 0-2 13; John Soboleski 4-7 4-9 12; Kevin Conroy 3-8 4-6 10; Jamie Cousart 4-7 0-0 9; Mike Wagner 2-4 1-2 7; Jim Schule 2-4 2-2 6; Kofi Dwebeng 2-8 0-0 5; Jared Black 1-1 1-2 4; Jim Welsh 1-6 0-0 3; Chris Hacker 0-1 3-4 3; Adam Brasky 1-2 0-0 3; Ryan Nenstiel 1-7 0-0 3; Harry Schlichter 1-1 0-0 2; Josh Kovalski 0-0 0-0 0; Nate Alcott 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 28-67 15-27 80.

Baruch.......................... 25 36 - 61
King's College................ 38 42 - 80

3-point goals--BARUCH 6-19 (Hilaire, Lionel 3-5; Serrano, Adrian 1-5; Dietz,
Michael 1-1; Beauchamp, Chris 1-1; Farid, Tammer 0-3; Leider, Jeffrey 0-1;
Wisnu, Arki 0-1; Smith, Laurence 0-2), King's College 9-30 (Mike Wagner 2-4;
Jamie Cousart 1-2; Ryan Nenstiel 1-5; Adam Brasky 1-2; Jim Welsh 1-6; Vince
Scalzo 1-3; Jared Black 1-1; Kofi Dwebeng 1-4; Chris Hacker 0-1; Kevin
Conroy 0-1; Nate Alcott 0-1). Fouled out--BARUCH-None, King's College-None.
Rebounds--BARUCH 39 (Kunkel, George 7), King's College 44 (John Soboleski
8). Assists--BARUCH 7 (Leider, Jeffrey 2; Hilaire, Lionel 2), King's College
16 (Vince Scalzo 5). Total fouls--BARUCH 23, King's College 22. Technical
fouls--BARUCH-None, King's College-None.