WOMEN'S BASKETBALL FALLS IN SEASON OPENER
WILKES-BARRE--- Senior guard Kaitlyn Fiorino led all scorers with 15 points as a young Lady Monarchs team fell 72-49 in their season-opener against Gettysburg College at the 2008 Marymount Tip-Off Tournament. King's falls to 0-1 and Gettysburg improves to 1-0.
Fiorino finished the game with 15 points, after going 4-18 from the field and hitting 5-of-6 from the line. She also added six offensive boards, giving King's second chances. Freshman Abby Malloy had a solid first colligate game after scoring 10 points and shooting a perfect 5-for-5 from the free-throw line. Fellow freshman Paige Carlin led the Monarchs in rebounding with seven, including four on offense and three on defense. Julianna Lynott also tallied seven rebounds.
But Gettysburg offense proved to be too much for King's, with three players going double digits in scoring. Mary Spicer led the Bullets with 13 points while Caitlin Moser and Margaret White each tallied 12 points. Sara Kinsley played big underneath, grabbing 12 rebounds on four offensive and eight defensive. As a team, Gettysburg shot 44.3 percent from the field while going 66.7 from the line. The Bullets were able to grab 42 rebounds and make 12 steals.
For the Monarchs, they shot a solid 76.5 percent from the charity-stripe and also grabbed 42 rebounds. King's was able to force Gettysburg into 16 turnovers. The Lady Monarchs had a difficult time finding their stroke, shooting just 15-of-60 from the field for a 25.0 shot percentage. The Bullets defense was also able to not allow the inexperienced squad to score in the last 8:59 of the game.
The Lady Monarchs will be back in action tomorrow morning against the loser of the Catholic University of America and Mount St. Mary (NY) match up. Tip-off is set for 11:00am. . A live stats link will be provided for all of the games at: http://muweb.marymount.edu/~jfinney/basketball/xlive.htm
Newspaper Box Score
Gettysburg vs King's College
11/21/08 1:30 pm at Verizon Sports Arena, Arlington, Va.
At Verizon Sports Arena, Arlington, Va.
GETTYSBURG 72, KING'S COLLEGE 49
GETTYSBURG (1-0)
Mary Spicer 6-12 0-0 13; Caitlin Moser 5-7 2-2 12; Margaret White 4-9 0-0 12; Courtney Fields 3-7 1-2 9; Allie Drechsler 4-12 0-1 9; Sara Kinsley 3-7 2-4 8; Caroline Funchion 0-0 5-6 5; Julie McGrory 2-7 0-0 4; Lauren Dadigan 0-0 0-0 0; Hannah Sawyer 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-61 10-15 72.
KING'S COLLEGE (0-1)
Gettysburg.................... 35 37 - 72
King's College................ 23 26 - 49
Total fouls--Gettysburg 19, King's College 12.
Technical fouls--Gettysburg-None, King's College-None. A-150
