LADY MONARCHS FALL TO DESALES, 67-57
WILKES-BARRE -- LeighAnn Burke scored a game-high 33 points to lead visiting DeSales University to a 67-57 win over King's College Wednesday in Scandlon Gymnasium.
With the win DeSales improved to 18-3 and 7-1 in the Freedom Conference. King's fell to 11-10 and 5-3.
After trailing 28-26 at the break, Burke took over in the second half where she scored 23 points as the Bulldogs outscored King's 41-29 over the final 20 minutes of play.
Burke was 12-of-19 from the field and 5-of-5 from the foul line. She was joined in double-figures by Kim Rarick with 12 points and five assists.
Lauren Kendra led King's with 12 points, four rebounds, and four assists while
Andrea Hochstuhl added 11 points and eight rebounds.
Kaitlyn Fiorino, who needed 13 points to reach the 1,000-point mark, settled for 10 on the night to up her career mark to 997.
Jenna Palumbo chipped in with eight points.
King's will then return to action Saturday with a 1:00 p.m. contest at Arcadia University.
DESALES UNIVERSITY 67, KING'S COLLEGE 57
DESALES UNIVERSITY (18-3/7-1 Freedom)
LeighAnn Burke 12-19 5-5 33; Kim Rarick 5-16 2-2 12; Amanda Kuperavage 3-7 2-3 8; Jenna Stampf 2-4 0-0 4; Caitlin Miller 2-5 0-0 4; Erica Sovak 1-3 2-2 4; Kaila Wiand 0-4 2-2 2; Megan Montchyk 0-0 0-0 0; Kelly Magrann 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 25-59 13-14 67.
KING'S COLLEGE (11-10/5-3 Freed)
Lauren Kendra 4-7 2-5 12;
Andrea Hochstuhl 5-10 0-0 11;
Kaitlyn Fiorino 3-8
2-6 10;
Jenna Palumbo 2-15 2-2 8;
Krystina Durako 3-4 0-1 6;
Jessica Paettie 1-3 1-2 4;
Kaitlyn Malshefski 2-4 0-1 4;
Andrea Carroll 1-1 0-0 2;
Kristen Baumes 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 21-53 7-17 57.
DeSales University............ 26 41 - 67
King's College................... 28 29 - 57
3-point goals--DeSales University 4-10 (LeighAnn Burke 4-7; Erica Sovak 0-1; Kaila Wiand 0-2), King's College 8-20 (
Kaitlyn Fiorino 2-4;
Jenna Palumbo
2-8;
Lauren Kendra 2-3;
Jessica Paettie 1-3;
Andrea Hochstuhl 1-1; Kristen
Baumes 0-1). Fouled out--DeSales University-None, King's College-None.
Rebounds--DeSales University 39 (Amanda Kuperavage 10), King's College 36 (
Andrea Hochstuhl 8). Assists--DeSales University 12 (Kim Rarick 5), King's College 15 (
Lauren Kendra 4). Total fouls--DeSales University 14, King's College 13. Technical fouls--DeSales University-None, King's College-None. A-225
