KING'S CAGERS SET TO HOST NON-CONFERENCE DOUBLEHEADER TUESDAY, VIEW LIVESTATS
WILKES-BARRE – The King's College basketball teams will take a break from their Freedom Conference schedules to host a non-conference doubleheader Tuesday in Scandlon Gymnasium. The women will meet Rutgers-Camden at 6:00 p.m., while the men welcome Penn State Hazleton for an 8:00 p.m. tip-off.
Livestats for both games are available at the following links:
Women's game: http://www.sidearmstats.com/kings/wbball/index.htm
Men's game:
http://www.sidearmstats.com/kings/mbball/index.htm
The Lady Monarchs enter the non-league matchup with a 4-3 overall record and remain perfect in Freedom play at 2-0 following a 60-54 win against Manhattanville College on Saturday. Sophomore guard Celia Rader (Scranton, PA, Scranton Prep) continues her fine play for King's averaging a team-high 15.9 points and 4.3 rebounds, shooting 34.0 percent (16-47) from behind the arc and 72.4 percent (21-29) from the charity stripe. Junior forward Paige Carlin (Scotrun, PA, Pocono Mountain East) follows with 12.1 points and 5.0 rebounds. Sophomore guard Lindsay Atchison (Green Village, NJ, Chatham) adds 9.7 points and a team-best 8.7 rebounds, including a 10-point, 14-rebound and six block effort in the win against the Valiants. Sophomore guard Katlin Michaels (Berwick, PA, Berwick) chips in 9.6 points and 5.1 rebounds, while sophomore forward Molly Dahl (Garrison, NY, Walter Panas) remains a steady force inside the paint averaging 6.7 points and 6.7 rebounds. Junior point-guard Brittany Muscatell (Lambertville, NJ, Immaculata) posts 5.1 points and 19 assists. The Lady Monarchs average 67.1 points per-game, while yielding 73.0 points each contest.
Rutgers-Camden stands 2-4 overall, losing their last four games after opening the season with two victories. The Scarlet Raptors dropped a 54-42 loss at Montclair State University on Saturday. Junior guard Brittany Turner tops the offensive attack averaging 12.8 points and 4.7 rebounds, shooting 30.0 percent (6-20) from three-point range. Sophomore guard Alyce Milakovic follows with 4.6 points and 7.2 rebounds, while junior forward Cynthia Williams anchors the frontcourt averaging 4.3 points and a team-best 8.2 rebounds. Rutgers-Camden averages 39.0 points per-game, while allowing 49.0 points each contest.
King's has won the last four straight meetings against Rutgers-Camden, including a sweep last season. King's posted a 62-54 win against the Lady Raptors in the Marymount Tournament early last year, before grabbing a 77-58 victory in Camden, N.J.
The Monarchs enter the game with a 2-4 overall record after suffering a tough 76-75 overtime loss against Manhattanville on Saturday. King's has cooled off offensively since starting the year 2-0, capturing the Susquehanna University Tip-Off Tournament Championship. The Monarchs are riding a four-game losing streak, averaging just 57.0 points in those four contests. Senior forward Kevin Conroy (Chatham, NJ, Chatam) leads the offense averaging 15.3 points and 5.2 rebounds, shooting 43.7 percent (31-71) from the floor. Sophomore guard Matt Fiorino (North Brunswick, NJ, Bishop Ahr) has provided a spark off the bench posting 9.5 points on 9-of-24 shooting from long range. Junior point-guard Kyle Stackhouse (Malvern, PA, Great Valley) follows with 8.8 points and a team-best 8.5 rebounds. Rookie guard Kyle Hammonds (Rosemont, PA, Radnor) posts 7.7 points and 2.5 rebounds, while sophomore guard Dan Maguschak (Beaver Meadows, PA, Hazleton Area) contributes 4.8 points and 2.5 rebounds. Junior guard Nick Reisig (Richboro, PA, CR North) averages 5.3 points and 4.0 rebounds, enjoying his best outing of the season Saturday posting 16 points on 4-of-5 shooting from behind the arc. The Monarchs average 61.7 points per-game, while yielding 64.3 each contest.
Penn State Hazleton is looking for their first win of the season standing 0-4 overall on the year. The Nittany Lions have dropped games at Wilkes University (74-45), Lycoming College (90-46), Marywood University (72-56), and Baptist Bible College (72-56). Penn State Hazleton stands as one of the youngest teams the Monarchs will play all season, as their roster is comprised of all underclassmen (11 freshman and three sophomores).
The game will mark the second meeting between the two schools, as King's posted a 75-50 win in Hazleton last season.
Following the doubleheader, the King's women's squad continues their home non-conference stretch of games Thursday, hosting Lycoming College at 7:00 p.m. The Monarch men will be back in action Friday and Saturday when they host the PNC/Ramada Inn Classic Tournament in Scandlon Gymnasium. King's meets Potsdam State in the opening round at 8:00 p.m. on Friday.
