FEBRUARY 13, 2010
KING'S WOMEN'DS BASKETBALL COMEBACK BIDS FALL SHORT IN 75-63 LOSS TO DESALES
WILKES-BARRE – Lori Lidlow scored a game-high 27 points and the DeSales University women's basketball team held off two big King's College second-half comeback bids as the visiting Bulldogs posted a 75-63 Freedom conference victory Saturday in Scandlon Gymnasium.
With the win, DeSales improved to 14-9 overall and 9-3 in Freedom Conference play. King's, meanwhile, slipped to 12-11 overall and 7-5 in league games.
DeSales opened the game with a 5-0 spurt thanks to a three-pointer from Kelly Magrann and a steal and lay-up by Lori Lidlow. After King's got on the board on a jumper by Kayla Dick, the Bulldogs answered with buckets from Colleen Gavin and Magrann to take a 9-2 lead with 15:21 left in the first half. King's used two foul shots by Celia Rader to trim the score to 9-4, but DeSales countered with a lay-up from Megan Montchyk and a jumper by Magrann to build a 15-4 lead with 12:20 on the clock.
King's battled back and used three-pointers from Rader and Dick and a driving lay-up by Carlin to cut the lead to 17-12 with 9:58 to play. With DeSales holding a 22-17 advantage, the Bulldogs turned a jumper from Cherelle Simmons, a jumper by Gavin, and three-pointer from Lidlow into a 29-17 lead with 6:22 remaining. After King's cut the lead to 29-10 on a pair of foul shots by Carlin, Lidlow and Magrann responded with back-to-back baskets to give the Bulldogs a 33-19 lead at the 4:33 mark.
King's then answered with a three-pointer from Rader, a pair of foul shots by Carlin, and a bucket down low from Julianna Lynott to close to within 36-28 at the half.
In the second half the Bulldogs came out of the gates and quickly used a 10-3 run to build 46-31 following a Hannah Smith bucket. The Bulldogs would later stretch the margin to 17 points when a three-pointer by Magrann upped the Bulldog advantage to 54-37 with 13:24 remaining.
Rather than fold, the Lady Monarchs battled back. A three-pointer from Dick, 3-of-4 foul shots by Rader brought King's to within 54-44 at the 12:11 mark. After a DeSales bucket, the Lady Monarchs again chipped away as a bucket by Carlin and two more from Rigous brought the Lady Monarchs to within 56-49. After a DeSales miss, Carlin followed with a traditional three-point play to draw the lady Monarchs to within 56-52 with 9:01 on the clock.
The Bulldogs, however, recaptured the momentum and used a 10-2 run of its own to build the lead back up to 66-54 with 5:53 to play. King's once again battled back as three-pointer from Jess Segilia, a pair of foul shots by Dick and a three-point play by Molly Dahl cut the DeSales lead to 68-62 with 2:56 remaining.
That was as close as the Lady Monarchs would come Lidlow scored on a runner, then followed up with a bucket and foul shot to extend the lead to 73-62 with 1:39 left. After Dahl made one-of-two foul shots with 1:25 to play, Jess Hoover wrapped up the scoring with an inside basket for DeSales with 1:00 left in the contest.
Lidlow led all scorers with 27 points, six rebounds and four assists while Magrann added 18 points. Gavin contributed 11 points and eight boards to pace the Bulldog attack.
Carlin and Dick tallied 18 points each for King's while Rader netted 13. Rigous chipped in with six points and five rebounds.
King's returns to action Tuesday with a 6:00 p.m. matchup at Misericordia.
DESALES UNIVERSITY 75, KING'S COLLEGE 63
DESALES UNIVERSITY (14-9/9-3 Freedom)
Lori Lidlow 8-16 10-12 27; Kelly Magrann 7-12 0-0 18; Colleen Gavin 5-12 1-1 11; Jessica Hoover 4-4 0-0 8; Cherelle Simmons 2-5 1-2 5; Megan Montchyk 1-3 0-0 2; Hannah Smith 1-4 0-1 2; Kaila Wiand 1-3 0-0 2; Shaina Dymond 0-2 0-0
0; Taylor Greene 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 29-62 12-16 75.
KING'S COLLEGE (12-11/7-5 Freedm)
Kayla Dick 5-8 2-2 15; Paige Carlin 4-11 7-7 15; Celia Rader 3-13 6-7 13; Megan Rigous 3-7 0-0 6; Abby Malloy 0-1 4-4 4; Molly Dahl 1-1 2-3 4; Jess Segilia 1-2 0-0 3; Julianna Lynott 1-4 0-0 2; Lindsay Atchison 0-3 1-2 1; Elizabeth Demko 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-50 22-25 63.
DeSales University............ 36 39 - 75
King's College.................... 28 35 - 63
3-point goals--DeSales University 5-11 (Kelly Magrann 4-7; Lori Lidlow 1-2; Hannah Smith 0-1; Kaila Wiand 0-1), King's College 5-21 (Kayla Dick 3-6; Jess Segilia 1-2; Celia Rader 1-7; Lindsay Atchison 0-1; Megan Rigous 0-2; Paige Carlin 0-3). Fouled out--DeSales University-None, King's College-None. Rebounds--DeSales University 38 (Colleen Gavin 8), King's College 32 (Paige Carlin 7). Assists--DeSales University 19 (Hannah Smith 7), King's College 9 (Celia Rader 3; Megan Rigous 3). Total fouls--DeSales University 19, King's College 13. Technical fouls--DeSales University-None, King's College-None. A-235
