WILKES-BARRE -- King's College opened up a 24-point advantage at halftime and cruised through the second frame on way to a 99-53 win over Albany Pharmacy on Monday night on the final day of the Wilkes-Barre Challenge held at Wilkes University's Martz Center.
With the win, King's (6-5) finishes 1-1 over the annual two-day round robin tournament. Albany Pharmacy drops to 3-6 overall on the year.
The Monarchs scored early and often in the opening stanza taking a 13-7 lead following two free throws from rookie Kyle Hammonds (left) with 15:37 on the clock. Senior Adam Brasky entered the scoring column with a deep three-pointer and Hammonds continued his scoring tear with six straight points, including his second of five makes from long range to extend the lead to 18 at 37-19 with just over seven minutes left in the half. An old fashioned three-point play from Nick Reisig followed by a three-pointer by sophomore Matt Fiorino gave King's their largest advantage of the half up 46-22 three minutes later. King's would take a commanding 48-24 lead to the break.
The second half saw much of the same as the Monarchs continued to score at will. Hammonds connected on his fifth trey of the contest just seven minutes in, as King's led by as many as 36 points, 77-41.
Hammonds, who was named to the All-Tournament squad, was brilliant throughout finishing with a career-best 25 points on 8-of-15 shooting including a career-best five makes from behind the arc in 20 minutes of play. Fiorino was equally as impressive from long range adding 20 points on 6-of-8 shooting from long distance. Senior Kevin Conroy, who was held without a field goal in yesterday's loss, was solid inside finishing with 15 points and a game-high 11 rebounds. Brasky contributed nine points, five rebounds, and four assists, while Reisig totaled eight points and four rebounds.
As a squad, King's faired much better shooting from the floor making 45.5 percent (35-77) of their shots. The Monarchs canned a season-best 48.4 percent (15-31) of their attempts from behind the arc. King's also won the war on the boards, out-rebounding Albany Pharmacy 60-43.
Casey Redfern led Albany Pharmacy with 19 points, while Peter Aiken added 10 points and seven rebounds.
King's returns to Freedom Conference play Saturday when the Monarchs travel to Madison, N.J. to face FDU-Florham at 3:00 p.m.
KING'S COLLEGE 99, ALBANY PHARMACY 53
ALBANY PHARMACY (3-6)
Casey Redfern 7-14 0-0 19; Peter Aiken 5-14 0-0 10; Zach Bratek 2-9 3-4 7; Brad Allen 2-7 2-2 7; Ben Sheppard 1-11 1-2 4; Jared Dujack 1-3 0-0 2; Keith Curtin 1-3 0-0 2; Paul Nolan 1-1 0-1 2; Josh Lemay 0-2 0-0 0; Steven Palmer 0-0 0-0 0; Joe Britt 0-6 0-0 0; Mickey Shrivastava 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 20-74 6-9 53.
KING'S COLLEGE (6-5)
Kyle Hammonds 8-15 4-7 25; Matt Fiorino 7-10 0-0 20; Kevin Conroy 5-10 5-8 15; Adam Brasky 3-5 1-1 9; Nick Reisig 2-7 3-3 8; Ian Oakley 3-3 0-1 6; Joe Caffrey 2-4 0-0 5; Eric Brown 2-4 0-0 4; Kyle Stackhouse 2-5 0-0 4; Chris Hobson 1-3 0-0 2; Chris Uhl 0-2 1-2 1; Jonathan Gilmore 0-2 0-2 0; Joe Kane 0-7 0-0 0. Totals 35-77 14-24 99
Albany Pharmacy............... 24 29 - 53
King's College................ 48 51 - 99
3-point goals--Albany Pharmacy 7-27 (Casey Redfern 5-9; Ben Sheppard 1-6;Brad Allen 1-4; Jared Dujack 0-2; Keith Curtin 0-2; Josh Lemay 0-1; MickeyShrivastava 0-2; Zach Bratek 0-1), King's College 15-31 (Matt Fiorino 6-8; Kyle Hammonds 5-9; Adam Brasky 2-3; Nick Reisig 1-3; Joe Caffrey 1-2; Joe Kane 0-5; Eric Brown 0-1). Fouled out--Albany Pharmacy-Zach Bratek, King's College-None. Rebounds--Albany Pharmacy 43 (Zach Bratek 11), King's College 60 (Kevin Conroy 11). Assists--Albany Pharmacy 15 (Mickey Shrivastava 4), King's College 26 (Kyle Stackhouse 7). Total fouls--Albany Pharmacy 16, King's College 11. Technical fouls--Albany Pharmacy-None, King's College-None.
All-Challenge Team
Chris DeRojas, Guard, Wilkes
Paul Huch, F, Wilkes
Jarrell Jackson, G, Curry
Sedale Jones, G, Curry
Kyle Hammonds, G, King's
Peter Aiken, F, Albany Pharmacy
