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Katlin Michaels scored 23 points to lead King's past Polytechnic Friday night

Lady Monarch Cagers Down Polytechnic 70-58 to Reach Rutgers-Newark Tourney Title Game

11/18/2011 10:41:00 PM

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NOVEMBER 18, 2011

KING'S WOMEN ADVANCE TO TOURNEY FINAL WITH 70-58 WIN OVER NEW YORK POLYTECHNIC

NEWARK, NJ -- Katlin Michaels and Paige Carlin combined for 41 points to lead the King's College women's basketball team to a 70-58 victory over New York Polytechnic in the opening round of the Rutgers-Newark Tip-Off Classic Friday night at the Golden Dome Arena, Newark, NJ.

With the win, King's advances to Saturday's title game where the Lady Monarchs face host Rutgers-Newark University at 6:00 p.m. RNU defeated 65-49 in the other first-round pairing.

King's trailed throughout much the first half as Polytechnic built its biggest lead at 21-12 with 10:52 remaining in the opening half. But King's remained patient and chipped away, using a 18-5 surge over the next 8:30 to build a 30-26 lead with 2:46 left in the half following a basket by Carlin. After a Polytechnic bucket at the 2:22 mark, King's closed out the half with a driving lay-up by Michaels and five straight points from Carlin to take a 36-30 lead into the half-time break.

King's came out of the locker room and picked up right where the Lady Monarchs left off as a lay-up by Michaels, a three-pointer from Carlin, and a Samantha Simcox bucket down low upped the Lady Monarch advantage to 43-30 with 17:10 to play.

After a Polytechnic basket, the Lady Monarchs countered with four consecutive Simcox points, one-of-two foul shots by Marissa Manning, and a lay-up from Michaels to extend the lead to 50-32 with 14:43 remaining.

Polytechnic whittled the lead down to 54-44 on a bucket by Catherine Thompson but driving lay-ups from Jess McHugh, Brittany Muscatell, and Michaels, along with a three-pointer by Simcox gave King's its biggest lead of the game at 66-44 with 6:52 left in the contest.

Michaels paced King's with 23 points and five assists while Carlin followed with 18 points, five assists, and four rebounds. Simcox added 12 points and 12 rebounds for King's while Manning tallied six points and five rebounds. Muscatell chipped in with eight rebounds. King's held a 45-32 advantage in rounds and forced 19 turnovers.

Margaux Pickell led Polytechnic with 18 points and 15 rebounds while Shelby Bruns and Cathy Thompson tallied 16 and 15 points respectively.

KING'S COLLEGE 70, NYU-POLY 58

KING'S COLLEGE (2-0)
Katlin Michaels 9-16 5-5 23; Paige Carlin 8-14 0-0 18; Samantha Simcox 5-10
1-2 12; Marissa Manning 2-11 2-4 6; Lindsay Atchison 1-2 1-2 3; Jessica
McHugh 1-4 0-0 2; Ashley Davies 0-1 2-2 2; Celia Rader 1-6 0-0 2; Brittany
Muscatell 1-4 0-0 2; Molly Dahl 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 28-70 11-15 70.

NYU-POLY (1-1)
Margaux Pickell 5-15 8-10 18; Shelby Bruns 7-15 2-3 16; Catherine Thompson
5-14 2-3 15; Tabitha Larsen 3-6 1-2 7; Corine Fitzgibbons 1-1 0-0 2; Ryane
Pappa 0-0 0-0 0; Miranda Merilli 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-51 13-18 58.

King's College................ 36 34 - 70
NYU-Poly....................... 30 28 - 58

3-point goals--King's College 3-14 (Paige Carlin 2-3; Samantha Simcox 1-2;
Lindsay Atchison 0-1; Jessica McHugh 0-1; Celia Rader 0-4; Brittany
Muscatell 0-1; Molly Dahl 0-1; Katlin Michaels 0-1), NYU-Poly 3-8 (Catherine
Thompson 3-7; Tabitha Larsen 0-1). Fouled out--King's College-None,
NYU-Poly-None. Rebounds--King's College 45 (Samantha Simcox 12), NYU-Poly 32(Margaux Pickell 15). Assists--King's College 13 (Katlin Michaels 5; Paige
Carlin 5), NYU-Poly 15 (Tabitha Larsen 10). Total fouls--King's College 15,
NYU-Poly 12. Technical fouls--King's College-None, NYU-Poly-None. A-94
John K. Adams Tip-Off Classic - Game Two
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