Box Score

DECEMBER 30, 2011

LADY MONARCH CAGERS DOWN REGIS 60-49, FINISH WHITTIER TOURNEY WITH 1-1 MARK

WHITTIER, CA — Samantha Simcox scored a game-high 16 points and Paige Carlin added 13 to power the King's College women's basketball team to a 60-49 victory over Regis College in the final day of the Blue and Gold Poet Classic Friday at Whittier College, Whittier, CA.

With the win, King's improved to 8-3 on the year while Regis slipped to 5-3.

The teams played a back-and-forth first half but King's took a 29-26 lead at the break on the strength of 11 points from Simcox.

In the second stanza the Lady Monarchs held on to a 40-36 lead with 11:39 remaining when King's made its decisive run. Two straight jumpers from Celia Rader and Katlin Michaels, followed by a three-pointer by Simcox gave King's a 47-37 lead with 7:58 left in the contest. After Regis cut the lead to 47-40 with 5:28 to play, King's used a driving lay-up from paige Carlin and a pair of free throws by Lindsay Atchison to push the lead to 51-40 3L24 on the clock.

Regis made one last push and whittled the lead to 53-46 with 1:24 to go by King's put the game away with a Michaels jumper and another Carlin lay-up, upping the lead to 57-46 with 0:44 remaining.

Simcox, who earned a spot on the all-tournament team, was 5-of-9 from the field and canned a pair of three-pointers to pace the King's attack. Carlin netted 11 of her 13 points in the game's final 20 minutes while adding four boards. Rader had six points and five rebounds. Atchison tallied seven points to earn an all-tournament berth. Manning contributed eight points and three boards, while Michaels finished with eight points, eight rebounds, and four assists.

King's made just 33.9 (18-53) percent of its shot from the field but made up the difference by going 21-of-29 from the foul line.

Clare Romonas led Regis with 12 points and three rebounds while Emilee Marro added nine points and seven rebounds. Stefanie Crawford chipped in with eight points for the Pride.

King's will now return to the East Coast where the Lady Monarchs resume play January 7 with a 7:00 p.m. home contest against defending Colonial State Athletic Conference champion Neumann University.

Tournament MVP
Olivia Lett – Illinois Wesleyan

All-Tournament Selection
Olivia Lett – Illinois Wesleyan
Melissa Gardner – Illinois Wesleyan
Brittany Aranda – Whittier
Claire Ramonas – Regis
Samantha Simcox – King's
Lindsay Atchison – King's


KING'S COLLEGE 60, REGIS 49

KING'S COLLEGE (8-3)
Samantha Simcox 5-9 4-4 16; Paige Carlin 5-14 2-5 13; Katlin Michaels 2-6
4-6 8; Marissa Manning 4-11 0-0 8; Lindsay Atchison 1-4 5-5 7; Celia Rader
1-5 4-5 6; Brittany Muscatell 0-2 1-2 1; Ashley Davies 0-1 1-2 1; Abby
Malloy 0-0 0-0 0; Molly Dahl 0-0 0-0 0; Jessica McHugh 0-1 0-0 0; Alicia
Hayes 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-53 21-29 60.

Regis (5-3)
Claire Ramonas 3-5 6-8 12; Emilee Marro 4-6 1-4 9; Stefanie Wozmak 3-8 0-0
8; Lauren Kimble 2-4 1-2 6; Teresa Busiek 2-4 0-0 5; Leah Murphy 1-4 1-2 4;
Alex Chace 1-7 0-0 2; Dana Sparks 0-2 2-4 2; Stephanie Crawford 0-6 1-2 1;
Kimberly Daniels 0-0 0-0 0; Janaya Bradley 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 16-49 12-22 49.

King's College...........................   29   31  -   60
Regis College............................   26   23  -   49

3-point goals--King's College 3-13 (Samantha Simcox 2-4; Paige Carlin 1-3;
Celia Rader 0-3; Brittany Muscatell 0-1; Jessica McHugh 0-1; Katlin Michaels
0-1), REGIS 5-22 (Stefanie Wozmak 2-5; Teresa Busiek 1-1; Lauren Kimble 1-3;
Leah Murphy 1-4; Stephanie Crawford 0-2; Janaya Bradley 0-1; Dana Sparks
0-1; Alex Chace 0-5). Fouled out--King's College-None, REGIS-Claire Ramonas.
Rebounds--King's College 41 (Katlin Michaels 8), REGIS 36 (Emilee Marro 7).
Assists--King's College 12 (Katlin Michaels 4), REGIS 10 (Teresa Busiek 2;
Emilee Marro 2; Alex Chace 2). Total fouls--King's College 15, REGIS 22.
Technical fouls--King's College-Team, REGIS-None.