DECEMBER 29, 2012

COLD-SHOOTING KING'S WOMEN FALL TO JUNIATA IN TOURNEY FINAL

HUNTINGDON -- The King's College women's basketball team shot a frigid 24.6 percent from the floor, its lowest of the season, as the Lady Monarchs dropped a 80-51 verdict to host Juniata College in the championship game of the Juniata Holiday Tournament Saturday in Huntingdon.

Juniata, which comes off back-to-back NCAA Division III national tournament appearances, improved to 8-3 with the victory. King's, meanwhile, fell to 5-4 on the year.

King's came out of the gates by quickly, taking an 8-2 lead on the strength of two three-pointers and a driving lay-up, all from Celia Rader. Juniata, however, countered with a 9-0 run to take a 11-8 lead following a Kate McDonald bucket with 15:32 left in the opening half.

The Eagles would outscore King's 12-7 over the next nine minutes to build a 23-15 advantage after a traditional three-point play from Paige Dennison with 6:32 to go.

After the Lady Monarchs closed to within 23-19 on a Katlin Michaels lay-up with 4:25 remaining, the Eagles closed out the half with a 11-4 run to take a 34-23 lead at the break.

In the second half Juniata slowly extended its lead when King's mustered only seven points and just two baskets over the first 6:56 of the final stanza. Juniata, meanwhile, experienced no such problem and stretched the lead to 56-30 on a pair of McDonald foul shots with 13:22 left in the contest.

The Eagles built a 36-point lead, its biggest of the game, when Alix Sellers canned a pair of foul shots to push the score to 72-36 with 8:45 remaining. King's drew no closer than 27 points the rest of the way.

King's made just 15-of-16 shots from the floor and also struggled from three-point-range, connecting on just 6-of 21 of its long-range attempts. The Lady Monarchs were outrebounded 49-32 in the game also committed 20 turnovers, eight more than its average of 12 per-game.

Rader scored 20 points to gain a spot on the all-tournament team but was the only Lady Monarch to reach double-figures in scoring. King's remaining four starters combined for just 15 points in the game. Michaels followed with eight points and three rebounds while Cassie Erdmann came off the bench to add seven points.

Jordan Speck led Juniata with 17 points while Kelsey Livoti and McDonald added 13 and 12 points respectively.

King's returns to the court Thursday when the Lady Monarchs host Lycoming College at 7:00 p.m. in Scandlon Gym.


JUNIATA 80, KING'S COLLEGE 51

KING'S COLLEGE (5-4)
Celia Rader 5-16 6-6 20; Katlin Michaels 3-13 2-2 8; Cassie Erdmann 2-5 2-2
7; Molly Dahl 1-6 1-2 3; Meagan Boccio 1-2 0-0 3; Ashley Davies 1-2 0-0 2;
Kyley Henry 0-1 2-2 2; Lindsay Atchison 1-7 0-0 2; Jennifer Fabian 1-3 0-0
2; Jessica McHugh 0-1 2-2 2; Katie Dugan 0-0 0-0 0; Tara Zdancewicz 0-2 0-0
0; Sara Krupinski 0-0 0-0 0; Gina McLaughlin 0-0 0-0 0; Tiffany O'Donnell
0-3 0-2 0. Totals 15-61 15-18 51.

JUNIATA (8-3)
Jordan Speck 7-13 0-0 17; Kelsey Livoti 4-9 2-2 13; Kate McDonald 5-9 2-3
12; Karlie McFatridge 3-5 2-2 9; Paige Dennison 3-7 1-1 8; Natalie Hager 3-7
0-0 6; Natalie Glinsky 2-8 0-0 5; Jordan Hileman 1-2 2-2 4; Alix Sellers 1-2
2-2 4; Maria Photiades 1-4 0-0 2; Emily Fox 0-4 0-0 0; Liz Wortman 0-5 0-0
0. Totals 30-75 11-12 80.

King's............................ 23 28 - 51
Juniata.......................... 34 46 - 80

3-point goals--King's College 6-21 (Celia Rader 4-11; Meagan Boccio 1-1;
Cassie Erdmann 1-3; Lindsay Atchison 0-2; Jessica McHugh 0-1; Molly Dahl
0-2; Katlin Michaels 0-1), Juniata 9-34 (Jordan Speck 3-9; Kelsey Livoti
3-5; Paige Dennison 1-3; Karlie McFatridge 1-3; Natalie Glinsky 1-6; Maria
Photiades 0-2; Emily Fox 0-2; Liz Wortman 0-2; Jordan Hileman 0-1; Natalie
Hager 0-1). Fouled out--King's College-None, Juniata-None. Rebounds--King's
College 32 (Jennifer Fabian 7), Juniata 49 (Kate McDonald 13).
Assists--King's College 7 (Katlin Michaels 2), Juniata 18 (Natalie Glinsky
4). Total fouls--King's College 20, Juniata 17. Technical fouls--King's
College-None, Juniata-None. A-215