JANUARY 5, 2013

KING'S WOMEN POST 76-66 ROAD VICTORY OVER NEUMANN

ASTON -- Katlin Michaels and Lindsay Atchison combined for 36 points to power the King's College women's basketball team to a 76-66 victory over host Neumann University in a non-conference matchup Saturday in Aston.

With the win, King's improved to 7-4 on the year while Neumann slipped to 4-8.

The Lady Monarchs took command early in the game and never trailed in the contest. With the game tied at 4-4 with just over two minutes gone, King's was ignited by a three-pointer from Ashley Davies to ignite a 8-0 run. Michaels followed with a driving lay-up, Davies added one-of-two free throws, and Jennifer Fabian added an inside basket to push the score to 12-4 with 14:30 left in the half.

After the Knights trimmed the lead to 14-8, King's used a three-pointer from Kyley Henry, two straight buckets from Michaels, and a traditional three-point play from Fabian to cap a 10-0 surge to increase the lead to 24-8 at the 9:37 mark.

The Lady Monarchs eventually built its biggest lead at 42-20 with 1:32 left in the opening half following baskets by Atchison and Michaels and two free throws by Davies. After four straight points by Neumann, the Lady Monarchs took a 44-24 lead at the half on a driving lay-uo from Atchison with 0:36 to play.

In the second half, Neumann began to chip away and closed to within 14 points when a basket by Laura Scott cut the lead to 49-35 with 15:01 remaining in the contest. King's, however, would push the lead back to 21 points when a lay-up from Celia Rader stretched the advantage to 62-41 with 8:56 left.

Neumann, however, would not go away and the Knights went on a 13-0 run, cutting the lead to 62-54 with 5:33 remaining. The teams traded free throws on the next three possessions as the Lady Monarchs maintained a 66-58 lead with 3:55 to play. After a Neumann miss, Michaels was fouled with 2:40 left and converted both charity tosses to give King's a 68-58 advantage.

The Knights then used a pair of baskets by Colleen Hinde to close to within 69-62 with 1:52 remaining but King's countered with a bucket by Atchison and one free throw each from Michaels and Fabian to push the score to 73-62 with 0:46 on the clock. After a Neumann bucket, King's Jessica McHugh closed the door with a pair of foul shots at the 0:28 mark to give the Lady Monarchs an insurmountable 75-64 lead.

Michaels finished with a game-high 19 points while adding seven rebounds and six assists. Atchison was outstanding form the floor, totaling 17 points on 8-of-11 shooting while adding three steals. Davies contributed 12 points and four rebounds while Rader tallied seven points. Fabian added six points and five rebounds while McHugh also finished with six points. Molly Dahl chipped in with four points and seven rebounds to aid the lady Monarch cause.

King's had 38 rebounds in the game with 18 coming on the offensive glass, while also forcing 20 Neumann turnovers. The Lady Monarchs converted 71.9 (23-32) percent from the foul line.

Neumann was paced by Laura Scott with 16 points while Bethany Humenik followed with 14 points. Hinde netted 12 points while JoHanna Metzger chipped in with 10.

King's returns to action on Wednesday when the Lady Monarchs resume Freedom Conference play with a 6:00 p.m. matchup with DeSales University in Scandlon Gymnasium.


KING'S COLLEGE 76, NEUMANN UNIVERSITY 66

KING'S COLLEGE (7-4)
Katlin Michaels 6-13 7-11 19; Lindsay Atchison 8-11 0-0 17; Ashley Davies
2-7 7-10 12; Celia Rader 1-11 5-6 7; Jennifer Fabian 2-3 2-3 6; Jessica
McHugh 2-6 2-2 6; Molly Dahl 2-5 0-0 4; Kyley Henry 1-1 0-0 3; Gina
McLaughlin 1-2 0-0 2; Cassie Erdmann 0-0 0-0 0; Katie Dugan 0-0 0-0 0;
Tiffany O'Donnell 0-1 0-0 0; Tara Zdancewicz 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 25-61 23-32 76.

NEUMANN UNIVERSITY (4-8)
Scott, Laura 7-10 2-3 16; Humenik, Bethany 4-10 6-6 14; Hinde, Colleen 5-8
2-2 12; Metzger, JoHanna 4-7 2-2 10; Marvel, Erica 2-7 0-0 5; Schlesman,
Jessica 1-5 2-2 4; Roberts, Sarah 1-2 0-0 3; Wood, Brittany 1-2 0-0 2;
Walker, Lauren 0-0 0-0 0; Fallon, Nicole 0-0 0-0 0; Larkin, Reilly 0-7 0-0
0; Mosely, Teariah 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-58 14-15 66.

King's College..................... 44 32 - 76
Neumann University............. 24 42 - 66

3-point goals--King's College 3-16 (Kyley Henry 1-1; Lindsay Atchison 1-2;
Ashley Davies 1-1; Jessica McHugh 0-1; Molly Dahl 0-1; Gina McLaughlin 0-1;
Tiffany O'Donnell 0-1; Celia Rader 0-7; Katlin Michaels 0-1), Neumann
University 2-9 (Marvel, Erica 1-4; Roberts, Sarah 1-2; Schlesman, Jessica
0-1; Larkin, Reilly 0-1; Humenik, Bethany 0-1). Fouled out--King's
College-None, Neumann University-Marvel, Erica. Rebounds--King's College 38
(Molly Dahl 7; Katlin Michaels 7), Neumann University 40 (Schlesman, Jessica
8). Assists--King's College 11 (Katlin Michaels 6), Neumann University 16
(Schlesman, Jessica 7). Total fouls--King's College 12, Neumann University
18. Technical fouls--King's College-None, Neumann University-None. A-187