Box Score
FEBRUARY 6, 2013

KING'S WOMEN PICK UP IMPORTANT ROAD WIN OVER DELAWARE VALLEY, 61-54

DOYLESTOWN — Katlin Michaels scored 12 of the last 16 points of the game for visiting King's College as the Lady Monarchs overcame a four-point deficit over the final 5:14 of the game as the Lady Monarchs picked up an important 61-54 road victory Wednesday in Doylestown.

With the win, the Lady Monarchs improved to 17-5 overall and 9-2 in the Freedom Conference while the Aggies fell to 9-13 and 3-8 in league play.  The Lady Monarchs also remained one game behind first-place FDU-Florham with three games remaining. The Devils routed host Wilkes University 73-36 to improve to 10-1 in Freedom play.

The game was closely contested throughout as neither team led by more than five points. The Lady Monarchs trailed 23-21 with 5:42 left in the opening stanza but outscored the Aggies 5-0 the rest of the way to forge a 26-23 at the break.

In the second half the game remained close as the Aggies took their first lead of the second stanza with 13:23 remaining on a short jumper from Emily Soper.  Delaware Valley maintained the lead until the 8:17 mark when Jennifer Fabian made one-of—two doul shots to put King's on top 43-42.  After three lead changes, the Aggies took a 48-45 lead following two free throws from Shannon Barlow with 6:28 on te clock.

But from there, King's senior guard Katlin Michaels took over and scored seven straight points for King's before Lindsay Atchison added a driving lay-up to put the Lady Monarchs ahead 54-51 with 2:36 remaining. After the Aggies trimmed the lead to 54-53 with 2:12 left, Michaels scored on a lay-up, then followed up with one-of-two foul shots on King's next possession to push the score to 57-53 at the 0:41 mark. King's closed out the game with four straight foul shots, two from Molly Dahl, and the final two coming from Michaels with 0:06 on the clock to seal the victory.

Michaels finished the game with  18 points, 12 coming over the final six minutes, while adding eight rebounds and six assists. She also moved to with 36 points of reaching the 1,000-point plateau.

Celia Rader added 12 points, four rebounds, and three assists, including three three-pointers while Jennifer Fabian posted her second straight double-double with 12 points and 12 boards. Dahl tallied a double-double of her own with 10 points and 10 rebounds  while Lindsay Atchison chipped in with six points and seven boards.

Delaware Valley was paced by Emily Soper with 16 points and nine rebounds while Eireanna Anastasi added 14 points, eight rebounds, and 10 assists.

King's hits the road again on Saturday when the Lady Monarchs travel to Purchase, NY to face Manhattanville College at 1:00 p.m.


KING'S COLLEGE 61, DELAWARE VALLEY 54

KING'S COLLEGE
Katlin Michaels 5-22 6-9 18; Jennifer Fabian 4-10 4-6 12; Celia Rader 4-12
1-3 12; Molly Dahl 3-11 2-4 10; Lindsay Atchison 2-10 1-2 6; Jessica McHugh
1-2 1-1 3; Cassie Erdmann 0-1 0-0 0; Tiffany O'Donnell 0-1 0-0 0; Tara
Zdancewicz 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 19-70 15-25 61.

DELAWARE VALLEY
Emily Soper 8-19 0-0 16; Eireann Anastasi 4-13 3-4 14; Brenna Coll 4-13 0-0
9; Shannon Barlow 0-7 5-6 5; Agatha Drozd 2-8 0-0 5; Bridget Sobon 2-6 0-0
5; Kelsey Kilpatrick 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 20-69 8-10 54.

King's College.....…...........   26   35  -   61
Delaware Valley.................   23   31  -   54

3-point goals--King's College 8-27 (Celia Rader 3-9; Molly Dahl 2-8; Katlin
Michaels 2-4; Lindsay Atchison 1-4; Tiffany O'Donnell 0-1; Cassie Erdmann
0-1), Delaware Valley 6-25 (Eireann Anastasi 3-10; Agatha Drozd 1-4; Brenna
Coll 1-4; Bridget Sobon 1-4; Kelsey Kilpatrick 0-3). Fouled out--King's
College-None, Delaware Valley-Emily Soper. Rebounds--King's College 57
(Jennifer Fabian 12), Delaware Valley 49 (Brenna Coll 15). Assists--King's
College 13 (Katlin Michaels 6), Delaware Valley 15 (Eireann Anastasi 10).
Total fouls--King's College 11, Delaware Valley 18. Technical fouls--King's
College-None, Delaware Valley-None.