MARCH 12, 2015

THREE KING'S SENIORS TO PLAY IN MAC SENIOR ALL-STAR BASKETBALL GAME

READING, PA --- Three members of the King's College men's and women's basketball teams will participate in the third-annual Middle Atlantic Conference Senior All-Star Basketball Games scheduled for Sunday March 15^th at the George C. Bollman Center on the campus of Albright College. The men's team will be represented by seniors Rich Douglas and Tim O'Shea while the women's team will be represented by senior Marissa Manning.

A Special Olympics Clinic will be held at 12:15 p.m. in the John Scholl LifeSports Center before a Three-Point Shooting Contest and Dunk Contest takes place at 1:00 p.m. in the George C. Bollman Center. The women's game is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. with the men's game to follow at 3:00 p.m. Both games will feature senior players from the Freedom Conference playing against senior players from the Commonwealth Conference.

In lieu of admission, donations to the Greater Berks Food Bank will be accepted as an admission fee for both games. Donation boxes will be located in the lobby entrance to the Bollman Center. (Please see donation wish list)

There will be live stats of both games. Links to each game can be found below:

Women's Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/albright/wbball/

Men's Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/albright/mbball/

Information Page: http://www.mascac.org/sports/2015/3/10/MBB_0310154402.aspx?id=5125&

 

Manning, a 6-foot forward concluded her senior year averaging 10.4 points and 6.6 rebounds a game while adding 42 assists and 19 blocks. She was named to the All-Freedom team as an honorable selection. Manning concluded her fine career for the Monarchs with 931 points, 515 rebounds, 107 assists, and 89 blocks. In her four years she started in 87 of the 88 games she played in and was a member of the 2011-12 team that advanced to Sweet 16 of the NCAA Division III National Tournament.
 

Douglas, a 5-11 point guard had his best season at King's and led the Monarchs to their first Freedom Conference Tournament appearance since the 2009-10 season. He finished the year with 23 points, 49 rebounds, 35 assists, and 20 steals.  Douglas ended the year as the starting point guard the last 10 games after coming off the bench to begin the year. He concluded his career with 30 points, 96 rebounds, 69 assists, and 36 steals.
 

O'Shea, a 6-3 forward finished his senior campaign averaging 5.3 points and 3.7 rebounds a game. He also posted 11 blocks, eight assists and nine steals coming off the bench for the Monarchs. He concluded his Monarch career with 631 points, 342 rebounds, 73 assists, 43 blocks, and 41 steals.


Photos

MAC office staff will take action photos periodically throughout the event. Photos will be posted to the MAC Flickr account at https://www.flickr.com/photos/127669470@N08/.

Social Media

Game participants and fans are encouraged to join the conversation about the games on Twitter by following @mac_sports, on Instagram by following @gomacsports, and using the hashtag #MACallstars.

MAC All-Star Women's Game
Commonwealth Team
Sabrina Vaitkevicius (Stevenson), Pee-Jay Gunn (Stevenson), Kayleigh Guzek (Stevenson), Dejonia Reid (Lycoming), Megan Fox (Arcadia), Mya Lobb (Alvernia), Aleia Glick (Widener), Kaitlyn Yoh (Alvernia), Kayla Kelly (Stevenson), Jessica Venturelli (Albright), Briana Lee (Hood), Kristina Reiter (Widener), Ty Bender (Stevenson), Kia Dawkins (Stevenson), Allison Hardwick (Albright), Courtney Colella (Widener), Ali Derr (Lycoming)

Coaches: Janice Luck (Albright), Jackie Boswell (Stevenson)

Freedom Team
Brenna Coll (Delaware Valley), Delisha Thompson (FDU-Florham), Kate Thomas (Wilkes), Gina DiDomenico (Eastern), Agatha Drozd (Delaware Valley), Alexandria Suk (DeSales), Mikelyn Mackavage (DeSales), Marissa Manning (King's), Kaleigh Boreman (Eastern), Amanda Greene (Misericordia), Brittany Wood (Delaware Valley), Kaitlyn Dougherty (Eastern), Shannon Barlow (Delaware Valley), Chelsea Brown (Wilkes), Meghan Nowak (Eastern), Ellen Rich (Wilkes)

Coaches: Nate Davis (Eastern), Lori Wileczek Juhring (Eastern), Eric Houston (Eastern), Tom Dillard (Eastern)
 

MAC All-Star Men's Game
Commonwealth Team
Justin Kuntz (Stevenson), Zac Hoy (Messiah), Khalil Curtis (Arcadia), Torrell Candelaria (Arcadia), Joe Brown (Arcadia), Travis Saltus (Arcadia), Terrell Buyck (Hood), Jermaine Clarke (Arcadia), Patrick Dougher (Lycoming), Reggie Daniels (Hood), Lamont Clark (Alvernia), Devin Brown (Albright), Harrison Deyo (Alvernia), David Fernandez-Bravo (Messiah), Greg Lawson (Widener), Colby Giacubeno (Stevenson), Malcolm Covington (Lycoming)

Coaches: Guy Rancourt (Lycoming), Brad McAllister (Lebanon Valley), Tommy O'Connor (Lycoming)

Freedom Team
Nate Brown (Delaware Valley), Anthony Parenti (Eastern), Joe Busacca (Misericordia), Tymiak Hawking (FDU-Florham) Rich Douglas (King's), Francis Arnold (Delaware Valley), Anthony Sergio (Misericordia), Steve Ware (Misericordia), Patrick Widdoss (Misericordia), Tim O'Shea (King's), Kevin Furlong (FDU-Florham), Jose Ortiz (Delaware Valley)

Coaches: Trevor Woodruff (Misericordia), Willie Chandler (Misericordia), A.J. Nudo (Misericordia), Matt Greene (Misericordia)