WILKES-BARRE, PA (January 18, 2019) – The King's College women's basketball team will look to keep its winning steak alive on Saturday morning, traveling to Doylestown, PA Monday evening at 6 p.m, as the contest was moved back two days. King's has won its last two contests, knocking off FDU-Florham 94-83 last Saturday before topping Wilkes University Wednesday by 14 points.

Event Details
Opponent: at Delaware Valley University (8-8, 2-3 MAC Freedom)
Date: Monday, January 21, 2019
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Location: Doylestown, PA – James Work Gymnasium (Directions)
Live Coverage: (Live Video) (Live Stats)

Last Time Out: Behind the 28 points and nine rebounds from junior Rebecca Prociak, the King's College women's basketball team went over .500 in the Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom (MAC Freedom) Wednesday with a 73-59 win over Wilkes University in action from McGrane Gymnasium.

Prociak just missed her career-high of 29 points, which she accomplished back on November 29 against Wesley. She did though break her personal-best for field goal makes in a game with 13, which is the most since Joanne Palakoski posted 16 against Washington College (MD) back on February 3, 2000.

Prociak was 13-of-20 on the night from the floor, and Steeber continued her consistent offensive play of late with 17 more points, going 8-of-17 from the field in addition to six rebounds and four assists. Junior Mackenzie Yori was 6-of-11 from the field and 3-of-6 from deep on the way to 15 points, and Rajza posted six points, six rebounds and five helpers.

King's was 31-of-71 (43.1 percent) on field goal attempts on Wednesday, holding Wilkes to 30.8 percent from the floor. The hosts won the fast-break point battle 14-4, while holding a huge 48-16 edge in points in the paint.

A Look at the Monarchs (9-7, 3-2 MAC Freedom):

• The Monarchs are best when they are attacking the rim and are 6-0 this season when they make 17 or more free throws in a game.
• King's tied a season-high 21 assists on Wednesday against Wilkes, matching the mark set at Keystone and Wesley.
• So far this season, King's is first in the conference in turnovers committed per game, giving the ball away just 14.8 times a game. That ranks 48^th nationally.
• Along with that King's is 37^th in the country in assist to turnover ratio, posting a 1.05 rate while being one of just 50 teams with a positive ratio this season.
• The Monarchs have posted 71.5 points per game, which is the fourth-most in the conference.
• King's will need to sure up its field goal defense going into the rest of conference play, as the Monarchs come into Saturday's game allowing the highest field goal percentage against of any time in the league at 41.5 percent.
• Rebecca Prociak has had a strong season so far, ranking second in the MAC Freedom in points per game with 17.3, leading the league in free throws made at 80. She is also fourth in rebounding in the conference.
• Prociak comes into Saturday's game needing 85 points to hit the 1,000 mark for her career, which would make her the 22^nd player in program history to hit the mark and first since Kayla Feairheller in 2017.
• Senior Alexis Steeber continues to provide a great scoring option for the Monarchs, as she is posting 14.8 points per game this year. Steeber has just two games all season in single digits and has scored between 14 to 19 points in 12 games this year, including nine straight.
• Prociak, Steeber and Mackenzie Yori have almost all equaled each other from the floor, as Prociak has posted 98 made field goals with Steeber and Yori totaling 97.
• Yori has regained her magical shooting touch from downtown, making six of her last 11 shots from deep while connecting on three triples each of the past two games. Before that, Yori hadn't hit three or more trifectas in a game since making six at Wesley.
• Freshman Samantha Rajza continues to provide a much-needed spark off the bench, as the newcomer is posting solid energy along with 8.3 points and 3.7 rebounds. She is also second on the team in steals with 23.

A Look at the Aggies (8-8, 2-3 MAC Freedom):

• Delaware Valley snapped a small two-game skid its last time out, knocking off FDU-Florham 72-68 in Madison, NJ, as Ashley Smink scored 24 points, while Danielle Skedzielewski added 16 points and 13 rebounds. Both played all 40 minutes.
• The Aggies come into the game on Saturday with the lowest scoring average in the MAC Freedom at 63.4 points per game but have played well defensively allowing only 64.4 a contest.
• DelVal has shot the most three-pointers of any team in the league, while its 7.1 makes per game from deep also pace the MAC Freedom. The Aggies are making 30.2 percent of its shots from distance, which is fourth-best in the conference.
• As expected, while shooting the most three-pointers, Delaware Valley has taken the fewest foul shots with 279 but does shoot it well from the line making 73.8 percent at the stripe.
• Smink is fifth in the conference in scoring with 16.1 points per game, making a league-high 32 three pointers this season.
• Dom Moser is sixth in the MAC Freedom in rebounding with 8.1 boards a contest, also pouring in 14.9 points per game.
• Delaware Valley plays pretty much seven players, while Smink, Moser and Skedzielewski are all in the top five in minutes player per game.
• Head coach Laura Hogan is in her 23^rd season with the Aggies, returning to her alma mater back in 1996 after playing for the Aggies and finishing her career as the all-time leading scorer in program history.

 
Against DelVal All-Time: Dating back to the 2008 season, King's is 14-8 against Delaware Valley, sweeping the series last season. The two teams have split the previous eight games, as both teams are 2-2 on both at home and on the road during that span.
 
Up Next: The Monarchs will host both current teams unbeaten in the conference next week, finishing the first round of MAC Freedom play Wednesday at home at 8 p.m. against RV/No. 22 Misericordia University (16-0, 5-0 MAC Freedom) before hosting No. 21/20 DeSales University (14-2, 5-0 MAC Freedom) Saturday, January 26 at 1 p.m. in McGrane Gymnasium.