JANUARY 31, 2018

KING'S WOMEN USE BIG THIRD QUARTER TO OVERTAKE DELAWARE VALLEY, 65-57

DOYLESTOWN -- The King's College women's basketball team overcame a 29-26 half-time deficit by outscoring host Delaware Valley University 24-11 in the third quarter as the Lady Monarchs picked up an important 65-57 Freedom Conference road victory Wednesday night in Doylestown.

With the win, King's improved to 12-8 and 7-2 in league play. The Lady Monarchs remain deadlocked in a first-place Freedom Conference tie with defending champion FDU-Florham, which dispatched Wilkes 104-64 Wednesday night.

With Delaware Valley holding a 15-12 lead after the first quarter, the Aggies went on a 7-0 run to start the second quarter to build a 22-12 lead after a bucket and foul shot by Danielle Skedzielewski with 6:32 on the clock.

After King's got back-to-back three-pointers from Mackenzie Yori and Erin Schmidt to cut the score to 22-18, Skedzielewski hit a three-pointer of her own to put the Aggies ahead 25-18 at the 4:00 mark.

King's used four straight points from Rebecca Prociak to trim the lead to 25-22 with 2:50 remaining in the half. After the teams traded misses. Ashley Smink scored for Delaware Valley to push the score to 27-22 with 1:39 to play. 

Yori and Sarah Wolbert scored baskets for King's to cut the score to 27-26 with 0:50 to go, but Morgan Mitchell scored on a lay-up for the Aggies to give Delaware Valley a 29-26 lead at the break.

King's, though, came out firing in the third quarter. Six straight points from Olivia Hoffman brought King's to within 34-32 and a Prociak free throw cut the lead to 34-33 with 7:04 left in the period.

After an Aggie miss, Yori canned back-to-back three-pointers to give King's a 39-34 advantage with 5:26 on the clock, a lead the Lady Monarchs would not surrender. Alexis Steeber then scored four straight points for King's to cap a 10-0 run, giving the Lady Monarchs a 43-34 advantage with 3:54 left in the frame. King's eventually took its biggest lead of the game to that points when Lindsay Dippre drained a three-pointer to push the score to 50-40 entering the fourth quarter.

King's continued to build upon the lead in the final frame when an inside bucket by Prociak, one-of-two free throws from Rachael DeTore, and a Yori jumper extended the lead to 55-40 with 8:32 left in the contest.

The Aggies cut the lead to 59-53 with 5:14 to go on a Smink three-pointer bu the Aggies would come no closer the rest of the way.

Yori led King's with 17 points, four assists, and made three three-pointers. Steeber had 14 points and eight rebounds while Prociak had 13 points and eight boards. Hoffman had 12 points, nine rebounds, and three blocks to pace the Lady Monarch attack.

King's returns home Saturday with a 1:00 PM matchup against Eastern University. King's women's alumni game will take place at 10:00 AM on Saturday.