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Wilkes (1-5) vs. Baptist Bible (3-2)
Monday, December 6, 2010 / 7:00 p.m. 
Marts Center / Wilkes-Barre, PA

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AT A GLANCE
WU will play in its second game of a five-game, eight-day stretch tonight against the visiting Baptist Bible Defenders at the Marts Center. The Lady Colonels will look for a repeat of last season's matchup which saw them score 97 points en route to a 21-point victory.

LAST TIME OUT
The Lady Colonels fought 5-1 FDU-Florham tough in the first half but were outscored down the stretch in a 90-73 loss to the Devils this past Saturday.

The first half consisted of five ties as the Lady Colonels forced 9 turnovers and limited the Devils leading scorer, Shaleah Alston, to just 2 points. FDU took a 7-point lead into the break and then came out in the second half hot, shooting 45.2% and outscoring WU by 10 points for the 17-point win.

Sr. G Sam Lynam (Spinnerstown/Quakertown) went for a season-high 30 points in the loss, including 19 in the second half as she went 11-21 from the floor. So. G Megan Kazmerski (Kingston, PA/Holy Redeemer) added 10 points and 7 boards and Jr. G Whitney Connolly (Liberty, PA/Liberty) dropped in 10 more for the Lady Colonels.

THE CAPTAINS
The Lady Colonels are captained by the trio of Sr. G Brittany Ely (Montrose/Montrose), Sr. G Erin Schneider (Colchester, CT/Holy Name) and Jr. G Whitney Connolly (Liberty, PA/Liberty), the only junior of the group.

Ely brings her all-around game back to the Lady Colonels for her final season, as she has 63 games and 54 starts under her belt. Starting 20 of 25 games a season ago, she was 3rd on the team in minutes with 27.0 mpg.

Schneider, the 2nd senior captain, is also one of the most experienced Lady Colonels. Playing in 61 career games, she has logged nearly 1,000 minutes on the court for Wilkes.

The lone junior for the Lady Colonels, Connolly has played in 49 games at Wilkes, getting 23 starts a season ago, averaging 27.4 mpg.

HITTING DOUBLE-FIGURES
Sr. G Sam Lynam (Spinnerstown/Quakertown) has scored in double figures 35 times in her career, including 30 on Saturday against FDU and 19 in the Freedom Conference opener at Misericordia. She netted 22 in the season opening win over PSU Hazleton.

She leads the Lady Colonels in scoring this season with 21.0 ppg, going for double-figures in all four of the games she's played in. Lynam owns a 42.0 FG% (29-69) and is shooting 38.5% from 3 and has hit 16-20 FTs (80.0%).

She scored a career-high 33 points on 11-23 shooting in 31 minutes against Arcadia as a sophomore and then later dropped 22 points on 8-13 FGs against Keystone, hitting double-figures 10 times that season.

She's finished in the top three on the team in scoring each year on campus, leading the team with 11.3 ppg as a sophomore in 2008-09.

QUICK STARTS
Lynam has been been successful in the early season during her time with the Lady Colonels. In the season's first three games, she's averaging 14.4 ppg in just 22.4 mpg, including a career-high 33 points at Arcadia in the first game of her sophomore season.

THE SCORER
So. G Megan Kazmerski (Kingston, PA/Holy Redeemer) is off to a slow start this season after leading the Lady Colonels in scoring as a freshman last year, netting 11.5 ppg in her 26.6 mpg of action.

After scoring a season-high 12 points against Western New England, she's gone for 10 points in each of her last two games. Kazmerski has also found other ways to help WU, grabbing at least 5 boards four times this year, including 7 against FDU and 9 in the season opener. She also has at least 2 steals in each game this year, getting 3 three times. This season she's averaging 5.8 rpg and has a team-leading 15 steals.

Kazmerski opened her career by scoring 14 points in just 15 minutes off the bench against Hazleton last year. She hit double figures 18 more times during the season, including 18 points in her first start against Misericordia and a season-high 22 at Baptist Bible.

With a 40.7 FG%, Kazmerski went 118-290 from the floor and was also 2nd on the team with 6.6 rpg, including 57 offensive boards (2.3 pg).

ALL-AROUND THREAT
One of the most versitile players for the Lady Colonels, Ely is averaging 5.7 ppg and 7.3 rpg while collecting 11 steals and 9 assists. Getting her 2nd career double double against Western New England with 12 points and a career-high 13 rebounds, she also added 3 steals and 2 assists for the Lady Colonels.

Last year Ely was 3rd on the team with 27.0 mpg and 4.5 rpg, Ely scored 4.9 ppg and had 39 assists and 39 steals. The senior also went 30-43 (69.8%) from the foul line.

She scored in double-figures four times and had back-to-back games of 10 boards, including a double-double (13 pts, 10 rebs) in 40 minutes against Delaware Valley. She has 120 career assists, including a team-high 63 as a
sophomore in 2008-09.

RUNNING THE POINT
Running the point again this year is So. G Amanda Pawlowski (Nanticoke, PA/Holy Redeemer), who has 10 assists and 8 steals in five games this season. She scores 6.4 ppg in 30.4 mpg and is hitting 42.9% (12-28) from the field.

She had her best game of the young season against MIT, tying a career-high with 12 points on 5-10 shooting, adding 4 rebounds and turning it over just once in 36 minutes on the court.

Starting 25 games as a freshman last year, Pawlowski debuted with 6 points, 4 assists and had a season-high 7 steals in 23 minutes in the win over PSU Hazleton.

Pawlowski led Wilkes in assists nine times last season, getting at least 1 in every game. She also added 31 steals, 4th on the team, including 10 games of at least 2 swipes.

FROM THE FOUL LINE
Lynam and Pawlowski were 1st and 2nd on the team in terms of free throw percentage last year, as they combined to hit 81.8% from the charity stripe.

With an 83.9 FT%, Lynam went 26-31 in her 16 games, including a 5-5 game against Cedar Crest. Pawlowski finished the season 37-46 (80.4%), going 11-13 in her final four games.

So far this season, they are a combined 20-24 (83.3%).

STEPPING UP
Stepping into a full-time starter's role this year, Schneider has produced, ranking 2nd on the team with 8.0 ppg and 1st with 11 assists. She's 10th in the Freedom Conference with a 30.3 3FG% (10-33) and is 7th with 1.7 3's per game.

Schneider scored a season-high 17 points against MIT, going 6-11 from the field and 4-7 from 3 in 30 minutes.

GETTING OFFENSIVE
After scoring 5.3 ppg last year, Connolly has started to improve her offensive game, going for at least 8 points three times in the past four games, including a season-high 12 against MIT. In that game, she shot 5-12 from the floor and added 8 rebounds.

Through five games, Connolly is averaging 6.7 ppg and 4.2 rpg, adding 10 assists and 8 steals.

PROVIDING A SPARK
So. G Angela Palmerio (Telford, PA/Lansdale Catholic) has given the Lady Colonels an energy off the bench, scoring 5.7 ppg and grabbing 4.2 rpg. She has proven she can score, netting a career-high 13 points in just 24 minutes against Western New England and has a 35.5 FG% (11-31).

She also also given the Lady Colonels a rebounding presence, getting at least 4 in four of six games, including 7 in 22 minutes against PSU Hazleton. In her first start of the season, Palmerio had 8 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals against Marywood.

OFF THE BENCH
So. F Sam Rohn (Levittown/Neshaminy) and Fr. G Helen Lawry (Glenville, NY/Burnt Hills - Ballston Lake) have given the Lady Colonels extra minutes off the bench this year, as Rohn averages 12.8 mpg and Lawry 17.5 mpg.

Rohn came off the bench to grab 5 boards against PSU Hazleton and scored 4 points against MIT. Playing in a season-high 22 minutes at Misericordia, Lawry scored 8 points and grabbed 3 rebounds.

PLAYING “D”
Kazmerski leads the Lady Colonels and is 4th in the conference in steals, averaging 2.5 spg. She has at least 2 steals in every game, getting 3 on three different occassions.

As a team, WU is 5th in the conference with 9.7 spg, getting 15 steals against PSU Hazleton and 12 against Marywood.