Complete Game Notes (PDF)

Wilkes (3-13) at Lycoming (6-11)
Wednesday, January 25, 2011 / 7:00 p.m. 
Lamade Gym / Williamsport, PA

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AT A GLANCE
The Lady Colonels take a break from their conference schedule as they travel to Williamsport to take on Lycoming College Wednesday night. WU is trying to get back in the win column and faces a Warriors team that has won just once in their last seven outings. The Lady Colonels also look to avenge their 58-41 home loss to Lycoming last January.

LAST TIME OUT
Playing in a tight game throughout the first half, the Lady Colonels tried to outscore Delaware Valley in the second, but the Aggies converted their shots as WU fell to DVC 81-70 on Saturday.

The Lady Colonels stayed close in the first half by converting 10-12 free throws and found themselves down by just six headed into the locker room. They came out hot from beyond the arc in the second half, hitting 6-9 3FGs and the team converted half of their shots in the comeback attempt. The Aggies, however, went 47.1 percent from the field to hold off the WU rally.

Sr. G Sam Lynam (Spinnerstown/Quakertown) finished with 22 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists, hitting 10-10 FTs. So. G Megan Kazmerski (Kingston, PA/Holy Redeemer) added a season-high 21 points and grabbed 6 boards.

GOING FOR 1,000
Sr. G Sam Lynam (Spinnerstown/Quakertown) continued her climb to 1,000 career points with 22 against Delaware Valley on Saturday and has scored 96 points in her last five games. She now stands at 854 in her three-plus seasons, needing just 146 more to reach the milestone and with 9 games remaining, Lynam needs to average 16.2 ppg to reach the mark. In her 14 games played, Lynam has scored at least 16 10 times.

BIG TIME SCORER
Lynam's 20.1 ppg is 2nd in the Freedom Conference and 13th in the nation. She's gone for 20 points six times, including a 27-point effort against King's, and has hit 30 on two different ocassions, with a season-high 32 points in the Lady Colonels comeback win over Susquehanna.

Averaging 28.8 mpg, Lynam is 2nd on the team with a 37.5 FG% (95-253) and an 85.5 FT% (65-76).

HITTING DOUBLE-FIGURES
Lynam has scored in double-figures 44 times in 70 career games at WU, including 13 of the 14 games that she's played in this season. She's scored at least 20 points in her career 12 times, including three 30-point performances, with a career-high of 33 points coming against Arcadia as a sophomore.

DOUBLING HER EFFORTS
Averaging a career-high 20.1 ppg this season, Lynam is scoring nearly twice as much as her career average coming into the year of 10.2 ppg.

Helping her scoring totals rise has been an increase in her shooting efficiency. Coming into this season, Lynam had a 33.9 FG% and a 24.7 3FG%. So far this year, she's converting 37.5 pct of her FGs and 29.2 pct of her 3FGs. Her FT% has remained constant throughout her career, as she's converting 83.6%.

FINDING HER GROOVE
After a slow start to the year, So. G Megan Kazmerski (Kingston, PA/Holy Redeemer) has improved her offensive game, reaching double-figures in scoring 10 times, including four of the past five games. Over that stretch she's averaging 14.2 ppg and 9.0 rpg, compared to the season's first five games in which she averaged just 7.2 ppg and 5.6 rpg.

Kazmerski scored a season-high 21 points against Delaware Valley, going 9-19 from the field, including 3-5 from 3. She went for 18 points in the comeback win over Susquehanna and another 18 against rival King's and has a 42.1 3FG% (8-19) over her last four games after going 0-12 in three previous games.

She's 2nd on the team with 10.8 ppg while averaging 30.8 mpg with 24 assists.

THE REBOUND LEADER
Kazmerski has also worked to become the Lady Colonels leading rebounder, grabbing 7.2 rpg from her guard position. She's led WU in rebounds seven times this year, getting reaching double-figures three times, recording two double-doubles. She's grabbed 9.0 board over the past five games, including 13 each against King's and DeSales.

PICKING PASSES
In addition to scoring and rebounding, Kazmerski tops the Lady Colonels in steals, totaling 29 so far this season. Her 1.9 spg is t-10th in the conference, as she has 2+ swipes in 10 games this year.

GETTING OFFENSIVE
After scoring 5.3 ppg last year, Jr. G Whitney Connolly (Liberty, PA/Liberty) has started to improve her offensive game, hitting double-figures in scoring seven times this year, including four of the past seven games. Against DeSales, she set a new career-high with 18 points, going an incredible 12-12 at the line.

Over the past seven games, Connolly is averaging 11.1 ppg and 6.1 rpg while hitting 36-41 FTs and dishing out 13 assists. Against Albright, she scored 17 points on 6-9 FGs and grabbed 9 rebounds after scoring 14 points, hitting 9-12 FTs against TCNJ.

She's been hot from the free throw line, leading the Freedom Conference and ranking 25th in DIII with an 87.5 FT% and has hit 24 straight. Through 16 games, Connolly is 2nd on the team with 31 assists, 3rd with 9.2 ppg and 4th with 5.1 rpg.

RUNNING THE POINT
So. G Amanda Pawlowski (Nanticoke, PA/Holy Redeemer) has been steady running the Lady Colonels offense this season, leading the team with 33 assists. She's dished at least one out in all 15 games she's played, getting 3 on five occasions and posting a season-high 4 against Albright.

Pawlowski is also on the floor the most, leading the team with 32.2 mpg. She's averaging 4.4 ppg this year, scoring 12 points against Baptist Bible and MIT and has grabbed at least 5 rebounds six times, with a season-high 7 against rival King's.

ALL-AROUND THREAT
One of the most versitile players for the Lady Colonels, Sr. G Brittany Ely (Montrose/Montrose) is 2nd on the team with 5.8 rpg and has 14 steals while scoring 4.1 ppg and dishing out 15 assists.

Ely posted her 2nd career double-double against Western New England with 12 points and a career-high 13 rebounds, adding 3 steals and 2 assists for WU. She's grabbed at least 6 rebounds in six games this year and has a team-leading 19 offensive boards.

STEPPING UP
Stepping into a more full-time role this year, Sr. G Erin Schneider (Colchester, CT/Holy Name) has produced, ranking 4th on the team with 6.4 ppg while dishing out 28 assists, 3rd on the Lady Colonels. Her 17 made 3s are 3rd on the team, as she's hit at least one in 10 of 16 games played.

Schneider has hit double-figures in scoring twice this season, getting a season-high 17 against MIT, going 6-11 from the field and 4-7 from 3 in 30 minutes. She also scored 10 points on 4-7 FGs against TCNJ, hitting 2-3 of her 3-point attempts.

PROVIDING A SPARK
So. G Angela Palmerio (Telford, PA/Lansdale Catholic) has given WU energy off the bench, scoring 5.2 ppg and grabbing 2.6 rpg. She's earned four starts, tying a season-high with 13 points and 3 boards against King's. Palmerio dropped 13 points in just 24 minutes against Western New England and has a team-leading 45.9 FG% (28-61) in 19.4 mpg.

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 12.9 mpg and Lawry 16.4 mpg.

After averaging 1.8 rpg in her first four games played, Rohn picked it up, grabbing 3.3 rpg in 15.4 mpg in her last five, including 5 boards in a season-high 22 minutes against Eastern.

Playing in 13 games this season, Lawry's minutes have been steady, notching a season-high 23 against TCNJ. She's averaging 2.1 rpg from her guard position, including 5 boards in the comeback win over Susquehanna. Earlier in the season, she scored 8 points and grabbed 3 boards in 22 minutes against Misericorida.

FROM THE FOUL LINE
The Lady Colonels have the top two free throw shooters in the conference, as Connolly's 87.5 FT% is 1st and Lynam's 85.5 FT% is 2nd. They also rank fairly high in the nation, as Connolly is 25th in DIII and Lynam is 36th.

As a team, the Lady Colonels are shooting 69.6 pct from the line, but have been hot over the last five games, connecting on 76.9 pct of their shots (80-104), including going 21-24 against King's.

THE CAPTAINS
The Lady Colonels are captained by the trio of Ely, Schneider and Connolly, 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.