Box Score

WILKES-BARRE – Sam Lynam (Spinnerstown/Quakertown) scored 14 points and Megan Kazmerski (Kingston, PA/Holy Redeemer) grabbed 13 rebounds but Wilkes University ended its 2010-11 season, falling to cross-town rival King's College 76-35 in Freedom Conference women's basketball action on Saturday afternoon.

The Lady Monarchs (16-9, 10-4) got off to a hot start, taking a 9-2 run before Lynam stopped the run with three at the 16:15 mark. King's then responded with a 12-4 run, going on top 21-9 with more than 10 minutes remaining before break.

Wilkes was unable to get anything going, turning the ball over 18 times and converting just 25 percent of its shots in the first half as the Lady Monarchs went into the break with a 49-18 lead.

The Lady Colonels were able to slow down King's in the second half, limiting the Lady Monarchs to just 27 points and 30 percent shooting, but were unable to do anything on their own offensive end, eventually falling in the end.

Brittany Muscatell led King's with 15 points while Celia Rader and Paige Carlin each added 12 apiece. The Lady Monarchs, who have already clinched a postseason berth, will be competing in the conference tournament with DeSales, Manhattanville and Misericordia.

Whitney Connolly (Liberty, PA/Liberty) finished with eight points while Kazmerski added six, going 4-of-4 from the foul line.

The Lady Colonels end the season with a 6-19 record, 2-12 in the conference, and graduate three seniors in Lynam, Brittany Ely (Montrose/Montrose) and Erin Schneider (Colchester, CT/Holy Name). Earlier this season Lynam became just the ninth Wilkes women's basketball player to reach the 1,000-point milestone, finishing her career with 1,040, eighth on the all-time list. Schneider played in 89 career games at Wilkes, averaging 4.6 points and 2.1 rebounds per game. Ely finishes her career with 78 games played, scoring 4.8 points and grabbing 4.1 rebounds per game.