Kayla Brahm (left) and Nic Wilkins (right) lead their respective teams into this weekend's action

WILKES BASKETBALL TEAMS ON THE ROAD IN NON-LEAGUE ACTION FRIDAY AND SATURDAY

12/6/2012 2:12:00 PM

WILKES BASKETBALL TEAMS ON THE ROAD IN NON-LEAGUE ACTION FRIDAY AND SATURDAY

WILKES-BARRE – The Wilkes University basketball teams gear up for a busy weekend of play as the squads enter finals week. The men's team will play in the annual Monarch Classic Friday and Saturday at King's College while the Lady Colonels travel to Selinsgrove, Pa Saturday for a 2:00 matchup with Susquehanna University.

The Wilkes men look to snap a four-game skid as they play Susquehanna at nearby King's College in the opening round of the Monarch Classic at 6:00 p.m..

Live stats and live audio for the game will be available at the following links:

Live Stats

Live Audio (play-by-play: Trevor Turner & Vince Scalzo)

Chris Shovlin (Kingston, PA/G.A.R.) leads the Wilkes offensive attack averaging a conference-best 22.8 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 7.0 assists per-game. Shovlin has reached 20+ points in four of the Colonels six games this season including a career-high 38 points against Lycoming earlier this year.

Tyler Breznitsky (Freeland, PA/MMI Prep) is enjoying an impressive senior campaign, averaging 12.0 points while Bernard Edmonds (Exeter, PA/Wyoming Area) is anchoring the frontcourt with 13.0 points and 4.4 rebounds per-contest.

The Colonels are averaging 79.2 points per-game while giving up 82.3 points per-contest.

Susquehanna enters the contest with a 2-5 overall record defeating Misericordia University 61-56 in their last contest.

Spencer Ortmyer leads the charge with 9.6 points and 5.1 rebounds per-game. J.T Wilson averages 8.1 points and leads the squad lacing 14 shots from behind the arc.

In the second day of the tournament, the Colonels will play Central Pennsylvania College at 1:00 p.m. The Knights are 8-2 and coming off a year that saw them fall in the USCAA Elite 8. Central Penn will play King's in the opening round of the round robin formatted tournament Friday at 8:00 p.m.

The Lady Colonels are coming off a 75-67 victory over No. 21 Scranton which serves as their second-ever win over the Lady Royals and is one of the biggest upsets in program history. Last season, Wilkes rolled over the Crusaders 76-56 at the Marts Center for the Lady Colonels fourth win of the season.

Live stats and live audio will be available for the game at the following links:

Live Stats

Live Audio (play-by-play: Tom Ferguson)

Wilkes is led by Elena Stambone (Jessup, PA/Valley View) who is firing a team and conference-best 24.7 points and 5.0 rebounds per-game. Stambone is coming off a career-high 34 points in Wilkes' upset victory over Scranton on Wednesday. The win snapped a 51-game losing streak against the Lady Royals and first victory in the programs history at the Long Center.

Megan Kazmerski (Kingston, PA/Holy Redeemer) is recording 10.6 points per-game as she quickly approaches the 1,000 point plateau for her career (941 career points). Ellen Rich (Hamden, CT/Hamden Hall) leads the frontcourt with 7.1 rebounds and 2.0 blocked shots per-game.

The Lady Colonels are averaging 66.1 points while allowing 52.6 points per-contest.

Susquehanna enters Saturday's contest with a 2-5 record, claiming victories against Baptist Bible and Penn State Hazleton.

The Crusaders are led by Jonaida Williams who is contributing 10.7 points while Gina Palazzi is averaging 11.1 points and 8.1 rebounds per-contest.

Susquehanna is scoring 56.9 points per-game and allowing 60.6 points per-contest.

Following this weekend's games, the Colonel men will host Berkeley College Tuesday at the Marts Center for a 7:00 p.m. matchup while the women are idle until they play in the Cruzin Classic in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on December 18^th and 19^th.

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