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The Wilkes University men and women's basketball teams host Manhattanville College for a doubleheader Saturday

WILKES BASKETBALL TEAMS HOST MANHATTANVILLE SATURDAY

1/11/2013 7:10:00 PM

WILKES BASKETBALL TEAMS HOST MANHATTANVILLE SATURDAY

WILKES-BARRE – The Wilkes University men and women's basketball teams will host a doubleheader with Manhattanville College Saturday at the Marts Center.

Live Stats: Men / Women

Live Audio (ESPN Williamsport/Trevor Turner)

The Lady Colonels are 9-4 overall and 1-2 in Freedom play after winning at Delaware Valley 82-70 Wednesday evening.

Freedom Conference leading scorer Elena Stambone (Jessup, PA/Valley View) continues her stellar play, averaging 21.1 points and five rebounds per-contest. Megan Kazmerski (Kingston, PA/Holy Redeemer) is contributing 11.5 points per game while Chelsea Brown (Garnet Valley, PA/Garnet Valley) is recording 7.5 points and 5.9 boards per-game. Ellen Rich (Hamden, CT/Hamden Hall) leads the frontcourt with 7.8 rebounds per-contest.

The (7-6, 0-3) Valiants are paced by Taylor Wilson averaging 16.6 points and 6.3 boards per-game. Alyson Caiazzo follows with 14.2 points and a team-best 13.2 rebounds per-contest.

On the men's side, the Colonels stand at 7-6 and 0-3 in Freedom play, recently falling 81-69 at Delaware Valley Wednesday.

Chris Shovlin (Kingston, PA/G.A.R.) has remains busy leading the Freedom Conference in scoring by averaging 25.8 points, 6.6 assists, and 5.5 rebounds per-game. Tyler Breznitsky (Freeland, PA/MMI Prep) continues to be an offensive force averaging 12.1 points while Pat Furst (Jamison, PA/Central Bucks West) is contributing 7.1 points per-game. Brendan Sheldon (Milford, PA/Delaware Valley) leads the frontcourt snagging 6.1 rebounds per-contest.

The Valiants come into Saturday's game at 7-7 overall and 1-2 in Freedom play. They recently fell to FDU-Florham 56-45 Wednesday.

They are led by Jack Bramswig's 17.4 points and 10.8 rebounds per-night effort. Anthony Maestre is contributing 16.4 points while Colin Campbell is recording 10.9 points and 3 assists per-game.

Following Saturday's games, the Wilkes cagers will host Kings College Wednesday at the Marts Center. The women will play at 6:00 p.m. with the men following at 8:00 p.m.

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