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Tyler Breznitsky scored 12 points against King's Wednesday night

WILKES MEN’S BASKETBALL FALLS 71-54 AGAINST CROSS-TOWN RIVAL KING’S

1/16/2013 10:17:00 PM

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WILKES MEN'S BASKETBALL FALLS 71-54 AGAINST CROSS-TOWN RIVAL KING'S

WILKES-BARRE – Senior Matt Fiorino scored a season-high 28 points including six three-pointers to lead visiting King's College to a 71-54 win over Wilkes University Wednesday night at the Marts Center.

Wilkes falls to 7-8 overall and remains winless in Freedom play at 0-5. King's improves to 7-9 on the year, standing 2-3 in league games.

Lee Strause (Port Carbon, PA/Pottsville Nativity) layup gave Wilkes a 4-2 lead to start the contest, but the advantage was short-lived. The Monarchs answered with a 10-0 run and never looked back through the first seven minutes of play taking a 14-4 lead early. Two Chris Shovlin (Kingston, PA/G.A.R.) free throws cut the deficit to six, 14-8, but a three-pointer from Fiorino and jumper from Tim O'Shea expanded the King's lead back to double digits, 30-17 with 2:14 left in the first half.

Tyler Breznitsky (Freeland, PA/MMI Prep) canned a running jumper as the halftime buzzer sounded sending the Colonels into the half down 32-24.

Wilkes started the second frame as they did the first when Shovlin drove the lane for two cutting into the King's lead, 32-26. The Monarchs had another answer when Fiorino drilled another trey and subsequent jumper to up the advantage to eleven, 39-28 with 17:50 remaining.

The King's lead grew to nineteen when Joe Caffrey connected on a baseline jumper giving King's its largest lead of the game, 65-46 with just 2:15 left.

Breznitsky led the Colonels offensively with 12 points and two rebounds. Wilkes leading scorer Chris Shovlin (Kingston, PA/G.A.R.) (24.3 ppg) was limited to just six points on 2-of-8 shooting leaving the game late with an ankle injury.

Fiorino finished 11-for-18 from the field and 6-of-11 from behind the arc on way to his game-high 28 tallies. O'Shea followed with 18 points and eight boards, while Caffrey added 11 points and six caroms.

Wilkes will look for its first Freedom win Saturday when the Colonels travel to Madison, NJ for a 3:00 p.m. matchup with FDU-Florham.

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