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Wilkes hosts Marywood, Scranton and King's Wednesday and Thursday in the second annual Cross County Challenge

COLONEL CAGERS SET TO HOST 2ND ANNUAL CROSS COUNTY CHALLENEGE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY

1/2/2013 9:55:00 AM

COLONEL CAGERS SET TO HOST 2^ND ANNUAL CROSS COUNTY CHALLENEGE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY

WILKES-BARRE – The Wilkes University men's basketball team will start 2013 hosting the second annual Cross County Challenge Wednesday and Thursday in the Marts Center. After a 22-day layoff, the Colonels will look to shake off the rust hosting Marywood University Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. before concluding the two-day round-robin event with a matchup with former Freedom rival Scranton Thursday at 8:00 p.m.

The full schedule is listed below. (Home team listed second)

Wednesday
King's vs. Scranton      6:00 p.m.
Marywood vs. Wilkes     8:00 p.m.

Thursday
Marywood vs. King's      6:00 p.m.
Scranton vs. Wilkes       8:00 p.m.

Tickets prices are $5 for adults, $3 for seniors, and $2 for students.

Live Stats and live video will be provided for all four games at the links below. In addition, live audio from ESPN Williamsport will be availbale for both Wilkes contests.

Live Stats

Live Video

Live Audio

In last season's inaugural event, Scranton went 2-0, King's and Wilkes were 1-1, while host Marywood was 0-2. Each year the site will rotate to one of the competing teams. Scranton is slated to host in 2014 while King's will be the host school in 2015.

Wilkes enters the tourney with a 5-4 overall mark after posting a 99-89 win over Berkeley College on December 11. Junior Chris Shovlin (Kingston, PA/G.A.R.) leads the way averaging 25.3 points, 5.9 rebounds, and 6.4 assists through nine games. Senior co-captain Tyler Breznitsky (Freeland, PA/MMI Prep) follows with 13.0 points canning 11 three-pointers. Wilkes is averaging 82.2 points per-game, while allowing 81.6 points per-contest.

Marywood (2-7) is paced by Matt Tintle with 14.7 points and 4.0 rebounds while Ryan Corrigan follows with 12.7 points and 3.0 rebounds with 14 three-pointers. Andrew Andrle adds 11.6 points, 3.9 rebounds and 23 three-pointers while Shane Kellaher averages 11.2 points and 4.4 boards. Kendall Harris chips in with 10.0 points and 6.0 rebounds each contest.

Scranton (7-3) has been led by sophomore guard Ross Danzig, son of Royals' head coach Carl Danzig, with 16.9 points, 9.6 rebounds, and 2.5 assists. Freshman center Brendan Boken follows with 12.8 points and 6.9 boards while senior guard Travis Farrell adds 10.7 points and 4.1 rebounds.

King's (5-6) is led by the play of junior guard Kyle Hammonds and senior point-guard Matt Fiorino. Hammonds tops the team in scoring with 12.5 points per-game while adding 3.7 rebounds and 19 three-pointers. Fiorino, meanwhile, has tallied 10.0 points, 2.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and canned 26 treys.

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