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Both Wilkes squads will conclude their regular seasons at King's Saturday. Both teams will wait to see if they receive a bid to the ECAC tournament

WILKES HOOP SQUADS CLOSE OUT PLAY AT KING’S SATURDAY

2/14/2013 1:26:00 AM

WILKES HOOP SQUADS TRAVEL TO KING'S SATURDAY

WILKES-BARRE – The Wilkes University men and women's basketball teams will be traveling to face their cross-town rival King's College in their Freedom Conference finale Saturday at the Scandlon Gymnasium. The women play at 1:00 p.m. while the men follow up at 3:00 p.m.

Live Stats (Women's game)

Live Stats (Men's game)

Live Audio (ESPN Williamsport/Trevor Turner)

The Lady Colonels come into their last contest at 11-13 and 2-11 in Freedom Conference play, recently falling to Desales on Wednesday 72-54.

They are led offensively by sophomore guard Elena Stambone (Jessup, PA/Valley View)'s 18.3 points per-game and team best 49 made three point field goals. Senior guard Megan Kazmerski (Kingston, PA/Holy Redeemer) follows with 10.7 points per-game and sophomore forward Chelsea Brown (Garnet Valley, PA/Garnet Valley) chips in 8 points per-game.

Sophomore center Ellen Rich (Hamden, CT/Hamden Hall) and sophomore forward Ginny Edwards (Warrington, PA/Central Bucks South) have been controlling the front court combining for 13.7 rebounds per-contest.

The King's College women's basketball team comes into the last regular season game 19-5 and 11-2 in conference play. In their last contest, the Lady Monarchs beat out Misercordia 78-56.

The Monarchs are led by senior guard Kaitlin Michaels 15.3 points per game. Celia Rader follows with 13.3 points per-game.

On the men's side, The Colonels stand at 11-12 overall with a 4-9 in Freedom Conference play, recently losing at Desales 82-74.

Junior guard Chris Shovlin (Kingston, PA/G.A.R.) leads the charge offensively with 22.1 points and 6.4 assists per-game. Senior guard Tyler Breznitsky (Freeland, PA/MMI Prep) follows with 13.8 tallies, while Pat Furst (Jamison, PA/Central Bucks West) adds 7.6 points per-game.

The King's College Monarchs come into their last regular season game at 9-15 with a 4-9 Freedom Conference record, recently falling to Misercordia 65-59.

The Monarchs are led offensively by junior guard Kyle Hammonds' 12.5 points per-game while Matt Fiorino adds 10.4 per-contest.

It will be the season finale for both Wilkes basketball squads. However, both teams will wait word for a bid to the ECAC tournament next week.

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