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THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE WILKES UNIVERSITY COLONELS
THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE WILKES UNIVERSITY COLONELS WILKES UNIVERSITY COLONELS
Elena Stambone
Steve Finkernagel
51
Penn State Berks PSBW 0-1
86
Winner Wilkes University WUWB 1-0
Penn State Berks PSBW
0-1
51
Final
86
Wilkes University WUWB
1-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Penn State Berks PSBW 24 27 51
Wilkes University WUWB 43 43 86

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Wilkes Women’s Basketball Cruises to 86-51 Opening Season Win Over PSU-Berks

Wilkes Women's Basketball Cruises to 86-51 Opening Season Win Over PSU-Berks
 
WILKES-BARRE – Elena Stambone (Jessup, PA/Valley View) scored a game-high 23 points to lead host Wilkes University to an 86-51 rout of Penn State Berks Saturday night at the Marts Center.
 
Wilkes improves to 1-0 on the year after its opener while PSU-Berks drops to 0-1.
 
Wilkes jumped out to a 40-24 halftime lead and never looked back thanks to 12 first half point from Stambone and eight more from Chelsea Brown (Garnet Valley, PA/Garnet Valley).
 
The Lady Colonels used pressure defense throughout to force the Nittany Lions into 30 turnovers while holding a double-digit rebound advance including 15 offensive boards leading to 16 points.
 
Emelie Meinhart (Bowmanstown, PA/Palmerton) and Haley Mesaros (Royersford, PA/Pope John Paul II) each added 11 points in the win while Ellen Rich (Hamden, CT/Hamden Hall) contributed a team-high 13 rebounds and two blocks.
 
Tenne Pina led PSU-Berks with 18 points and two rebounds. Shanelle Koch followed with a double-double scoring 14 points and hauling in a game-high 16 rebounds.
 
Wilkes returns to the Marts Center Wednesday night hosting local rival Marywood University at 7:00 p.m.
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