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THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE WILKES UNIVERSITY COLONELS WILKES UNIVERSITY COLONELS
Steve Finkernagel
68
Winner King's College KINGSW 8-10,4-3 Freedom
59
Wilkes University WUWB 7-9, 2-5 Freedom
Winner
King's College KINGSW
8-10,4-3 Freedom
68
Final
59
Wilkes University WUWB
7-9, 2-5 Freedom
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
King's College KINGSW 28 40 68
Wilkes University WUWB 29 30 59

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Wilkes Women’s Basketball Falls 68-59 to Rival King’s

Wilkes Women's Basketball Falls 68-59 to Rival King's
 
WILKES-BARRE – Elena Stambone (Jessup, PA/Valley View) and Chelsea Smelas (Jim Thorpe, PA/Jim Thorpe) combined for 38 of Wilkes' 59 points but visiting King's College outscored the Lady Colonels by ten in the second half on way to a 68-59 Freedom Conference victory Wednesday night in the Marts Center.
 
Wilkes slips to 7-9 overall and 2-5 in league games following the loss while King's improves to 8-10 overall and 4-3 in Freedom contests.
 
Wilkes took a 29-28 lead into the break in a back-and-forth first half of action. Four straight free throws from Stambone and a jumper from Smelas with just under a minutes to play gave the hosts a one-point advantage at the half.
 
A 12-6 run over the first seven minutes of the second half put King's ahead by its largest margin of the game, 42-35, with 13:05 left. Wilkes cut into the King's lead and following two more free throws and a transition score from Stambone tied the game at 48 with 5:28 remaining.
 
More free throws from Stambone and Smelas kept the Lady Colonels ahead 52-50 with just under four minutes on the clock. King's then answered with a decisive 7-0 run over the next three minutes to take a seven point lead with under twenty seconds to play to seal the road conference victory.
 
Stambone finished with a team-high 20 points going a perfect 11-for-11 from the foul line in the defeat. Smelas followed with 18 points and five rebounds, while Cara Basile (Whitehall, PA/Whitehall) added nine tallies and seven boards.
 
Wilkes struggled from behind the line hitting just 1-of-11 three-point attempts in the contest.
 
Kayla Feariheller led King's with a game-high 24 points including five treys. Kasey Seitz added 14 points and six assists while Marissa Manning went for 13 points and four rebounds.
 
Wilkes travels to Manhattanville College Saturday for a Freedom contest in Purchase. Tip-off is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.
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