Wilkes Basketball Welcome Elizabethtown for Senior Day
WILKES-BARRE - The Wilkes University men's and women's basketball teams are welcoming Elizabethtown to the Marts Center this Saturday for senior day contests. The women will play at 11:00 a.m. followed by the men at 1:00 p.m.
Women's: Live Stats | Live Video
Men's: Live Stats | Live Video
Admission
Adults - $8
Seniors/10-17 - $5
Students (with valid ID)/under 10 - free
Men's Preview
The Colonels are 16-6 overall and 10-5 in conference play following a 102-92 loss to Drew on Wednesday.
Taking the top spot in the conference in scoring is Lucas Lesko (Northampton, PA/Northampton), who is averaging 21.9 points per game. Cayden Merrifield (Scranton, PA/West Scranton), who is ninth in the conference in scoring, follows behind Lesko, and is averaging 14.9 points per game. Lesko is second in the conference in rebounds with an average of 7.5 per game and Eli Becker (Palmyra, PA/Palmyra) sits in 11th with an average of 5.7 rebounds per game. Merrifield leads the team in assists and is second in the Landmark with an average of 4.7 assists per game. Jack Argento (Hershey, PA/Hershey) follows, averaging 2.4 assists per game and is ranked 14th in the conference. Lesko is second in the conference in blocked shots with an average of 1.3 per game and Becker leads the team in steals and is 11th in the conference, averaging 1.5 per game.
The team averages 78.8 points per game offensively, leaving them ranked fourth in the conference in scoring. The Colonels are shooting .475 from the field, .327 on three point shot attempts and .684 from the free throw line. They are second in the conference in combined team rebounds, with an average of 38.3 per game.
Elizabethtown is currently 9-13 overall and 6-9 in conference play, most recently coming off a 85-70 win over Goucher on Wednesday night.
Austin Finarelli leads the Blue Jays in scoring, averaging 20.9 points per game along with Rance Russo who is averaging 17.0 points per game. EJ Finney leads in rebounds with an average of 5.3 rebounds per game along with assists, averaging 6.2 per game. Finney also leads in blocked shots with an average of 0.9 per game as well as in steals where he is averaging 2.0 steals per game.
Offensively, the Blue Jays are averaging 78.8 points per game and are shooting .456 from the field. On three point shot attempts, they are shooting .305 and from the free throw line they are shooting .735. In combined team rebounds, they are averaging 34.5 rebounds per game.
Women's Preview
The Colonels are 0-22 overall and 0-15 in conference play, most recently falling to Drew on Wednesday night.
In scoring, Yamirelis Matos (Springfield, MA/Chicopee) leads the team and is ranked fifth in the conference with an average of 15.2 points per game. Nadia Evanosky (Dallas, PA/Dallas) follows with an average of 7.4 points per game. Evanosky and Matos also lead in rebounds, with Evanosky at a 7.3 rebound average per game and Matos at 6.8, leaving them at sixth and seventh in the conference. Evanosky leads the team in blocked shots, averaging 0.6 per game, and Maliyah Warren (Phoenixville, PA/Phoenixville) follows, also with an average of 0.6 blocks per game. Evanosky is also third in the conference in steals with an average of 2.9 per game.
The Colonels are currently averaging 47.6 points per game, and are shooting .286 from the field. On three point shot attempts, they are shooting .201 and from the free throw line they are shooting .646. In combined team rebounds, Wilkes is averaging 35.9 rebounds per game.
Elizabethtown enters the contest with a 19-3 overall record and are 13-2 in conference play, having most recently defeated Goucher on Wednesday.
Summer McNulty leads the team in scoring, averaging 13.5 points per game, along with DaniRae Renno who averages 12.8 points per game. Jess King leads in rebounds with an average of 9.0 rebounds per game and Renno follows with an average of 7.8 per game. McNulty leads in assists with an average of 3.1 per game and Renno leads in blocked shots and is averaging 1.5 blocks per game.
The Blue Jays are averaging 78.1 points per game and are shooting .485 from the field. On three point shot attempts, they are shooting .349 and are shooting .769 from the free throw line. In combined team rebounds, Elizabethtown is averaging 41.7 rebounds per game.
