Wilkes Women's Basketball Dominates Centenary in Home Opener
WILKES-BARRE – The Wilkes University women's basketball team hosted their first game of the season at the Marts Center Wednesday night, defeating the Centenary University Cyclones 80-42.
Wilkes improves to 1-1 on the young season, while Centenary falls to 0-3.
The Cyclones scored first and took a 4-0 lead early, but the Colonels quickly came back with two buckets by
Maliyah Warren (Phoenixville, PA/Phoenixville) and took a 7-4 lead on a
Kate Reed (Nanticoke, PA/Nanticoke) three. Centenary tied it quickly with a trey of their own, before Wilkes began a 14-3 rally to take a 21-10 lead at the end of the first quarter.
The Colonels pushed the lead to 20 points in the second, outscoring the Cyclones 15-6 to take a 36-16 lead after a Reed layup on the fast break with 3:39 left in the half. A Warren layup at the buzzer helped the Colonels take a 39-21 lead into halftime.
Wilkes came out of the break hot and had their highest-scoring quarter of the game, putting up 27 points in the third behind strong performances by Warren (10 points) and
Charlotte Taylor (Somerville, NJ/Somerville) (seven points) to take a 66-32 lead.
Head Coach
Al Berger then emptied the bench in the fourth quarter, and the Colonels went on to win 80-42.
All 16 Colonels saw the floor in the victory, with Warren leading all scoring with 22 points. She also led the team with six rebounds and five assists. Reed was the other Colonel in double-digit scoring, reaching 10 points off the bench while going 4-5 from the field and 2-3 from beyond the arc with three steals.
Kezia Feaster led the Cyclones with 16 points and three assists, while Olivia Minnich led all players with 11 rebounds.
Wilkes returns to the court on Saturday, November 14 as they travel to Brooklyn, N.Y. to face Pratt Institute at 1:00 p.m.
