Lady Warriors Falter at King's
Monarch Offensive Boards Hurt in First Half
Box score

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. --- Lycoming women’s basketball fell victim to a good rebounding King’s College squad as the Lady Warriors came up short 70-52 to open the major portion of their Freedom Conference schedule on Wednesday evening.  Lycoming drops to 3-9, 0-3 on the season while Monarchs improve to 7-7, 2-1.

Although King’s owned only a 32-30 lead going into the intermission, 13 offensive rebounds gave the Monarch’s too many second chances to put up points in the opening frame.  King’s attempted 14 more total shots than the Warriors at 64-50, but a 10-shot margin in the first half gave the Monarch’s the extra chances they needed to hold a halftime edge.

Freshman Andrea Cooper (Hollidaysburg, Pa./Hollidaysburg) led three Warriors in double figures with 13 points in only 17 minutes of play due to foul trouble.  Senior Amy Kile (Muncy, Pa./Muncy) followed up with 12 points while freshman Marissa Hastings (Old Forge, Pa./Old Forge) dropped in 10.  Seniors Danielle Kern (Lehman, Pa./Lake-Lehman) and Stacy Lindeman (Whitehall, Pa./Whitehall) both boasted complete stat lines for the Warriors.  Kern put up seven points and seven rebounds to go with five assists and four steals.  Lindeman dropped in eight points teamed with five boards and five assists.

The Monarch’s were led by 20 points and 12 rebounds from center Andrea Hochstuhl.  Forward Beth Jordan added 15 points, eight boards, and five assists, and guard Kaitlyn Florino chipped in 10 points.

The first half proved to be a back and forth battle with the lead changing hands five times before King’s opened up a six point lead with 5:12 on the clock.  The Warriors pushed back, tying the score twice before going into the half down by two.

King’s put on some extra defensive pressure in the second half resulting in 13 Warrior turnovers.  The Monarch’s used those miscues to register several easy scoring chances.

The Warriors fought back hard while shooting a nice 45.5 percent from the field (10-for-22), but King’s limited Lycoming to only one chance on the offensive end thanks to solid defensive rebounding.  After King’s stretched out a nine-point advantage with 14:59 left to play, the Lady Warriors clawed back to within four points at 45-41 thanks to a Kile field goal and Hastings three-pointer.

That would be as close as the Warriors would get as the Monarch’s took control throughout the remainder of the contest on the way to victory.

Lycoming is next in action on Saturday, January 14, as the Lady Warriors travel to Drew University for a Freedom Conference showdown.  Game time is scheduled for 1:00 p.m..