King’s College Women’s Basketball Game Notes Vincent Pecora, Assistant Sports Information Director • Office (570) 208-8099 • Cell (908) 938-5821 Email: [email protected] • www.kingscollegeathletics.com @Kings_Monarchs www.facebook.com/kingscollegepa.athletics Game Information Game 24 Date and Time: Feb. 13, 2018, 6:00 p.m. Location: Wilkes-Barre, PA King’s College Monarchs (14-9, 9-3 MAC Freedom) Head Coach: Caitlin Hadzimichalis (Marywood ‘09) Career Record: 19-28 Arena: McGrane Gymnasium Assistant Coach: Bob Fitzsimmons, Brionna Johnson, Chris Kempinski Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/kings/wbball/ Video: https://livestream.com/kingscollege Wilkes University Colonels (4-19, 0-12 MAC Freedom) Radio: WRKC 88.5 (http://wrkc.kings.edu/list/current.html) Head Coach: Chris Heery (Kutztown ‘91) Career Record: 55-232 Assistant Coach: Justine Seely, Mark Maholick, Bill Watkins All-Time Series: King’s leads series 46-18 Coaching Matchup: King’s leads 3-0 What You Need to Know • Series History. This will be the 65th all-time meeting between King’s and Wilkes in a series that dates back to the first two meet- ings in the 1981-82 season The Monarchs hold a commanding King’s Schedule/Results 46-18 lead in the series including winning the last seven matchups. The Monarchs are 24-8 as the home team in the series and are 38-3 Date Opponent Time / Result against the Colonels in the last 41 meetings. The Colonels three November wins have come by a combine seven points and two have been in overtime. King’s won the first meeting this year 75-59 at the Marts 15 @ Neumann University W, 70-67 Center a few weeks ago. • Playoffs?. King’s is looking to wrap up their first poseason berth 17 vs. #19/#13 University of Scranton% L, 52-64 since the 2012-13 season. The Monarchs currently hold a one game 18 vs. Marywood University% W, 77-74 lead on three teams locked in a three-way tie for third in the stand- ings. However, King’s also is still very much alive for the top seed 21 Keystone College W, 77-52 in next week’s conference tournament. The Lady Monarchs are one 29 Susquehanna University L, 61-62 game back of FDU-Florham and will host the Devils on Saturday. • Block Party. The Lady Monarchs will look to finish the season December among the nation’s top 25 teams in blocked shots for the third consecutive year. A season after finishing ranked 16th in total 4 @ Centenary University W, 71-55 blaocks and eighth in the nation with 6.3 blocks per game, King’s 7 Gwynedd Mercy University W, 58-53 has struggled to match the same pace but still lead the conference and are ranked 23rd in the nation with 121 total blocks and 25th 17 Albright College L, 58-65 with 5.3 per game. Senior Olivia Hoffman is currently the school 29 @ The Catholic University of America$ L, 50-69 record holder with 341 blocks in her career and is ranked fourth in the nation among active players in career blocks in all three NCAA 30 vs. Vassar College$ L, 61-70 divisions and second in Division III. This year she leads the confer- ence and is ranked fourth in the nation with 83 total blocks and January fourth in blocks per game with 3.77. Sophomore Rebecca Prociak 3 Delaware Valley University* W, 65-51 is second on the team with 17 blocks and junior Alexis Steeber has recorded 15 blocks. Senior Rachael DeTore has two, while junior 6 @ Eastern University* W, 48-41 Lindsey Dippre, sophomore Mackenzie Yori, sophomore Kayla 8 @ Lycoming College L, 55-62 Dillinger, and freshman Alexis Houghton have one each. • Post Play. The Monarchs will look to have a noticeable pressence in 10 @ FDU-Florham* L, 66-75 the post this season. Two of the three starting post players are aver- aging double-digits points this season and all three have recorded 13 Manhattanville College* W, 46-39 double-double performances. Rebecca Prociak leads the team 17 @ Misericordia University* L, 38-64 scoring 13.8 points per game and grabbing 8.6 rebounds with eight double-doubles. Alexis Steeber is scoring 12.2 points and adds 20 @ Wilkes University* W, 75-59 5.6 rebounds per game with two double-doubles. Olivia Hoffman 24 DeSales University* W, 55-50 is averaging under double-digits with 8.4 points but is second on the team with 8.5 rebounds and leads the team with 3.1 assists per 27 @ Manhattanville College* W, 65-62 OT game with two double-doubles. Including her blocks, Hoffman is a double-double threat every game and has even flirted with a triple- 31 @ Delaware Valley University* W, 65-57 double multiple times this season. February • Getting to the Line. The Lady Monarchs will look to use their strong inside game to draw fouls and get to the line this year. King’s 3 Eastern University* W, 58-44 has gotten to the line 409 times and have made 256 of their at- 8 Misericordia University* W, 74-59 tempts while drawing 404 fouls. Rebecca Prociak leads the team and the conference with 143 attempts while Alexis Steeber has 10 @ DeSales University* L, 56-61 95 attempts. Mackenzie Yori has taken 43 attempts while Rachael DeTore has gone to the charity stripe 37 times. Olivia Hoffman has 13 Wilkes University* 6:00 p.m. recorded 36 free throw attempts and Lindsey Dippre has 28. 17 FDU-Florham* 1:00 p.m. • Last Meeting. Alexis Steeber scored a career-high 23 points, including 13 in the third quarter to lead King’s to a 75-59 victory over Wilkes on January 20, 2018 at the Marts Center. The Mon- * MAC Freedom Game archs broke open a game that was tied 32-32 at the half by outscor- ing Wilkes 43-27 over the game’s final 20 minutes. Steeber added % Cross County Challenge @ Wilkes 10 rebounds to her 23 points while Rebecca Prociak had 19 points and seven rebounds. Mackenzie Yori contributed 15 points and $ Jamie Lynn Roberts - Fairfield Inn Holiday Tournament @ Catholic seven rebounds while Olivia Hoffman grabbed 11 rebounds and blocked five shots. Wilkes was led by Maddie Kelley with 16 points and Alyssa Alfano with 11. Roster King’s College No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Hometown / High School 3 Lindsey Dippre Jr. G 5-7 Scranton, PA / Holy Cross 4 Amber Farnholtz Sr. G/F 5-10 Northampton, PA / Northampton 5 Mackenzie Yori So. G 5-3 Hazleton, PA / Hazleton Area 10 Alexis Houghton Fr. F 5-10 Lakewood, PA / Hancock Central (N.Y.) 11 Sara Wolbert So. F 6-0 Columbia Cross Roads, PA / North Penn-Mansfield 12 Erin Schmidt Jr. G/F 5-11 Avoca, PA / Scranton Prep 14 Kayla Dillinger So. G 5-8 Belmar, N.J. / St. Rose 15 Olivia Hoffman* Sr. F 6-2 Plymouth, PA / Wyoming Valley West 24 Rachael DeTore* Sr. G 5-7 Asbury, N.J. / Warren Hills Regional 34 Alexis Steeber Jr. F 5-9 Shickshinny, PA / Berwick 44 Rebecca Prociak So. F 5-11 Wilkes-Barre, PA / Holy Redeemer Head Coach: Caitlin Hadzimichalis (Marywood '09), Second year Assistants: Bob Fitzsimmons (Second year), Brionna Johnson (First year), Chris Kempinski (First Year) Nickname: Monarchs Colors: Red and Gold *Captains: Olivia Hoffman (15), Rachael DeTore (24) Last Time It Happened Team King’s scores 100 points: Feb. 9, 1997 King’s 100 - Cabrini 56 Opponents scores 100 points: Feb. 19, 1994 Scranton 108 - King’s 46 King’s Overtime Win: Jan. 27, 2018, King’s 65 - Manhattanville 62 King’s Overtime Loss: Nov. 27, 2016, Marywood 72 - King’s 70 Multiple Overtimes: Jan. 29, 2009, Wilkes 65 - King’s 61, 2 overtimes Individual King’s player with 25 points: 30- Mackenzie Yori, vs Marywood, Nov. 18, 2017 Opponent player with 25 points: 25- Leandra Sterner, DeSales, Feb. 10, 2018 King’s player with 30 points: 30- Mackenzie Yori, vs Marywood, Nov. 18, 2017 Opponent player with 30 points: 30- Kendrea Williams, FDU-Florham, Jan. 10, 2018 King’s player with 15 rebounds: 16- Rebecca Prociak, vs Albright, Dec. 17, 2017 Opponent player with 15 rebounds: 16- Monika Smallwood, Delaware Valley, Jan. 31, 2018 King’s player with 10 assists: 10- Kasey Seitz at Delaware Valley, Dec. 5, 2015 Opponent with 10 assists: 10- Alyssa McDonough, FDU-Florham, Feb. 18, 2017 King’s player with 5+ blocks: 6- Olivia Hoffman vs Misericordia, Feb. 8, 2018 King’s player double-double: Mackenzie Yori (20 points and 10 rebounds) & Rebecca Prociak (11 points and 14 rebounds) at DeSales, Feb. 10, 2018 King’s player triple-double: Katlin Michaels (13 points, 13 assists & 11 rebounds) vs Delaware Valley, Nov. 28, 2012 King’s player to win/tie game in last 10 seconds: Rebecca Prociak, Jan. 27, 2018- With Manhattanville leading by 1, knocked down the back end of two free throws with 0.1 left to send the game into overtime. -King’s won 65-62 OT Opponenet player to win/tie game in last 10 seconds: Ashley Raaf, Manhattanville, Feb. 6, 2016,- Hit a jumper with eight seconds left to tie the score at 61 and send the game into overtime - Manhattanville 71 King’s 68 OT 2017-18 Season Highs Team Leaders KING’S OPPONENTS Most Points: 77, King’s 77 Marywood 74 (11/18/17) & King’s 77 Keystone 52 (11/21/17) Most Points: 75, FDU-Florham 75, King’s 66 (1/10/18) Least Points: 38, King’s 38 Misericordia 64 (1/17/18) Least Points: 39, Manhattanville 39, King’s 46 (1/13/18) Most Rebs: 50, at Wilkes (1/20/18) Most Rebs: 52, Misericordia (1/17/18) Most TO: 28, vs Manhattanville (1/13/18) Most TO: 31, Manhattanville (1/13/18) Least TO: 10, at Centenary (12/4/17) & at Lycoming (1/8/18) Least TO: 5, DeSales (2/10/18) Best FT%: .857 (12-14) vs Eastern (2/3/18) Best FT%: .944 (17-18), FDU-Florham (1/10/18) Best FG%: .525 (31-59) vs Keystone (11/21/17) Best FG%: .467 (21-45), Centenary (12/4/17) Worst FG%: .264 (14-53) at Misericordia (1/17/18) Worst FG%: .245, (13-53), Eastern (1/6/18) King’s Individual Leaders Most Points: 30, Mackenzie Yori vs Marywood (11/18/17)