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From Jan. 30, 2001

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Wilkes, Cortland women lose;
Carthage avenges Elmhurst

King's Corey Dickerson scored on two consecutive fast-break layups in a 6-0 run to give his Monarchs the lead.

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Battling a week-long viral infection, senior guard Corey Dickerson scored a team-high 30 points to power King's to a crucial 73-70 road victory against No. 2 and previously unbeaten Wilkes on Jan. 30 in the Marts Center.

Wilkes, which entered the game 16-0, appeared to have a decided advantage with Dickerson ill and No. 2 scorer Dennis Hobbs missing nearly a week of action and playing with an injured foot.

But the Monarchs (14-5, 6-4 MAC Freeedom) came out of the gates to control the first half while building a 24-15 points lead thanks in large part to two monster dunks by Kevin Vincavage. The Monarchs would extend the lead to 28-18 on a Dickerson bucket, but the Colonels (16-1, 9-1) would close out the half with a 9-4 run to come to within 32-27. Dickerson led the first-half charge with 13 points.

King's opened the second half with a 15-2 run, keyed by eight points by Dickerson and five points by Kasim Holloman with 15:10 remaining to up their lead to 47-29. But Colonels All-American guard Dave Jannuzzi keyed a 21-5 run with 18 points to bring Wilkes to within 52-50 with 9:07 remaining. Wilkes took the lead a minute and a half later on a pair of foul shots by Dave Plisko. King's recaptured the lead at 56-55 on two Vincavage free throws before the Monarchs added a pair of Dickerson layups off steals to go ahead 60-55.

With King's leading 71-66, Alex Hairston cut the margin to three on a dunk with 0:20 left. After a steal by Plisko on the inbound pass, Jannuzzi got the ball near the left sideline and Monarch rookie Brian Horgan made the defensive play of the game when he tied up the Colonel standout and forced a jump ball with the arrow pointing to King's. From there, Hobbs was fouled and hit both tosses to up the Monarch lead to ice the game.

King's held a 31-22 advantage in made free throws but was only 31-for-51 on the night while Wilkes was 22-for-30.

Hobbs scored 13 points and snaring a game-high 12 rebounds while noticeably limping throughout the second half. Holloman added 12 points and five rebounds. Jannuzzi, who scored just four points in the first half, led Wilkes with 30 points, including 26 in the second stanza.

No. 1 Carthage 78, No. 8 Elmhurst 71
ELMHURST, Ill. — Top-ranked Carthage came back from a 13-point second half deficit to win at No. 8 Elmhurst, 75-71 on Tuesday night. Elmhurst (16-3, 7-1) led for the entire game until Carthage forward Jason Wiertel hit two free throws with 3:41 left in the game, giving Carthage (15-2, 5-1) a 64-63 lead. The Redmen took the lead for good on a three-pointer by Antoine McDaniel at 1:25.

Still leading by two, 71-69 with 21 seconds to go, Jason Wiertel scored on a dunk to put Carthage up by four, 73-69. The Bluejays’ Justin Carley connected on a jumper with seven seconds to go to make it a two-point game, 73-71, but Tony Papanicholas connected on both ends of a one-and-one to complete the scoring at 75-71.

Carthage shot 56% for the game (29-for-52), 60% in the second half. Elmhurst shot 53% (29-for-55). Rob Garnes led Carthage with 19 points and six rebounds, while Wiertel had 17 points and seven rebounds.

"This was one of the best Division III basketball games I've ever seen," Head Coach Mark Scherer said. "We let it slip away. They made the big plays down the stretch and that was the difference."

Junior guard Justin Carley led Elmhurst with 24 points, dished out four assists and had two steals on the game. Senior Ryan Knuppel hit three three-pointers early in the first half, but didn't connect in the second half. He was 5-for-13 from the field and finished with 17 points, three assists and two steals.

Oneonta State women 76, No. 5 Cortland State 64
ONEONTA, N.Y. — Senior Paula Polce scored a game-high 28 points to lead Oneonta State to a 76-64 win against No. 5 Cortland State for their 14th consecutive win.

Each squad hit five of their first seven shots and Oneonta (16-1) held a 16-12 advantage through the first five minutes of play. After Cortland (17-1) went ahead with five unanswered points at 17-16, the teams exchanged the lead for the next three minutes. Then Oneonta went on a 7-0 run to go ahead 26-19 with just under seven minutes to go, and extended it to 37-27 before Cortland closed the half with an 8-0 run.

The teams played even to open the second half, with Oneonta leading 57-47 with just over seven minutes to go before Cortland went on an 8-0 run to cut the lead back to two points with under five minutes. That would be the closest that Cortland would get for the rest of the night as the hosts closed the game with a 19-9 run.

Besides Polce, juniors Kristin Lemon and Patti Schroh scored in double figures with 17 points and 14 points respectively. Cortland was led by Kate Smith's 25 points and a game-high 16 boards.

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