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Strong First-Half Leads Bulldogs past King’s, 68-51

Senior Alexiah Grant had a game-high tying 16 points in the win at King's College.
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Wilkes-Barre, PA (February 1, 2014) – Seniors Megan Gallagher and Sondrine Glovas each recorded double-doubles and fellow senior Alexiah Grant scored a game-high 16 points as the Bulldogs raced out to an 18-point halftime lead and led by double digits the entire second-half in a 68-51 win at King's College in Freedom Conference action on Saturday afternoon.

Grant scored 12 of her 16 tallies in the second-half, while Glovas (15 pts, 11 reb.) and Gallagher (10 pts., 12 reb.) also played well.  Junior Alex Suk was just one point and one rebound shy of a double-double and sophomore Gabby Scott had five assists in the win.  Junior Mikelyn Mackavage came off the bench to score six points, all in the first-half.

Jennifer Fabian led the Lady Monarchs with 16 points and nine rebounds, while Marissa Manning added 13 points and five assists in the loss.

DSU raced out of the gates opening up an 11-3 lead on a running lay-up from Scott 5:32 into the game and pushed the lead to 16 points (25-9) at the 8:46 mark on a three-point play from Suk.  The lead never went below 12 the rest of the half and a lay-up from Glovas with 14 seconds left made it a 37-19 game at the break.

King's shot just 21.9 percent from the field in the opening half, while the Bulldogs hit 37.5 percent and dominated the glass out-rebounding the Lady Monarchs, 36-17, over the first twenty minutes.

KC shot much better in the second-half, chipping away at the lead several times but was never able to get the lead down to double digits.  It was a 12-point game at the 14:41 mark when Glovas answered with a three on the other end and it was down to 10-points twice including the last time at the 5:28 mark before a Suk lay-up and three from Grant pushed the lead up to 15 points with just under five minutes to play.

DSU finished the game shooting just 34.7 percent but committed a season-low five turnovers and continued to control the backboards holding a 55-39 edge on the glass.  King's finished the game shooting 34.4 percent after hitting 48.3 percent in the second-half.

The Bulldogs return to action on Wednesday when they host Delaware Valley College in a Freedom Conference game beginning at 6:00 pm.
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