Wilkes-Barre, PA (January 11, 2020) - The #18/20 DeSales University women's basketball team suffered its first MAC Freedom loss since the 2018 MAC Freedom championship game falling at King's College, 55-54, on Saturday afternoon in Scandlon Gymnasium.

The Basics

• Final Score: King's - 55, DeSales - 54
• Records: DeSales (9-4, 1-1 MAC Freedom); King's (8-5, 2-0 MAC Freedom)
• The loss snaps a streak of 17 straight wins for the Bulldogs over MAC Freedom competition dating back to the championship game of the 2018 season.

How it Happened

• This game was back and forth the entire way as neither team ever held more than an 8-point lead.
• DSU opened the game with two 3's around a jumper from sophomore Averi Jordan to take an 8-2 lead and a Jordan jumper with 24 seconds left in the quarter gave DSU a 16-14 first-quarter lead.
• Neither team led by more than three points the entire second quarter and the Monarchs finished the half with a short jumper from Mackenzie Yori and a free throw to take a 29-28 lead into the locker room.
• A tie game at 34 at the five minute mark of the third quarter saw DSU use a 6-0 run to take a 40-34 lead and the Bulldogs led by four (42-38) after three quarters.
• The lead grew to the largest of the game (eight points) early in the fourth quarter and a three from Jordan at the 5:46 mark put DSU up 49-43.
• King's took advantage of DSU getting into fourth quarter foul trouble and methodically cut into the margin at the line pulling within one (50-49) with 4:08 to go.
• It was still a one-point game at 3:45 when Yori hit a pull-up jumper with 3:07 to go to give King's its first second-half lead (53-52).
• Neither team scored over the next two minutes before sophomore Samantha Shinkus hit a driving lay-up to put the Bulldogs up one (54-53) with 1:13 left.
• The Bulldogs got a stop but suffered a shot clock violation on the next possession as the Monarch got the ball with 15 seconds left.
• Out of a timeout, Emily Kriston, hit a driving floater with eight seconds left giving the Monarchs a 55-54 lead and the Bulldogs were unable to hit the game-winner as time expired.

Top Bulldog Performers

• Jordan and Shinkus were both fantastic on the offensive end accounting for 43 of DSU's 54 points.
• Jordan led the charge with 23 tallies on 10-of-19 shooting and added 15 rebounds.
• Shinkus finished with 20 points, 16 in the first-half.

For the Foes

• Kriston led King's with 16 points and Samantha Rajza had 15 points.
• Yori finished with 11 points.
• Rebecca Prociak finished with eight points and 12 rebounds.

Inside the Box Score

• Jordan and Shinkus shot 19-for-38 (50.0%), while the rest of the Bulldogs hit just 3-for-31 (9.6%) from the field.
• The Bulldogs defense held King's to just 29.0 percent shooting from the field.

Up Next

• DeSales is back in action on Wednesday when they travel back to Wilkes-Barre, PA to take on Wilkes University with tip set for 8:00 pm.

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