TCNJ WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM BEATS KING'S IN SEASON OPENER
Friday, November 16, 2007
Arlington, VA. The
College of New Jersey women's basketball team tipped
off the new season on a
winning note as the Lions beat King's College
69-60 on the first day of the
20th Annual Marymount Tip-Off Classic on
Friday.
Junior center Hillary
Klimowicz (Scotch Plains, NJ/Scotch Plains-Fanwood)
scored eight of the first
11 points of the game for the Lions and finished
with a career-high 23
points. Klimowicz shot 9-for-14 from the floor and
added 13 rebounds for the
double-double. Those 13 rebounds tied a
career-high set a year
ago.
Guard Alyssa Michella (Washington Twp., NJ/Immaculate Heart
Academy)
boasted two career highs of her own as the junior poured in 16
points and
grabbed nine rebounds. Freshman Kelsey Kutch
(Hillsborough,
NJ/Hillsborough) added to the victory of for the Lions with 12
points.
Adding to the win for TCNJ was junior Lisa Koch (Oakridge,
NJ/Jefferson
Twp.) as she had nine rebounds and a game-high six
assists.
The Lion remain in the inner's bracket and will face the winner
of the
Denison University and Salisbury University game on Saturdday,
November 17
at 3 p.m.