Basketball

King's College 86, Delaware Valley 60

WILKES-BARRE (PA) - King's College shot 55.4 percent from the field and used a big run late in the first half to propel itself to an 86-60 victory over visiting Delaware Valley College in a Freedom Conference game.

The Monarchs improved to 12-7 overall and 6-2 in Freedom play while the Aggies fell to 4-14 overall and 1-7 in the conference.

King's connected on 31 of 56 shots from the field, including a 14-for-23 effort (60.9%) in the second half. The Monarchs jumped out to an early nine point lead, but the Aggies pulled to within three, 24-21, as Dominque Brown hit a pair of free throws with 8:09 to go before halftime. However, the Monarchs scored 22 of the next 26 points to build a 46-24 advantage, and Delaware Valley never got closer than 18 points the rest of the way.

Jamie Cousart had a triple-double on the afternoon as he notched 18 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists in 29 minutes of action for King's.

Junior center Josh Taylor led Delaware Valley with a career-high 17 points on 7-for-9 shooting from the field. He also added six rebounds. Zack Van Dyke came off the bench to add 10 points while Ryan Walsh hit a trio of 3-pointers to finish with nine points. Isaiah Pinckney had eight points, six rebounds, five assists and five steals in the loss.