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Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins head back to Binghamton

Misericordia evened its record with a 65-59 win over Lycoming on Tuesday night at the Anderson Center.Jackie Hajec and Rachel Carmody both recorded double-doubles while leading the Cougars with 10 points and 10 rebounds each.Japriya Carroll and Alexa Plitt both added eight points each and Leanne Forsythe contributed seven points, seven rebounds and six assists. Liz Waleski found the scoresheet with seven points and five rebounds.Wilkes 59, Drew 54Cara Basile and Ashley Caster combined for 30 of Wilkes&#8217; 59 points to lead the visiting Colonels to a five point win over host Drew University.Trailing 30-23 at the half, Wilkes stormed out of the locker room and outscored Drew 19-9 over the third quarter to take a 42-39 lead heading into the final frame of play.From there Caster scored two straight buckets followed by a layup from Basile to give Wilkes a 48-40 lead with seven minutes to play. A transition score from Chelsea Smelas pushed the advantage to nine before an 8-0 Drew run cut the deficit to just one setting up the final few possessions of the contest.Caster enjoyed the finest outing of her young career finishing with a team-high 17 points on 8 of 12 shooting. The rookie added six rebounds and three steals. Basile followed with 13 points and six rebounds. Wilkes shot a season-high 40.3 percent from the floor (25-62) and 50 percent from behind the arc (3-6) in the game.MEN&#8217;S BASKETBALLKing&#8217;s 74, Drew 69King&#8217;s overcame an eight-point, second-half deficit by outscoring host Drew University 16-9 over the last seven minutes of the game as the Monarchs rallied.With King&#8217;s clinging to a 69-67 lead, a Dan Rutecki jumper extended the Monarchs lead to 71-67 with 0:42 to play, the Monarchs forced a turnover on a blocked shot by Rutecki and subsequent tie-up on the loose ball to take over with 0:28 left. Forced to foul, the Rangers put John Fazzini on the line and the junior made one-of-two to give King&#8217;s a 72-67 lead with 0:26 remaining.After the Rangers made one-of-two foul shots, Rutecki was fouled and made both shots with 0:08 on the clock to set the final score at 74-68.Rutecki led King&#8217;s with 22 points and 11 rebounds while John Fazzini followed with 18 points and three boards. Jake Barber added 10 points, two rebounds, and two assists while Heston contributed with seven points, eight rebounds, and three assists. Chris Fazzini chipped in with five points and six rebounds.Misericordia 68, Lebanon Valley 65Darren Davy scored 17 points in the second half to lead Misericordia to a win over Lebanon Valley in the Anderson Center.Davy was perfect (8-8) from the floor and was 3 for 3 from the foul line for a game-high 19 points. D.J. Marlow added 12 points, including a game-clinching layup in the closing seconds.Jason Kenny had 11 points, Tyler McGarry added 10 and Griffin Sponaugle had five points and nine assists as the Cougars improved to 3-3 on the season.<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>Times Leader</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta>Reach Times Leader Sports at 570-829-7143 or on Twitter @TLSports</shirttailMeta></div>

College sports: Misericordia tops Lycoming in women’s baskeball