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<p>Up just one point after three quarters, the King&#8217;s women&#8217;s basketball team again closed strong en route to an 89-76 win over visiting Stevens on Wednesday at the Scandlon Center.</p><p>The Monarchs outscored the Ducks 26-14 in the fourth to continue their early surge in MAC Freedom play, improving to 3-0 in the conference. They had previously outlasted Eastern and nationally ranked DeSales for hard-fought wins to open the league schedule.</p><p>Rebecca Prociak turned in another strong performance, finishing with 29 points and a career-high 20 rebounds to go with four assists and a block. Mackenzie Yori added 23 points and Samantha Rajza scored 19.</p><p><strong>DeSales 70, Wilkes 55</strong></p><p>Reigning league champ DeSales shook off an impressive 17-12 start by the host Colonels, outscoring Wilkes 21-4 in the second quarter to pick up the win.</p><p>Maddie Kelley led the way for the Colonels with a double-double, finishing with 15 points and 11 rebounds. Gianna Roberts had 14 points and six boards.</p><p>Wilkes&#8217; doubleheader at Eastern scheduled for Saturday has been moved up to Friday at 5 p.m. for the women and 7 p.m. for the men because of snow in the weekend forecast.</p><p><strong>MEN&#8217;S BASKETBALL</strong></p><p><strong>DeSales 79, Wilkes 74</strong></p><p>First-place DeSales&#8217; depth helped the Bulldogs erase a first-half deficit and beat Wilkes on the road with the help of 39 points off the bench.</p><p>Wilkes pulled within 61-59 with 2:35 left but could not get closer. Rob Pecorelli scored 24 points while Noah Jackson set a new career-high with 13 points off the bench for the Colonels. Jake Robel added 12 points.</p><p><strong>Stevens 76, King&#8217;s 60</strong></p><p>The visiting Ducks shots 48.5% from the floor to win their inaugural MAC Freedom matchup with the Monarchs.</p><p>King&#8217;s shot just 28.6%, including a 5-of-31 showing from behind the arc while losing the battle on the boards 53-39. Brad Kalinowski scored nine points to lead the Monarchs.</p><p><strong>MU games postponed</strong></p><p>A pregame mishap meant that Misericordia&#8217;s bus trip to Doylestown ended without any basketball being played.</p><p>Delaware Valley announced Wednesday that &#8220;a broken backboard during warm-ups&#8221; caused the postponement of the men&#8217;s/women&#8217;s doubleheader against the Cougars. The games will now be made up today at Misericordia&#8217;s Anderson Center, with the men opening the action at 5 p.m. followed by the women at 7 p.m.</p><p>The Feb. 5 doubleheader originally scheduled to be played at Misericordia will now be hosted by the Aggies.</p><style>
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College roundup: King’s women’s basketball improves to 3-0 in league