WILKES BARRE (Pa.)--- The Delaware Valley women's basketball team saw four players score in double figures as the Aggies outscored the Monarchs 23-14 in the fourth quarter to earn their first conference win of the season, 58-51.
After a majority of the first quarter saw the score within one possession, Haley Keenan scored back-to-back buckets to lead 13-8 before the Aggies (3-4, 1-1) led by three after the first.
Taylor Richardson opened the second quarter with a jumper to push the DelVal lead back to five, but King's (1-8, 0-3) put together a 6-0 run to give them their first lead since 2-0. The Aggies answered right back with a small 5-0 burst to go ahead by four. The teams traded leads one final before halftime as DelVal took a 24-21 lead into the break.
Midway through the third quarter, Delaware Valley led 33-28 before the Monarchs responded. A 9-0 run from the hosts gave them their largest lead of the game at 37-33 before leading 37-35 heading into the fourth.
First-year Alexis Wright put the Aggies an and-one with 6:30 to play. Wright continued her impressive play scoring the next four points with a bucket and a pair of free throws, growing the Aggies lead to 45-39. Trailing 47-41, King's scored seven straight points to take a 48-47 lead with 2:01 to play. Haley Keenan grabbed the lead right back just 30 seconds later with an old fashioned three point play, giving the Aggies a 50-48 lead. In the final 39 seconds, Sophie Chevres went 4-for-4 from the free throw line and Richardson and Wright added buckets to secure the 58-51 lead for the Aggies.
Haley Keenan led all scorers with 17 points while adding seven rebounds.
Taylor Richardson and Alexis Wright scored 13 points each with Richardson grabbing seven boards and Wright pulling down six.
Sophie Chevres was the final Aggie in double figures with 11 as the first-year pulled down a game-high eight rebounds and added five steals.
After shooting 19-of-23 from the free throw line on Wednesday, the Aggies knocked down 19-of-24 from the charity stripe against the Monarchs.
The Aggies will head to Arcadia for their next matchup on Wednesday, December 8th at 8 p.m.
