WILKES BARRE– King’s dropped to (4-2, 0-1) with its 68-52 loss to Delaware Valley. The Monarchs were led by sophomore Dan Rutecki.

The underclassman had 17 points and went 11-12 from the charity stripe. Rutecki, like the rest of his teammates, struggled shooting the ball tonight. The Monarchs shot just 30 percent.

When asked if his team was outplayed by a better team coach Andrejko made it clear that even though his squad dropped a decision, it wasn’t the case that Del-Val was necessarily better than King’s.

“Lets not go that way,” Andrejko said post game. “They are a veteran team and experienced team.”

Delaware Valley’s leading scorer was Jay Donovan, who went a perfect 4-for-4 from the line and made every single triple scoring 22 on the night.

Chris Moran also chipped in 13 of his own along with 6-foot-9 Manny Ochenje, a Division I transfer from Pepperdine University, adding six points and nine boards of his own.

The score was tied at 24 at half but then Del-Val exploded. They opened up the second half on a 16-2 run and never looked back. The Rams turned up the defensive intensity and Andrejko said it gave his team fits.

“We can simulate it to the best of our ability in practice but you don’t have many teams that can get after you like that,” Andrejko said.

King’s hits the hardwood again this Saturday at FDU-Florham with in attempt to get that first conference win.