{"id":2301,"date":"2015-02-21T13:41:32","date_gmt":"2015-02-21T18:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wrkc.kings.edu\/?p=2301"},"modified":"2015-02-21T13:41:32","modified_gmt":"2015-02-21T18:41:32","slug":"wbb-half-time-notes-for-kings-vs-wilkes-season-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wrkc.kings.edu\/?p=2301","title":{"rendered":"WBB: Half time notes for King&#8217;s vs. Wilkes season finale"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2302\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2302\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wrkc.kings.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_1099.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2302\" src=\"http:\/\/wrkc.kings.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_1099.jpg\" alt=\"Senior center Marissa Manning takes her final introduction in a Monarch uniform during Saturday's clash with Wilkes University | Staff Photographer: Tyler R. Tynes\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wrkc.kings.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_1099.jpg 800w, https:\/\/wrkc.kings.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_1099-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2302\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senior center Marissa Manning takes her final introduction in a Monarch uniform during Saturday&#8217;s clash with Wilkes University | Staff Photographer: Tyler R. Tynes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The effort at the beginning of the half that stretched for nearly half of the set, was on display in the final two minutes of King&#8217;s Saturday contest against their bitter rival Wilkes University.<\/p>\n<p>Save for a defensive stop and dribble drive from Shae Grim, the Lady Monarchs allowed the Colonels to have a 6-2 stretch when they were within a point before the buzzer.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>To begin the half, King&#8217;s didn&#8217;t score for the first 10:21 of the contest and didn&#8217;t hit a field goal of any kind until the 9:05 mark of the first half. They ended the fixture shooting an abysmal 7-for-40 from the field (17.5%) and going 1-for-18 from deep (5.6%).<\/p>\n<p>Wilkes has led for 98.9 percent of the game, a solid 19:47 seconds, but thanks to the King&#8217;s bench (accounting for 13 points), they remain in the contest 27-22 with 20 minutes left to decide the outcome.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Tyler R. Tynes covers King&#8217;s athletics for WRKC Digital. Email him with any concerns at TylerTynes@Kings.edu and follow him on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/tylerrickytynes\" target=\"_blank\">@TylerRickyTynes<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The effort at the beginning of the half that stretched for nearly half of the set, was on display in the final two minutes of King&#8217;s Saturday contest against their bitter rival Wilkes University. Save for a defensive stop and dribble drive from Shae Grim, the Lady Monarchs allowed the Colonels to have a 6-2 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":499,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[41,31],"class_list":["post-2301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","tag-basketball","tag-sports-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wrkc.kings.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wrkc.kings.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wrkc.kings.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wrkc.kings.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/499"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wrkc.kings.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2301"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wrkc.kings.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2303,"href":"https:\/\/wrkc.kings.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2301\/revisions\/2303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wrkc.kings.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wrkc.kings.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wrkc.kings.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}