The Eagles trailed by 30-24 at the half, as Kaitlin Fiorino (10 points), Kaitlyn Malshefski (9 points), and Julia Lynott (8 points) shouldered almost the entire scoring load for the hosts. Fiorino, who finished the day with 18 points, became the first player in King's Women's basketball history to surpass 1,500 career points. Lizzie Wilson had nine points at the break to lead the Eagles.

King's scored the first 11 points after half to extend their lead to 41-24, before the Eagles started to cut the deficit. Wilsonfinally got the Eagles into the scoring column four minutes in on a nice kick out pass from Roland.

The Eagles stepped up the pressure in the second half as they held the Monarchs to 26% shooting in the second half, but the hosts were able to hold their lead with 19 free throw attempts and 16 offensive rebounds in the second half. The Eagles had cut the deficit to 57-48 on a Shaneen Brown free throw with 4:42 to play in the game. They then appeared to force a shot clock violation, but a a tipped ball and an extra couple seconds on the clock gave the Monarchs enough time for Kayla Dick to hit a jumper at the 4:07 mark as the 30 second clock expired. Dick then bumped the King's lead up to 14 with a long three pointer off a turnover.

The Eagles continued to chip away, but the hosts held off their late charge to secure the 64-58 win. Wilson finished the day with 19 points, five steals, and five rebounds despite being hampered by foul trouble throughout. Roland wraps up her freshman campaign with 405 points and 175 rebounds in 23 games.Lynott finished with 17 points and 12 rebounds for the Monarchs.

The program's growth from last year can be seen as the Eagles made the transition to the Freedom this year and despite their finish were within a couple possessions in many of their losses. As Wilson has a year of eligibility remaining, Eastern could potentially return their entire nucleus for the 2009-10 season.

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