ST. DAVIDS, Pa.- Eastern University Women's Basketball fell 67-53 to King's College in a rematch of last year's Freedom Conference Semifinal. Though the Eagles closed the gap to one early in the second half, King's never trailed in the contest.

King's guard Celia Rader hit a deep 3-pointer as the shot-clock was sounding on the first possession of the game to put the visitors up. Neither team had great cohesion on offense early, but the Eagles were in the deeper funk. Eight minutes into the game, the Monarchs held a 17-4 lead.

The Eagles rallied with a 10-0 run over the next three minutes, but the offense again went cold. King's held a 33-25 lead at intermission. Lindsay Atchison scored 10 first-half points to pace the guests. Kelsie Patton led the Eagles with eight at the break. Though its defensive effort held King's to 36  percent shooting, Eastern could only match that 36 percent shooting and had eleven turnovers.

Eastern showed signs of life at the beginning of the second half as Kaitlyn Dougherty made consecutive jumpers and Meghan Nowak made a 3-pointer and a pair of free throws to close the gap to 35-34, but Kaitlin Michaels scored on a drive and Atchison split a pair of free throws to spark an 8-0 King's run. Michaels and Atchison scored 30 of the Monarchs' final 32 points to seal the win.

Meghan Nowak again led the Eagles with 17 points and 12 rebounds. Patton finished with 12 points and a team-best three assists. Michaels hit 12-of-18 foul shots and finished with a game-high 24. Atchison added 23.

The Eagles will travel to FDU-Florham to take on the first place Devils this coming Wednesday.

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