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UPDATED: Marywood men, Scranton women reach tourney finals

Marywood University and Misericordia University advanced to Saturday's finals of the Laurel Line Tournament with men's basketball victories Friday night.

Lenny Martin scored 17 points, Jacques Robinson 15 and Tyler Reinhard 12 as Marywood downed Penn State-Hazleton, 83-56.

Robinson was 3-for-5 from 3-point range where Reinhard produced all of his points.

Misericordia ripped Baptist Bible College, 81-55.

The Cougars held the Defenders to 18 points in the first half.

Robbie Johnson led Misericordia with 20 points. Abington Heights graduate Dom Del Prete contributed 10 points, seven rebounds and four assists.

In the Hamilton College Tournament in Clinton, N.Y., Keystone College let an 11-point, second-half lead get away in an 85-83 semifinal loss to Ursinus.

UPDATED: 6:39 p.m.

Jennifer King scored 15 of her 19 points in the first half Friday afternoon to lead the University of Scranton into the championship game of the Scott Wood Tournament with a 57-47 victory over Alvernia College.

The Lady Royals will meet either Pitt-Bradford or host Muhlenberg College Saturday at 6 for the tournament title.

King, a Riverside graduate, helped Scranton open a 34-22 halftime lead.

Megan Kopecki added 14 points and five rebounds while Tayler Pallotta, a freshman from Dunmore, had 10 points and six rebounds.

The win by the Lady Royals came in the first game of a busy tournament weekend for area colleges.

For updates throughout the tournament weekend, return to www.scrantonedition.com/sports.