The Keystone College women’s basketball team took a four-game winning streak into the New Year.
The Giants went 4-1 in December to improve to 7-5 on the season, going into their Jan. 4 game.
Keystone picked up its first United East Conference victory of the season Dec. 7 at Penn State Berks 79-67. The Giants then routed visiting City College of New York 72-34 and edged host Wilkes University 66-64 on consecutive days before going to Rutgers-Newark for a 68-59 win Dec. 30.
Anyah Ortiz was named United East Defensive Player of the Week Dec. 16 for her play in the wins on back-to-back days. She had 17 rebounds, 11 steals and a blocked shot in the two games.
Ortiz helped rally Keystone past Wilkes with 18 points, eight steals and seven rebounds. She had 14 points and 10 rebounds against CCNY.
In the conference win, Lisa Star scored 14 points and grabbed 13 rebounds while leading a balanced attack that placed four scorers in double figures.
Malysia Bryant scored the game-winning layup with about six seconds left against Wilkes.
The Rutgers-Newark win was the final non-conference game of the season for Keystone, which is 1-2 in the United East.
Ortiz leads the team with 13.2 points, 6.6 rebounds and 2.3 steals per game on the season.
Men’s basketball
Keystone was 2-1 in the United East and 4-6 overall through the end of December.
After splitting conference games earlier in the month, the Giants played their last game of the calendar year Dec. 14 and lost to Alvernia 81-69.
Boston Caldwell scored 17 points in the loss. Caldwell leads the team, averaging 15.8 points on the season.
Daryl Coleman is averaging 14.7 points and a team-high 9.1 rebounds.
Wrestling
Keystone is 2-14 on the season.
The Giants picked up their only December win when they defeated Sussex County Community College on a tiebreaker during a double dual meet at King’s College.
Dalton Klinges, a senior from Lackawanna Trail, is 3-7 on the season.
