Elizabethtown College MensBasketball News 
Back to top 2/28/2009 Men's basketball edged by Widener in Commonwealth finals ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL Widener 67, Elizabethtown 65 The Pride (22-5 overall) won their third consecutive Commonwealth Conference championship and earned the 17th NCAA tournament berth in program history, while the Blue Jays (14-12 overall) were denied in their bid to win their first conference title since 2004. Charles Jones was named tournament Most Valuable Player for the Pride after finishing with 12 points and six rebounds in the title game, while Jamarr Johnson scored six of his 12 points in the final four minutes to thwart a late Blue Jay comeback bid. Keith Fogel (Mifflinburg, PA/Mifflinburg) scored a game-high 18 points to go with six rebounds and five assists for Elizabethtown, while Mike Church (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco) netted 17 points and grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds. However, the Blue Jays committed 21 turnovers and went just 3-for-7 at the foul line while the Pride finished 14-for-19 from the stripe. Widener scored the game's first seven points, and took its biggest lead of the day at 33-21 on two foul shots by Johnson with 5:59 left in the first half. Elizabethtown closed the first half on an 18-7 run, capped by a three-pointer by Fogel as time expired to bring the Blue Jays within 40-39 at intermission. Church led all players with 13 points and five rebounds in the first half, while Fogel went 3-for-4 from three-point range and tallied 11 points for the Blue Jays as part of a 53.3 percent (16-for-30) team shooting effort. Jones paced the Pride with nine points, as Widener shot 48.0 percent (12-for-25) from the field. The Blue Jays took their first lead of the day at 41-40 on a layup by Fogel 29 seconds into the second half, and held a 43-40 advantage following a putback by Church with 18:09 to play. Widener answered with six straight points to take a 46-43 lead with 16:54 to go, and the teams exchanged the lead several times over the next couple minutes. Widener went ahead for good at 54-51 following a three-pointer by Chris McDevitt with 13:07 left, sparking an 8-0 run that ended with the Pride holding a 59-51 advantage with 11:44 to play. Elizabethtown crept back to within two at 61-59 on a three-pointer by Fogel with 7:21 to go, but went scoreless over the next five minutes on four missed shots and two turnovers. The Blue Jays again cut the Pride lead to two at 63-61 as Phil Schaffer (Marmora, NJ/Ocean City) hit a basket with 2:38 to go to snap the scoring drought, but Johnson responded with back-to-back steals and baskets to give Widener a 67-61 lead with 1:20 remaining. Joe Flanagan (Lancaster, PA/Lancaster Mennonite) connected on a basket with 43 seconds remaining to shave the Widener lead to 67-63, and Fogel nailed a jumper with 6.2 seconds to go to pull Elizabethtown within 67-65. A missed foul shot by Widener's Matt Sosna with 4.3 seconds left gave the Blue Jays life, but a desperation inbounds pass from midcourt with 0.4 seconds left went awry and the Pride came away with the title. Josh Houseal (Landisville, PA/Hempfield) also finished in double figures for Elizabethtown with 12 points, while Sosna tallied 11 points and a team-high 10 rebounds. The Blue Jays finished at 45.9 percent (28-for-61) from the field as a team while Widener cooled off to 40.0 percent (22-for-55) after going 10-for-30 in the second half. WIDENER UNIVERSITY 67, ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 65 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE (14-12) Keith Fogel 7-13 0-1 18; Mike Church 8-14 1-3 17; Josh Houseal 5-7 1-1 12; Chris Hill 2-2 1-2 5; Joe Flanagan 2-10 0-0 5; Bryan Harrity 1-3 0-0 2; Phil Schaffer 1-4 0-0 2; Chris Jones 1-1 0-0 2; Kyle McConnell 1-2 0-0 2; Brady Haughney 0-0 0-0 0; Mark Vogel 0-5 0-0 0. Totals 28-61 3-7 65. WIDENER UNIVERSITY (22-5) Charles Jones 5-15 0-0 12; Jamarr Johnson 4-4 4-4 12; Matt Sosna 3-6 3-5 11; Chris McDevitt 2-3 2-2 8; Bobby Edmunds 1-6 2-2 5; BJ Smith 1-1 1-2 4; Tracy Jones 2-3 0-0 4; Perry Wright 1-3 1-1 3; Nyere Miller 1-9 0-1 3; Jack Brennan 1-3 1-2 3; Jarrell Nelson 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 22-55 14-19 67. Elizabethtown College......... 39 26 - 65 Widener University............ 40 27 - 67 3-point goals--Elizabethtown College 6-19 (Keith Fogel 4-7; Joe Flanagan 1-4; Josh Houseal 1-3; Phil Schaffer 0-2; Mark Vogel 0-2; Mike Church 0-1), Widener University 9-25 (Matt Sosna 2-4; Chris McDevitt 2-3; Charles Jones 2-5; Nyere Miller 1-7; BJ Smith 1-1; Bobby Edmunds 1-4; Jack Brennan 0-1). Fouled out--Elizabethtown College-None, Widener University-None. Rebounds--Elizabethtown College 39 (Mike Church 12), Widener University 33 (Matt Sosna 10). Assists--Elizabethtown College 24 (Kyle McConnell 5; Keith Fogel 5), Widener University 18 (Bobby Edmunds 4). Total fouls--Elizabethtown College 17, Widener University 16. Technical fouls--Elizabethtown College-None, Widener University-None. A-865 Back to top 2/26/2009 Men's basketball to travel to Widener for Commonwealth title FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, February 26, 2009 Elizabethtown and Widener to Meet in Commonwealth Finals ELIZABETHTOWN,
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--- The Elizabethtown College men's basketball team will travel to Widener University for the Commonwealth Conference championship on Saturday afternoon beginning at 3:00 p.m. The Blue Jays (14-11 overall), seeded third in the four-team tournament, advanced to the finals with a 68-64 victory at Albright College on Wednesday night, while the top-seeded Pride (21-5 overall) defeated Messiah College 76-61 in the other semifinal contest. Admission to Saturday's game at the Schwartz Center is $6 for adults, $4
for seniors and $2 for students, with children under six admitted free
of charge. The winner will receive an automatic bid to next week's NCAA Division III tournament. Saturday's game will be played exactly five years to the day of Elizabethtown's last appearance in the championship game, a 61-54 victory at Widener on Feb. 28, 2004 that gave the Blue Jays their third straight conference title. In addition to the Commonwealth Conference titles in 2002, 2003 and 2004, Elizabethtown won Middle Atlantic Conference championships in 1964 and 1979. Widener will be seeking its third consecutive conference crown and 15th overall conference championship in program history. The teams have met four times in the Commonwealth Conference playoffs since 2001, with Elizabethtown winning in the 2002 and 2004 finals and Widener winning in the 2001 finals and 2006 semifinals. All but the 2002 championship game were played at Widener. Widener, which went 10-2 in the Commonwealth Conference during the regular season, swept the season series from Elizabethtown, which went 7-5 in conference play. The Pride won 80-69 at Thompson Gymnasium on Jan. 17 and held on for a 66-62 victory at the Schwartz Center on Feb. 7. Sophomore swingman Joe Flanagan (Lancaster, PA/Lancaster Mennonite) leads the Blue Jays in scoring at 14.6 points per game and has connected on a team-high 52 three-pointers. Junior center Mike Church (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco) has added 12.7 points and a team-high 6.3 rebounds per game, while sophomore guard Keith Fogel (Mifflinburg, PA/Mifflinburg) is averaging 12.5 points per game with 38 three-pointers and a team-high 53 steals. Leading the Pride is senior guard Charles Jones, who leads the Commonwealth Conference in scoring at 17.4 points per game to go with a team-high 78 assists. Senior forward Matt Sosna is second on the team in scoring at 14.2 points per game and leads the team with 6.8 rebounds per game. He is shooting 61.1 percent from the field (138-for-226) to lead the conference, with junior forward Jamarr Johnson ranking second at 56.9 percent (82-for-144). Back to top 2/25/2009 Men's hoops defeats Albright 68-64 to advance to conference finals ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL Elizabethtown 68, Albright 64 The Blue Jays (14-11 overall) will travel to top-seeded Widener University for Saturday's championship game at 3:00 p.m. after the Pride defeated Messiah College 76-61 in Wednesday's other semifinal contest. Mike Church (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco) scored 17 points to lead the Blue Jays, who held the Lions (17-9 overall) to 28.1 percent shooting (9-for-32) from the field in the second half, including 13 straight misses to open the half, after shooting 59.3 percent (16-for-27) in the opening 20 minutes. Phil Hall led the Lions with game highs of 20 points and 10 rebounds, but Albright could not turn a 43-28 rebounding advantage to their benefit. The Lions were also plagued by 16 turnovers while the Blue Jays committed just nine miscues. Keith Fogel (Mifflinburg, PA/Mifflinburg) added 13 points for the Blue Jays while Joe Flanagan (Lancaster, PA/Lancaster Mennonite) tallied 12 points and a team-high six rebounds for Elizabethtown, which will play for its first conference title since winning the last of three in a row in 2004. Trailing 55-50 with 7:12 to play, the Lions tied the game at 57-57 on a reverse layup by Hall with 4:48 to play, only to see Church put the Blue Jays back on top 61-57 courtesy of two foul shots with 4:29 remaining and a reverse layup with 3:39 left. Albright responded with five straight points to take a 62-61 lead on a layup by Zac Shaeffer with 2:01 remaining, but backup center Bryan Harrity (Warrington, PA/Central Bucks South) hit a baseline jumper with 1:29 to go to put Elizabethtown back on top for good at 63-62. After Hall misfired on the potential go-ahead basket, Keith Fogel (Mifflinburg, PA/Mifflinburg) hit the Blue Jays' biggest shot of the season as he canned a three-pointer with 48.7 seconds left to give Elizabethtown a 66-62 lead. Matt Bazsika put back a missed three-pointer with 35.5 seconds left to bring Albright back within 66-64, but Phil Schaffer (Marmora, NJ/Ocean City) hit a foul shot with 34.7 seconds to play to give Elizabethtown a three-point lead. Looking for the tie, the Lions threw the ball away under their own basket with 22.8 seconds to go, and Josh Houseal (Landisville, PA/Hempfield) drilled a foul shot with 22.0 seconds remaining to push the Etown lead to 68-64. Two last-ditch field-goal attempts by the Lions were not close, and the Blue Jays came away with the win. Both teams set a blistering pace from the field in the opening 10 minutes, each shooting over 50 percent from the floor as Albright held a 23-22 lead with 8:54 left in the first half despite 10 points from Fogel. Albright led 37-33 at halftime as Hall hit his first six shots from the field en route to a game-high 12 points, while Fogel finished with 10 points to pace Elizabethtown. The Lions cooled off from the field to open the second half, missing their first 13 field-goal attempts and going scoreless for 8 minutes, 13 seconds while the Blue Jays scored 12 of the half's first 14 points to take a 45-39 lead with 11:32 to go on a three-pointer by Mark Vogel (Landisville, PA/Hempfield). Hall finally connected on Albright's first field goal of the second half with 10:27 to go to cut the Elizabethtown lead to 47-43, but a basket by Church and a three-pointer by Flanagan gave the Blue Jays a 52-45 lead with 9:43 to play. Albright fought back with five unanswered points to cut the Blue Jay lead to 52-50 with 9:03 remaining, but Church converted a three-point play with 7:12 to go to extend the Blue Jay advantage to 55-50. Also scoring in double figures for Albright were Andre Murphy with 11 points and Baszika with 10 points to go with five rebounds. ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 68, ALBRIGHT COLLEGE 64 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE (14-11) Mike Church 7-16 3-4 17; Keith Fogel 5-9 1-2 13; Joe Flanagan 4-7 2-4 12; Phil Schaffer 2-6 1-4 5; Mark Vogel 1-3 2-2 5; Chris Jones 1-1 2-2 5; Chris Hill 2-3 0-0 4; Bryan Harrity 2-4 0-0 4; Josh Houseal 1-4 1-2 3; Kyle McConnell 0-1 0-2 0. Totals 25-54 12-22 68. ALBRIGHT COLLEGE (17-9) Phil Hall 9-17 2-2 20; Andre Murphy 4-13 1-2 11; Matt Bazsika 3-6 3-4 10; Justin Plummer 2-3 2-4 6; Matt Ashcroft 2-5 0-0 5; Adam Van Zelst 1-3 2-2 4; Andrew Pomager 2-4 0-0 4; Derek Hall 1-2 0-0 2; Zac Shaeffer 1-7 0-0 2; Mike Larkin 0-0 0-0 0; Ryan Van Zelst 0-0 0-1 0. Totals 25-60 10-15 64. Elizabethtown College......... 33 35 - 68 Albright College.............. 37 27 - 64 3-point goals--Elizabethtown College 6-10 (Joe Flanagan 2-4; Keith Fogel 2-2; Mark Vogel 1-2; Chris Jones 1-1; Mike Church 0-1), Albright College 4-14 (Andre Murphy 2-5; Matt Bazsika 1-1; Matt Ashcroft 1-3; Zac Shaeffer 0-4; Phil Hall 0-1). Fouled out--Elizabethtown College-None, Albright College-None. Rebounds--Elizabethtown College 28 (Joe Flanagan 6), Albright College 44 (Phil Hall 10). Assists--Elizabethtown College 12 (Phil Schaffer 5), Albright College 14 (Zac Shaeffer 3). Total fouls--Elizabethtown College 17, Albright College 19. Technical fouls--Elizabethtown College-None, Albright College-None. A-625 Back to top 2/24/2009 Men's basketball to play at Albright in Commonwealth semifinals FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, February 24, 2009 Elizabethtown to Face Albright in Commonwealth Semifinals ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College will battle Albright College in a Commonwealth Conference men's basketball semifinal game on Wednesday night at the Bollman Center in Reading, beginning at 7:00 p.m. The Blue Jays finished 13-11 overall and in third place in the conference with a 7-5 record, while the Lions completed the 2008-09 regular season with a 17-8 overall record and an 8-4 mark in conference play, good enough for second place in the final standings. The winner of Wednesday's game will play in the championship game on Saturday against the winner of the other semifinal game between fourth-seeded Messiah College and top-seeded Widener University. The Commonwealth Conference champion will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III tournament. Admission to Wednesday's contest is $6 for adults, $4 for seniors and $2 for students, with children under six admitted free of charge. Streaming audio and live stats will be available for download through links posted on the Elizabethtown sports web site. Elizabethtown and Albright have met in the Commonwealth Conference semifinals on three previous occasions, with the Blue Jays winning 83-74 at Thompson Gymnasium in 2001 and 99-87 in overtime at the Bollman Center in 2004. The Lions won the most-recent playoff battle between the teams with an 81-65 home-court win in 2005. During the regular season, Albright won both meetings with Elizabethtown, picking up a 93-80 victory at home on Jan. 14 and a 69-65 overtime victory at Thompson Gymnasium on Jan. 31. Including the postseason, the Blue Jays have lost six straight games in Reading since the aforementioned playoff overtime win in 2004. The Blue Jays, making their first postseason appearance since 2006, won their final three regular-season games to lock up third place in the standings. Elizabethtown improved from 2-8 in conference play in 2007-08 to 8-4 this season. Albright also won its final three games and six of its last seven to secure their fifth trip to the conference playoffs in the last six years. Elizabethtown has three players averaging over 12 points per game for 19th-year head coach Bob Schlosser (292-197 record), led by sophomore swingman Joe Flanagan (Lancaster, PA/Lancaster Mennonite) at 14.8 points per game. He leads the squad with 50 three-pointers and has scored in double figures in 20 out of 24 games. Junior center Mike Church (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco) is second on the team with 12.5 points per game, and leads the Blue Jays with an average of 6.4 rebounds per game along with a conference-best 36 blocked shots. Sophomore guard Keith Fogel (Mifflinburg, PA/Mifflinburg) is even with Church in scoring average (12.5 points per game) and is second on the squad with 36 three-pointers. Fogel also leads the team in foul shooting (86.7 percent, 39-for-45) and has a a team-high 52 steals. Rounding out the starting lineup are junior forward Josh Houseal (Landisville, PA/Hempfield), who averages 6.1 points and 4.9 rebounds per game, and senior point guard Phil Schaffer (Marmora, NJ/Ocean City), who averages 4.3 points, 3.4 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game and is the lone senior on the roster. Key contributors off the bench include first-year guard Kyle McConnell (Lebanon, PA/Cedar Crest), who is averaging 4.4 points per game as Schaffer's backup at point guard, sophomore center Chris Hill (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty), who chips in 3.5 points and 2.0 rebounds per contest, and junior guard Chris Jones (Airville, PA/Kennard-Dale), who has made seven consecutive three-point attempts spanning the last four games. The Lions are led by 6-11 senior center Phil Hall, a conference Player of the Year contender who averages 14.5 points and 7.8 rebounds per game while shooting 55.8 percent (148-for-265) from the field. Sophomore guard Zac Shaeffer also averages in double figures for Albright with 12.3 points per contest to go with a team-high 57 three-pointers. Back to top 2/21/2009 Men's basketball defeats Arcadia, 71-49 to take third place ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL Elizabethtown 71, Arcadia 49 Combined with Widener University's 77-58 win at Messiah College, the Blue Jays (13-11 overall, 7-5 Commonwealth) clinched the third seed in the Commonwealth Conference tournament and will travel to second-seeded Albright College on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. in a semifinal game. Mike Church (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco) finished with a game-high 16 points and grabbed seven rebounds for the Blue Jays while Joe Flanagan (Lancaster, PA/Lancaster Mennonite) added 14 points as Elizabethtown shot 56.5 percent (13-for-23) from the field in the second half to turn a 29-26 halftime lead into a 22-point victory. Phil Schaffer (Marmora, NJ/Ocean City), the lone senior on the Elizabethtown roster, grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds from his point guard position, while addeing five points and a game-high six assists in 26 minutes of playing time. Bobby Mulholland was the lone player to score in double figures for the Knights (8-17 overall, 3-9 Commonwealth) as he finished with 12 points, but Arcadia shot 37.7 percent (20-for-53) from the field and committed 21 turnovers to end the season with their sixth consecutive loss. Elizabethtown led for all but 28 seconds early in the first half, taking the lead for good at 7-6 just four minutes into the game. The Blue Jays built a 25-15 lead with 5:28 to play in the first half, but the Knights rallied to cut the deficit to 29-26 at halftime as Mulholland led Arcadia with seven points. Church led all players in the first half with 12 points, while Schaffer grabbed eight rebounds. The Blue Jays opened the second half by scoring nine straight points to go ahead 38-26 with 15:15 to go. Elizabethtown poured it on in the closing minutes, using a 17-6 run to take their largest lead of the afternoon at 71-43 with 1:42 left. Chris Jones (Airville, PA/Kennard-Dale) matched his career high of 10 points set in the Blue Jays' last game at Lebanon Valley College, and connected on both of his three-point attempts to extend his streak of consecutive made three-pointers to seven, spanning Elizabethtown's last four games. Josh Houseal (Landisville, PA/Hempfield) added 11 points and four boards for the Blue Jays, who went 18-for-25 from the foul line as a team including 12-for-17 in the second half. ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 71, ARCADIA UNIVERSITY 49 ARCADIA UNIVERSITY (8-17, 3-9) MULHOLLAND,Bobby 5-12 0-1 12; COOK,Acquil 3-6 2-3 8; TRAWICK,Khalief 3-7 0-1 6; THOMPSON,Jason 2-3 0-0 5; PEPITONE,Blaise 2-7 0-0 5; VARNADO,Terrell 2-4 0-0 4; GAGNON,Glen 0-0 3-4 3; MILLS,Darrell 1-5 0-0 2; Andrew Vose 1-3 0-0 2; PALANTINO,Damien 1-6 0-0 2; ALFONSO,Alexis 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-53 5-9 49. ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE (13-11, 7-5) Mike Church 4-9 7-8 16; Joe Flanagan 5-10 2-2 14; Josh Houseal 4-9 2-2 11; Chris Jones 2-3 4-4 10; Chris Hill 2-3 1-1 5; Phil Schaffer 2-6 1-2 5; Keith Fogel 2-6 0-2 4; Ben Davisson 1-1 0-0 3; Brady Haughney 1-3 0-0 2; Kyle McConnell 0-0 1-2 1; Brian Allport 0-2 0-0 0; Bryan Harrity 0-0 0-2 0; Mark Vogel 0-1 0-0 0; Andrew Corrigan 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 23-54 18-25 71. Arcadia University............ 26 23 - 49 Elizabethtown College......... 29 42 - 71 3-point goals--Arcadia University 4-19 (MULHOLLAND,Bobby 2-8; PEPITONE,Blaise 1-5; THOMPSON,Jason 1-1; PALANTINO,Damien 0-5), Elizabethtown College 7-15 (Chris Jones 2-2; Joe Flanagan 2-6; Ben Davisson 1-1; Josh Houseal 1-2; Mike Church 1-1; Brian Allport 0-1; Keith Fogel 0-1; Phil Schaffer 0-1). Fouled out--Arcadia University-None, Elizabethtown College-None. Rebounds--Arcadia University 31 (VARNADO,Terrell 5), Elizabethtown College 39 (Phil Schaffer 12). Assists--Arcadia University 8 (MULHOLLAND,Bobby 2; PALANTINO,Damien 2; VARNADO,Terrell 2), Elizabethtown College 17 (Phil Schaffer 6). Total fouls--Arcadia University 20, Elizabethtown College 12. Technical fouls--Arcadia University-MULHOLLAND,Bobby, Elizabethtown College-None. A-750 Back to top 2/16/2009 Flanagan named Commonwealth Conference Player of the Week FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, February 16, 2009 Flanagan Named Commonwealth Conference Player of the Week ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- For the second time this season, Elizabethtown College sophomore guard/forward Joe Flanagan (Lancaster, PA/Lancaster Mennonite) has been named the Commonwealth Conference Player of the Week in men's basketball, for the week ending Feb. 15.
Flanagan, who was previously named Player of the Week for the week of Jan. 5-11, leads the Blue Jays and is fourth in the Commonwealth Conference in scoring at 14.8 points per game. The Blue Jays (12-11 overall, 6-5 Commonwealth) host Arcadia University in their regular-season finale on Saturday at 4:00 p.m. Back to top 2/14/2009 Men's hoops clinches playoff berth with 78-74 win at LVC ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL Elizabethtown 78, Lebanon Valley 74 Keith Fogel (Mifflinburg, PA/Mifflinburg) added 17 points, including the go-ahead three-pointer with 2:22 left, as the Blue Jays (12-11 overall, 6-5 Commonwealth) secured their first postseason appearance since the 2005-06 season with the win and Lycoming College's 70-55 loss at Widener University earlier in the day. Elizabethtown shot 50.9 percent (28-for-55) overall from the field, including a season-high 11 three-pointers, and put the game away with six foul shots in the final minute to finish the sweep of the season series with the Dutchmen (11-12 overall, 4-7 Commonwealth). Mike Church (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco) hit the clinching free throws with 4.5 seconds left and finished with 11 points and a game-high 10 rebounds, while Chris Jones (Airville, PA/Kennard-Dale) drilled all three of his three-point attempts and finished with a career-high 10 points in 11 minutes off the Blue Jay bench. Joe Meehan led Lebanon Valley with 23 points while Kyle Enoch added 18 points and Eric Humphrey chipped in with 15 points and seven rebounds off the bench for the Dutchmen, who shot 49.1 percent (27-for-55) from the field as a team and went 16-for-23 from the foul line compared to 11-for-20 by the Blue Jays. The Dutchmen tied the game at 69-69 on a layup by Humphrey with 2:39 to go, but Fogel drilled a three-pointer on the Blue Jays' next possession to put Elizabethtown on top 72-69 with 2:22 left. Flanagan made two foul shots with 50.0 seconds remaining to extend the Elizabethtown lead to 74-69, but Enoch responded with a three-pointer to pull the Dutchmen back to within 74-72 with 27.5 seconds to go. Flanagan hit two more free throws with 16.3 seconds left to push the Blue Jays on top 76-72, and Meehan hit a layup with 8.7 seconds to go to cut the Etown advantage to 76-74. Elizabethtown missed two free throws with 8.0 seconds left, but Church came down with the offensive rebound and made both free throws with 4.5 seconds to play to clinch the win. The Blue Jays got off to a scorching start, making their first four three-point attempts and nine of their first 10 shots overall to take a 22-13 lead with 13:00 left in the first half. Lebanon Valley came back to take a 26-25 lead on a steal and layup by Enoch with 9:44 left in the half, and the lead swapped back and forth the rest of the half before the teams went to intermission tied at 41-41. Meehan and Enoch shared the team lead in scoring for Lebanon Valley with 12 points apiece, while Elizabethtown was paced by 11 points from Flanagan and 10 points by Fogel. The Blue Jays shot 57.1 percent (16-for-28) from the field including 7-for-12 from three-point range, while the Dutchmen were 15-for-30 from the floor in the half. The Blue Jays led by five early in the second half, but the Dutchmen came back to take a 60-56 lead on a basket by Meehan with 7:27 to play. Jones tied the game on a three-pointer with 5:51 left, and Fogel gave Elizabethtown a 64-62 advantage on a steal and layup with 5:24 remaining. ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 78, LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE 74 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE (12-11, 6-5 CC) Joe Flanagan 6-11 6-8 22; Keith Fogel 7-10 0-1 17; Mike Church 4-11 3-4 11; Chris Jones 3-3 1-2 10; Phil Schaffer 3-4 0-1 7; Josh Houseal 2-6 0-2 4; Kyle McConnell 2-4 0-0 4; Brian Allport 1-1 0-0 2; Bryan Harrity 0-1 1-2 1; Brady Haughney 0-0 0-0 0; Mark Vogel 0-3 0-0 0; Chris Hill 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 28-55 11-20 78. LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE (11-12, 4-7 CC) Joe Meehan 9-19 5-7 23; Kyle Enoch 7-14 1-1 18; Eric Humphrey 5-9 5-7 15; Sean Macintosh 3-6 2-2 9; Zach Hoover 2-2 0-0 4; Dan Dunkelberger 0-0 3-4 3; Dustin Kerns 1-2 0-1 2; Matt Staub 0-1 0-0 0; Anthony Trautman 0-2 0-1 0. Totals 27-55 16-23 74. Elizabethtown College......... 41 37 - 78 Lebanon Valley College........ 41 33 - 74 3-point goals--Elizabethtown College 11-21 (Joe Flanagan 4-8; Chris Jones 3-3; Keith Fogel 3-4; Phil Schaffer 1-1; Mark Vogel 0-1; Kyle McConnell 0-1; Josh Houseal 0-2; Mike Church 0-1), Lebanon Valley College 4-15 (Kyle Enoch 3-8; Sean Macintosh 1-4; Matt Staub 0-1; Anthony Trautman 0-1; Joe Meehan 0-1). Fouled out--Elizabethtown College-None, Lebanon Valley College-None. Rebounds--Elizabethtown College 36 (Mike Church 10), Lebanon Valley College 32 (Dan Dunkelberger 7; Eric Humphrey 7). Assists--Elizabethtown College 16 (Keith Fogel 5), Lebanon Valley College 14 (Joe Meehan 7). Total fouls--Elizabethtown College 22, Lebanon Valley College 19. Technical fouls--Elizabethtown College-None, Lebanon Valley College-None. A-1050 Back to top 2/11/2009 Men's hoops blows past Lycoming, 76-56 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL Elizabethtown 76, Lycoming 56 Keith Fogel (Mifflinburg, PA/Mifflinburg) added 14 points for the Blue Jays (11-11 overall, 5-5 Commonwealth), who moved past the Warriors (11-10 overall, 4-5 Commonwealth) into the fourth and final playoff spot in the conference standings with two games remaining. Elizabethtown used a 13-0 run midway through the second half to take control, and went 7-for-14 from three-point range as a team to sweep the season series from Lycoming. Brandon Wilkinson hit four three-pointers off the bench for Lycoming and finished with a team-high 12 points, but the Warriors shot just 42.6 percent (20-for-47) overall from the field despite going 9-for-15 from three-point range. Other than brief ties at 10-10 and 15-15, the Blue Jays led the entire first half, taking their largest lead into the locker room at 38-28 as Flanagan led all players with 15 points. In the second half, the Blue Jays led 43-35 with 15:42 remaining before scoring the next 13 points, with Flanagan and Fogel each hitting three-pointers during the run to give Elizabethtown a 56-35 advantage with 10:29 remaining. Mark Vogel (Landisville, PA/Hempfield) led the Blue Jay reserves with eight points in 15 minutes off the bench, while Kyle McConnell (Lebanon, PA/Cedar Crest) and Brian Allport (Quarryville, PA/Solanco) tallied six points apiece. Joining Wilkinson in double figures for Lycoming were Greg Sye, who scored 11 points on 5-for-14 shooting, and Eric Anthony with 10 points. Three players shared the team lead in rebounding for the Warriors with five, as Elizabethtown finished with a 37-29 edge in the glass. Mike Church (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco) scored just five points in 31 minutes for the Blue Jays, but added game highs of six rebounds, five assists, four steals and three blocked shots. ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 76, LYCOMING COLLEGE 56 LYCOMING COLLEGE (11-10, 4-5) Brandon Wilkinson 4-6 0-0 12; Greg Sye 5-14 1-2 11; Eric Anthony 4-8 0-0 10; Sebastian Sabella 0-3 6-6 6; John Caggiano 2-2 0-0 4; Taylor Volpe 1-1 0-0 3; Anthony Watson 1-3 0-0 3; Will Kelly 1-5 0-0 3; Austin Smith 1-1 0-0 2; James Oberlies 1-1 0-1 2; Jay Scroggins 0-2 0-0 0; Brandon McFarland 0-0 0-0 0; Ethan Lee 0-0 0-0 0; Mike Bradley 0-1 0-0 0; Josh Chmelik 0-0 0-1 0. Totals 20-47 7-10 56. ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE (11-11, 5-5) Joe Flanagan 6-12 5-7 20; Keith Fogel 6-13 0-0 14; Mark Vogel 2-2 3-5 8; Kyle McConnell 1-4 4-4 6; Brian Allport 3-3 0-0 6; Mike Church 2-8 1-2 5; Josh Houseal 2-5 0-0 5; Chris Hill 1-1 2-2 4; Phil Schaffer 2-3 0-0 4; Brady Haughney 1-2 0-0 2; Bryan Harrity 1-2 0-0 2; Ben Davisson 0-0 0-0 0; Andrew Corrigan 0-2 0-0 0; Chris Jones 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 27-59 15-20 76. Lycoming College.............. 28 28 - 56 Elizabethtown College......... 38 38 - 76 3-point goals--Lycoming College 9-15 (Brandon Wilkinson 4-6; Eric Anthony 2-2; Will Kelly 1-2; Taylor Volpe 1-1; Anthony Watson 1-2; Jay Scroggins 0-1; Sebastian Sabella 0-1), Elizabethtown College 7-14 (Joe Flanagan 3-6; Keith Fogel 2-4; Josh Houseal 1-1; Mark Vogel 1-1; Phil Schaffer 0-1; Kyle McConnell 0-1). Fouled out--Lycoming College-None, Elizabethtown College-None. Rebounds--Lycoming College 29 (Sebastian Sabella 5; Greg Sye 5; Will Kelly 5), Elizabethtown College 37 (Mike Church 6). Assists--Lycoming College 8 (Eric Anthony 3; Anthony Watson 3), Elizabethtown College 14 (Mike Church 5). Total fouls--Lycoming College 21, Elizabethtown College 13. Technical fouls--Lycoming College-TEAM, Elizabethtown College-None. A-300 Back to top 2/7/2009 Widener defeats Etown in men's hoops, 66-62 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL Widener 66, Elizabethtown 62 Jones added six assists and four steals to lead the Pride (16-5 overall, 6-2 Commonwealth), who hold a one-game lead over Albright College for the top spot in the conference standings with four games remaining. Mike Church (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco) scored 11 points to lead the Blue Jays (10-11 overall, 4-5 Commonwealth), who overcame a seven-point first-half deficit to lead by as many as five points in the second half before the Pride regained the advantage late. The Blue Jays are a half-game behind Lycoming College for the fourth and final Commonwealth Conference playoff spot with three games remaining, and host the Warriors on Wednesday night at 8:00 p.m. in Thompson Gymnasium. A 12-2 run turned a 36-31 Widener lead into a 43-38 Elizabethtown advantage following a three-pointer by Keith Fogel (Mifflinburg, PA/Mifflinburg) with 15:38 to go. Widener responded with seven of the next nine points to knot the contest at 45-45 with 13:17 left, and the teams traded the lead until Nyere Miller's three-pointer gave the Pride a 51-50 lead with 9:30 to go. Elizabethtown tied the game for the final time at 57-57 on a layup by Chris Hill (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty) with 6:02 remaining, but Jones' three-pointer with 4:25 left ignited a 7-0 run that gavae the Pride a 64-57 lead with 3:07 to go. The Blue Jays pulled to within 64-62 on a three-point play by Church with 1:11 remaining, but Elizabethtown turned the ball over on its final three possessions and Bobby Edmunds hit two free throws for Widener with 25 seconds left to close out the scoring. Fogel and Joe Flanagan (Lancaster, PA/Lancaster Mennonite) each scored nine points for the Blue Jays, while Phil Schaffer (Marmora, NJ/Ocean City) recorded seven points, seven rebounds and nine assists. As a team, Elizabethtown shot 45.6 percent (26-for-57) from the field and held a 35-27 edge in rebounding over Widener. Jones was the lone player to score in double figures for Widener, as Jarrell Nelson chipped in with nine points off the bench and Jamarr Johnson, Sosna and Edmunds all scored eight points apiece. The Pride shot 48 percent (24-for-50) from the field and hit 7-of-18 from three-point range. WIDENER UNIVERSITY 66, ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 62 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE (10-11, 4-5 CC) Mike Church 5-7 1-1 11; Keith Fogel 4-10 0-0 9; Joe Flanagan 3-11 2-2 9; Phil Schaffer 3-6 1-2 7; Josh Houseal 3-8 0-0 6; Mark Vogel 2-2 1-2 6; Kyle McConnell 2-3 2-4 6; Chris Hill 2-6 0-0 4; Bryan Harrity 2-3 0-0 4; Brian Allport 0-1 0-0 0; Brady Haughney 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-57 7-11 62. WIDENER UNIVERSITY (16-5, 6-2 CC) Charles Jones 9-16 1-2 22; Jarrell Nelson 3-5 3-4 9; Jamarr Johnson 3-6 2-4 8; Bobby Edmunds 2-5 2-3 8; Matt Sosna 4-8 0-1 8; Nyere Miller 2-6 0-0 6; Perry Wright 1-2 2-2 4; Jack Brennan 0-1 1-2 1; Craig Stewart 0-0 0-0 0; Aaquil Atkins 0-0 0-0 0; Chris McDevitt 0-1 0-0 0; Tracy Jones 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-50 11-18 66. Elizabethtown College......... 31 31 - 62 Widener University............ 31 35 - 66 3-point goals--Elizabethtown College 3-12 (Joe Flanagan 1-5; Mark Vogel 1-1; Keith Fogel 1-2; Josh Houseal 0-3; Phil Schaffer 0-1), Widener University 7-18 (Charles Jones 3-5; Bobby Edmunds 2-4; Nyere Miller 2-6; Matt Sosna 0-2; Chris McDevitt 0-1). Fouled out--Elizabethtown College-None, Widener University-None. Rebounds--Elizabethtown College 35 (Joe Flanagan 7; Phil Schaffer 7), Widener University 27 (Matt Sosna 6). Assists--Elizabethtown College 23 (Phil Schaffer 9), Widener University 17 (Charles Jones 6). Total fouls--Elizabethtown College 16, Widener University 18. Technical fouls--Elizabethtown College-None, Widener University-None. A-395 Back to top 2/3/2009 Messiah holds off Etown, 67-64 in men's hoops battle ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL Messiah 67, Elizabethtown 64 Andy Hawk led all players with 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Falcons (6-14 overall, 4-4 Commonwealth), who led 42-25 with 16:20 remaining before the Blue Jays (10-10 overall, 4-4 Commonwealth) rallied behind the play of their bench, which cut the deficit to three in the final seconds. Kyle McConnell (Lebanon, PA/Cedar Crest) finished with 11 points and four assists for Elizabethtown, while Chris Jones (Airville, PA/Kennard-Dale) and Brian Allport (Quarryville, PA/Solanco) added nine points each off the Blue Jay bench, which outscored the Falcon reserves 30-11. Four players scored in double figures for Messiah, which shot 48.9 percent (22-for-45) from the field overall and hit seven of their 10 three-pointers in the opening half en route to a 35-20 lead at intermission. Trailing by 17, the Blue Jays cut the Falcon lead to 50-42 on a foul shot by Allport with 9:46 to go. Allport nailed a three-pointer with 4:57 left to bring the Blue Jays within 58-53 and a three-pointer by Jones, his third of the game, pulled Elizabethtown to within 60-56 with 3:25 to go. But, the Blue Jays could muster just two field goals in the final 2:24, both on layups by McConnell, while the Falcons went 5-for-8 from the foul line to keep Elizabethtown at bay. Jamie Yoder tallied 13 points and six assists for Messiah, while Drew Sneeringer hit three three-pointers and tallied 11 points and Josh Hartman added 10 points off the bench. Joe Flanagan (Lancaster, PA/Lancaster Mennonite) shared the team scoring lead for Elizabethtown with McConnell at 11 points, while Josh Houseal (Landisville, PA/Hempfield) and Mike Church (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco) finished with eight points apiece as the Blue Jays went 23-for-51 (45.1 percent) from the field but matched Messiah with 10 three-pointers. MESSIAH COLLEGE 67, ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 64 ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE (10-10, 4-4) Kyle McConnell 5-9 0-0 11; Joe Flanagan 3-6 3-3 11; Chris Jones 3-6 0-0 9; Brian Allport 3-3 1-2 9; Mike Church 3-8 2-4 8; Josh Houseal 3-8 1-2 8; Phil Schaffer 2-7 0-0 5; Keith Fogel 1-2 0-0 2; Brady Haughney 0-1 1-4 1; Bryan Harrity 0-0 0-0 0; Mark Vogel 0-0 0-0 0; Chris Hill 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 23-51 8-15 64. MESSIAH COLLEGE (6-14, 4-4) Andy Hawk 7-11 1-2 18; Jamie Yoder 4-8 3-4 13; Drew Sneeringer 4-6 0-0 11; Josh Hartman 3-6 2-4 10; Jason Miller 2-2 5-5 9; Kyle Snyder 2-8 1-2 5; Tyler Storch 0-0 1-4 1; Danny Wrigley 0-3 0-0 0; Tyler Ritzman 0-0 0-0 0; Colton Reitz 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 22-45 13-21 67. Elizabethtown College......... 20 44 - 64 Messiah College............... 35 32 - 67 3-point goals--Elizabethtown College 10-23 (Chris Jones 3-4; Brian Allport 2-2; Joe Flanagan 2-3; Josh Houseal 1-4; Kyle McConnell 1-2; Phil Schaffer 1-3; Brady Haughney 0-1; Mike Church 0-4), Messiah College 10-23 (Drew Sneeringer 3-4; Andy Hawk 3-3; Josh Hartman 2-5; Jamie Yoder 2-5; Danny Wrigley 0-1; Colton Reitz 0-1; Kyle Snyder 0-4). Fouled out--Elizabethtown College-Keith Fogel, Messiah College-Andy Hawk. Rebounds--Elizabethtown College 29 (Mike Church 4), Messiah College 30 (Andy Hawk 10). Assists--Elizabethtown College 17 (Kyle McConnell 4; Phil Schaffer 4), Messiah College 15 (Jamie Yoder 6). Total fouls--Elizabethtown College 22, Messiah College 21. Technical fouls--Elizabethtown College-None, Messiah College-None. A-1348 |
Flanagan averaged 21.0 points and went 7-for-14 from three-point range to lead the Blue Jays to key Commonwealth Conference wins over Lycoming (76-56) and Lebanon Valley (78-74). Flanagan scored 15 of his game-high 20 points in the first half of the win over Lycoming on Wednesday, then scored a game-high 22 points and went 4-for-4 from the foul line in the final minute of the win at Lebanon Valley on Saturday.Back to News Index
