Flanagan Named Commonwealth Conference Player of the Week

From the E-town College Website:

2/16/2009

Flanagan named Commonwealth Conference Player of the Week

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, February 16, 2009

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 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.

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.