Church, Flanagan named All-Conference

From the E-town College Website:

3/4/2009

Church, Flanagan named All-Conference in men's hoops

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Church, Flanagan Named All-Conference in Men's Hoops

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College junior center Mike Church (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco) and sophomore swingman Joe Flanagan (Lancaster, PA/Lancaster Mennonite) have been named to the All-Commonwealth Conference men's basketball team, the conference office announced Wednesday.

Church was a first-team selection while Flanagan was named to the second team, as the Blue Jays finished 14-12 overall (7-5 Commonwealth) and advanced to the conference championship game for the first time since 2004.

Church averaged 12.8 points and a team-high 6.5 rebounds per game, and scored in double figures 19 times in 26 games. He ranks eighth in the conference in scoring average and sixth in rebounding average, and averaged 1.5 blocked shots per game to lead the conference for the second straight season.

Flanagan led the Blue Jays in scoring at 14.3 points per game, and made a team-high 53 three-pointers in 127 attempts (41.7 percent). He scored in double figures 21 times in 26 games, including five games of 20 points or better, and made at least one three-pointer in all but one game. He ranks fifth in the Commonwealth Conference in scoring, seventh in three-pointers per game and sixth in three-point percentage (41.7 percent).

Charles Jones of conference champion Widener University was named Player of the Year, while the Pride's Chris Carideo was honored as Coach of the Year. Lebanon Valley College's Joe Meehan took home the Rookie of the Year award.