11/20/2009 8:11:00 PM
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SELINSGROVE, Pa. --- Mike Church finished with 14 points and tied his career high with 12 rebounds as Elizabethtown College defeated Wilkes University 66-57 in the opening round of the Pepsi/Weis Markets Tip-Off Tournament at Susquehanna University on Friday night.
Joe Flanagan added 13 points and six rebounds for the Blue Jays (2-1 overall), who used a pair of 12-0 runs to advance to Saturday's championship game at 3:00 p.m. against the host Crusaders, who defeated Penn College 84-48 in Friday's late game.
Tom Kresge led the Colonels (1-1 overall) with a game-high 20 points and 11 rebounds, but Wilkes went scoreless for the first five minutes of the second half as Elizabethtown turned a nine-point deficit into a three-point lead with a 12-0 run.
The Blue Jays trailed by 11 points midway through the first half and 40-31 as the seconds ticked away in the first half, but Brian Allport sank a three-pointer as time expired to pull Elizabethtown within 40-34 at intermission.
Elizabethtown opened the second half with nine unanswered points, including a pair of baskets by Church, a tthree-pointer by Mark Vogel and a layup by Flanagan to take a 43-40 lead with 17:36 to play.
Wilkes regained a 47-44 advantage on a three-pointer by Kresge with 13:49 left, and built their advantage to five points at 51-46 following a basket by Tyler Breznitsky with 10:15 to go. Elizabethtown responded with 12 consecutive points, highlighted by a pair of baskets by Bryan Harrity to turn a 51-50 deficit into a 54-51 lead with 6:37 to go.
Flanagan capped the run on a jumper with 4:51 to go to extend the Blue Jay lead to 56-51, and the Colonels would get no closer as Keith Fogel and Matt Brown hit key layups down the stretch and Flanagan sank two foul shots with 32 seconds to play.
Fogel went 5-for-5 from the field and finished with 11 points in 19 minutes, while Josh Houseal added seven points and five rebounds. As a team, Elizabethtown shot 40.6 percent (28-for-69) from the field but committed just 13 turnovers while forcing Wilkes into 27 miscues.
Kresge was the lone player to reach double figure for the Colonels, who shot 43.6 percent (24-for-55) from the floor in the game. Anthony Gabriel added nine points and seven rebounds while Paul Huch had nine points and four boards for Wilkes.
SELINSGROVE, Pa. --- Mike Church finished with 14 points and tied his career high with 12 rebounds as Elizabethtown College defeated Wilkes University 66-57 in the opening round of the Pepsi/Weis Markets Tip-Off Tournament at Susquehanna University on Friday night.
Joe Flanagan added 13 points and six rebounds for the Blue Jays (2-1 overall), who used a pair of 12-0 runs to advance to Saturday's championship game at 3:00 p.m. against the host Crusaders, who defeated Penn College 84-48 in Friday's late game.
Tom Kresge led the Colonels (1-1 overall) with a game-high 20 points and 11 rebounds, but Wilkes went scoreless for the first five minutes of the second half as Elizabethtown turned a nine-point deficit into a three-point lead with a 12-0 run.
The Blue Jays trailed by 11 points midway through the first half and 40-31 as the seconds ticked away in the first half, but Brian Allport sank a three-pointer as time expired to pull Elizabethtown within 40-34 at intermission.
Elizabethtown opened the second half with nine unanswered points, including a pair of baskets by Church, a tthree-pointer by Mark Vogel and a layup by Flanagan to take a 43-40 lead with 17:36 to play.
Wilkes regained a 47-44 advantage on a three-pointer by Kresge with 13:49 left, and built their advantage to five points at 51-46 following a basket by Tyler Breznitsky with 10:15 to go. Elizabethtown responded with 12 consecutive points, highlighted by a pair of baskets by Bryan Harrity to turn a 51-50 deficit into a 54-51 lead with 6:37 to go.
Flanagan capped the run on a jumper with 4:51 to go to extend the Blue Jay lead to 56-51, and the Colonels would get no closer as Keith Fogel and Matt Brown hit key layups down the stretch and Flanagan sank two foul shots with 32 seconds to play.
Fogel went 5-for-5 from the field and finished with 11 points in 19 minutes, while Josh Houseal added seven points and five rebounds. As a team, Elizabethtown shot 40.6 percent (28-for-69) from the field but committed just 13 turnovers while forcing Wilkes into 27 miscues.
Kresge was the lone player to reach double figure for the Colonels, who shot 43.6 percent (24-for-55) from the floor in the game. Anthony Gabriel added nine points and seven rebounds while Paul Huch had nine points and four boards for Wilkes.
From the Wilkes University Website:
SLUGGISH SECOND HALF DOES IN COLONELS
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SELINSGROVE – After taking a 40-34 halftime lead, Wilkes University managed just 17 second half points and turned the ball over 27 times which would eventually lead to a 66-57 setback to Elizabethtown in the first game of the Susquehanna Tournament.
The Colonels were red-hot from the field in the opening period, hitting 57.1 percent (16-28), but made just eight second half field goals, shooting under 30 percent. Senior Tom Kresge was the bulk of the offense for Wilkes as he scored 20 points on 9-of-16 shooting while pulling down 11 rebounds for his first double-double of the season. As a team, the Colonels out-rebounded Elizabethtown 40-36.
Kyle McConnell opened the game with a three-pointer for Elizabethtown, but it would be the only lead they would have the entire first half. Anthony Gabriel hit a jumper with 18:49 to go in the half to give the Colonels a 4-3 lead.
Both teams would exchange buckets until the Colonels went on a 9-0 run midway through the first to give them a 24-13 advantage after Kendall Hinze converted a layup. Joe Flanagan drained a three-pointer to pull the Blue Jays within eight, but the Colonels would keep at least a seven point lead until Chris DeRojas made a three-pointer with 7:25 to go in the first to give Wilkes a double-digit lead once again. After DeRojas’ three-pointer, the Colonels would not score again until Gabriel made a pair of free throws three minutes later.
Wilkes’ scoring drought continued in the start of the second half as it scored just two points in the first five minutes. The Blue Jays took advantage, going on a 7-0 run to take a 43-40 advantage with 17:36 to go for just their second lead of the game.
Kresge gave Wilkes the lead again with 13:49 to go when he drained his only three-pointer of the game, which put the Colonels on top 47-44. They would hold on to the lead until Bryan Harrity, who scored six points on the night, gave Elizabethtown the lead for good after hitting a jumper with 7:53 to go.
The Colonels scored just two points over the final 1:49 to go, a layup by Kresge, but Elizabethtown would go on to score four more unanswered points for the win.
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