Blue Jays Roll to 82-52 Win over Chargers

From the E-town College Website:

11/18/2009 9:43:34 PM

Box score

LANCASTER, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College cruised to an 82-52 victory at Lancaster Bible College in a local men's basketball matchup on Wednesday night at the Horst Athletic Center.

Joe Flanagan scored 17 of his game-high 22 points in the first half for the Blue Jays (1-1 overall), who led 55-22 at halftime and by as many as 36 points in the second half against the Chargers (0-2 overall).

Mark Vogel chipped in with a career-high 13 points off the bench for the Blue Jays, while Mike Church added 11 points as all 16 players on the Elizabethtown roster saw at least four minutes of playing time. Madison Warfel paced Lancaster Bible with 13 points and Eric Nulf added 10 points and seven rebounds.

Flanagan scored eight straight points to help the Blue Jays to a 10-0 lead after 3 1/2 minutes of play, but the Chargers came back to cut the margin to 12-10 just two minutes later. From there, the Blue Jays went on a 15-3 run to build a 27-13 lead with 9:33 left in the first half.

Elizabethtown would go on runs of 10-0 and 12-0 over the final few minutes of the half to take a 55-22 lead into intermission. Flanagan went 6-for-8 from the field and led all players with 17 points while Vogel added 11 points. Elizabethtown shot 53.8 percent (21-for-39) from the field in the first half and committed just three turnovers while forcing Lancaster Bible into 16 miscues.

The Blue Jays cooled off to just 28.1 percent (9-for-32) from the field in the second half, but held the Chargers to 34.6 percent (9-for-26) in the second half and 33.3 percent (18-for-54) for the game.

Lancaster Bible finished with a 34-29 advantage in rebounding, led by seven each by Nulf and Carl Edwards. L.J. Weiss paced the Blue Jays with five boards, as 12 different players grabbed a rebound in the game for Elizabethtown.