Blue Jays Cruise Past Knights, 79-56

From the E-town College Website:

Box score

ASTON, Pa. --- Joe Flanagan scored a game-high 17 points and matched his career high with eight rebounds as Elizabethtown College rolled to a 79-56 victory over Neumann University in men's basketball action on Monday night.

The Blue Jays (4-2 overall) shot 51.7 percent (30-for-58) from the field and 7-for-18 from three-point range while leading from start to finish against the Knights (1-2 overall).

Mike Church added nine points, eight rebounds and three blocked shots for the Blue Jays, while Josh Houseal connected on all four of his field-goal attempts and finished with eight points for Elizabethtown. All 16 players on the Blue Jay roster saw action in the game, with 14 of them scoring at least one point.

Marquise Boggs led Neumann with 13 points while Na'Sheed Linton added 10 points and five assists, but the Knights shot a paltry 29.5 percent (18-for-61) from the field overall and 2-for-22 from three-point range while being outrebounded 50-32 by the Blue Jays.

Flanagan scored five of the Blue Jays' first 10 points, helping Elizabethtown to a 10-4 lead after 4 1/2 minutes of play. Three-pointers by Chris Jones and Brady Haughney keyed an 8-0 run that pushed the Blue Jays ahead 22-10 with 9:41 left in the first half.

The Blue Jays led 40-30 at halftime as Flanagan led the way with nine points and six rebounds, while Jones added seven points off the Elizabethtown bench. Boggs paced the Knights with 11 points, but Neumann shot 40 percent (12-for-30) from the field while Elizabethtown connected on 50 percent (16-for-32) in the opening half.

In the second half, the Blue Jay defense clamped down on the Knights, holding Neumann without a field goal for a seven-minute stretch midway through the half while expanding their lead to 60-41 with 8:04 remaining. The Knights finished at 19.4 percent (6-for-31) from the field in the second half as a team, while hitting just one of their 13 three-point attempts.

From the Neumann University Website:

Men's Basketball Drops Game to Elizabethtown

Box Score

ASTON, Pa. – The Neumann University men’s basketball team fell to Elizabethtown College, 79-56, Monday evening in non-conference action.

Marquise Boggs led the Knights with 13 points. Na’Sheed Linton added 10 points and Sean Armstrong netted nine.

Joe Flanagan led the Blue Jays with 17 points. Mike Church added nine points.

Elizabethtown opened the scoring with a three-pointer by Flanagan. Points were scarce in the beginning of the game and four minutes in the Blue Jays led 8-4. EC started to connect on its shots and increased its lead, building a 12 point lead, 22-10, with 9:41 left in the first half. The Blue Jays kept a 10 point advantage throughout the rest of the half and took a 40-30 lead into the break.

Elizabethtown kept the pressure on and built its lead up to as many as 27 in the second half.

Neumann (1-2) will travel to Rosemont on Thursday to begin conference play. The men will play in the second game of the doubleheader, beginning at 8 p.m.