The Blue Jays hope to return to their winning ways with a trip to Messiah this evening.
If you can't make it to the game, be sure to follow the Live Stats online.
Messiah's WVMM college radio station should be broadcasting all of the action as well if you'd like to listen to all the action with a Messiah spin!
Go Blue Jays!
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Sunday Game Coverage
First, from the Albright College Website:
Men’s Basketball Defeats Blue Jays in Overtime
Saturday, January 31, 2009
ELIZABETHTOWN, PA - Down by two with less than a minute to play in the second half the Lions, who led throughout most of the contest managed to score the last second lay-up to tie the score, forcing their first overtime game of the year, Friday afternoon at Thompson Gymnasium.
In the overtime period senior center Phil Hall (Northampton, PA/Northampton) guided his team to 69-65 win, earning Albright their second straight conference victory in a row. Hall who led the Lions throughout the overtime period closed out the contest with the games only double-double (14 points, 11 rebounds).
With the victory Albright improves to 13-7 on the year and has a conference record of 4-3. The host Blue Jays fell to 10-9 overall and are also 4-3 in the conference. Men’s Basketball is now tied for second place in the conference alongside Elizabethtown. Widener University who did not play on Saturday remains in first place with a conference record of 4-2. The remaining four teams are all tied for fourth place with records of 3-4.
Also helping the Lions throughout the afternoon was freshman Derek Hall (Northampton, PA/Northampton) who pulled down a career best 13 rebounds in the contest. Hall finished just one point short of earning his first double-double as the six-foot-10 inch center ended the day with nine points. Senior Matt Bazsika (New Zealand/South Plainfield (NJ)) and sophomore Zac Shaeffer (Lancaster, PA/Lempeter-Strasburg) combined for 22 points respectively in Saturday’s victory.
For the host Blue Jays Joe Flanagan and Mike Church each scored a game high 13 points. Church who actually tied the score up at 61-61 in the final two minutes of play was the driving force behind the Elizabethtown comeback which spanned nearly the entire second half.
Going into the final 20 minutes of play, Albright held just a five point lead over the host Blue Jays. However with some explosive shooting from Shaeffer as well as Bazsika the Lions increased their lead to 10 points in the opening minutes.
The Lions would hold onto that commanding lead for only a minute as Elizabethtown continued to chip away at Albright’s hard fought lead throughout the half. Their determination combined with some impressive free throw shooting put the Blue Jays in a position to take the lead in the last five minutes of play. With 2:26 left in the contest Church’s dunk evened the score for the first time in the half.
Kyle McConnell who was outstanding off the bench for Elizabethtown scored the go ahead lay-up with 1:41 left to play. Albright looking for that key opportunity possessed the ball very well and did not waste their opportunity as time continued to wind down. On their final possession of the game, Shaeffer passed the ball to Bazsika who was sitting wide open under the basket. Bazsika scored the lay-up to tie the game with less than five seconds to play.
Elizabethtown tried to score the game winner on their next possession but were unable to convert forcing the five minute overtime. Going into the contest, the Blue Jays were 1-0 in the overtime period, while Albright had never gone past regulation in their first 19 games played this season.
Once in the overtime period, Albright led by Phil Hall dominated the host Blue Jays outscoring them six to two. That combined with Hall’s aggressive rebounding sealed the victory for the Lions.
Albright will now look to carry this new found momentum into their next conference match-up which is scheduled for Wednesday, February 4th at Lebanon Valley College. Start time for that crucial conference match-up is set for 8 p.m. Live stats and a web broadcast will be available.
To tune into the webcast fans can go to http://www.broadcastmonsters.com/Albright/albright020409.asx and to view the live stats feed fans can go to http://www.sidearmstats.com/lvc/wbball/.
Albright College 69, Elizabethtown College 65 OT
Box Score
From the Lancaster Sunday News:
E-town falls to Albright in overtime, 69-65
Sunday News
Published: Feb 01, 200900:02 EST
Elizabethtown
By Gordie Jones, Sunday News Correspondent
The final seconds of overtime were ticking down Saturday afternoon, and it was clear the game was not going to fall Elizabethtown's way. Blue Jays coach Bob Schlosser, already in rehash mode, turned toward his assistants.
"We had our chances," he said.
Where the Commonwealth Conference race is concerned, there will be others beyond this 69-65 loss to Albright. That seems assured, seeing as no one appears capable of gaining control of a league-wide tug-of-war.
The Jays (10-9, 4-3) fell out of a tie atop the conference with idle Widener (14-5, 4-2) — and into a second-place deadlock with the Lions (13-7, 4-3). Because of Saturday's other results — Lebanon Valley beat Lycoming, and Arcadia topped Messiah — all four of those teams are a game behind, with 3-4 conference records.
"Like I was saying to the team (Friday): 'If you win one, you're not in, and if you lose one, you're not out of it,'!\p" Albright coach Rick Ferry said, "because everybody's going to beat everybody."
The Lions coughed up an eight-point lead with 5:11 left in regulation, fell two behind on a layup by E-town reserve guard Kyle McConnell — a freshman from Cedar Crest — with 1:41 remaining, tied it on a basket by forward Matt Bazsika with 5.4 seconds to play and then scored the first five points of the extra period to take control. Simple.
"It was a typical Albright/E-town battle," Ferry said.
Actually, it's kind of typical of the league as a whole this year. Take the Jays, who from the season's outset have been taking one step forward, one step back. They won their first two games, lost their next two, won three in a row, lost three in a row, won one, lost one, won two, lost two and won two before Saturday's game. And they must now travel to Messiah and Widener.
In its first meeting with the Lions, on Jan. 14, E-town allowed Albright to shoot 60.4 percent from the field and score 93 points — both season highs by an opponent — en route to a 13-point loss.
The Jays' defense was much better Saturday, but they struggled to score against a team featuring a pair of 6-11 towers, senior Phil Hall and his brother Derek, a freshman. And it was clear the Lions had a very good read on E-town's trademark flex offense.
The Jays shot just 35.5 percent and managed nine assists on their 22 field goals, an unusually low total in a share-the-wealth attack. They also missed 14 of their 17 3-point attempts. Their top two scorers, guards Joe Flanagan and Keith Fogel, shot 3-for-12 and 3-for-13 from the field in finishing with 13 and six points, respectively. Each went 0-for-5 from the arc.
So E-town, largely limited to breakaways, stick-backs and one-on-one opportunities, fell behind, 8-7, with 15:05 left in the first half, and wouldn't lead again until McConnell's bucket in the closing minutes of regulation.
In between, there was the inevitable ebb and flow. Albright increased a five-point halftime lead to 10, at 40-30, early in the second half, only to see E-town creep within two, at 45-43, on a stick-back by McConnell, who was excellent with 10 points off the bench.
The Lions pushed it back out to seven, but here came the Jays again, closing to 54-53 on a 3-pointer by Mike Church (Solanco) with 6:35 to go.
Church collected 13 points and seven rebounds.
Albright answered with a 7-0 flurry, ending with a successful 1-and-1 conversion by Derek Hall (nine points, 13 boards) with 5:11 to play, making it 61-53.
But the Lions went scoreless on their next five trips, and the Jays rattled off 10 straight points. Church's baseline drive and dunk knotted the score at 61-all with 2:26 left. Then McConnell gathered in a loose ball in his own end and went the distance, also picking up a foul, to put his team ahead.
He missed his free throw, but E-town got another stop. Flanagan missed a wing jumper with 38 seconds left, and Jays guard Phil Schaffer poked the ball free from Albright's Adam Van Zelst just after Van Zelst crossed midcourt. The ball trickled into the backcourt, with Schaffer, Van Zelst and another Lion, Andre Murphy, in pursuit.
Murphy got there first, diving atop the ball and calling timeout with 18.5 seconds remaining.
Zac Shaeffer, a sophomore guard from Lampeter-Strasburg, slashed from the right wing to the foul line and found Bazsika all alone underneath for the tying basket.
Finally, from The Reading Eagle:
2/1/2009
Albright picks up OT win
From our news staff
Senior Matt Bazsika scored on a layup with five seconds left in regulation to tie it and sparked a five-point run early in overtime to lift Albright to a 69-65 win at Elizabethtown in a Commonwealth Conference game Saturday.
Bazsika, who finished with 10 points, gave the Lions (4-3, 13-7) the lead for good with a layup two minutes into overtime. Phil Hall followed with a free throw and Zac Shaeffer made a pair from the line for a 68-63 lead with 1:32 remaining.
The Lions pulled into a second-place tie with the Blue Jays (4-3, 10-9), a half-game behind idle Widener.
Hall scored 14 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, Shaeffer had 12 points before fouling out and Derek Hall, Phil's brother, had nine points and 13 rebounds. Central Catholic grad Matt Ashcroft came off the bench to score 10 for the Lions.
Tulpehocken grad Brady Haughney had two points, two rebounds and one assist off the bench for Elizabethtown.
Men’s Basketball Defeats Blue Jays in Overtime
Saturday, January 31, 2009
ELIZABETHTOWN, PA - Down by two with less than a minute to play in the second half the Lions, who led throughout most of the contest managed to score the last second lay-up to tie the score, forcing their first overtime game of the year, Friday afternoon at Thompson Gymnasium.
In the overtime period senior center Phil Hall (Northampton, PA/Northampton) guided his team to 69-65 win, earning Albright their second straight conference victory in a row. Hall who led the Lions throughout the overtime period closed out the contest with the games only double-double (14 points, 11 rebounds).
With the victory Albright improves to 13-7 on the year and has a conference record of 4-3. The host Blue Jays fell to 10-9 overall and are also 4-3 in the conference. Men’s Basketball is now tied for second place in the conference alongside Elizabethtown. Widener University who did not play on Saturday remains in first place with a conference record of 4-2. The remaining four teams are all tied for fourth place with records of 3-4.
Also helping the Lions throughout the afternoon was freshman Derek Hall (Northampton, PA/Northampton) who pulled down a career best 13 rebounds in the contest. Hall finished just one point short of earning his first double-double as the six-foot-10 inch center ended the day with nine points. Senior Matt Bazsika (New Zealand/South Plainfield (NJ)) and sophomore Zac Shaeffer (Lancaster, PA/Lempeter-Strasburg) combined for 22 points respectively in Saturday’s victory.
For the host Blue Jays Joe Flanagan and Mike Church each scored a game high 13 points. Church who actually tied the score up at 61-61 in the final two minutes of play was the driving force behind the Elizabethtown comeback which spanned nearly the entire second half.
Going into the final 20 minutes of play, Albright held just a five point lead over the host Blue Jays. However with some explosive shooting from Shaeffer as well as Bazsika the Lions increased their lead to 10 points in the opening minutes.
The Lions would hold onto that commanding lead for only a minute as Elizabethtown continued to chip away at Albright’s hard fought lead throughout the half. Their determination combined with some impressive free throw shooting put the Blue Jays in a position to take the lead in the last five minutes of play. With 2:26 left in the contest Church’s dunk evened the score for the first time in the half.
Kyle McConnell who was outstanding off the bench for Elizabethtown scored the go ahead lay-up with 1:41 left to play. Albright looking for that key opportunity possessed the ball very well and did not waste their opportunity as time continued to wind down. On their final possession of the game, Shaeffer passed the ball to Bazsika who was sitting wide open under the basket. Bazsika scored the lay-up to tie the game with less than five seconds to play.
Elizabethtown tried to score the game winner on their next possession but were unable to convert forcing the five minute overtime. Going into the contest, the Blue Jays were 1-0 in the overtime period, while Albright had never gone past regulation in their first 19 games played this season.
Once in the overtime period, Albright led by Phil Hall dominated the host Blue Jays outscoring them six to two. That combined with Hall’s aggressive rebounding sealed the victory for the Lions.
Albright will now look to carry this new found momentum into their next conference match-up which is scheduled for Wednesday, February 4th at Lebanon Valley College. Start time for that crucial conference match-up is set for 8 p.m. Live stats and a web broadcast will be available.
To tune into the webcast fans can go to http://www.broadcastmonsters.com/Albright/albright020409.asx and to view the live stats feed fans can go to http://www.sidearmstats.com/lvc/wbball/.
Albright College 69, Elizabethtown College 65 OT
Box Score
From the Lancaster Sunday News:
E-town falls to Albright in overtime, 69-65
Sunday News
Published: Feb 01, 200900:02 EST
Elizabethtown
By Gordie Jones, Sunday News Correspondent
The final seconds of overtime were ticking down Saturday afternoon, and it was clear the game was not going to fall Elizabethtown's way. Blue Jays coach Bob Schlosser, already in rehash mode, turned toward his assistants.
"We had our chances," he said.
Where the Commonwealth Conference race is concerned, there will be others beyond this 69-65 loss to Albright. That seems assured, seeing as no one appears capable of gaining control of a league-wide tug-of-war.
The Jays (10-9, 4-3) fell out of a tie atop the conference with idle Widener (14-5, 4-2) — and into a second-place deadlock with the Lions (13-7, 4-3). Because of Saturday's other results — Lebanon Valley beat Lycoming, and Arcadia topped Messiah — all four of those teams are a game behind, with 3-4 conference records.
"Like I was saying to the team (Friday): 'If you win one, you're not in, and if you lose one, you're not out of it,'!\p" Albright coach Rick Ferry said, "because everybody's going to beat everybody."
The Lions coughed up an eight-point lead with 5:11 left in regulation, fell two behind on a layup by E-town reserve guard Kyle McConnell — a freshman from Cedar Crest — with 1:41 remaining, tied it on a basket by forward Matt Bazsika with 5.4 seconds to play and then scored the first five points of the extra period to take control. Simple.
"It was a typical Albright/E-town battle," Ferry said.
Actually, it's kind of typical of the league as a whole this year. Take the Jays, who from the season's outset have been taking one step forward, one step back. They won their first two games, lost their next two, won three in a row, lost three in a row, won one, lost one, won two, lost two and won two before Saturday's game. And they must now travel to Messiah and Widener.
In its first meeting with the Lions, on Jan. 14, E-town allowed Albright to shoot 60.4 percent from the field and score 93 points — both season highs by an opponent — en route to a 13-point loss.
The Jays' defense was much better Saturday, but they struggled to score against a team featuring a pair of 6-11 towers, senior Phil Hall and his brother Derek, a freshman. And it was clear the Lions had a very good read on E-town's trademark flex offense.
The Jays shot just 35.5 percent and managed nine assists on their 22 field goals, an unusually low total in a share-the-wealth attack. They also missed 14 of their 17 3-point attempts. Their top two scorers, guards Joe Flanagan and Keith Fogel, shot 3-for-12 and 3-for-13 from the field in finishing with 13 and six points, respectively. Each went 0-for-5 from the arc.
So E-town, largely limited to breakaways, stick-backs and one-on-one opportunities, fell behind, 8-7, with 15:05 left in the first half, and wouldn't lead again until McConnell's bucket in the closing minutes of regulation.
In between, there was the inevitable ebb and flow. Albright increased a five-point halftime lead to 10, at 40-30, early in the second half, only to see E-town creep within two, at 45-43, on a stick-back by McConnell, who was excellent with 10 points off the bench.
The Lions pushed it back out to seven, but here came the Jays again, closing to 54-53 on a 3-pointer by Mike Church (Solanco) with 6:35 to go.
Church collected 13 points and seven rebounds.
Albright answered with a 7-0 flurry, ending with a successful 1-and-1 conversion by Derek Hall (nine points, 13 boards) with 5:11 to play, making it 61-53.
But the Lions went scoreless on their next five trips, and the Jays rattled off 10 straight points. Church's baseline drive and dunk knotted the score at 61-all with 2:26 left. Then McConnell gathered in a loose ball in his own end and went the distance, also picking up a foul, to put his team ahead.
He missed his free throw, but E-town got another stop. Flanagan missed a wing jumper with 38 seconds left, and Jays guard Phil Schaffer poked the ball free from Albright's Adam Van Zelst just after Van Zelst crossed midcourt. The ball trickled into the backcourt, with Schaffer, Van Zelst and another Lion, Andre Murphy, in pursuit.
Murphy got there first, diving atop the ball and calling timeout with 18.5 seconds remaining.
Zac Shaeffer, a sophomore guard from Lampeter-Strasburg, slashed from the right wing to the foul line and found Bazsika all alone underneath for the tying basket.
Finally, from The Reading Eagle:
2/1/2009
Albright picks up OT win
From our news staff
Senior Matt Bazsika scored on a layup with five seconds left in regulation to tie it and sparked a five-point run early in overtime to lift Albright to a 69-65 win at Elizabethtown in a Commonwealth Conference game Saturday.
Bazsika, who finished with 10 points, gave the Lions (4-3, 13-7) the lead for good with a layup two minutes into overtime. Phil Hall followed with a free throw and Zac Shaeffer made a pair from the line for a 68-63 lead with 1:32 remaining.
The Lions pulled into a second-place tie with the Blue Jays (4-3, 10-9), a half-game behind idle Widener.
Hall scored 14 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, Shaeffer had 12 points before fouling out and Derek Hall, Phil's brother, had nine points and 13 rebounds. Central Catholic grad Matt Ashcroft came off the bench to score 10 for the Lions.
Tulpehocken grad Brady Haughney had two points, two rebounds and one assist off the bench for Elizabethtown.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Blue Jays fall in overtime to Albright, 69-65
From the E-town College Website:
1/31/2009
Men's basketball falls in overtime to Albright, 69-65
ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Albright 69, Elizabethtown 65 (OT)
Click here for the box score
ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Matt Bazsika scored the tying basket with five seconds remaining in regulation, then gave Albright College the lead for good in overtime as the Lions held off Elizabethtown College 69-65 in Commonwealth Conference men's basketball action at Thompson Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon.
Baszika, who finished with 10 points, helped the Lions recover after the Blue Jays erased a 61-53 deficit by scoring 10 straight points in a span of 3 minutes, 30 seconds to take a 63-61 lead.
Phil Hall led all players with 14 points and 11 rebounds while brother Derek Hall added nine points and a game-high 13 boards off the bench for Albright (13-7 overall, 4-3 Commonwealth), which went scoreless for just over five minutes before Baszika's tying hoop.
Joe Flanagan (Lancaster, PA/Lancaster Mennonite) and Mike Church (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco) shared the team lead in scoring for the Blue Jays (10-9 overall, 4-3 Commonwealth), who shot 35.5 percent (22-for-65) from the field in the game including 3-for-17 from three-point range.
Other than two brief one-point leads in the opening minutes, Elizabethtown trailed the entire contest until Kyle McConnell (Lebanon, PA/Cedar Crest) hit a layup with 1:41 to go to give the Blue Jays a 63-61 lead.
Albright led 54-47 with 7:54 to play, but three-pointers by Josh Houseal (Landisville, PA/Hempfield) and Church brought Elizabethtown to within 54-53 with 6:36 to go.
However, a three-pointer on the Lions' next possession by Matt Ashcroft sparked a 7-0 run that extended Albright's lead to 61-53 with 5:11 left. Elizabethtown countered with two foul shots from Flanagan, a layup by McConnell and two free throws by Houseal to move within 61-59 with 4:09 to go.
A thunderous baseline dunk by Church brought the Thompson Gymnasium crowd to its feet and tied the score at 61-61 with 2:26 to go, setting up McConnell's go-ahead hoop one possession later. But, the Lions were able to knot the game in the closing seconds and a last-ditch three-point attempt by the Blue Jays was off the mark, forcing overtime.
Albright led 33-28 at halftime behing eight points from Phil Hall and five each from Zac Shaeffer and Ashcroft. Flanagan and Phil Schaffer (Marmora, NJ/Ocean City) shared the team lead in scoring in the first half for Elizabethtown with seven points each.
McConnell and Houseal joined Flanagan and Church in double figures for Elizabethtown with 10 points each, while Houseal led the Blue Jays with nine rebounds. Ashcroft tallied 10 points off the bench for Albright, including a pair of three-pointers.
1/31/2009
Men's basketball falls in overtime to Albright, 69-65
ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Albright 69, Elizabethtown 65 (OT)
Click here for the box score
ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Matt Bazsika scored the tying basket with five seconds remaining in regulation, then gave Albright College the lead for good in overtime as the Lions held off Elizabethtown College 69-65 in Commonwealth Conference men's basketball action at Thompson Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon.
Baszika, who finished with 10 points, helped the Lions recover after the Blue Jays erased a 61-53 deficit by scoring 10 straight points in a span of 3 minutes, 30 seconds to take a 63-61 lead.
Phil Hall led all players with 14 points and 11 rebounds while brother Derek Hall added nine points and a game-high 13 boards off the bench for Albright (13-7 overall, 4-3 Commonwealth), which went scoreless for just over five minutes before Baszika's tying hoop.
Joe Flanagan (Lancaster, PA/Lancaster Mennonite) and Mike Church (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco) shared the team lead in scoring for the Blue Jays (10-9 overall, 4-3 Commonwealth), who shot 35.5 percent (22-for-65) from the field in the game including 3-for-17 from three-point range.
Other than two brief one-point leads in the opening minutes, Elizabethtown trailed the entire contest until Kyle McConnell (Lebanon, PA/Cedar Crest) hit a layup with 1:41 to go to give the Blue Jays a 63-61 lead.
Albright led 54-47 with 7:54 to play, but three-pointers by Josh Houseal (Landisville, PA/Hempfield) and Church brought Elizabethtown to within 54-53 with 6:36 to go.
However, a three-pointer on the Lions' next possession by Matt Ashcroft sparked a 7-0 run that extended Albright's lead to 61-53 with 5:11 left. Elizabethtown countered with two foul shots from Flanagan, a layup by McConnell and two free throws by Houseal to move within 61-59 with 4:09 to go.
A thunderous baseline dunk by Church brought the Thompson Gymnasium crowd to its feet and tied the score at 61-61 with 2:26 to go, setting up McConnell's go-ahead hoop one possession later. But, the Lions were able to knot the game in the closing seconds and a last-ditch three-point attempt by the Blue Jays was off the mark, forcing overtime.
Albright led 33-28 at halftime behing eight points from Phil Hall and five each from Zac Shaeffer and Ashcroft. Flanagan and Phil Schaffer (Marmora, NJ/Ocean City) shared the team lead in scoring in the first half for Elizabethtown with seven points each.
McConnell and Houseal joined Flanagan and Church in double figures for Elizabethtown with 10 points each, while Houseal led the Blue Jays with nine rebounds. Ashcroft tallied 10 points off the bench for Albright, including a pair of three-pointers.
Saturday Afternoon Hoops!
Albright College travels to E-town for a big Conference rematch this afternoon. Be sure to check out the Game Program for all the details.
If you can't make the game you can follow the Live Stats online. You can also listen to the Albright College Web Broadcast from their Website.
Go Blue Jays!
If you can't make the game you can follow the Live Stats online. You can also listen to the Albright College Web Broadcast from their Website.
Go Blue Jays!
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Sunday Morning Game Coverage
From the Lancaster Sunday News:
E-town's Fogel comes up big in win over Arcadia
Men's hoops
Sunday News
Published: Jan 25, 2009 00:11 EST
Glenside
By STAFF
Keith Fogel scored 18 of his career-high 25 points in the second half to lead Elizabethtown to a 72-58 victory over Arcadia in Commonwealth Conference action Saturday in Glenside.
Mike Church (Solanco) added 12 points, seven rebounds, four assists and four blocks, and the Blue Jays (10-8, 4-2) went 8-for-15 from 3-point range.
Fogel went 8-for-13 from the field, including 3-for-6 from 3-point range, and sank all six of his foul shots to extend his streak of consecutive free throws to 27. His previous career best of 21 points was set against Marymount University on Nov. 25 and matched against Messiah College on Jan. 10.
Damien Palantino sank five 3-pointers and led the Knights (7-10, 2-3) with 15 points, while Khalief Trawick came off the bench to add 12 points on 6-for-9 shooting.
An 8-0 run midway through the first half, highlighted by five points from Mark Vogel (Hempfield), gave Elizabethtown a 16-10 lead with 12:32 left in the half. The Blue Jays held their largest lead of the opening half at 31-20 with 4:20 remaining, but a 9-0 run helped the Knights close it to 33-29 at the intermission.
Fogel and Josh Houseal (Hempfield) shared the team lead with seven points each in the first half.
Arcadia narrowed the deficit to 39-37 on Palantino's fifth 3-pointer of the day with 17:04 to play, but Fogel hit back-to-back 3-pointers to push E-town's lead back to eight at 45-37.
The Knights would pull as close as six, but a 3-pointer by Vogel triggered a 7-0 run that put the Blue Jays ahead by 13 with 4:18 to go.
Vogel finished with a career-high eight points in 19 minutes off the bench, while leading Blue Jay scorer Joe Flanagan (Lancaster Mennonite) was held to just nine points, six below his average of 15.1 points per game.
E-town's Fogel comes up big in win over Arcadia
Men's hoops
Sunday News
Published: Jan 25, 2009 00:11 EST
Glenside
By STAFF
Keith Fogel scored 18 of his career-high 25 points in the second half to lead Elizabethtown to a 72-58 victory over Arcadia in Commonwealth Conference action Saturday in Glenside.
Mike Church (Solanco) added 12 points, seven rebounds, four assists and four blocks, and the Blue Jays (10-8, 4-2) went 8-for-15 from 3-point range.
Fogel went 8-for-13 from the field, including 3-for-6 from 3-point range, and sank all six of his foul shots to extend his streak of consecutive free throws to 27. His previous career best of 21 points was set against Marymount University on Nov. 25 and matched against Messiah College on Jan. 10.
Damien Palantino sank five 3-pointers and led the Knights (7-10, 2-3) with 15 points, while Khalief Trawick came off the bench to add 12 points on 6-for-9 shooting.
An 8-0 run midway through the first half, highlighted by five points from Mark Vogel (Hempfield), gave Elizabethtown a 16-10 lead with 12:32 left in the half. The Blue Jays held their largest lead of the opening half at 31-20 with 4:20 remaining, but a 9-0 run helped the Knights close it to 33-29 at the intermission.
Fogel and Josh Houseal (Hempfield) shared the team lead with seven points each in the first half.
Arcadia narrowed the deficit to 39-37 on Palantino's fifth 3-pointer of the day with 17:04 to play, but Fogel hit back-to-back 3-pointers to push E-town's lead back to eight at 45-37.
The Knights would pull as close as six, but a 3-pointer by Vogel triggered a 7-0 run that put the Blue Jays ahead by 13 with 4:18 to go.
Vogel finished with a career-high eight points in 19 minutes off the bench, while leading Blue Jay scorer Joe Flanagan (Lancaster Mennonite) was held to just nine points, six below his average of 15.1 points per game.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Blue Jays bounce Arcadia, 72-58
From the E-town College Website:
1/24/2009
Men's basketball bounces Arcadia, 72-58
ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Elizabethtown 72, Arcadia 58
Click here for the box score
GLENSIDE, Pa. --- Keith Fogel (Mifflinburg, PA/Mifflinburg) scored 18 of his career-high 25 points in the second half to lead Elizabethtown College to a 72-58 victory at Arcadia University in Commonwealth Conference men's basketball action on Saturday afternoon.
Mike Church (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco) added 12 points, seven rebounds, four assists and four blocked shots as the Blue Jays (10-8 overall, 4-2 Commonwealth) went 8-for-15 from three-point range as a team to pick up their second straight win.
Fogel went 8-for-13 from the field, including 3-for-6 from three-point range, and sank all six of his foul shots to extend his streak of consecutive made free throws to 27. His previous career best of 21 points was set against Marymount University on Nov. 25 and matched against Messiah College on Jan. 10.
Damien Palantino sank five three-pointers and led the Knights (7-10 overall, 2-3 Commonwealth) with 15 points while Khalief Trawick came off the bench to add 12 points on 6-for-9 shooting, but Arcadia finished at just 40.7 percent (24-for-59) from the field as a team including 8-for-24 from three-point range.
An 8-0 run midway through the first half, highlighted by five points from Mark Vogel (Landisville, PA/Hempfield) gave Elizabethtown a 16-10 lead with 12:32 left in the half. The Blue Jays held their largest lead of the opening half at 31-20 with 4:20 remaining, but a 9-0 run helped the Knights draw to within 33-29 at intermission.
Fogel and Josh Houseal (Landisville, PA/Hempfield) shared the team lead with seven points apiece in the first half for Elizabethtown, which shot 44.8 percent (13-for-29) from the field, while Palantino hit three three-pointers and tallied a game-high nine points for Arcadia.
Arcadia narrowed the deficit to 39-37 on Palantino's fifth three-pointer of the day with 17:04 to play, but Fogel hit back-to-back three-pointers to push the Elizabethtown lead back to eight at 45-37.
The Knights would pull to as close as six at 58-52 with 5:32 to go, but a three-pointer by Vogel triggered a quick 7-0 run that put the Blue Jays back on top by 13 at 65-52 with 4:18 to go.
Vogel finished with a career-high eight points in 19 minutes off the Blue Jay bench, while leading scorer Joe Flanagan (Lancaster, PA/Lancaster Mennonite) was held to just nine points, six below his average of 15.1 points per game entering the contest.
From the Arcadia University Website:
Knights Fall to Elizabethtown 72-58
GLENSIDE, PA: 1/24/09 - Elizabethtown College handed the Knights of Arcadia University their first Commonwealth Conference home loss of the season, defeating the Knights 72-58 in a heated battle of conference rivals. The Blue Jays improve to 10-8 overall and 4-2 in the league while the Knights drop to 7-10 overall and 2-3 against Commonwealth opponents.
The fast paced first half featured three lead changes early on before the Blue Jays went up by 11 with 4:20 remaining. But junior Damien Palantino nailed back-to-back treys for the Knights right before senior Bobby Mulholland swished his own three point bucket to make it a 31-29 game as the Knights trailed by only four at the half, 33-29.
While the Blue Jays would never relinquish their lead, Arcadia kept it close in the second half. Senior Blaise Pepitone rang home his first three pointer of the game at 5:32, brining the Knights to within six, 58-52 but Mark Vogel drained a triple on a second attempt for Elizabethtown at 5:19 to take a 61-52 lead as the Blue Jays enjoyed the double-bonus through regulation, going onto to win 72-58.
Elizabethtown's Keith Fogel led all scorer's with 25 points on 8-13 shooting from the floor and a perfect 6-6 from the line. Mike Church added a dozen for the Blue Jays. Palantino led the Knights with 15 while freshman Khalief Trawick added a dozen with 4 assists. Mulholland scored 8 points and pulled down a team high 6 rebounds for Arcadia. Senior Terell Varnado added 9 points and 5 defensive caroms.
The Blue Jays nailed 53% from beyond the arc, 45% from the floor and were 60% from the charity stripe while the Knights struggled form long range, hitting just 33% and shot only 41% from the floor and a season low 28% from the stripe.
Arcadia returns to the court at Albright College on Wednesday, January 28 for an 8 PM tip in Commonwealth play.
1/24/2009
Men's basketball bounces Arcadia, 72-58
ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Elizabethtown 72, Arcadia 58
Click here for the box score
GLENSIDE, Pa. --- Keith Fogel (Mifflinburg, PA/Mifflinburg) scored 18 of his career-high 25 points in the second half to lead Elizabethtown College to a 72-58 victory at Arcadia University in Commonwealth Conference men's basketball action on Saturday afternoon.
Mike Church (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco) added 12 points, seven rebounds, four assists and four blocked shots as the Blue Jays (10-8 overall, 4-2 Commonwealth) went 8-for-15 from three-point range as a team to pick up their second straight win.
Fogel went 8-for-13 from the field, including 3-for-6 from three-point range, and sank all six of his foul shots to extend his streak of consecutive made free throws to 27. His previous career best of 21 points was set against Marymount University on Nov. 25 and matched against Messiah College on Jan. 10.
Damien Palantino sank five three-pointers and led the Knights (7-10 overall, 2-3 Commonwealth) with 15 points while Khalief Trawick came off the bench to add 12 points on 6-for-9 shooting, but Arcadia finished at just 40.7 percent (24-for-59) from the field as a team including 8-for-24 from three-point range.
An 8-0 run midway through the first half, highlighted by five points from Mark Vogel (Landisville, PA/Hempfield) gave Elizabethtown a 16-10 lead with 12:32 left in the half. The Blue Jays held their largest lead of the opening half at 31-20 with 4:20 remaining, but a 9-0 run helped the Knights draw to within 33-29 at intermission.
Fogel and Josh Houseal (Landisville, PA/Hempfield) shared the team lead with seven points apiece in the first half for Elizabethtown, which shot 44.8 percent (13-for-29) from the field, while Palantino hit three three-pointers and tallied a game-high nine points for Arcadia.
Arcadia narrowed the deficit to 39-37 on Palantino's fifth three-pointer of the day with 17:04 to play, but Fogel hit back-to-back three-pointers to push the Elizabethtown lead back to eight at 45-37.
The Knights would pull to as close as six at 58-52 with 5:32 to go, but a three-pointer by Vogel triggered a quick 7-0 run that put the Blue Jays back on top by 13 at 65-52 with 4:18 to go.
Vogel finished with a career-high eight points in 19 minutes off the Blue Jay bench, while leading scorer Joe Flanagan (Lancaster, PA/Lancaster Mennonite) was held to just nine points, six below his average of 15.1 points per game entering the contest.
From the Arcadia University Website:
Knights Fall to Elizabethtown 72-58
GLENSIDE, PA: 1/24/09 - Elizabethtown College handed the Knights of Arcadia University their first Commonwealth Conference home loss of the season, defeating the Knights 72-58 in a heated battle of conference rivals. The Blue Jays improve to 10-8 overall and 4-2 in the league while the Knights drop to 7-10 overall and 2-3 against Commonwealth opponents.
The fast paced first half featured three lead changes early on before the Blue Jays went up by 11 with 4:20 remaining. But junior Damien Palantino nailed back-to-back treys for the Knights right before senior Bobby Mulholland swished his own three point bucket to make it a 31-29 game as the Knights trailed by only four at the half, 33-29.
While the Blue Jays would never relinquish their lead, Arcadia kept it close in the second half. Senior Blaise Pepitone rang home his first three pointer of the game at 5:32, brining the Knights to within six, 58-52 but Mark Vogel drained a triple on a second attempt for Elizabethtown at 5:19 to take a 61-52 lead as the Blue Jays enjoyed the double-bonus through regulation, going onto to win 72-58.
Elizabethtown's Keith Fogel led all scorer's with 25 points on 8-13 shooting from the floor and a perfect 6-6 from the line. Mike Church added a dozen for the Blue Jays. Palantino led the Knights with 15 while freshman Khalief Trawick added a dozen with 4 assists. Mulholland scored 8 points and pulled down a team high 6 rebounds for Arcadia. Senior Terell Varnado added 9 points and 5 defensive caroms.
The Blue Jays nailed 53% from beyond the arc, 45% from the floor and were 60% from the charity stripe while the Knights struggled form long range, hitting just 33% and shot only 41% from the floor and a season low 28% from the stripe.
Arcadia returns to the court at Albright College on Wednesday, January 28 for an 8 PM tip in Commonwealth play.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Arcardia Preview
The Blue Jays travel down the turnpike to take on the Arcadia University Knights. Following are a couple of previews of Saturday's opponent.
First, from the 2008-2009 Arcadia University Seaon Prospectus:
2008-2009 Season Preview
As the Arcadia Men’s Basketball team begins their first season in the Commonwealth Conference, they will look to improve on last year’s 12-13 record and make it over the final hurdle that stands between them and post-season play. They finished the 2007-08 season 6-6 in the Freedom conference, just one win shy of clinching a playoff berth. For the 2008-09 season, head coach Pat Dorney (6th season) will count on his returning players to bring leadership and experience to the team in order to punch a ticket to the Commonwealth tournament in late February.
While the Knights will have to replace the leadership and scoring ability of last year’s graduates, Sterling Green ‘08, Kevin Brown ‘08, and 1,000 point scorer, Eric Elliott ‘08, the team has nine returning players, including the trio of senior captains, Bobby Mulholland (Wildwood Crest, NJ/Wildwood), Blaise Pepitone (Vineland, NJ/Sacred Heart), and Terell Varnado (Forest Hills, MD/Archbishop Curly). All three veterans are talented wing players who have proven themselves ready to take on a leadership role in their final year. Coach Dorney describes Varnado as a big, strong wing that can defend, rebound and play with high energy. Pepitone is a versatile and able to play multiple positions on the floor. Mulholland returns as the team’s leading scorer, averaging 13.2 ppg last year as all three of these seniors will be major contributors on and off the court this season.
The remaining returning players consist of juniors Damien Palantino (Philadelphia, PA/Father Judge), Daune Robinson (Philadelphia,PA/Overbrook), and Steve Sharp (Media, PA/Penncrest). Palantino is a feisty guard that can shoot in the tightest of situations, Sharp is a wing player with long range and Robinson has the versatility to play both inside and out. The returning sophomores include Darrell Mills (Philadelphia, PA/Engineering & Sciences), Alexis Alfonso (Cape May, NJ/Lower Cape May), and Brett Sharpe (Voorhees, NJ/Eastern). Coach Dorney is looking to these returners to bring leadership on and off the court and help the new members learn the ropes of NCAA basketball.
The newcomers to the team include freshmen Andrew Vose (Philadelphia, PA/Father Judge), Khalief Trawick (Philadelphia, PA/Franklin Learning Center), Jason Thompson (Cape May Court House, NJ/Middle Township), Billy Beck (New Providence, NJ/New Providence), Dan Drennen (Willow Grove, PA/Bishop McDevitt), and Marcus Booker (Philadelphia, PA/Northeast) as well as junior transfer Dwayne Bradley (Philadelphia, PA/Martin Luther King). These players have been working hard in practice during preseason and will look to contribute when the season gets underway.
Coach Dorney returns a veteran coaching staff to the sideline this year in assistant coaches Ryan Kilkenney, Chris Rumsey, Omar Wells and George Dillon. Dorney boasts of the team’s depth, reporting to have “nine to eleven players who will all be competing for minutes through the preseason. We are not a big team but we are long and athletic.”
The Knights have a tough schedule ahead of them, but are more than ready for the challenge when they open the season on Saturday, November 15 at home against Rowan University at 4 PM. Commonwealth Conference play opens up against Coach Dorney’s Alma Matter, Lebanon
Valley College on January 7.
From the MAC Commonwealth Conference Pre-season Poll:
Arcadia (12-13, 6-6) places seventh in the poll with 15 points. The Knights look to overcome last season’s loss to Manhattanville that would have secured them a playoff berth in the Freedom Conference. Arcadia, while losing Sterling Green, Eric Elliott, and Kevin Brown, bring back seniors Bobby Mulholland Terrell Varnado, Blaise Pepitone, and Damien Palentino. Mulholland led the Knights last season in points scored in the conference (15.3 ppg) while averaging over 30 minutes per start. Green, who was a three-year player for the Knights, finished his career as an Arthur Ashe Jr. Scholar Athlete (716 points, 127 assists, 251 rebounds, 107 steals). In addition, Elliott was a 1,000-point scorer for Arcadia during his career.
Hopefully, we'll have a nice crowd to cheer on the guys. If you can't make it to the game, be sure to follow Live Stats for all the action.
Go Blue Jays!
First, from the 2008-2009 Arcadia University Seaon Prospectus:
2008-2009 Season Preview
As the Arcadia Men’s Basketball team begins their first season in the Commonwealth Conference, they will look to improve on last year’s 12-13 record and make it over the final hurdle that stands between them and post-season play. They finished the 2007-08 season 6-6 in the Freedom conference, just one win shy of clinching a playoff berth. For the 2008-09 season, head coach Pat Dorney (6th season) will count on his returning players to bring leadership and experience to the team in order to punch a ticket to the Commonwealth tournament in late February.
While the Knights will have to replace the leadership and scoring ability of last year’s graduates, Sterling Green ‘08, Kevin Brown ‘08, and 1,000 point scorer, Eric Elliott ‘08, the team has nine returning players, including the trio of senior captains, Bobby Mulholland (Wildwood Crest, NJ/Wildwood), Blaise Pepitone (Vineland, NJ/Sacred Heart), and Terell Varnado (Forest Hills, MD/Archbishop Curly). All three veterans are talented wing players who have proven themselves ready to take on a leadership role in their final year. Coach Dorney describes Varnado as a big, strong wing that can defend, rebound and play with high energy. Pepitone is a versatile and able to play multiple positions on the floor. Mulholland returns as the team’s leading scorer, averaging 13.2 ppg last year as all three of these seniors will be major contributors on and off the court this season.
The remaining returning players consist of juniors Damien Palantino (Philadelphia, PA/Father Judge), Daune Robinson (Philadelphia,PA/Overbrook), and Steve Sharp (Media, PA/Penncrest). Palantino is a feisty guard that can shoot in the tightest of situations, Sharp is a wing player with long range and Robinson has the versatility to play both inside and out. The returning sophomores include Darrell Mills (Philadelphia, PA/Engineering & Sciences), Alexis Alfonso (Cape May, NJ/Lower Cape May), and Brett Sharpe (Voorhees, NJ/Eastern). Coach Dorney is looking to these returners to bring leadership on and off the court and help the new members learn the ropes of NCAA basketball.
The newcomers to the team include freshmen Andrew Vose (Philadelphia, PA/Father Judge), Khalief Trawick (Philadelphia, PA/Franklin Learning Center), Jason Thompson (Cape May Court House, NJ/Middle Township), Billy Beck (New Providence, NJ/New Providence), Dan Drennen (Willow Grove, PA/Bishop McDevitt), and Marcus Booker (Philadelphia, PA/Northeast) as well as junior transfer Dwayne Bradley (Philadelphia, PA/Martin Luther King). These players have been working hard in practice during preseason and will look to contribute when the season gets underway.
Coach Dorney returns a veteran coaching staff to the sideline this year in assistant coaches Ryan Kilkenney, Chris Rumsey, Omar Wells and George Dillon. Dorney boasts of the team’s depth, reporting to have “nine to eleven players who will all be competing for minutes through the preseason. We are not a big team but we are long and athletic.”
The Knights have a tough schedule ahead of them, but are more than ready for the challenge when they open the season on Saturday, November 15 at home against Rowan University at 4 PM. Commonwealth Conference play opens up against Coach Dorney’s Alma Matter, Lebanon
Valley College on January 7.
From the MAC Commonwealth Conference Pre-season Poll:
Arcadia (12-13, 6-6) places seventh in the poll with 15 points. The Knights look to overcome last season’s loss to Manhattanville that would have secured them a playoff berth in the Freedom Conference. Arcadia, while losing Sterling Green, Eric Elliott, and Kevin Brown, bring back seniors Bobby Mulholland Terrell Varnado, Blaise Pepitone, and Damien Palentino. Mulholland led the Knights last season in points scored in the conference (15.3 ppg) while averaging over 30 minutes per start. Green, who was a three-year player for the Knights, finished his career as an Arthur Ashe Jr. Scholar Athlete (716 points, 127 assists, 251 rebounds, 107 steals). In addition, Elliott was a 1,000-point scorer for Arcadia during his career.
Hopefully, we'll have a nice crowd to cheer on the guys. If you can't make it to the game, be sure to follow Live Stats for all the action.
Go Blue Jays!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
