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Wednesday, December 3, 2003

Etown Falls on Road to Susquehanna, 81-63, in Commonwealth Conference Opener

SELINSGROVE, Pa. --- Elizabethtown, the defending Commonwealth Conference champion, lost its 2003-04 conference opener on the road Wednesday night to Susquehanna, last year's conference runner-up, 81-63. The Blue Jays drop to 3-3 overall with the loss, while Susquehanna improves to 4-1 overall and 1-0 in the conference with the win.

Susquehanna's Nick Griffiths led the Crusaders with 24 points, and he became the 28th Susquehanna player ever to reach 1,000 career points in the course of the game. Chris Zimmerman added 13 points for Susquehanna, and he led the team with seven rebounds.

Etown's top scorer, and its lone player in double figures in points for the evening, was junior guard Kyle Conrad (Shillington, PA/Governor Mifflin), who scored 19 points and made eight out of nine free throws and went three-for-four from three point range.

Elizabethtown scored just 23 points in the first half and shot 16.7% (five-for-30) from the field. The Blue Jays picked up their performance in the second half, going 44.8% (13-for-29) from the floor. Susquehanna shot 63.3% (31-for-49) from the floor for the whole game.

Etown will return to action as the host of Albright in a 4:00 p.m. conference game Saturday, December 6. The game is part of a day of festivities surrounding the kickoff of the year-long 75th anniversary celebration of Elizabethtown College athletics, which began with the school's first varsity athletics contest December 8, 1928 in a 27-22 men's basketball victory over Millersville.

12/03/03 8:00 p.m. at Selinsgrove, PA (O.W. Houts Gymnasium)
SUSQUEHANNA 81, ELIZABETHTOWN 63
ELIZABETHTOWN (3-3, 0-1 Comm)
Kyle Conrad 4-8 8-9 19; Andrew Flynn 2-6 3-5 7; Dan Keane 3-8 0-0 7; Ian Daecher 0-5 6-6 6; Jim Barron 2-4 0-0 5; Ben Tannous 2-5 0-0 5; Brian Schreiber 2-2 0-0 4; Chris D'Emilio 1-3 0-0 2; Jon Connor 1-7 0-1 2; Greg Adams 0-4 2-2 2; Brad Schreiber 1-1 0-0 2; Cameron Norris 0-3 0-0 0; Derrick Washington 0-1 0-0 0; Darryl Brown 0-1 0-0 0; Andrew Kadjeski 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 18-59 21-25 63.
SUSQUEHANNA (4-1, 1-0 Comm)
Nick Griffiths 9-12 0-0 24; Chris Zimmerman 4-10 4-5 13; Phil Sander 4-5 1-3 9; Walter Fowler 3-4 1-3 7; Bubba Mills 3-3 1-2 7; Dan Rathmell 3-5 0-0 7; James Barile 3-3 0-0 6; Rob Okonak 1-3 2-2 4; Sam Snyder 1-2 0-0 2; Rob Dombroski 0-1 0-0 0; Colin Horan 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 31-49 11-17 81.
Elizabethtown................. 23 40 - 63
Susquehanna................... 37 44 - 81
3-point goals-Elizabethtown 6-20 (Kyle Conrad 3-4; Dan Keane 1-2; Ben Tannous 1-3; Jim Barron 1-2; Chris D'Emilio 0-2; Jon Connor 0-5; Greg Adams 0-1; Derrick Washington 0-1), Susquehanna 8-13 (Nick Griffiths 6-7; Chris Zimmerman 1-4; Dan Rathmell 1-2). Fouled out—Elizabethtown-None, Susquehanna-None. Rebounds-Elizabethtown 32 (Ian Daecher 5), Susquehanna 35 (Chris Zimmerman 7). Assists-Elizabethtown 10 (Ian Daecher 2; Ben Tannous 2; Dan Keane 2), Susquehanna 24 (Chris Zimmerman 5). Total fouls-Elizabethtown 18, Susquehanna 18. A-600