ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL
Saturday, December 4, 2004

Albright Edges Etown 74-70 in Overtime

READING, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College's men's basketball team suffered its first Commonwealth Conference defeat of the 2004-05 season on the road Saturday night, falling 74-70 in overtime to Albright College. Elizabethtown, which is now 4-2 overall and 1-1 in the conference, has seen both of its losses this season come in overtime. Albright improves to 4-3 overall and 1-1 in the conference with the win.

Etown overcame a nine-point halftime deficit to tie the game 66-66 at the end of regulation time, outscoring Albright 36-27 over the course of the second half. Albright held a 44-37 advantage in rebounding, but the host Lions committed 28 turnovers against 20 for Etown, and the Blue Jays made 16 steals over the course of the game. The Blue Jays made just 13 of their 21 free throws (61.9%), while Albright made 19 of its 31 attempts from the free throw line (61.3%).

Kyle Conrad (Shillington, PA/Governor Mifflin) was Etown's leading scorer with 17 points, and he hit four three pointers and made three steals. Dan Keane (Harrisburg, PA/Central Dauphin East) scored 14 points for Etown on 7-for-10 shooting from the field, and Jon Connor (Hershey, PA/Hershey) added 11 points and three steals.

Trevor Deeter was Albright's top scorer with 20 points and 8-for-12 shooting from the field. Both Elu Lawrence and Taylor Steltz added 10 points for Albright.

Etown will return to action at home Wednesday, December 8 against King's College (Pa.) at 8:00 p.m.

At Bollman Center, Reading, PA
ALBRIGHT 74, ELIZABETHTOWN 70
ELIZABETHTOWN (4-2, 1-1)
Kyle Conrad 4-12 5-7 17; Dan Keane 7-10 0-0 14; Jon Connor 4-8 1-2 11; Greg Adams 3-7 1-2 8; Brian Goodwin 1-5 4-4 6; Alex Rakow 2-6 1-2 5; ChrisD'Emilio 1-2 0-0 3; Brian Schreiber 1-2 0-0 3; Andrew Flynn 1-6 0-1 2; Cameron Norris 0-1 1-3 1; Justin Shade 0-1 0-0 0; Luke Ledyard 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 24-62 13-21 70.
ALBRIGHT (4-3, 1-1)
Trevor Deeter 8-12 4-6 20; Elu Lawrence 3-4 2-5 10; Taylor Steltz 3-9 3-3 10; Matt Kieselowsky 3-7 3-4 9; Mike Boles 3-4 2-2 9; Shane Harvey 2-3 3-6 7; Andy Winebrenner 1-4 1-2 4; Ben Gallagher 1-7 1-2 3; Lee Walter 1-3 0-1 2; Garret Etzel 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 25-54 19-31 74.
Elizabethtown................. 30 36 4 - 70
Albright...................... 39 27 8 - 74
3-point goals-Elizabethtown 9-19 (Kyle Conrad 4-8; Jon Connor 2-4; Brian Schreiber 1-1; Greg Adams 1-2; Chris D'Emilio 1-2; Alex Rakow 0-2), Albright 5-15 (Elu Lawrence 2-2; Mike Boles 1-1; Andy Winebrenner 1-3; Taylor Steltz 1-2; Garret Etzel 0-1; Ben Gallagher 0-4; Matt Kieselowsky 0-1; Trevor Deeter 0-1). Fouled out--Elizabethtown-Jon Connor; Dan Keane; Greg Adams; Andrew Flynn, Albright-Trevor Deeter. Rebounds-Elizabethtown 37 (Kyle Conrad 4; Greg Adams 4), Albright 44 (Shane Harvey 9). Assists-Elizabethtown 14 (Kyle Conrad 3; Greg Adams 3; Alex Rakow 3), Albright 16 (Matt Kieselowsky 5). Total fouls-Elizabethtown 26, Albright 26.