ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL
Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Lycoming Holds Off Elizabethtown, 56-54

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ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Eric Anthony hit the go-ahead three-pointer with 1:56 left in regulation to give Lycoming College a 56-54 victory over Elizabethtown College in Commonwealth Conference men's basketball action on Tuesday night.

Anthony's three-pointer closed out the scoring in the contest, as the Blue Jays missed their final three field-goal attempts including a potential game-winning three-pointer with two seconds remaining.

Senior Mike Schatzmann (Paradise, PA/Pequea Valley) led the Blue Jays (15-8 overall, 2-7 Commonwealth) with 13 points and six rebounds, while sophomore Mike Church (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco) added 12 points, six rebounds and six steals, but Elizabethtown shot 29.7 percent (19-for-64) from the field in the contest.

David Wilson paced the Warriors (16-8 overall, 7-2 Commonwealth) with a game-high 15 points as Lycoming clinched the top seed in next week's Commonwealth Conference playoffs.

Elizabethtown scored the game's first 10 points, but the Warriors fought back with the next nine points to trail 10-9 with 15:25 left in the first half. The Warriors led 30-28 at halftime despite committing 19 of their 29 turnovers in the opening half.

The second half featured 10 lead changes and eight ties, with Lycoming taking the largest lead for either team at 51-47 on a three-pointer by Anthony with 6:42 left.

Elizabethtown took its final lead of the night at 54-53 on a layup by sophomore Josh Houseal (Landisville, PA/Penn Manor) with 3:03 to go, but Anthony gave the Warriors the lead for good with his third three-pointer of the contest.

Houseal finished with nine points and four rebounds in 24 minutes off the Elizabethtown bench, as the Blue Jay reserves outscored Lycoming's substitutes by a 19-6 margin.

LYCOMING COLLEGE 56, ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 54
LYCOMING COLLEGE (16-8, 7-2 Comm.)
David Wilson 4-9 4-5 15; Eric Anthony 5-13 0-0 13; Greg Sye 4-7 1-2 9; Kevin Morris 2-6 3-5 8; Jemayne Nowlin 2-7 0-0 5; Anthony Watson 0-0 2-4 2; Will Kelly 0-0 2-2 2; Richard Varnell 0-0 2-2 2; James Oberlies 0-1 0-0 0; Billy Goodell 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 17-43 14-20 56.
ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE (15-8, 2-7 Comm.)
Mike Schatzmann 5-15 1-2 13; Mike Church 4-9 3-4 12; Josh Houseal 4-9 0-1 9; Chad Piersol 2-9 2-2 7; Joe Flanagan 2-3 0-0 4; Jordan Dirago 0-1 3-4 3; Phil Schaffer 1-3 1-2 3; Brady Haughney 1-1 0-0 2; Chris Jones 0-1 1-2 1; Ben Schlosser 0-1 0-0 0; Bryce Rodgers 0-6 0-0 0; Keith Fogel 0-4 0-0 0; Matt Stein 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 19-64 11-17 54.
Lycoming College.............. 30 26 - 56
Elizabethtown College......... 28 26 - 54
3-point goals--Lycoming College 8-18 (Eric Anthony 3-8; David Wilson 3-4; Kevin Morris 1-2; Jemayne Nowlin 1-4), Elizabethtown College 5-16 (Mike Schatzmann 2-5; Chad Piersol 1-4; Josh Houseal 1-3; Mike Church 1-1; Ben Schlosser 0-1; Matt Stein 0-1; Phil Schaffer 0-1). Fouled out--Lycoming College-None, Elizabethtown College-None. Rebounds--Lycoming College 39 (Kevin Morris 6), Elizabethtown College 39 (Phil Schaffer 6; Mike Schatzmann 6; Mike Church 6). Assists--Lycoming College 9 (Kevin Morris 4), Elizabethtown College 8 (Phil Schaffer 3). Total fouls--Lycoming College 18, Elizabethtown College 16. Technical fouls--Lycoming College-None, Elizabethtown College-None. A-500