ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL
Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Elizabethtown Moves to 3-0 With 76-73 Win at Marymount  

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ARLINGTON, Va. --- Senior Mike Schatzmann (Paradise, PA/Pequea Valley) scored a team-high 17 points as Elizabethtown College improved to 3-0 for the first time in 11 years with a 76-73 win at Marymount University in non-conference men's basketball action on Tuesday night.

Senior Chad Piersol (Elverson, PA/Owen J. Roberts) added 15 points and six rebounds as the Blue Jays recovered after squandering an 11-point second-half lead to open the season with three straight victories for the first time since winning six consecutive games to open the 1996-97 season.

Mike Gray led the Saints (2-1 overall) with a game-high 22 points and seven rebounds while Fred Stanback added 16 points and a game-high 12 boards, but Marymount committed 23 turnovers and shot 41.5 percent (27-for-65) from the field as a team.

Elizabethtown led 56-45 with 11:52 remaining following a three-pointer by Schatzmann, but the Saints went on an 18-5 run to go ahead 63-61 on a layup by Gray with 6:43 left.

The Blue Jays took the lead for good at 68-66 on a three-pointer by Piersol with 4:40 left, and used a key three-point play by sophomore Mike Church (Peach Bottom, PA/Solanco) to go ahead 75-71 with 1:39 left.

A foul shot by sophomore Josh Houseal (Landisville, PA/Hempfield) gave the Blue Jays a 76-73 lead with eight seconds left, and a game-tying three-point attempt by Stanback was off the mark as time ran out.

Houseal finished with 13 points and five rebounds for the Blue Jays, while junior Phil Schaffer (Marmora, NJ/Ocean City) also scored in double figures with 10 points along with five rebounds and four assists.

The Blue Jays led 37-30 at halftime behind 10 points from Schatzmann, while Gray paced the Saints with 10 points in the opening 20 minutes of action.

ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 76, MARYMOUNT UNIV. 73
ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE (3-0)
Mike Schatzmann 4-15 7-7 17; Chad Piersol 6-14 0-0 15; Josh Houseal 4-9 3-4 13; Phil Schaffer 5-9 0-0 10; Mike Church 3-6 1-2 7; Keith Fogel 2-2 0-0 5; Jordan Dirago 1-1 1-2 3; Ben Schlosser 1-1 0-0 2; Matt Stein 1-1 0-0 2; Nick Kennedy 1-2 0-0 2; Tony Romero 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-60 12-15 76.
MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY (2-1)
Mike Gray 8-15 6-8 22; Fred Stanback 6-16 2-5 16; Elvis Ellis 3-5 3-4 9; Marc Mazzuchi 3-8 1-2 8; Ronnie Barbour 2-4 0-0 6; Patrick Prewitt 2-6 1-1 5; Jerid Murray 2-3 0-0 4; Shaun Ingram 1-3 0-0 3; Redell Spinks 0-0 0-0 0; Bryant Majors 0-3 0-0 0; Bryan DeBruin 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 27-65 13-20 73.
Elizabethtown College......... 37 39 - 76
Marymount University.......... 30 43 - 73
3-point goals--Elizabethtown College 8-17 (Chad Piersol 3-5; Mike Schatzmann 2-6; Josh Houseal 2-4; Keith Fogel 1-1; Phil Schaffer 0-1), Marymount University 6-16 (Ronnie Barbour 2-3; Fred Stanback 2-6; Marc Mazzuchi 1-2; Shaun Ingram 1-2; Bryant Majors 0-1; Bryan DeBruin 0-1; Patrick Prewitt 0-1). Fouled out--Elizabethtown College-None, Marymount University None. Rebounds--Elizabethtown College 32 (Chad Piersol 6), Marymount University 43 (Fred Stanback 12). Assists--Elizabethtown College 14 (Phil Schaffer 4), Marymount University 14 (Marc Mazzuchi 5). Total fouls--Elizabethtown College 20, Marymount University 16. Technical fouls--Elizabethtown College-None, Marymount University-None. A-425