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Monday, December 10, 2007

Chad Piersol Selected to MAC Honor Roll in Men's Basketball

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College senior forward Chad Piersol (Elverson, PA/Owen J. Roberts) was named to the Middle Atlantic Conference men's basketball weekly Honor Roll for the week ending Dec. 9, the conference office announced Monday.

Piersol averaged 20.0 points and 6.0 rebounds as the Blue Jays improved to 8-0 for the first time in program history with wins over Millersville (77-72) and Arcadia (76-63) last week.

He scored a team-high 22 points, including the go-ahead three-pointer in the final minute, as Etown upset Millersville on Wednesday night, then added a team-best 18 points and a career-high nine rebounds in the win over Arcadia on Saturday.

For the season, he leads the Commonwealth Conference in scoring at 19.6 points per game while adding 4.8 rebounds per contest. Piersol is shooting 48.3 percent (56-for-116) from the field, 42.1 percent (16-for-38) from three-point range and 82.9 percent (29-for-35) at the foul line for the Blue Jays.

Elizabethtown concludes the 2007 portion of its schedule on Saturday afternoon when Rutgers-Camden visits Thompson Gymnasium for a 3:00 p.m. contest.