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Monday, January 14, 2008

Mike Schatzmann Named Commonwealth Conference Player of the Week

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College senior guard Mike Schatzmann (Paradise, PA/Pequea Valley) has been named the Commonwealth Conference men's basketball Player of the Week for the week ending Jan. 13, the conference office announced Monday.

Schatzmann averaged 28.5 points and 7.0 rebounds as the Blue Jays improved to 12-1 on the season with a pair of victories last week, defeating Manhattanville College 93-89 on Wednesday and downing Alvernia College 78-72 on Saturday for the 900th win in program history.

Against Manhattanville, Schatzmann finished with 23 points, four rebounds and five assists, while against Alvernia he scored a career-high 34 points and pulled 10 rebounds to lead the Blue Jays back from a 12-point halftime deficit.

In the win over Alvernia, Schatzmann scored 12 points in the final five minutes of the second half, including a go-ahead three-point play with 58 seconds to go to snap a 69-69 tie. He also finished 13-for-14 from the foul line and drilled five three-pointers in the win.

For the season, Schatzmann leads the team and the Commonwealth Conference in scoring at 20.2 points per game, and ranks fifth in the conference with 5.8 rebounds per contest. He is second in the league with 29 three-pointers, third in free-throw percentage at 84.2 percent and is fifth in steals with 2.08 per contest.

The Blue Jays return to action on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. hosting DeSales University, which also enters the week with a 12-1 record.