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S-067-07-08
Monday, January 21, 2008

Chad Piersol Selected to Commonwealth Conference Men's Basketball Honor Roll

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College senior forward Chad Piersol (Elverson, PA/Owen J. Roberts) was named to the Commonwealth Conference men's basketball Honor Roll for the week ending Jan. 20, the conference office announced Monday.

Piersol scored a game-high 23 points on 10-of-15 shooting as the Blue Jays built a 32-point lead en route to an 80-69 victory over DeSales University in a key regional showdown on Saturday afternoon, the lone game of the week for Elizabethtown.

For the season, Piersol is second on the team and in the conference in scoring at 19.1 points per game, while also averaging 4.9 rebounds per game and shooting 48.5 percent from the field.

The Blue Jays (13-1 overall) begin their Commonwealth Conference schedule on Tuesday night at Lycoming College beginning at 8:00 p.m.