ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Saturday, December 8, 2001

Etown Snaps Losing Skid With 58-52 Win Over Conference Rival Susquehanna

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown broke a four game losing streak and picked up its first Commonwealth Conference victory of the season with a 58-52 win at home over Susquehanna, which falls to 4-5 overall and 0-2 in the conference with the loss. Elizabethtown is now 2-5 overall and 1-1 in the conference.

Susquehanna held a 3-2 lead at 17:13 in the first half off a three-pointer by Amy Harrington. It was the only time the entire game the Crusaders would hold the lead, as Etown's Jessica Smith (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) responded with a layup to take a 4-3 lead at 16:46.

A three-pointer for Susquehanna by Alison Ream seven seconds before halftime cut the nine point lead the Blue Jays had accumulated to 25-19. Mary Wismer (Millersville, PA/Lancaster Country Day) hit a three-pointer for Etown early in the second half to give the Blue Jays a 28-19 lead. Susquehanna then went on an eight point run over the next three minutes to close the gap to 28-27.

A pair of layups by Tameka Jackson (Philadelphia, PA/John W. Hallahan) kept the Blue Jays one point ahead of Susquehanna over the course of the next two minutes, and afterward Elizabethtown pulled away again, going up by as many as nine points, 52-43, on a three-pointer by Smith at 1:49.

Smith led Elizabethtown with 22 points, going four-for-seven from behind the arc and eight-for-eight from the foul line. As a team, Elizabethtown shot 41.7% from three-point range. Jackson dominated play under the net, pulling down a total of 14 rebounds and scoring 12 points.

Elizabethtown will return to action January 4 and 5, as host of the Coaches Vs. Cancer Blue Jay Classic. Etown will face Grove City at 7:00 p.m. January 4.

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