ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Friday, January 9, 2004

Etown Runs Winning Streak to Seven Games with 70-35 Victory over Buffalo State; Messiah Downs Alvernia 69-57, on First Day of Blue Jay Classic

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- The Elizabethtown College women's basketball team stretched its current winning streak, its longest since the 2000-01 season, to seven games with a 70-35 blowout of Buffalo State College on the first day of the Blue Jay Classic at Thompson Gymnasium Friday night. In the first game of the evening, Messiah College downed Alvernia College 69-57.
Messiah (9-2) shook off a rusty start, during which the Falcons turned the ball over three times in the opening minute and a half and fell behind 8-0 to Alvernia (7-2), to come back and take a 34-31 lead over Alvernia into halftime. Messiah out-scored the Crusaders 35-26 in the second half to seal the win.

Eli Cook (Wilmington, DE/Wilmington Christian) was Messiah's top scorer with 20 points and an eight-for-ten performance from the field. She also led the Falcons in rebounding with nine. Katrina Green (Laurel, MD/Laurel) added 14 points for Messiah, and Kristin Sassaman (Mechanicsburg, PA/Mechanicsburg) scored 12 points.

Erin McIntyre (Orwigsburg, PA/Blue Mountain) and Trish O'Gurek (Summit Hill, PA/Panther Valley) were Alvernia's top scorers with ten points each. O'Gurek, who ran into foul trouble shortly after starting the game and sat out almost the entire first half, reached her point total in just 14 minutes of playing time.

After plowing out to a 10-4 lead at the opening of their game, the Blue Jays (7-3) saw Buffalo State (4-5) creep back into the game and tie the score at 18-18 near the middle of the first half. From there, Elizabethtown embarked on a 17 point run to go up 35-18. Buffalo State mounted another comeback late in the first half, and the Bengals cut Etown's lead to 37-25 by halftime. Elizabethtown responded by burying Buffalo State in the second half, out-scoring the Bengals 33-10 after halftime.

Etown's defense swiped the ball from Buffalo State 18 times and forced 32 Bengal turnovers, while the Blue Jays turned the ball over just 12 times. Buffalo State was also held to 28.8% (15-for-52) shooting for the game, including a five-for-24 (20.8%) performance in the second half.

Etown's top scorer and rebounder was Jessica Hollinshead (Jenkintown, PA/Jenkintown) with 18 points and eight boards, respectively. Jessica Smith (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) added 14 points and tossed out four assists, and Megan Wolfe (Jonestown, PA/Northern Lebanon) led Etown in assists with six while scoring seven points.

Buffalo State's top scorer was Jacey Brooks (Machias, NY/Franklinville) with nine points, while Amanda Benoit (Deerfield, NY/Whitesboro) came off the bench to lead the Bengals in rebounding with eight rebounds.

Messiah will face Buffalo State at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, January 10, while Etown will face Alvernia at 3:00 p.m. The 2004 Blue Jay Classic is not following a tournament format due to the fact that Elizabethtown and Messiah are both members of the Commonwealth Conference, and as a result already have to play each other twice in the regular season.

1/9/04 6:00 p.m. at Thompson Gymnasium, Elizabethtown, Pa.
MESSIAH COLLEGE 69, ALVERNIA COLLEGE 57
MESSIAH COLLEGE (9-2)
Eli Cook 8-10 4-5 20; Katrina Green 6-15 0-0 14; Kristin Sassaman 3-6 6-6 12; Sarah Ringer 3-4 1-4 7; Jess Unick 1-1 5-8 7; Betsy Stotzer 2-5 0-0 4; Lauren Emick 1-1 0-0 3; Christy Groves 1-3 0-0 2; Marita Rydell 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 25-49 16-23 69.
ALVERNIA COLLEGE (7-2)
Trish O'Gurek 4-9 2-2 10; Erin McIntyre 3-4 3-3 10; Stephanie Durante 2-6 5-6 9; Jen Sawyer 4-9 0-0 9; Mandy Reinhart 1-2 2-2 5; Kacie Androsko 2-5 0-0 4; Amanda Yost 1-1 1-1 4; Kerry Higgs 2-2 0-0 4; Erin Knarr 1-1 0-0 2; Kristin McCloskey 0-1 0-0 0; Camrell Gholston 0-7 0-0 0; Lauren Fortna 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 20-49 13-14 57.
Messiah College............... 34 35 - 69
Alvernia College.............. 31 26 - 57
3-point goals-Messiah College 3-15 (Katrina Green 2-7; Lauren Emick 1-1; Betsy Stotzer 0-2; Marita Rydell 0-3; Kristin Sassaman 0-2), Alvernia College 4-6 (Erin McIntyre 1-2; Mandy Reinhart 1-1; Jen Sawyer 1-2; Amanda Yost 1-1). Fouled out--Messiah College-None, Alvernia College-None. Rebounds-Messiah College 33 (Eli Cook 9), Alvernia College 25 (Kacie Androsko 6). Assists-Messiah College 17 (Marita Rydell 5), Alvernia College 10 (Jen Sawyer 3). Total fouls-Messiah College 16, Alvernia College 20. A-150

1/9/04 8:00 p.m. at Thompson Gymnasium, Elizabethtown, Pa.
ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 70, BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE 35
BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE (4-5)
Jacey Brooks 4-8 0-0 9; Desi Gibson 4-14 0-0 8; Ashley DeVaughn 3-7 0-0 6; Tawan Slaughter 2-4 0-0 4; Amanda Trisket 0-2 3-4 3; Marcy Dankovich 1-3 0-0 3; Darnika Moseley 1-4 0-0 2; Leah Colucci 0-3 0-0 0; Amanda Benoit 0-3 0-2 0; LaShay Minigan 0-1 0-0 0; Beth Hogan 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 15-52 3-6 35.
ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE (7-3)
Jessica Hollinshead 7-14 4-5 18; Jessica Smith 5-12 0-0 14; Cristin Braun 4-10 0-0 8; Megan Wolfe 0-5 7-8 7; Jen Roberts 2-5 2-4 6; Mary Wismer 3-7 0-0 6; Dana Voit 2-10 0-2 5; Christina Buso 1-2 1-2 3; Anna Thompson 0-1 3-5 3. Totals 24-66 17-26 70.
Buffalo State College......... 25 10 - 35
Elizabethtown College......... 37 33 - 70
3-point goals-Buffalo State College 2-9 (Jacey Brooks 1-4; Marcy Dankovich 1-3; Beth Hogan 0-1; Desi Gibson 0-1), Elizabethtown College 5-22 (Jessica Smith 4-10; Dana Voit 1-7; Megan Wolfe 0-1; Jen Roberts 0-1; Mary Wismer 0-3). Fouled out—Buffalo State College-Tawan Slaughter, Elizabethtown College-None. Rebounds-Buffalo State College 42 (Amanda Benoit 8), Elizabethtown College 44 (Jessica Hollinshead 8). Assists-Buffalo State College 8 (Beth Hogan 3; Marcy Dankovich 3), Elizabethtown College 17 (Megan Wolfe 6). Total fouls-Buffalo State College 21, Elizabethtown College 10. A-80