ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Thursday, January 10, 2008

Blue Jays Down Wilkes 69-61 As Four Players Reach Double Figures

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ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Junior Megan Quinn (Millersville, PA/Penn Manor) scored a game-high 17 points while senior Amanda Reid (Nazareth, PA/Nazareth Area) grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds as Elizabethtown College defeated Wilkes University 69-61 in non-conference women's basketball action at Thompson Gymnasium on Thursday evening.

Senior Erin Walton (Columbus, NJ/Northern Burlington County) added 14 points and 10 rebounds while junior Megan Romano (Jenkintown, PA/Jenkintown) equaled her career high with 13 points as the Blue Jays (7-4 overall) forced the Lady Colonels (1-11 overall) into 27 turnovers and finished with a 49-36 edge in rebounding, including 24 offensive boards.

In all, four players reached double figures for the Blue Jays, with senior Audrey Hitz (Lebanon, PA/Annville-Cleona) posting 13 points, five rebounds and four assists.

Reid finished with just six points, but pulled 10 of her 17 boards on the offensive glass to surpass her previous career best of 16 rebounds set against Widener on Feb. 11, 2006. She also set a career high with seven assists and matched her personal best of three steals for the Blue Jays.

Sam Lynam led the Lady Colonels with 16 points and four rebounds, while Katie Cappelloni added 10 points and Lacey Andresen finished with nine points and a team-high nine rebounds.

The Blue Jays led by as many as 11 points in the first half, taking a 20-9 lead on a layup by first-year student Kaity Snyder (Catawissa, PA/Southern Columbia) midway through the half.

The Lady Colonels whittled the lead down to 28-27 on a fast-break bucket by Brittany Ely with 3:34 to go in the half, but the Blue Jays recovered to take a 36-31 lead to intermission. Hitz and Walton paced Elizabethtown with nine points apiece in the opening half, while Cappelloni and Lynam tallied eight each for Wilkes.

Elizabethtown led by as many as 10 points in the second half at 60-50 with 6:09 to go, and Wilkes could get no closer than four in the final minute as the Blue Jays hit their final five free throws in the last 1:06 of the contest.

For the contest, Elizabethtown shot 32.9 percent (23-for-70) from the field and 20-for-34 (58.5 percent) from the foul line, while Wilkes hit 21-of-49 (42.9 percent) from the floor and went 15-for-19 (78.9 percent) at the stripe.

ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 69, WILKES UNIVERSITY 61
WILKES UNIVERSITY (1-11)
Sam Lynam 4-11 5-6 16; Katie Cappelloni 4-7 2-2 10; Lacey Andresen 4-11 1-2 9; Mackensey O'Hara 4-6 0-0 8; Ashley Makarczyk 2-3 2-3 7; Brittany Ely 1-6 5-6 7; Khadija Bates 1-1 0-0 2; Jessica Plisko 1-1 0-0 2; Erin Schneider 0-2 0-0 0; Mari Gabriel 0-0 0-0 0; Nicole Quick 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 21-49 15-19 61.
ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE (7-4)
Megan Quinn 5-10 5-12 17; Erin Walton 5-26 3-4 14; Audrey Hitz 5-12 3-5 13; Megan Romano 4-5 5-7 13; Amanda Reid 1-3 4-6 6; Ashley Toczylowski 2-4 0-0 4; Kaity Snyder 1-5 0-0 2; Kirsti Larsen 0-1 0-0 0; Courtney Kofeldt 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 23-70 20-34 69.
Wilkes University............. 31 30 - 61
Elizabethtown College......... 36 33 - 69
3-point goals--Wilkes University 4-16 (Sam Lynam 3-6; Ashley Makarczyk 1-2; Lacey Andresen 0-6; Erin Schneider 0-1; Katie Cappelloni 0-1), Elizabethtown College 3-12 (Megan Quinn 2-4; Erin Walton 1-4; Amanda Reid 0-2; Courtney Kofeldt 0-2). Fouled out--Wilkes University-None, Elizabethtown College-Megan Quinn. Rebounds--Wilkes University 36 (Lacey Andresen 9), Elizabethtown College 49 (Amanda Reid 17). Assists--Wilkes University 10 (Katie Cappelloni 5), Elizabethtown College 15 (Amanda Reid 7). Total fouls--Wilkes University 23, Elizabethtown College 18. Technical fouls--Wilkes University-None, Elizabethtown College-None. A-50