ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Saturday, February 9, 2008

Ninth-Ranked Messiah Downs Elizabethtown, 86-51

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GRANTHAM, Pa. --- A 57-percent shooting performance keyed ninth-ranked Messiah College to an 86-51 victory over Elizabethtown College in Commonwealth Conference women's basketball action on Saturday afternoon.

Nikki Lobach scored a game-high 17 points for the Falcons (19-2 overall, 6-0 Commonwealth), who connected on 32-of-56 shots from the field and 18-of-19 at the foul line while committing just eight turnovers in the win over the Blue Jays (10-11 overall, 1-5 Commonwealth).

Senior Erin Walton (Columbus, NJ/Northern Burlington County) notched a team-high 12 points for Elizabethtown, which shot just 31.5 percent (17-for-54) from the field and finished with 21 turnovers in the contest.

Messiah never trailed in the contest, taking a 38-22 lead to halftime while shooting 55.6 percent (15-for-27) from the field as a team.

The Falcons increased their lead in the second half, building the spread to 30 points with 6:37 to go and holding their largest lead at 85-45 in the final minute.

Amy Reed added 10 points and four assists for Messiah, while Silalei Shani came off the bench to finish with 10 points and a team-high seven rebounds in 17 minutes of action.

Joining Walton in double figures for the Blue Jays were junior Jenn Montague (Newark, DE/St. Mark's) with 11 points and five rebounds, and senior Amanda Reid (Nazareth, PA/Nazareth Area) with 10 points.

MESSIAH COLLEGE 86, ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 51
ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE (10-11, 1-5)
Erin Walton 5-11 0-0 12; Jenn Montague 5-9 1-3 11; Amanda Reid 3-5 3-3 10; Kaity Snyder 0-0 4-4 4; Megan Quinn 1-9 2-2 4; Audrey Hitz 2-8 0-0 4; Courtney Kofeldt 0-4 2-2 2; Ali Jury 1-1 0-0 2; Gabrielle Whitley 0-0 2-2 2; Megan Strohman 0-2 0-0 0; Ashley Toczylowski 0-4 0-0 0; Kirsti Larsen 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 17-54 14-16 51.
MESSIAH COLLEGE (19-2, 6-0)
Nikki Lobach 7-9 3-3 17; Amy Reed 3-6 4-4 10; Silalei Shani 4-6 2-2 10; Kristen Groff 3-3 3-4 9; Ashley Brooks 4-8 0-0 9; Kourtney Ehly 2-2 4-4 8; Julie Henninger 3-4 0-0 6; Katie Kalb 1-4 2-2 4; Angie Rapchinski 1-3 0-0 3; Lauren Schurr 1-5 0-0 3; Amanda Naeher 1-1 0-0 3; Gwen Avery 1-1 0-0 2; Christa Wenrich 1-2 0-0 2; Michelle Schleich 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 32-56 18-19 86.
Elizabethtown College......... 22 29 - 51
Messiah College............... 38 48 - 86
3-point goals--Elizabethtown College 3-15 (Erin Walton 2-3; Amanda Reid 1-2; Megan Quinn 0-4; Courtney Kofeldt 0-3; Megan Strohman 0-1; Ashley Toczylowski 0-1; Kirsti Larsen 0-1), Messiah College 4-11 (Lauren Schurr 1-4; Angie Rapchinski 1-3; Ashley Brooks 1-2; Amanda Naeher 1-1; Katie Kalb 0-1). Fouled out--Elizabethtown College-None, Messiah College-None. Rebounds--Elizabethtown College 32 (Audrey Hitz 7), Messiah College 29 (Silalei Shani 7). Assists--Elizabethtown College 6 (Megan Quinn 3; Ashley Toczylowski 3), Messiah College 16 (Amy Reed 4). Total fouls--Elizabethtown College 15, Messiah College 13. Technical fouls--Elizabethtown College-None, Messiah College-None. A-1608