ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Sunday, November 18, 2007

Elizabethtown Defeats Wesley 84-71 in Consolation Game of Johns Hopkins Tournament

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BALTIMORE, Md. --- Junior Megan Quinn (Millersville, PA/Penn Manor) scored a career-high 27 points while senior Erin Walton (Columbus, NJ/Northern Burlington Regional) added 24 points as Elizabethtown College defeated Wesley College 84-71 in the consolation game of the Mike Durgala Memorial Tournament at Johns Hopkins University on Sunday afternoon.

Quinn shot 12-for-17 from the field and added seven rebounds and four steals for the Blue Jays (1-1 overall), who led 47-27 at halftime and by as many as 30 points in the second half over the Wolverines (0-2 overall).

Senior Amanda Reid (Nazareth, PA/Nazareth) added a double-double with 10 points and a game-high 13 rebounds for Elizabethtown, which dominated Wesley on the boards by a 55-29 margin.

Latasha Torres led Wesley with 19 points while Cory Boyd added 16 points and four steals, but the Wolverines committed 28 turnovers and shot 40.6 percent (28-for-69) from the field in the game.

Elizabethtown stormed out to a 23-9 lead midway through the first half and took a 47-27 advantage to halftime behind 16 points by Quinn and 11 from Walton. The Blue Jays shot 58.1 percent (18-for-31) from the field in the first half while holding the Wolverines to just 34.4 percent shooting in the opening 20 minutes.

In the second half, the Blue Jays pushed their lead to 73-43 on a layup by Quinn with 11:56 to go, but the Wolverines went on a 15-0 run to trim the deficit to 73-58 on a layup by Torres with 6:42 left.

Wesley would ultimately move within 12 at 79-67 on a three-pointer by Torres with 3:07 to play, but Walton connected on a layup and Quinn converted a three-point play to give Elizabethtown an 84-67 advantage with 2:41 left.

Off the Elizabethtown bench, junior Jenn Montague (Newark, DE/St. Mark's) and first-year student Kirsti Larsen (Carlisle, PA/Boiling Springs) scored nine points apiece, with Montague adding nine rebounds in 24 minutes of playing time.

Walton was selected to the All-Tournament Team after averaging 25.5 points in two games.

At Goldfarb Gymnasium/Baltimore, MD
ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 84, WESLEY COLLEGE 71
ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE (1-1)
Megan Quinn 12-17 2-3 27; Erin Walton 10-24 3-4 24; Amanda Reid 4-4 0-0 10; Kirsti Larsen 4-7 0-0 9; Jenn Montague 1-6 7-12 9; Audrey Hitz 1-3 0-0 2; Kaity Snyder 1-3 0-0 2; Megan Romano 0-3 1-2 1; Ali Jury 0-0 0-0 0; Ashley Toczylowski 0-1 0-0 0; Gabrielle Whitley 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 33-68 13-21 84.
WESLEY COLLEGE (0-2)
Latasha Torres 7-11 1-2 19; Cory Boyd 6-15 2-6 16; Herbie Rayne 7-15 0-0 14; Colleen Thomas 2-7 2-2 6; Stephanie Baliey 2-5 2-2 6; Patricia Millner 2-6 0-1 4; Michele Mules 0-1 2-2 2; Sophia Johnson 1-2 0-0 2; Dominique Barrett 1-5 0-0 2; Meredith Demetor 0-1 0-0 0; Ashley Barker 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 28-69 9-15 71.
Elizabethtown College......... 47 37 - 84
Wesley College................ 27 44 - 71
3-point goals--Elizabethtown College 5-16 (Amanda Reid 2-2; Kirsti Larsen 1-2; Megan Quinn 1-4; Erin Walton 1-6; Megan Romano 0-1; Ashley Toczylowski 0-1), Wesley College 6-19 (Latasha Torres 4-8; Cory Boyd 2-3; Colleen Thomas 0-2; Stephanie Baliey 0-3; Dominique Barrett 0-1; Ashley Barker 0-1; Herbie Rayne 0-1). Fouled out--Elizabethtown College-None, Wesley College-Colleen Thomas. Rebounds--Elizabethtown College 55 (Amanda Reid 13), Wesley College 29 (Herbie Rayne 5). Assists--Elizabethtown College 20 (Megan Romano 6), Wesley College 13 (Patricia Millner 4). Total fouls--Elizabethtown College 20, Wesley College 22. Technical fouls--Elizabethtown College None, Wesley College-None.