ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Saturday, December 8, 2007

Elizabethtown Wins R1 Sports Blue Jay Classic Title With 65-54 Victory over Rowan; Amanda Reid Named Most Valuable Player

Elizabethtown/Rowan box score
Trinity/Penn State Harrisburg box score

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Senior Amanda Reid (Nazareth, PA/Nazareth Area) scored a game-high 14 points and added 10 rebounds to earn Most Valuable Player honors as Elizabethtown College defeated Rowan University 65-54 in the championship game of the R1 Sports Blue Jay Classic at Thompson Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon.

Reid, who posted the sixth double-double of her career, went 3-for-3 from the field and 8-for-8 from the foul line while adding three assists and three blocked shots for the Blue Jays (5-2 overall), who earned the tournament championship for the first time since the 1999-2000 season.

Junior Megan Quinn (Millersville, PA/Penn Manor) notched her first career double-double for the Blue Jays with 12 points and a career-high 12 rebounds while senior Erin Walton (Columbus, NJ/Northern Burlington County) added 10 points and five rebounds to earn a spot on the All-Tournament team.

Brynn DeGroff led the Profs (4-3 overall) with 11 points, six rebounds and six steals, but she was the lone player to hit double figures as Rowan shot 30.3 percent (20-for-66) from the field and 10-for-25 (40 percent) at the foul line.

The Blue Jays never trailed in the contest, but led just 36-35 at halftime as the Profs hit a pair of three-pointers in the final 1:40 of the half to cut a seven-point deficit to one.

In the second half, the Blue Jays took control as they scored the first 10 points of the half while holding the Profs without a point until a basket by Michelle Lala with 14:01 to play. Walton scored six of Etown's 10 points during the run.

Elizabethtown's lead would grow to as many as 14 points on three occasions, as the Profs would get no closer than nine points in the final nine minutes of the game.

Jillian Kane and Amanda Jennings each scored eight points off the bench for Rowan, who received 30 of their 54 points from substitutes. Jennings also matched Lala and DeGroff for the team high with six rebounds.

Overall, the Blue Jays shot 42.6 percent (20-for-47) from the field and connected on 24-of-29 (82.8 percent) at the foul line. Elizabethtown also finished with a 48-37 edge in rebounds.

In the consolation game, Trinity (D.C.) defeated Penn State Harrisburg 76-54 as the Tigers (2-8 overall) were paced by 21 points from Preshuse Jackson and 14 points and 18 rebounds by Danielle Owens. The Lions (2-6 overall) received 19 points from Nicole Wallace while Sandra Adames tallied 14 points and 19 boards.

ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE 65, ROWAN UNIVERSITY 54
ROWAN UNIVERSITY (4-3)
Brynn DeGroff 4-11 0-3 11; Jillian Kane 3-8 2-4 8; Amanda Jennings 2-3 4-6 8; Michelle Lala 2-12 2-3 6; Kristina Wallace 3-9 0-0 6; Danielle Rohe 2-4 0-0 5; Jessica Nimbley 2-3 0-0 4; Ashley Cieplicki 1-6 1-4 3; Kaitlin Guy 1-2 0-0 2; Gina Catanzariti 0-7 1-5 1; Nicole Perrini 0-1 0-0 0; Stephanie Cochran 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-66 10-25 54.
ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE (5-2)
Amanda Reid 3-3 8-8 14; Megan Quinn 3-11 5-8 12; Erin Walton 3-12 4-4 10; Megan Romano 4-7 1-2 9; Kaity Snyder 1-1 4-4 6; Ashley Toczylowski 3-6 0-0 6; Jenn Montague 2-4 0-1 4; Audrey Hitz 1-2 0-0 2; Kirsti Larsen 0-1 2-2 2. Totals 20-47 24-29 65.
Rowan University.............. 35 19 - 54
Elizabethtown College......... 36 29 - 65
3-point goals--Rowan University 4-18 (Brynn DeGroff 3-8; Danielle Rohe 1-3; Michelle Lala 0-1; Kristina Wallace 0-1; Gina Catanzariti 0-2; Nicole Perrini 0-1; Jillian Kane 0-2), Elizabethtown College 1-10 (Megan Quinn 1-5; Erin Walton 0-5). Fouled out--Rowan University-Gina Catanzariti; Ashley Cieplicki; Kristina Wallace, Elizabethtown College-Erin Walton. Rebounds--Rowan University 37 (Brynn DeGroff 6; Michelle Lala 6; Amanda Jennings 6), Elizabethtown College 48 (Megan Quinn 12). Assists---Rowan University 15 (Kristina Wallace 8), Elizabethtown College 12 (Amanda Reid 3; Megan Romano 3; Erin Walton 3). Total fouls--Rowan University 21, Elizabethtown College 21. Technical fouls--Rowan University-None, Elizabethtown College-None. A-100

Consolation game
TRINITY (D.C.) UNIV. 76, PENN STATE HARRISBURG 54
PENN STATE HARRISBURG (2-6)
Wallace, Nicole 9-20 1-2 19; Adames, Sandra 2-14 10-12 14; Bissot, Jamie 4-13 2-2 10; Jensen, Ashley 4-10 1-2 9; Miranda, Krystal 0-5 2-2 2; Mitchell, Renae 0-1 0-2 0. Totals 19-63 16-22 54.
TRINITY (D.C.) UNIVERSITY (2-8)
Jackson, Preshuse 9-17 0-0 21; Owens, Danielle 5-18 4-4 14; Pettis, Danielle 7-12 0-1 14; West, Ashley 6-14 1-1 13; Kellman, Morgan 3-6 3-4 9; Russell, Shereese 2-4 1-1 5; Leonzo-Portillo, Eva 0-0 0-0 0; Townes, Jessica 0-3 0-0 0; Quick, Quanisha 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 32-77 9-11 76.
Penn State Harrisburg......... 31 23 - 54
Trinity (D.C.) University..... 37 39 - 76
3-point goals--Penn State Harrisburg 0-1 (; Miranda, Krystal 0-1), Trinity (D.C.) University 3-7 (Jackson, Preshuse 3-4; Townes, Jessica 0-2; Quick, Quanisha 0-1). Fouled out--Penn State Harrisburg-None, Trinity (D.C.) University-Kellman, Morgan. Rebounds--Penn State Harrisburg 45 (Adames, Sandra 19), Trinity (D.C.) University 47 (Owens, Danielle 18). Assists--Penn State Harrisburg 12 (Jensen, Ashley 6), Trinity (D.C.) University 20 (Pettis, Danielle 5). Total fouls--Penn State Harrisburg 13, Trinity (D.C.) University 18. Technical fouls--Penn State Harrisburg-None, Trinity (D.C.) University-None. A-30

All-tournament team: Erin Walton (Etown), Kristina Wallace (Rowan), Brynn DeGroff (Rowan), Sandra Adames (Penn State Harrisburg), Ashley West (Trinity)
Tournament MVP: Amanda Reid (Etown)