ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Tuesday, January 27, 1998

FALCONS AVENGE EARLY-SEASON BLOWOUT, EDGE BLUE JAYS 58-56

GRANTHAM, Pa. --- Nancy Schuit scored a game-high 18 points as Messiah avenged a blowout loss earlier in the season to Elizabethtown with a 58-56 win in MAC Commonwealth League action on Tuesday night. Etown defeated the Falcons, 85-50, in each team's League opener on December 2.

Shauntae Stancil led the way for the Blue Jays (10-5, 6-2) with 14 points and a game-high 13 rebounds, her sixth double-double of the season, while Kim Boback was next with 12 points. Brenda Wessel tallied 11 points to surpass the 1,300-point barrier for her career. She is currently seventh all-time of the Etown women's basketball scoring list.

The Falcons also got 14 points from Sarah Wade, including a 6-for-6 performance from the foul line, to break the Blue Jays' four-game winning streak and improve to 12-5 overall and 5-3 in the MAC Commonwealth League.

Etown next takes the court on Saturday, January 31 at home in another Commonwealth battle against Susquehanna. Game time is 6 p.m. The Jays stopped the Crusaders 76-58 in their first meeting of the season on December 6.

Etown (56)
Thompson 0-1 0-0 0, Fabian 5-6 0-1 10, Goldstein 0-1 0-0 0, Lucey 2-2 0-1 4, Kaiser 1-4 1-2 3, Wessel 3-20 4-4 11, Still 0-2 0-0 0, Boback 6-12 0-0 12, Stancil 5-10 4-4 14, Chiles 1-2 0-0 2. Total: 23-60 9-12 56.

Messiah (58)
Levis 3-7 2-2 9, Mulvey 0-0 0-0 0, Shenk 2-4 1-3 5, Holsinger 1-6 0-0 3, Boehmler 0-0 0-0 0, Hitz 2-4 2-5 6, Young 1-10 1-3 3, Schuit 7-16 2-3 18, Wade 4-9 6-6 14. Total: 20-56 14-22 58.

Three-pointers: Etown 1-4 (Wessel 1-4), Messiah 4-8 (Levis 1-2, Holsinger 1-4, Schuit 2-2). Rebounds: Etown 42 (Stancil 13), Messiah 22 (Young 6). Assists: Etown 8 (Lucey 2, Kaiser 2), Messiah 12 (Holsinger 4). Turnovers: Etown 23, Messiah 22. Steals: Etown 13 (Stancil 3), Messiah 11 (Four tied with 2). Fouls: Etown 17, Messiah 18. Technicals: None. Attendance: 175.