ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Friday, December 4, 1998

CHILES HAS CAREER DAY AS ETOWN DOWNS SUSQUEHANNA, 82-68, IN FIRST ROUND OF BLUE JAY CLASSIC; JAYS WILL FACE GOUCHER IN FINALS

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Carmen Chiles (Lancaster, Pa./Lancaster Mennonite) scored a career-high 27 points on 11-for-16 shooting and Kim Boback (Croydon, Pa./Villa Joseph Marie) added 18 points to lead Elizabethtown over Susquehanna, 82-68, in the first round of the Blue Jay Classic on Friday.  With the win, which also counts in the MAC Commonwealth League standings, the Blue Jays improved to 4-1 overall and 2-0 in the league.

Abbie Fabian (Denver, Pa./Cocalico) scored 13 points and added six assists for Etown, which will face Goucher in the championship game on Saturday at 3 p.m.  The Gophers defeated Chestnut Hill, 64-54, in night's first game.

Kristen Venne led the way for Susquehanna (2-2, 1-1) with 18 points while Sandy Jenkin added 14 points and Karyn Kern chipped in with 13 points and a team-best eight rebounds.  The Crusaders will face Chestnut Hill in the consolation game at 1 p.m.

With 16:56 remaining, a jumper by Karrah Henry gave Susquehanna its last lead of the game at 44-43.  The Blue Jays then went on a 13-4 run, keyed by six points from Chiles, to take a 56-48 edge with 12 minutes left.

The Crusaders edged to within 66-62 with 5:24 left, but Etown scored 12 of the next 16 points to improve to 36-0 at home against MAC Commonwealth League opposition.  The Blue Jay program is just 15 victories shy of becoming the first in the history of NCAA women's basketball to record 800 all-time victories.
 

MAC Commonwealth League	1	2	-	F
Susquehanna (2-2, 1-1)	35	33	-	68
Elizabethtown (4-1, 2-0)	38	44	-	82

Susquehanna (68)
Antolick 0-0 0-0 0, Swanhart 1-3 2-3 5, Trella 0-3 1-2 1, Stack 1-7 4-6 7, Harrington 0-1 0-0 0, Henry 3-7 0-0 6, Venne 7-12 4-7 18, Horner 0-0 0-0 0, Kern 5-11 3-4 13, Jenkin 5-10 4-6 14, Clementoni 2-3 0-0 4. Total: 24-57 18-28 68.

Elizabethtown (82)
Thompson 0-1 0-0 0, Fabian 6-10 1-2 13, Goldstein 1-3 0-0 3, Lucey 1-4 0-0 2, Scinto 0-1 0-0 0, Porter 0-0 0-0 0, Still 4-5 0-0 8, Boback 9-16 0-0 18, Stancil 4-9 3-4 11, Chiles 11-16 5-5 27. Totals: 36-65 9-11 82.

Three-pointers: SU 2-10 (Swanhart 1-3, Trella 0-2, Stack 1-4, Harrington 0-1), Etown 1-5 (Goldstein 1-3, Lucey 0-1, Boback 0-1).  Rebounds:  SU 30 (Kern 8), Etown 37 (Chiles 8).  Assists:   SU 10 (Stack 3), Etown 17 (Fabian 6).  Turnovers: SU 18, Etown 18.  Steals: SU 9 (Stack 3), Etown 13 (Fabian 3, Boback 3).  Fouls: SU 13, Etown 18.  Technicals: None.  Attendance: 250.