ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Saturday, January 22, 2000

BLUE JAYS DOWN JUNIATA, 82-69

HUNTINGDON, Pa. --- Elizabethtown weathered numerous comeback attempts by conference foe Juniata to pick up its 12th win of the season in an 82-69 victory Saturday. The Blue Jays are now 6-1 in the Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth.

Etown vaulted to a 9-2 lead in the opening minutes, but Juniata tied the game at 18 with 7:14 remaining in the first half. The Blue Jays again pulled ahead to a 26-19 lead, and Juniata rebounded to make the score by halftime 33-31 in Etown's favor. Elizabethtown embarked upon an unanswered 17 point run early in the second half, only to see the Eagles pull to within five points of the lead with 3:35 remaining in the game. The Blue Jays went 10 for 10 from the foul line in the final three minutes, pulling ahead to stay.

Abbie Fabian (Denver, PA/Cocalico) led Elizabethtown with a season-high 27 points while going nine for 11 from the field and 9 for 10 from the foul line. She also pulled down a team-high eight rebounds and blocked three shots. Whitney Bull (Berwick, PA/Berwick) scored 16 points and grabbed seven rebounds, and Andrea Thompson (West Lawn, PA/Holy Name) scored 11 points, went nine for nine from the foul line and made four assists.

Danny Young led Juniata with 16 points, and Brandy Preslovich and Mollie Lyman each pulled down nine rebounds for the Eagles.

At Huntingdon, Pa.
Elizabethtown 82, Juniata 69