Photo: Jocelyn Kline
Wednesday, Feb. 12, the Elizabethtown College men’s and women’s basketball teams faced off against Goucher College. The men lost at home by 12 points, and the women won at Goucher by eight.
Senior Connor Moffatt scored in the double digits for the sixth game in a row with 19 points. He also set a career personal record by grabbing 18 rebounds. First-year Wyatt Hockenberry and seniors Bryce Green and Ethan DuBois also scored in the double digits.
Just four minutes into the first half, Goucher was up by nine points at 12-3. They continued to push and reached a 14 point lead at 22-8 with just over 11 minutes left in the first half. They later pushed their lead to 15, but they went into the locker room with a lead of 10 at 36-26.
Early into the second half, the Blue Jays stepped up and closed Goucher’s lead to five at 42-37. After a timeout by Goucher, they again stretched their lead to 14 with just over eight minutes left in the game.
The Blue Jays were unable to recover and ended the game at 79-67.
“We knew [Goucher] was going to give it everything they had, but at the same time, we didn’t give it everything we had. We didn’t play up to par like we should have,” Green said after the game.
Their next game is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 19 against Juniata College at home.
With the loss, the men drop to 11-10 overall and 4-7 in conference play.
The women’s team had a better outcome on Goucher’s court. Senior Lydia Lawson scored a team high of 16 points, followed by junior Veronica Christ with 12.
The Blue Jays only allowed Goucher 16 points in the first half and kept them at less than 26 percent for shooting. In the second half, Goucher only managed to score six points and went into the locker room at the half down by 17 at 33-16.
The Blue Jays pushed their lead to 21 points in the third quarter, but Goucher came back fighting hard in the fourth quarter.
Goucher managed to come back within 12 points of the Blue Jays just before Etown once again pushed farther into the lead. With just under five minutes left, the score was 58-39. Goucher managed to earn 11 points in the next four minutes, but it was not enough for the win.
The Blue Jays won by eight with a score of 58-50.
“Each school we play has a different environment, some can be more difficult than others to play in. But we always come into each game with the same mindset, which is to give it our all and play together as a team,” Christ said in an email interview. “We definitely enjoy playing our home games because of the energy in the atmosphere, but no matter where we are playing we just give it our all and never give up.”
With the win, the women advance to 11-10 overall and 7-4 in conference play. Their next game is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 19 against Juniata College.
