Photos by: Jocelyn Kline
Wednesday, Jan. 29 the Elizabethtown College men’s and women’s basketball teams faced off against Juniata College. The women played at Etown while the men traveled to Juniata’s campus.
Etown took home two wins. The men won by four points with a score of 49-45 and the women won by 15 points with a score of 67-52.
For the fifth game in a row, senior Connor Moffatt registered a double-double, scoring 15 points and 11 rebounds.
Halfway through the first half, the Blue Jays had a ten point run ending with a three from Moffatt. This run put the team up by 13 points with a score of 24-11 and under five minutes left in the half.
Juniata fought back, cutting the Blue Jays’ lead down to six for a score of 26-20 at the break.
The Blue Jays came out of the locker room firing, and after a three from senior Ethan DuBois, put their lead back to ten for a score of 33-23.
With just 44 seconds remaining in the second half, two free throws from Juniata turned it to a one possession game. Etown managed to keep their lead and won by four.
“Road games are really hard to win in the conference. We knew even though their record wasn’t great, it was still going to be a good game and a hard game to win,” Moffatt said after the game.
With the win, the men advance to 3-4 in conference play and 10-7 overall.
While the men battled at Juniata, the women fought for their win at home.
Junior Veronica Christ and sophomore Angie Hawkins collectively scored almost two thirds of the teams 67 points with 21 each.
Minutes before the second quarter, a seven point run put the Blue Jays in the lead by three. Juniata fought back and tied the game at 14 just before the end of the first quarter. After two treys from Christ and a layup and free throw from senior Lydia Lawson, the Blue Jays pushed ahead to 23-14.
Juniata fought to close Etown’s lead to just five points at the half for a score of 33-28.
With a combined 17 points from Christ and Hawkins, Etown outscored Juniata in the third quarter by 11 points, putting the score to 57-41.
In the fourth quarter, Hawkins and senior Makayla Ruth were both fouled while making treys, which resulted in 10 points in the last quarter. While Juniata outscored the Blue Jays in the fourth quarter, Etown’s lead was enough to secure them the win by 15 points.
“Our conference is so competitive and [Juniata] always put[s] up a good fight. We definitely came in with the mentality of attacking and giving it our all,” Christ said after the game.
With the win, the women advance to 6-1 in conference play and 10-7 overall.
