On Saturday, Feb. 11 in Elizabethtown, Pa., The Elizabethtown College men’s basketball team faced off and lost against Scranton University with a final score of 80 for Scranton and 70 for Etown. Prior to the game, the team honored graduate student Jalin Robinson for senior day.
Through the first five minutes of play, Etown didn’t make a single shot as Scranton led, 16-0. Junior Niko Georgelis made the first bucket for the Blue Jays at 14 minutes and 43 seconds. Etown slowly began chipping away at the Royals lead. For several minutes the two teams traded points. Several baskets from senior Dylan Rowe, sophomore Rance Russo and first-year Ben Stanton brought Etown within nine points of Scranton. A three point basket from first-year Austin Finarelli and two free-throws from Robinson brought the Blue Jays within four points at 25-29. With less than five minutes remaining, A layup from first-year Jayden Holland and Georgelis and a three-pointer from Georgelis left Etown trailing by five, 32-37, at halftime.
Jump shots from Stanton and Robinson got the shooting started for Etown as they continued to trail by five points. Scranton began to pull away and at the 13 minute and 38 second mark, the Royals led, 51-40. Midway through the half, Scranton had extended their lead by 13 points. At the 8 minute and 4 second mark, Stanton made a layup to bring the score to 49-61. For the next five minutes the Blue Jays would trail by more than ten until Russo sunk a three with two minutes remaining. Russo and Robinson each banked three pointers to bring Etown within seven at 77-70. Scranton would make three more free-throws before the end of the game sealing their 80-70 win over Etown.
Rowe led the team with 14 points as he went 5-9 in field goals and grabbed seven rebounds. Stanton added 12 points and went 6-10 in field goals. Robinson, Russo and Georgelis each tallied nine points. Etown shot 43.5% from the field while Scranton shot 48.3%.
Elizabethtown hosted Drew this Wednesday, February 15 at 7 p.m. for their final home game of the regular season.
