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Wednesday, Feb. 5, the Elizabethtown College men’s basketball team faced off against the Catholic University of America. The men lost at Catholic by three points.
With just three seconds left, Catholic’s senior Colin Hartmann made a three-pointer that won Catholic the game.
Three players scored in the double digits for Etown. Senior Ethan Dubois scored a high of 21, followed by first-year Wyatt Hockenberry with 11 and senior Connor Moffatt with 10.
Midway into the first half, a pass from DuBois assisted Hockenberry in making a three. With this score, the Blue Jays saw their first lead of the game at 16-15. For the remainder of the half, Etown fought to keep their lead and extended it to five at one point.
The Blue Jays had an advantage of four points at the half with a score of 33-29.
Etown kept its lead into the second half. After two shots by senior Bryce Green midway through the half, the Blue Jays had a nine point lead at 46-37.
During the last 12 minutes of the game, the score was tied eight times; Catholic managed to put up a three just before the end of the second half. With a score of 67-70, Catholic won and the Blue Jays fell to 11-8 overall and 4-5 in conference play.
“Their free throw shooting was … much better than ours in the game,” Moffatt said in an email interview.
The team took to Susquehanna University Saturday, Feb. 8 for their tenth Landmark game. They took a 92-67 loss against the River Hawks, putting them at 11-9 overall and 8-2 at home. With this loss, the team now has a two-game losing streak.
First-year Jalin Robinson made a career-high 13 points leading the team, and Hockenberry came in with a total of 12 points. Senior Bryce Greene followed closely behind with a total of 11 points. Greene led with a total of six rebounds for Etown. Moffatt and Dubois made four rebounds each.
The Blue Jays turned 17 points over to the River Hawks, and the biggest lead Etown had all game was two points early in the first half. This was a tough game for the Blue Jays.
The score was pretty close in the beginning of the game, but the River Hawks found an opportunity and took the lead 21-7 by the end of the first half.
This game was the seventh Landmark Conference game that the River Hawks won.
The team’s next game against Drew University is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15.
