Photo by: Jocelyn Kline

Wednesday, Feb. 5, the Elizabethtown College women’s basketball team fought on their home court against the Catholic University of America.

Junior Veronica Christ had a team high of 21 points, followed by senior Lydia Lawson’s 15. Christ scored 12 of those points in the first half, while Lawson scored 10 of her 15 points in the second half.

Catholic was a tough opponent. They had 19 second chance points and 26 fast break points, and they grabbed 16 more rebounds than Etown.

At the break Etown trailed Catholic by 20 with a score of 43-23. Catholic kept their lead and added to it throughout the second half. By the end of the game, they were 43 for 90 on shots (47.8 percent).

Etown attempted 29 free throws and made 18.

“Catholic really beat us by scoring a lot in transition and in the paint. They also beat us on the boards, which really hurt us,” Lawson said in an email interview.

With the loss, the Blue Jays drop to 10-9 overall and 6-3 in conference play.

Saturday, Feb. 8 the team traveled to Susquehanna University, taking another tough loss with a score of 81-73.

Lawson led the team with a team high of 25 points, followed closely by sophomore Angie Hawkins, who had a total of 16 points.

At the end of the first quarter the Blue Jays led by three points. At half time the score was 32-31 Blue Jays.

The third quarter seemed to be the breaking point for the Blue Jays, even though they had their largest lead of eight points with 2:47 left. An evenly matched 24 points gave the River Hawks the edge they needed for the fourth quarter.

The team’s next game against Drew University is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15.