Bryce Greene vs. Cairn 12/6/16
59
Elizabethtown ETOWN 3-10, 0-3 LMK
80
Winner Catholic CUA 11-3, 3-0 LMK
Elizabethtown ETOWN
3-10, 0-3 LMK
59
Final
80
Catholic CUA
11-3, 3-0 LMK
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Elizabethtown ETOWN 20 39 59
Catholic CUA 43 37 80

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Fast start carries Catholic to 80-59 win over men's basketball

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Catholic shot 55.6 percent and nailed six 3-pointers as it bolted to a 43-20 halftime lead Wednesday night. Despite Elizabethtown's best efforts in the second half, the Cardinals cruised to an 80-59 Landmark Conference victory on their home floor at the DuFour Center.

The Blue and Gray suffered its sixth straight defeat and remained without a victory in Landmark play at 0-3.

While the Cardinals (11-3, 3-0 Landmark) were filling up the basket with 15 field goals in the opening half, Elizabethtown could not find its groove. The Jays were good on just 6 of 22 attempts (27.3%) and turned the ball over 13 times.

E-town's 23-point halftime deficit was its largest of the season.

Freshman guard Bryce Greene scored 11 of his team and career-high 16 points in the second half when the Blue Jays outscored Catholic 39-37, but the guests could never claw closer than 16 on Matt Lapkowicz's 3-ball with 9:01 remaining.

Catholic, the Landmark's preseason No. 2, never cooled. The Cards' offense shot 52.2 percent in the second half and was 11 of 15 at the foul line.

Three starters scored in double figures, led by Jay Howard's 18 points and Louis Khouri's 15. Rookie Brandon Easton had 11, as did Jimmy Golaszewski off the bench.

For the game, CUA was good on 54 percent of its field goal attempts (27 of 50). The hosts turned 18 Blue Jay turnovers into 22 points.

Freshman Connor Moffatt joined his classmate, Greene, in double figures for Elizabethtown with 10 points and also picked up a team-high five rebounds. Lapkowicz and Jamil Pines-Elliott had six points apiece.

Catholic contained E-town leading scorer Josh Eden, limiting the senior to five points on 2 of 6 shooting, 11 below his season average of 16.1 coming in.

The Blue Jays' brutal road to start Landmark play doesn't get any easier Saturday. Already having faced three of the top four in the preseason poll, Elizabethtown heads north to preseason favorite and nationally-ranked No. 11 Susquehanna at 2 p.m.
 
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