ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. -- The Elizabethtown College women's basketball team jumped out to a first quarter lead and never trailed in Saturday's 67-52 win over Lebanon Valley. The win ran the Blue Jays' non-conference home win streak to 16 games since the start of the 2014-15 season. Veronica Christ led E-town with 16 points, while Mikayla Ruth, Marissa Emlet, and Lydia Lawson were also in double digits for the Jays.

Christ pumped in five of Elizabethtown's (2-0) first seven points to get the Jays out to a 7-2 advantage through 1:41. Christ opened with a three-pointer, Emma Powell made a bucket in the paint, and Christ finished off a fast break opportunity with a layup on Emlet's steal. Powell extended the lead to seven as Emlet assisted on the two baskets; two of her game-high six assists.

The Blue Jays shot 50 percent from the floor in the first half and spread the scoring around. Five players had at least six points through 20 minutes, led by seven from Christ.

The opening quarter ended on Lawson's fast break layup after Powell came up with the steal with seven seconds left. She got the ball up to the speedy Lawson, who beat the clock in plenty of time to put E-town ahead by nine, 21-12. Elizabethtown turned Lebanon Valley (0-2) over 22 times and converted those into 21 points.

Roni Isenberg put her team ahead by 13, the biggest lead of the game at that point for the Blue Jays. It grew to as many as 17 with a little over a minute remaining in the second quarter on Clare Marchese's trey from the right corner.

Elizabethtown's defense did its job in the second, holding LVC to 3-for-15 shooting (20 percent) and outscoring the Dutchmen 15-9 to go into the half with a 15-point lead, 36-21.

Emlet's three, her only one of the game, made it 40-25 with 7:12 left in the third. By the end of the quarter, Lebanon Valley had cut the deficit to just five after going on a 17-7 run the rest of the third. After a poor shooting second quarter for LVC, they, in turn, forced E-town into a low percentage third quarter from the floor as the Jays were only 3-for-10. Meanwhile, the Dutchmen made 8-of-18 shots to creep back into the game.

Emily Mealey brought the Valley within three with the first bucket of the fourth period down low, but it was as close as the visitors would get. Christ made good on a layup at the other end to push it back to five. A Lawson jumper outside the paint and Ruth's three-pointer gave Elizabethtown some breathing room with a little over two minutes gone on the clock.

Ruth drained another of her game-high four treys a minute later and the lead was back to double digits.

Emlet had a big role defensively for the Blue Jays in the fourth, grabbing seven of her game-high 12 rebounds. Her bucket at the 4:46 mark of the fourth gave her 11 points for the game and her defensive board at the 2:49 mark was her tenth of the game as she recorded her first career double-double. Her six assists were also a game-high.

Anne Lehr had a team-high 14 points for the Dutchmen.

Elizabethtown will face Franklin & Marshall on Saturday, November 17, at 3 p.m. for the opening day of the Terry Greene Memorial Tournament.