HUNTINGDON, Pa. -- Though it came in an 80-75 loss to Juniata, Veronica Christ became the 28th player in Elizabethtown College women's basketball program history to record 1,000 career points and is the second player this season to achieve the milestone for the Blue Jays. Christ had a team-high 24 points for E-town.

With 1:30 remaining in the third quarter and Elizabethtown (12-11, 8-5 Landmark) down by three, Lydia Lawson found Christ for the bucket, which was her 18th point of the night and 1,000th of her career. It was Christ's third consecutive bucket over a two-minute span.

It was a one-possession game between the Jays and Juniata for half of the first quarter until Larissa Leonard hit back-to-back threes that gave the Eagles a six-point lead with 4:50 to go in the opening period. Christ knocked down a three of her own and a minute later had another two points on a jumper that tied the game at 19-19 with a little over a minute to play. The teams were tied 21-21 after one.

Christ helped lead the Blue Jays on an 8-0 run that got them from a three-point deficit up to a five-point lead. The junior had another trey and the jumper to cap off the run as E-town went ahead 31-26 with 4:42 left in the half.

Lawson's layup on the fast break with 1:35 remaining pushed the lead up to eight. Madison Colyer scored with Juniata with five seconds left to make it 39-33 game at halftime.

The Eagles outscored E-town 10-2 to begin the third quarter. Leonard's layup tied the game up at 41-41 and forced the Jays into a timeout.

The game went back and forth for the remainder of the third. After Christ's milestone bucket, Lawson added a layup that gave Elizabethtown the lead, though two baskets by the Eagles in the final minute had the hosts ahead by four to start the fourth quarter, 59-55.

After picking up two fouls early, Gracie Stauffer had a big second half for Juniata. The center put up 24 points and was 10-for-12 from the floor to provide the Eagles an inside presence. 14 of her 24 second-half points came in the fourth quarter.

The Jays trailed by seven with 4:29 left in regulation after Stauffer's three-point play, but worked their way back into the game. Free throws from Jillian Nagy, Lawson, and Christ got E-town back within one at 72-71 with less than three to go. Christ hit consecutive shots for Elizabethtown to keep it a one-point game, but down the stretch, the Eagles were able to hold EC scoreless while knocking down some foul shots of their own to hold off the E-town rally.

Christ led the way with the 24 points while Lawson added 19 and five assists. Angie Hawkins had 10 points and a team-best nine rebounds. Elizabethtown can clinch the third spot in the Landmark Conference with a win at Moravian on Saturday, February 22, at 4 p.m.