HUNTINGDON, Pa. - The Elizabethtown College men's basketball team fell to Juniata, 80-70, in Landmark Conference play Wednesday night.

With the loss, the Blue Jays fall to 6-10 overall and 1-5 in the league, while the Eagles improve to 10-6 on the season and 3-2 in the Landmark.

Senior Jalin Robinson finished with a game-high 21 points, shooting 5-8 from three. Freshman Rance Russo tallied 18 points and sophomore Alon Gorham came off the bench to register nine points,

Sophomore Chase Husted and senior John Kelly each scored 17 points to lead Juniata. 

It was a back and forth affair through most of the first half with the Eagles holding a slight advantage. Down by three (25-22) with just under five minutes to play in the opening period, Robinson knocked down a jumper to cut the deficit to 25-24. Juniata, however did answer, pushing its lead to nine (35-26) before a layup by fifth-year senior Ryan Fitzpatrick with two seconds left made the halftime score 35-28.

After the Eagles pushed their lead to 10 (45-35) with 15:49 on the clock, Etown mounted a rally. The Blue Jays rattled off five quick points, capped off by a three-pointer from Robinson with just under 15 to play, making the score 14:47.

Juniata would push its lead back to double digits yet again, but Elizabethtown continued to peck away at the deficit. Fitzpatrick brought the Blue Jays back within six first, grabbing a steal and laid it in for two on the break to make the score 56-50. The Eagles pushed its advantage back to eight (58-50) before Etown answered again as Gorham drained two from the line to bring the score to 58-52 with 7:39 remaining.

That, however, would be the end of the rally for the Blue Jays as Juniata took back the momentum, pushing its lead to as many as 15 for the 80-70 victory.

Elizabethtown shot 39.3% (24-61) from the floor and made 7-23 (30.4%) from three. The Eagles finished the night 31-60 (51.7%) and shot 31.3% (5-16) from beyond the arc. Juniata found its advantage in the paint, outscoring the Blue Jays 38-18.

Elizabethtown returns home to take on Drew on Saturday, January 29. Opening tip is set for 2 p.m.