Summer McNulty tallies 21 points at Susquehanna
Patrick Blain
70
Winner Elizabethtown ETOWN 6-0, 1-0 LC
53
Susquehanna SUS 3-4, 0-1 LC
Winner
Elizabethtown ETOWN
6-0, 1-0 LC
70
Final
53
Susquehanna SUS
3-4, 0-1 LC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Elizabethtown ETOWN 9 25 13 23 70
Susquehanna SUS 14 9 6 24 53

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Blue Jays Remain Undefeated, Pick up First Conference Win of the Season

SELINSGROVE, Pa.-- The Elizabethtown women's basketball team was off to a slow start but gained momentum in the second quarter as they rolled to a 70-53 victory over the Susquehanna Riverhawks in the opening weekend of Landmark Conference play. 

Elizabethtown started off slow in the first quarter as Susquehanna held a 7-5 lead at the midway point of the quarter. At the 3:49 minute mark, a layup from Jessica King brought the score to 10-7, Riverhawks. Kaeli Romanowski hit a jumper with just over a minute remaining in the quarter as Etown trailed, 12-9. Susquehanna ended the quarter with one final layup as they led, 14-9. Etown started stronger in the second quarter as they went on a 5-0 run to tie it up, 14-14. Susquehanna regained the lead following a three-pointer. Cass Peris brought the Blue Jays within one at 21-22. In the last three and a half minutes of the quarter, the Blue Jays put up 12 points while only allowing Susquehanna a free-throw. At halftime, Etown led, 34-23. 

The Blue Jays kept rolling in the third quarter as Summer McNulty started off with a jumper. DaniRae Renno extended Elizabethtown's lead by 15-points as she dropped in two free-throws. Less than two minutes remaining in the third quarter, McNulty added a jumper bringing the score to 45-17, Blue Jays. McNulty ended the quarter with two made free throws, as the Jays led, 47-29. The fourth quarter was more tightly contested as Susquehanna totaled 24 points while Elizabethtown totaled 23. At the 6:46 minute mark in the quarter, Cyleigh Wilson sunk a three, making the score 54-39. Etown kept their lead to double-digits as King and McNulty added a jumper midway through the quarter. A three from Lindsay Boyd extended the Blue Jays lead, 68-50. The Riverhawks added in three more points before the end of the quarter as Etown won, 70-53. 

McNulty led the team with 21 points and six rebounds. Renno and Boyd each totaled 11 points a piece while King added ten points. Peris led the team with ten rebounds. The Blue Jays shot 39.7% from the floor and recorded 16 points off turnovers. 

Elizabethtown takes the week off and returns Sunday, December 11th as they host Cabrini at 2 PM. 
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