IMMACULATA, Pa.-- The Elizabethtown men's basketball team started off their week on the right foot as they defeated Immaculata, 92-84 in overtime on the road. 

Austin Finarelli led the game with 36 points and eight rebounds. EJ Finney recorded a double-double of 17 points, going 7 for 9 from the floor while adding ten assists. Rance Russo tallied 15 points and Anthony Lilly totaled a career-high 11 points. 

Elizabethtown started off the game with a substantial lead against Immaculata. Following a Finarelli layup, the Blue Jays led 15-7 just five minutes into the game. For the next several minutes, the Mighty Macs tallied 13 points in three minutes to tie up the game at 17-17. Etown retook the lead but midway through the half, Immaculata again tied up the game. The two teams went back and forth through the end of the half until the Blue Jays were able to pull away with a seven-point lead headed into halftime. With just under a minute remaining, Ben Stanton sunk a three to put the Jays up 44-38. 

Early in the second half, Elizabethtown extended their lead by 14-points following a Russo layup. Etown held an eight-point lead midway through the half before Immaculata started to chip away at the Blue Jays lead. With three minutes remaining, the Mighty Macs cut Etown's lead to three-points. In the final minutes the two teams traded free-throws which would ultimately lead to overtime. 

Etown started off the period on a 6-0 run to pull ahead at the three minute mark. The Mighty Macs would make four of their six points in the next minute. Russo made two straight layups to extend the Blue Jays lead back to six-points. Finarelli closed out the period going 4 for 4 in free throws which sandwiched an Immaculata jumper to give Etown the 92-84 win. 

Elizabethtown returns home this Friday, December 20th at 3 PM as they take on Shenandoah to close out 2024.