Box Score

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. – The Neumann College men's basketball team lost to Elizabethtown College, 82-75, Saturday afternoon in a non-conference match-up.

Mike Walukiewicz (fr. Elmer, N.J. / Cumberland Regional) led four Knights in double figures with 22 points, including five three-pointers. Eli Hitchens (sr. Abington, Pa. / Abington) netted 15 points. Na'Sheed Linton and Mike Hitchens (sr. Abington, Pa. / Abington) each scored 12.

Mike Church led the Blue Jays with 27 points. Joe Flanagan netted 19 points and Keith Fogel added 12.

The first half featured 11 lead changes and two ties. Elizabethtown netted the final four points of the half to take a four point lead, 38-34, into the locker room.

Sean Armstrong and Mike Hitchens scored two points a piece to begin the second half and tie the game at 38-all. After the teams traded buckets, the Knights netted the next eight points for its largest lead of the game at 48-40. Elizabethtown responded with the next six points to cut the Knights lead to two.

Again the team would trade baskets, but the Blue Jays would take a one point lead on a Church lay-up and Flanagan sank and three-pointer to make the score 59-55. Elizabethtown would build its lead to 10 points with 5:45 remaining. The Knights got within three points with 3:45 left, but the Blue Jays held on for the 82-75 win.

Neumann is now 1-3 on the season. Elizabethtown is 4-2. The Knights will open Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) play on Monday night at Immaculata. The men will tip-off at 8 p.m. which follows the women at 6 p.m.