Box Score 

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. – The Susquehanna men's basketball team swapped leads with Elizabethtown all night, but ultimately could not put the Blue Jays away, falling 92-87 on Saturday night in Elizabethtown.

The loss certainly was not for a lack of scoring for either team, as five SU players reached double figures, led by Spenser Spencer (Seattle, Wash./Lakeside) and Rob Estep (York, Pa./West York/Hobart), who poured in 20 points apiece. Rookie Harley Sellinger (Mill Hall, Pa./Central Mountain) added 12, while J.T. Wilson (Sparta, N.J./Pope John XXIII Regional) and Harvey Pannell (Bloomfield, Conn./St. Thomas More) each scored 10 points.

Estep and Pannell fell only two rebounds shy of a double-double as both tied for the team lead with eight boards. Pannell was also generous with the ball, dishing out a team-high five assists.

Free throws proved troublesome for SU (3-6), however, as the Crusaders sank just 63 percent of its attempts. The Blue Jays were also able to shoot at a 47 percent clip from the floor (33-of-70).

SU jumped out to the early 3-0 lead on an E.J. Duncan (East Stroudsburg, Pa./Pope John XIII Regional) three-point play before Elizabethtown grabbed its first lead of the night, 12-11, on a Joe Flanagan three with 15:53 on the clock.

The Blue Jays (7-1) went up by four, 17-13, less than two minutes later before a 7-0 Crusaders run put them back in the lead at 18-17.

Both teams saw shares of the lead as the half reached the midway point. Trailing 28-24 with less than eight minutes to play, Susquehanna put up nine unanswered points to grab a seven-point lead (35-28) with 6:35 on the clock.

Two Estep free throws in the final 90 seconds helped keep SU narrowly in the lead at halftime, 43-42.

The Blue Jays came out of halftime and quickly erased Susquehanna's lead thanks to back-to-back buckets by Keith Fogel, who scored a game-high 21 points. Elizabethtown maintained a 50-44 lead less than two minutes into the half and the Crusaders found themselves down 60-53 before Estep drained a three at the 13:23 mark to make it 60-55.

That trey sparked a 12-0 Susquehanna run that vaulted them back into the lead at 64-60 with 11:23 still to play. Sellinger came through with two straight layups to keep SU ahead 73-68 with roughly seven minutes left.

The Crusaders still held the advantage, 82-79, with 4:22 to play thanks to a Spenser jumper, but Elizabethtown put together an 8-0 stretch that put the Blue Jays back in the lead, 87-82 with three minutes remaining.

With just 90 seconds to play, Bryan Harrity made it a five-point Elizabethtown advantage (89-84) but Susquehanna still had time to challenge that lead.

Wilson converted on a three-point play that brought the lead back down to two, 89-87, but Elizabethtown scored the final three points of the game to seal the 92-87 win.

Next game: Dec. 29-30 at the Albright Tournament