SELINSGROVE, Pa. – The Susquehanna University men's basketball team came out with a convincing Landmark Conference victory Saturday afternoon as the River Hawks owned a double-digit margin for the final 22 minutes of the game. Susquehanna (14-7, 7-3 LC) swept the season series with the Elizabethtown College Blue Jays (11-9, 4-6 LC) as SU tallied a 92-67 win to remain in third in the conference standings with four games remaining in the regular season.
 
Susquehanna 92, Elizabethtown 67
 
How It Happened
First Half

• Elizabethtown's only lead of the game in the first 10 seconds of the game as Ethan DuBois scored the opening bucket.
• The Blue Jays kept with pace Susquehanna, tying the game three times in the first 11 minutes.
• SU finally created separation by outscoring the visitors, 21-7, in the final nine minutes to carry a 44-30 advantage into the locker room for halftime.

 
Halftime

• Wyatt Hockenberry led all scorers at the break with nine points while sophomores Danny Frauenheim (Point Pleasant Beach, N.J./Point Pleasant Beach) and Jay Martin (Columbia, Md./River Hill) each had seven in the first 20 minutes.
• Susquehanna took care of the ball in the first half, turning the ball just twice, while taking advantage of the Blue Jays' 10 miscues for 13 points.
• Both teams shot poorly from distance combining for just seven three-pointers but the River Hawks shot 50.0-percent from the field and Elizabethtown made 42.9-percent of its shots.

 
Second Half

• Elizabethtown notched five of the first eight points of the second half to pull within 12 but then it was open season for the River Hawks.
• Susquehanna broke the game open with a 29-12 run to lead by as many as 29 twice during the run, including 76-47 with 8:02 remaining in the game.
• The Blue Jays shot almost 60-percent in the second half but had no solution to slow down the hosts as SU earned 15 points off of 14 Etown giveaways and registered a 12-2 margin in second chance points with an 18-12 rebounding margin.

 
Inside the Box Score

• For the fourth time this season, Susquehanna scored 90-plus points and improve to 4-0 when notching 90 or more points in a game.
• The River Hawks collected 27 points off of 24 turnovers by Elizabethtown while posting an 18-3 margin in second chance points as SU owned a 36-31 rebounding margin for the game.
• Susquehanna dominated the paint as well by outscoring the Blue Jays, 50-34.
• The River Hawks' bench was also clutch, coming off the bench for 43 points as Martin and sophomore forward Wes Simons (Jefferson Twp., Pa./Scranton Prep) led the reserves with 11 points each.
• SU's defense silenced the conference's top sharpshooter, DuBois, as well as the league's second-leading scorer, Connor Moffatt. DuBois was held 0-fer for the game as he missed all three three-point attempts while Moffatt was limited to eight points, which is nine points below his average of 17.6 points per game.
• Susquehanna now holds an 82-66 record in the all-time series with Elizabethtown, including 12 consecutive wins. Earlier this season, the River Hawks posted an 86-74 victory over Elizabethtown away from home on Jan. 18, and with tonight's victory, SU completes its sixth consecutive season series sweep of the Blue Jays.

 
Top Performers

• Junior captain Matt LaCorte (Westfield, N.J./Westfield) led the River Hawks in the win with 13 points as LaCorte knocked down three triples.
• Senior captain Zachary Knecht (Parkland, Fla./Stoneman Douglas) also tallied 11 points as Knecht was 4-of-5 from the field.
• Along with their 11 points, Martin and Simons each grabbed a team-best five rebounds.
• Frauenheim finished the day with nine points and a game-best nine assists plus two steals.
• Jalin Robinson came off the bench to pace Elizabethtown with 13 points while Bryce Green had 11 points and six boards in the Blue Jays' second straight loss.

 
Up Next for the River Hawks

• Feb. 12 vs. Drew (17-4, 8-2 LC) – Selinsgrove, Pa. / O.W. Houts Gymnasium – Landmark Conference game – 7:00 p.m.

 
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