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For the second time this season, the Wilkes University men's basketball team fell to Elizabethtown, this time by a score of 76-69. Tom Kresge (Brodheadsville, Pa./Pleasant Valley) had another impressive performance, hitting 11-of-18 shots for a game-high 25 points.

The Blue Jays had four players scoring in double-figures while hitting 45.9 percent from the field as a team. The Colonels on the other hand, struggled hitting 24-of-63 shots for 38.1 percent.

The two teams went back and forth in the first half with the Colonels holding the lead most of the way. Mike Donatoni (Malvern, Pa./Great Valley) hit a pair of free throws with 8:24 to give Wilkes a 22-21 advantage. The Blue Jays proceeded to go a 10-0 run over the next four minutes to take a 31-21 lead with 4:47 to go and would lead the rest of the way.

The score was tied four times in the first half and the lead changed seven different times, but Elizabethtown would eventually take a 37-32 lead at the half.

Already leading 51-45, with 12:40 to go, the Blue Jays used a 9-0 run to lead 60-45with 7:49 to play. Elizabethtown would eventually lead by as many as 17, but Wilkes used a 7-0 in the final minute of the game to pull within seven.

Wilkes fell to 4-3 on the year, while E-town improved to 6-3. The Colonels will be back in action on Saturday when they take on Lycoming on the road at 1 p.m.