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Elizabethtown, Pa. (Feb. 8, 2014) – Junior guard Kaitlyn Yoh (Wernersville, Pa./Conrad Weiser) drove the length of the court and fired a pass to freshman center Tyra Roberts (Bensalem, Pa./Bensalem) who dropped in a game-winning layup at the buzzer giving Alvernia University (7-14, 3-11) a 58-56, upset win over Elizabethtown College (15-4, 9-4) Saturday afternoon in Commonwealth Conference women's basketball action at Elizabethtown.

The Crusaders took the lead with under seven minutes left in the first half and held it for the entire second half until the Jays hit a 3 with eight seconds left to tie the game at 56-all.

"They hit an NBA 3 to tie it and I almost had a coronary," said Alvernia head coach Kevin Calabria after the win.  "Kate took it out and got it to Mya [Lobb (Reading, Pa./Muhlenberg)] back to Kate and she just flew down the court.  Somehow Tyra flew down the court too, and Kate found her underneath at the buzzer."

The win is just the third in the league for the Crusaders who two weeks ago also had a last-possession chance against defending league champion, Lebanon Valley.

Yoh and Roberts both had a team-high 16 points.  Roberts went 8-for-13 from the floor and pitched in with nine rebounds.  Yoh hit 3-of-5 shots from the floor and went 10-of-12 from the free throw line.  She hit two free throws with 11 seconds left that put the Crusaders up three and forced the long-range effort from the Jays.

Sophomore Chelsea Ebersole (Palmyra, Pa./Palmyra) reached double figures going 4-of-11 from the 3-point arc.  Etown got a game-high 23 points from Taylor Kreider.

Alvernia was up four points in the early going then pushed ahead by seven points with a 9-0 run capped by a pair of free throws from Yoh.

The Jays were within one point on a pair of free throws from Kreider with 1:16 left in the half and Yoh's layup with 37 seconds on the first half clock gave Alvernia a 28-25 lead at the break.

Alvernia had a 9-point lead three times in first seven minutes of the second half and finally got a 10-point cushion on an Ebersole 3 with 11:45 left that set a 47-37 score.

That lead was still nine points with five minutes to play when Etown mounted its comeback.  The Jays scored four straight, then after a pair of free throws from Yoh, the hosts put together six straight points capped by back-to-back Kreider layups to pull within one, 54-53 with 46 seconds to play.

Both teams committed turnovers on their next possessions before Yoh's free throws with 11 seconds to play.

Alvernia returns home Wednesday to face Arcadia University at 6:00 p.m.

Alvernia 58, Elizabethtown 56