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BALTIMORE, Md. – Matt Griffin scored a game-high 29 points and eclipsed 1,000 career points to lead No. 22 Johns Hopkins to an 83-67 win over Gettysburg in Centennial Conference (CC) action on Wednesday night at Goldfarb Gymnasium. The Blue Jays used a 38-23 rebounding advantage to remain at the top of the CC standings.

Sophomore guard Dan Capkin (Wynnewood, Pa./Lower Merion) led four Bullets (6-11, 4-7 CC) in double figures with 19 points. Sophomore guard Corey Dorsey (Frederick, Md./St. John at Prospect Hall) tallied 15 points while sophomore forward Joe Spierenburg (Chambersburg, Pa./St. Maria Goretti [Md.]) and senior forward Mike Beck (Clearwater, Fla./Clearwater) both added 11 points. T.J. Valerio scored 22 points for Johns Hopkins (16-2, 10-1 CC) while Danny Nawrocki grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds in the victory.

Both teams shot very well from the floor in the game, and Gettysburg jumped out to a 36-33 halftime lead on 63.6 percent shooting. Dorsey scored five consecutive points and Spierenburg added a 3-pointer to help the Bullets to an early 8-4 lead at 16:02. A trey by Collin Kamm tied the game at 10-10 one minute later.

Gettysburg proceeded to hold a lead for most of the remainder of the half. Beck scored all 11 of his points in the final 10 minutes of the frame. His basket-and-foul three-point play gave the Bullets their largest lead of the game, 26-19, with 6:19 left on the clock. However, Johns Hopkins chipped away at the lead with the help of 13 first-half points by Griffin. Nawrocki tied the game at 33-33 with less than in minute in the half. Beck then gave Gettysburg the halftime lead when he drilled a 3-pointer with 23 seconds remaining.

Both teams traded several baskets before the Blue Jays took a 42-41 lead on a jumper by Griffin at 16:18. Johns Hopkins increased its lead to five points, but within the span of 24 seconds junior forward Scott Dozier (Baltimore, Md./St. Paul's School) nailed a 3-pointer and Capkin hit a layup to knot the game at 48-48 with 12:55 remaining.

The next time down the floor, Griffin made a layup, and the Blue Jays would not trail the rest of the game. The Bullets' shooting hand became cold (37.5 percent in the second half) as Johns Hopkins went on a 27-11 run to take a 79-59 lead by 2:59 left in the game. Valerio and Griffin each scored eight points during the run. The Blue Jays then cruised to the 83-67 win.

Gettysburg will return to action on Saturday when the Bullets travel to Allentown, Pa., for a Centennial Conference match with Muhlenberg. The game is set to tip off at 3 p.m.