Box Score

BALTIMORE – Sophomore center Andrew Powers (Boyertown, Pa./Boyertown) scored 23 points and pulled down 11 rebounds, but Johns Hopkins erased a 15-point first-half deficit and defeated Gettysburg 74-68 in a Centennial Conference game Wednesday evening at Goldfarb Gymnasium.

Gettysburg (14-7, 9-6 CC) now finds itself tied with Muhlenberg for third place in the conference standings with three league contests remaining. The Mules defeated Swarthmore on Wednesday.

Johns Hopkins (12-10, 7-8 CC) trailed 31-16 with 2:33 left in the opening period before clamping down defensively, holding the Bullets scoreless for a 9:27 span overlapping both halves. In the meantime, the Blue Jays scored 22 unanswered points and would not trail after an Adam Baumgartner lay-up with 15:17 to go. Gettysburg trailed by only five with 1:31 left but Johns Hopkins salted the game away at the foul line, where it went 13-for-14 over the final 1:11.

Powers, who posted his fourth double-double of the season, tied his career-high for free throws made in a game. Senior guard Dan Capkin (Wynnewood, Pa./Lower Merion) pumped in 21 points and grabbed six rebounds while senior forward Joe Spierenburg (Chambersburg, Pa./St. Maria Goretti [Md.]) tied his season-high with five blocked shots. Senior guard Corey Dorsey (Frederick, Md./St. John's at Prospect Hall) tossed in seven points and is now seven away from 1,000 for his career.

Four of the Blue Jays starters scored in double figures, with Mike Henrici and Collin Kamm leading the way with 14 apiece. Andrew Farber-Miller added 12 points while Pat O'Connell shot 8-for-8 at the foul line and finished with 11 points.

Gettysburg out-rebounded Johns Hopkins 38-28 but was held to 38.0 percent shooting.

In a closely-officiated game, a total of 47 fouls were called. The Bullets were sharp at the free-throw line, where they were 25-for-29, while the Blue Jays went 27-for-35 at the stripe.

Gettysburg trailed only once in the opening half after outscoring Hopkins 12-5 to start the game. The Bullets lead reached double digits (20-10) after a lay-up from junior guard Brendan Hager (Berwyn, Pa./Conestoga) with 11:20 left. A 6-1 Blue Jay spurt cut the deficit in half, but Gettysburg answered with a 10-0 burst to open up its 15-point advantage. Powers scored six of the final eight points during the run, which he capped with a lay-up at the 2:33 mark.

Kamm breathed some life into the Jays when he canned a trey with 2:12 to go, breaking a 6:22 scoreless drought. A Baumgartner lay-up and a Henrici jumper cut it to eight before Leland O'Connor drained a fastbreak three-pointer at the buzzer to make it 31-25 at the half.

Kamm scored the first five points of the second half, drilling a three and dropping in a lay-up to tie it at 31-31 with 17:22 to go. Farber-Miller gave the hosts a 38-31 advantage before Powers ended Gettysburg's dry spell, hitting a pair of foul shots with 13:06 on the clock.

The Bullets chipped away at the lead and were able to tie it up on two more Powers free throws with 6:58 showing, but that's as close as they would get. Gettysburg trailed 61-56 with 1:31 left after a Capkin bucket, but that's when the Blue Jays iced the game at the foul line.

Gettysburg plays its final regular season road game on Saturday, when it visits Swarthmore at 4 p.m.