THE FACTS
No. 12 Johns Hopkins (14-3, 8-2 CC) 76, Gettysburg (10-7, 7-3 CC) 60
What: Centennial Conference (CC) men's basketball game
When: Thursday, Jan. 26
Where: Baltimore, Md.
THE SKINNY STORY
Johns Hopkins, ranked 12th in the latest d3hoops.com poll, scored 10 straight points in the early part of the second half to open a 12-point advantage en route to a 76-60 win over Gettysburg.
THE LEADERS
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Elijah Williams (Washington, D.C./Sidwell Friends) led the Bullets with 15 points.
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Carl Schaller (Garnet Valley, Pa./Garnet Valley) added 12 points while
Jordan Stafford (Galloway, N.J./St. Joseph Hammonton) added 11 points to go with six rebounds.
FOR THE FOES
• Tom Quarry led the Blue Jays with 23 points, including hitting four 3-pointers.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Tom Quarry scored the first five points of the game to stake the hosts to a 5-0 lead in the game's first 95 seconds. Baskets from three different Gettysburg players, including an
Antonello Baggi (Cremona, Italy/West Deptford [N.J.]) 3-pointer, keyed a 7-2 counter that tied the game with 16:21 on the clock. A second Baggi triple gave the Bullets their first lead 1 minute, 36 seconds later. Trailing 14-11, Quarry hit a 3-pointer with 11:17 showing to tie the game once again. After
Carl Schaller and Sidney Thybulle traded baskets, Jayden Nixon and Lincoln Yeutter hit shots on consecutive possessions for a four-point lead with 8:02 remaining. The lead remained between two and four points until a
Jordan Stafford three-point play made it a 26-25 game with 4:45 to play. The Blue Jays pushed the lead back to five on three occasions before Stafford made it a 35-32 game at the intermission.
• Gettysburg closed to within 37-35 before a Tybulle layup with 18:15 showing started a 10-0 run that made it a 47-35 game just over four minutes later. Trailing 48-37,
Ryan McKeon (Landenberg, Pa./Sanford [Del.]) converted a bucket with 12:20 on the clock to start a 7-2 burst that closed the deficit to six just 94 seconds later. Carson James and Nixon, however, quickly pushed the lead back to double figures. The lead grew as large as 14 on a Quarry second-chance 3-pointer with 7:20 remaining and Gettysburg got no closer than nine the rest of the way.
THE INSIDE STORY
• Johns Hopkins had a 38-28 advantage on the glass to hand Gettysburg just its second loss in the month of January. The Bullets, however, remain in third place in the conference standings.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at Muhlenberg on Saturday. Game time is 4 p.m.
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