Gettysburg College Athletics

OPENING TIP: Tonight's Centennial Conference (CC) game marks the 87th all-time meeting between No. 25 Gettysburg (15-3, 12-1 CC) and No. 9 Johns Hopkins (18-1, 14-0 CC) in a series that dates back to 1980. The Bullets have won 14 of the last 16 meetings to take a 44-42 edge in the all-time series. The Blue Jays snapped a four-game losing streak in the series in Baltimore in November.

WHEN LAST WE MET: Johns Hopkins went 7-for-8 from the free-throw line in the final minute of the contest to seal a 66-63 win over Gettysburg in the Centennial Conference opener for both teams on Nov. 23. Caitlyn Priore led the Bullets with a career-high 15 points to go with season bests of 11 rebounds and four blocks for her first career double-double. Michaela O'Neil led the Blue Jays with 18 points and 10 rebounds. (Full Recap) (Box Score)

FIVE-STAR WORTHY: Tonight's matchup is a showdown for first-place in the conference standings. Johns Hopkins enters play tonight undefeated in CC play while Gettysburg's lone setback came at the hands of the Blue Jays in the opener. Johns Hopkins has already clinched a playoff spot and can take a virtual three-game lead towards the top seed with a season sweep and just five games to play. A Bullets victory forges a tie atop the standings and would ultimately force a coin flip for the seed if both teams went through February undefeated.

LAST TIME OUT: Gettysburg held Swarthmore to just one field goal for more than 26 minutes while the offense shot 53.4 percent for the game to cruise to an 80-25 win on Saturday. Alayna Arnolie led the Bullets with a season high-tying 21 points that included hitting 5 of 8 3-pointers. Mackenzie Szlosek added 19 points and five rebounds. Alyssa Hayashi led the Garnet with eight points. (Full Recap) (Box Score)

HEAD OF THE CLASS: Alayna Arnolie was named Centennial Conference Player of the Week after leading the Bullets to a 2-0 week, averaging 18.5 points per game while playing just 27 minutes per game. She shot 56 percent (14 of 25) from the floor, including 50 percent (7 of 14) from beyond the arc. She scored 16 points in 31 minutes at Franklin & Marshall on Tuesday before matching her season best with 21 points in just 23 minutes against Swarthmore on Saturday. Arnolie also added five rebounds, five assists, three steals and a blocked shot.

NOT SHOOTING BLANKS: The Bullets had its best shooting game of the season on Saturday, hitting at a 53.4-percent clip against Swarthmore. It was the first time all season that Gettysburg had shot better than 50 percent in a game. Meanwhile the defense continued to be in lockdown mode, holding the Garnet to just 15.1 percent the floor that included a 26-plus-minute stretch in which the visitors shot just 1-for-29. Alayna Arnolie hit 8 of 11 field goals, including going 5-for-8 from long range, to match her season best with 21 points. Mackenzie Szlosek converted half of her field goals (6 of 12) to finish with 19 points. The 25 points were the fewest allowed by Gettysburg to a team other than Bryn Mawr since limiting Haverford to 25 on Nov. 21, 2000 while the 55-point margin of victory was also the largest in a non-Bryn Mawr game since 2000 and an 83-26 win over Hood on Feb. 4, 2000. 

LAST TIME OUT: No. 10 Johns Hopkins kicked off another two-game road trip with a matchup against Ursinus on Saturday afternoon, using an efficient second quarter to complete the regular-season sweep of the Bears, 58-43. Greta Miller finished the afternoon with a team-high 13 points. (Full Recap) (Box Score)

ALL THEY DO IS WIN: Johns Hopkins has climbed to No. 9 in the D3hoops.com poll on the strength of a 17-game winning streak, dating back to a 72-52 loss to then-No. 2 (now No. 1) NYU on Nov. 11. Only five of those 17 games have been decided by single digits while eight have had a margin of 22 or more points. They have won the rebounding battle in all but one of those 17 games and shot better than their opponent in 14 of the 17 games.