THE FACTS
Johns Hopkins (17-9) 69, Gettysburg (20-7) 67 (OT)
What: Centennial Conference (CC) men's basketball semifinal
When: Friday, Feb. 28
Where: Baltimore, Md.
THE SKINNY STORY
In a game with seven ties and 14 lead changes that required overtime, second-seeded Johns Hopkins had the final say against third-seeded Gettysburg, getting a basket with 11.7 seconds remaining to take a one-point lead and eventually notch a 69-67 victory in the 2025 Centennial Conference semifinal.
THE LEADERS
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Jordan Stafford (Galloway, N.J./St. Joseph Hammonton) led the Bullets with 16 points, six rebounds, three steals and two blocked shots.
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Carl Schaller (Garnet Valley, Pa./Garnet Valley) also scored 16 points, adding five assists, four rebounds and three steals.
FOR THE FOES
• Wyatt Eglington Manner led the Blue Jays with 21 points and 10 rebounds.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Wyatt Eglington Manner scored the game's first five points to stake the hosts to an advantage just 1:28 into the game.
Carl Schaller, however, responded with back-to-back 3-pointers and
Jordan Stafford added a pull-up in the lane for an 8-5 edge with 16:13 showing. The teams traded runs with Johns Hopkins building an 18-14 lead 12:02 on the clock. Trailing 21-18, Gettysburg went on the biggest run of the opening half and put together a 16-4 march to open up a 34-25 lead with 1:33 to play.
Lorenzo Carrara (Norwood, Mass./Xaverian Brothers) had all eight of his points during the run. The Blue Jays closed to within 36-29 at the break.
• The Bullets held a lead between four and eight points for the first seven minutes of the second half. The Blue Jays drew to within one four times before two Eglington Manner free throws tied the game at 51-all with 9:46 remaining. Johns Hopkins regained the lead at 53-52 when Tanti Felli slammed a dunk home with 8:45 to play. Gettysburg reestablished a five-point lead before the Blue Jays responded to reclaim a 59-58 edge with 4:07 to play. The teams traded leads until a Brian Johansson floater in the lane snapped a 60-all deadlock with 25.1 seconds remaining. Out of a timeout, Schaller drove and hit a layup with 11.2 seconds to play to retie the game and the defense withstood a pair of Hopkins attempts at the end of regulation to force overtime.
• A Stafford layup gave Gettysburg a 67-64 lead with 2:45 to play in the extra session. Jeb Williams made it a one-point game a minute later. Eglington Manner got a layup to go with 11.7 seconds remaining for a 68-67 lead. Gettysburg drove the length of the floor out of the inbounds but was called for a player control foul with 5.8 seconds to play. John Windley hit the second of two free throws with 4.8 ticks remaining and the Bullets' game-tying attempt from the wing bounced off the rim.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Nate Williams (Morganville, N.J./St. John Vianney) finished with 12 points and five rebounds.
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Malachi Briscoe (California, Md./St. Mary's Ryken) added seven points, six rebounds and a blocked shot.
• Johns Hopkins finished with a 45-30 rebounding advantage, including limiting Gettysburg to just four offensive boards.
NEXT UP
The Bullets will await the NCAA tournament field announcement at 12 p.m. on Monday to see if their season continues.
