THE FACTS
No. 4 Johns Hopkins (19-0, 10-0 CC) 66, Gettysburg (14-6, 7-2 CC) 63
What: Centennial Conference (CC) women's basketball action
When: Wednesday, Feb. 4
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Johns Hopkins, ranked fourth in the latest D3hoops.com poll, led by as many as 12 in the second half before needing to escape a game-tying attempt by Gettysburg on the final possession for a 66-63 win.
THE LEADERS
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Sasha Brody (Lynchburg, Va./Virginia Episcopal School) led the Bullets, establishing a career high with 16 points.
FOR THE FOES
• Lauren Knudson led the Blue Jays with 21 points
• Jocelyn Goldstein added 16 points and 13 rebounds.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Two baskets from Jocelyn Goldstein and a Lauren Knudson 3-pointer staked Johns Hopkins to a 7-2 lead in the game's opening three minutes. Trailing 10-4 on another Knudson triple, Gettysburg got one free throw from
Olivia Jones (Alexandria, Va./West Potomac) and a
Briana Robles (Westchester, N.Y./Poly Prep) to claw back within two with 4:09 to play. The Blue Jays extended the lead back to six before two
Kimberly Hopkins (Baldwin, N.Y./Sacred Heart Academy) free throws with 52 ticks remaining made it a 16-14 game after one quarter.
• After Knudson and
Reagan Chrencik (New Hope, Pa./New Hope-Solebury) traded baskets to start the second quarter, Johns Hopkins scored six in a row to take an eight-point lead with 7:22 on the clock. Gettysburg scored nine of the next 12, however, to close back to within 27-25 on a
Sasha Brody triple. Another Brody triple made it a one-point game with 4:25 showing. A Goldstein putback and a Knudson 3-pointer stretched the lead back to six en route to a 40-32 halftime lead.
• An
Amanda Rapel (Stewartsville, N.J./Phillipsburg) 3-pointer and
Skylar Reale (Warren, N.J./Morristown Beard) basket cut the deficit to three just 1:05 into the third quarter. The lead remained between three and six points until a 7-0 burst gave Johns Hopkins a 51-41 lead with 1:52 to play.
• Leading 53-46 heading to the final period, Goldstein hit jumper and Knudson drained a 3-pointer as the shot clock expired for a 58-46 lead. Trailing 66-55 after two Goldstein free throws with 4:41 to play, Hopkins drove and hit a layup with 4:16 left. Rapel cut the deficit to six with a 3-pointer at the 1:29 mark and Jones got an offensive rebound and drove for an old-fashioned three-point play to make it a one-possession game with 38.6 seconds on the clock. The defense got a stop and inbounded in the frontcourt with 9.8 seconds to play. The Blue Jays forced the hosts into a deep 3-point attempt that missed and they survived.
THE INSIDE STORY
• With the win, Johns Hopkins opens up a two-game lead on the field with four conference games to play and also tied the Centennial Conference record with its 19th straight victory.
• The Blue Jays finished with a 52-37 rebounding advantage.
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Olivia Jones added 12 points and four rebounds for Gettysburg while
Kimberly Hopkins chipped in 10 points and two blocked shots.
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Sarah Bertolette (Farmington, Conn./Farmington) had a career-high five blocked shots as part of a season-high 11 for the Bullets.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at Muhlenberg on Saturday. Game time is 1 p.m.
