Box Score

GETTYSBURG, PA -

The Basics
? Score: Johns Hopkins 66, Gettysburg 77
? Records: JHU (2-3, 1-1 CC), GC (3-1, 2-0 CC)
? Location: Gettysburg, PA · Bream Gymnasium
? The Short Story: The Johns Hopkins women's basketball team fell 77-66 at Gettysburg Tuesday. Sophomore Lillian Scott led the Blue Jays with 18 points, while senior Caroline Corcoran added 15 points.

How it Happened
? The teams played a back-and-forth first quarter, with four ties and five lead changes before the Bullets earned a 21-17 lead at the end of the opening quarter. Lexie Scholtz started the game off with a layup just 0:06 into the first quarter. The Blue Jays found success from the three-point arc, with Caroline Corcoran, Madison McGrath and Marissa Varnado each adding in one in the opening quarter. Gettysburg, on the other hand, made only one three-pointer in the first quarter.
? The Blue Jays recorded the first points of the quarter yet again, as Lillian Scott scored a layup to cut Gettysburg's lead to 21-19. Corcoran scored her third basket of the quarter to close out the first half, cutting the Bullets' lead to 39-33 at the half and increasing her total to 10 points, the most by a JHU player in the half. Corcoran also led Hopkins with four rebounds in the first half.
? Gettysburg powered out to a 58-37 lead, using a 19-4 run to open the second half. The Blue Jays countered with the final 11 points of third quarter, with Maggie Wodicka and Elle Hepburn each adding back-to-back baskets to cut the deficit to 58-48 at the end of three quarters.
? Scott scored eight of the first 11 points of the fourth quarter, cutting Gettysburg's lead to just five points, 61-56. The Bullets countered with back-to-back three pointers, extending their lead back to double-digits. Scott's third three-pointer of the quarter and a basket by Scholtz made the score 73-66 with just 0:21 remaining in the game. Gettysburg used four free throw for the final score of 77-66.

Inside the Box Score
? Lillian Scott recorded 18 points, reaching double-digits for the fifth time this season. Her 18 points are a new career high, one more than her previous career high, which she has tallied twice this season.
? The Blue Jays performed better on the fast break, outscoring Gettysburg 9-2. Johns Hopkins also earned a 9-8 advantage off of turnovers in the game.
? Nine of the 10 JHU players who entered the game recorded a steal in the contest, with the Blue Jays tallying nine steals to the Bullets' seven.

What it Means
? With the loss, Gettysburg improves its record to 39-30 all-time against Johns Hopkins, coming out on top in four out the five most recent games.
? Hopkins is one of five times with a 1-1 record in Centennial Conference.

Up Next
? The Blue Jays will return home to host Swarthmore Thursday at 7 p.m. in Goldfarb Gym.

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