Box Score

WESTMINSTER, MD -

The Basics
• Score: Johns Hopkins 67, McDaniel 42
• Records: JHU (8-9, 7-6 CC), McD (9-9, 7-6 CC)
• Location: Westminster, MD · Gill Center
• The Short Story: The Johns Hopkins women's basketball team dominated McDaniel in a 67-42 victory Thursday night. The Blue Jays outscored the Green Terror 38-14 in the second and third quarters en route to the season sweep of McDaniel.

How it Happened
• Caroline Corcoran and Lillian Scott each drained a three-pointer in the opening 3:52 to help Hopkins to an early 10-4 lead in the first quarter. McDaniel responded with a 7-0 run to gain its lone lead of the game, 11-10, with 1:04 remaining in the first quarter. Madison McGrath and Rory Cole each made a basket in the final 39 seconds to regain the JHU lead, 14-11 at the end of the first quarter.
• The Blue Jays limited the Green Terror to just five points in the second quarter, extending out to a 32-16 lead at the half. Corcoran knocked down another three-pointer just 14 seconds into the second quarter, setting the pace for Hopkins. The Blue Jays posted 16 unanswered points in a run capped by another trey from Scott, giving JHU a 30-11 lead with 4:34 remaining in the second quarter. A McDaniel three-pointer and buzzer-beater cut the Hopkins lead to 16 at the break.
• The teams traded baskets to begin the third quarter before the Blue Jays pieced together another double-digit run, featuring three baskets by Scott as well as layups from Cole and McGrath. Hopkins earned its largest lead of the game, 48-20, with 2:58 remaining in the third quarter. The Green Terror stopped the bleeding again with a three-pointer, but a basket from Janay Smith and a pair of free throws from Lexie Scholtz in the final 26 seconds returned the JHU lead to 52-25 at the end of the third quarter.
• McDaniel used a 6-2 run in the first 2:24 of the fourth quarter to cut the Blue Jays' lead to 54-31, but Hopkins stayed in the game as the teams traded trips to the free throw line. JHU shot 10-of-12 from the charity stripe in the fourth quarter with five different Blue Jays contributing free throws. Hopkins and McDaniel each scored nine points in the final 3:38 of the game for the final score of 67-42.

Inside the Box Score
• Lillian Scott scored 19 points and led all players for the second straight game. Scott shot 7-of-11 from the field, including 5-of-9 from behind the three-point arc.
• The Blue Jays had a hot shooting night, finishing 22-of-43 from the field and 7-of-16 from three-point range. Meanwhile, Hopkins limited the Green Terror to 15-of-58 from the field and 2-of-8 from behind the three-point arc.
• Rory Cole pulled down 11 rebounds, reaching double-digits for the seventh time this season.

What it Means
• Johns Hopkins improves to 38-42 all-time against the Green Terror, sweeping McDaniel after dropping both contests a season ago.
• The 25-point margin of victory tops JHU's 22-point margin in the first meeting of the season between the teams and is the largest since Hopkins topped the Green Terror 69-41 January 22, 2000.
• The Blue Jays sit at 7-6 in the Centennial Conference, returning above .500 for the first time since December 7, 2016.
• This marks the first time this season that Hopkins has won consecutive games.

Up Next
• Hopkins will return to Goldfarb Gym to host Ursinus January 28 at 3 p.m. and Gettysburg February 1 at 6 p.m.

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