The Basics
? Score: Johns Hopkins - 68 ? Bryn Mawr - 36
? Records: Johns Hopkins (16-9, 15-5 CC) ? Bryn Mawr (1-24, 0-20 CC)
? Location: Baltimore, MD (Goldfarb Gym)
? The Short Story: In its final regular season home game, the Johns Hopkins women's basketball team took care of visiting Bryn Mawr by a score of 68-36.
How it Happened
? The Blue Jays scored first as
Lillian Scott hit a layup at 8:08 and Hopkins would never relinquish the lead. The Owls kept it close in the first quarter, but with the score 8-6 in favor of Hopkins, the Blue Jays went on a 7-0 run to end the quarter with a 15-6 lead.
? A three from Brendan Harrison got Bryn Mawr to within six but the Blue Jays responded with a three from
Maggie Wodicka and a layup by
Rory Cole to go up 11. A three-point play from Halena Martin got the Owls back to single digits at 24-16, however,
Marissa Varnado converted her own three-point play which was later followed by a Scott layup to give Johns Hopkins a 29-16 lead at the half.
? Back-to-back layups from
Lexie Scholtz to start the third sparked an 11-0 JHU run which gave Hopkins a 24-point lead. Megan Murray-Bruce ended the Blue Jay run with a layup at 4:06, but Hopkins would get buckets from
Maggie Spitzer,
Jess Sweeney, and Scholtz to go up by 28. Bryn Mawr hit back-to-back threes to make the score 46-23 and a layup by Odinaka Oranekwu got the Owls to 46-25 with 44 seconds remaining in the third.
Elise Moore hit a layup with 22 seconds in the quarter to put JHU up by 23 with one more quarter of basketball to play.
? The Blue Jays continued to build on their lead in the final quarter as the Owls got no closer than 25 points as Johns Hopkins went onto claim the 68-36 victory.
What it Means
? JHU remains undefeated against the Owls as Hopkins leads the all-time series 36-0.
? Johns Hopkins will host the first round of the Centennial Conference Tournament as the four seed.
? The 15 Centennial Conference wins are the most since the 2011-12 season when the Blue Jays went 17-3 in league play. That season also saw Hopkins make the NCAA Tournament.
Inside the Box Score
? Scott led JHU with 15 points while Varnado added 14 points and grabbed seven rebounds.
? Cole finished the game with a team-high 12 boards while Scholtz snagged eight rebounds and dished out a team-leading four assists.
Kenz Wilkinson grabbed seven rebounds in the contest.
? Wodicka finished the game with eight points while Spitzer, Moore, and Scholtz all finished with six points each.
Up Next
? The Blue Jays return to action on Tuesday, February 20 as they will host the first round of the Centennial Conference Tournament against Ursinus. Tip time is scheduled for 7 pm.
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