The Basics
• Score: Johns Hopkins-79, Muhlenberg-34
• Records: JHU (13-2, 10-1 Centennial) • MUHL (6-8, 2-7 Centennial)
• Location: Baltimore, MD • Goldfarb Gymnasium
 
How it Happened

The Johns Hopkins Blue Jays hit a program-record 14 three-pointers, including seven in the first quarter, to jump ahead of Muhlenberg early on in a 79-34 win on Saturday afternoon. 12 different players scored and eight different Blue Jays knocked down a three in the contest. Diarra Oden scored a game-high 16 points and was plus-39 in her 21 minutes of game action. 

It didn't take long for Hopkins to get into the flow of things, as Oden hit a three 20 seconds into the contest and the Blue Jays never looked back, leading the game for 39:40. Jadyn Murray finished a layup and Erin Walsh knocked down a pair of free throws before another Oden three and Hopkins led it 10-0 less than three minutes into the game. Amanda Gorski scored the first bucket of the game for Muhlenberg, but JHU ripped off another 10-0 run. Greta Miller knocked down the Jays third three of the quarter, followed by a fast break layup for Oden. Now 15-2, Michaela O'Neil joined the scoring to make it 17-2. The final four baskets of the period for Hopkins came from distance as Christine Corpuz hit a pair of threes while O'Neil and Oden each knocked down another to give Hopkins a 29-6 lead after 10 minutes, breaking the school record for most threes in a quarter with seven. 

The second quarter was much of the same as Oden scored immediately to start the quarter. The lead sat between 23 and 28 points until Kristin Ralston joined the three party with a make from the top of the key. Walsh finished a layup on the next possession and Hopkins led it 43-10 less than halfway through the second. An Oden and-one with 41 seconds left in the half pushed the lead to 38 for JHU, giving Oden 16 points in the half. After Emily Howie's fourth steal of the half, she took it the other way for another and-one, putting Hopkins up by 41. Johns Hopkins held Muhlenberg to just 6-33 shooting in the first half. 

The offense slowed down off its red-hot pace in the second half, but the lead jumped back into the 40s after a three from Miller to make it 56-15. The lead bounced from 39 to 41 and back before Maya Johnson hit a three with 3:29 to play in the third. Hopkins was unable to score the rest of the quarter, but the lead was 63-21 after three quarters played. 

Into the game moments earlier, Aleah Spruell got hot from three, knocking down a pair of shots on back-to-back possessions to make the Jays lead 45 with less than nine to play. Corpuz hit her third and final three of the contest with 4:59 to play, putting Hopkins on top 74-29. 40 seconds later, Natalie Mann hit the record-breaker, making the team's 14th three of the game to give the Jays their biggest lead of the contest at 48. JHU's 79-34 win was the largest win in series history for either program. 
 
What it Means
• The Blue Jays improve to 30-26 all-time versus the Mules. The Jays won both meetings this year after falling to Muhlenberg in their last meeting in 2020. 
 
• The Blue Jays win streak improves to nine games, tying the longest streak in Katherine Bixby's tenure and leaving Hopkins just three wins shy of tying the program record. 

• At the time of posting, Johns Hopkins remains in second-place in the Centennial with a record of 10-1. Gettysburg's game with Washington College has not yet concluded, but they were a perfect 9-0 entering Saturday's contest. 
 
Inside the Box Score
•  The Blue Jays' 14 threes broke a single game record that has stood since the 1997-98 season when Hopkins knocked down 13 triples in a win over Franklin & Marshall. 

•  Oden's 16 points pushed her over the 900 career point mark. Oden is the 20th-player in program history to score 900 points. She is now 97 points shy of becoming the 16th Johns Hopkins Blue Jay to reach 1,000 career points.  
  
• 11 points for Corpuz is a new career high, surpassing her eight points vs. Bryn Mawr earlier this season. 
 
• For the ninth time this season, the Johns Hopkins defense held its opponent below 45 points. The Jays continue to sit up near the top of the national leaderboard in points allowed per contest. Muhlenberg's 21.4 percent shooting is the lowest percentage allowed by the Jays in a game this year. 

• Johns Hopkins shot a perfect 9-9 from the free-throw line, but did not meet the minimum requirement of 10 free throws to qualify it as the Jays single-game record for free throw percentage (95.7).
 
Up Next
• The Blue Jays will finish off a lengthy stretch of games with a big one in Goldfarb on Tuesday night as they welcome Washington College to town.