The Basics
• Score: #12 Johns Hopkins-80, Haverford-61
• Records: JHU (9-1, 5-0 CC) • HC (6-6, 2-3 CC)
• Location: Haverford, PA • Gooding Arena
• The Short Story: The 12^th-ranked Johns Hopkins men's basketball team pulled away midway through the second half to defeat host Haverford, 80-61, Saturday afternoon.
 
How it Happened
• With the lead cut to just five with 11:43 to play, junior Braeden Johnson drained a three-pointer to spark a 15-4 Blue Jay run that spanned nearly five minutes. Five Blue Jays scored during the run, which pushed Hopkins' lead to 65-49. The Fords would get no closer than 14 and the Blue Jays would lead by as many as 22 over the final six and a half minutes.
• Hopkins raced out to a 14-point lead over the game's opening four minutes and 19 seconds, as graduate student Conner Delaney scored the first seven points. Jackson Ryan got Haverford on the board with a bucket from downtown at the 14:27-mark.
• Trailing 19-4 after a Colin Crothers layup, Harry Johnson got a bucket in the paint to spark a 10-0 Fords' run that saw the deficit cut to just five. Nicholas Stewart capped the run with a jumper at 9:49. Hopkins answered with back-to-back threes from freshman John Windley and Delaney. But a Charlie Mamlin triple and a Harry Johnson jumper pulled Haverford back within six at the 6:33-mark.
• Delaney answered with a driving layup, followed by a fast-break three from Windley and just like that the lead was back to double-digits. Senior Tom Quarry converted a three-point play and Windley hit a layup to stake Hopkins to a 35-19 lead with 4:38 to play in the half. The lead see-sawed up and down for the remainder of the half and the Blue Jays took a 42-29 lead into the break.
• The teams traded buckets over the opening four minutes of the second and JHU led 46-33. The Fords then punched up seven unanswered points to pull within six with 13:36 to play. Johnson hit from downtown to put the Blue Jays back up nine. A Josh Love layup and a Nate Torres triple, sandwiched around a Delaney free throw, made it a 50-45 game with 11:43 to go.
 
What it Means
• Hopkins improves to 9-1 with its ninth straight win and is tied atop the Centennial Conference standings with Swarthmore (5-0).
• Head coach Josh Loeffler moves into a tie for second on the Blue Jays' wins' list with Gary Rupert with his 75^th win at Homewood.
• Hopkins is now 80-38 all-time against Haverford and has won eight straight in the series. In addition, the Blue Jays have won 19 of their last 20 versus the Fords.
 
Inside the Box Score
• Delaney led all scorers with 25 points and now ranks 12^th in school history with 1,138 points. He also had four rebounds, five assists and three steals and is now eighth with 123 career steals.
• Windley finished with a career-high 10 points, doing 4-of-5 from the field. Junior Carson James added 10 points, going 4-of-4 from the field, including 2-of-2 from three. He also grabbed a game-high six rebounds and handed out four assists.
• Torres led the Fords with 14 points and five rebounds, while Johnson added 10 points. Ryan Trotter handed out five helpers and pulled four rebounds.
• Hopkins shot 56.0 percent from the field, including 60.0 percent from downtown, while holding Haverford to 35.5 percent from the floor.
 
Up Next
• Hopkins returns to Goldfarb Gym on Tuesday, January 11 as the Blue Jays host 18^th-ranked Swarthmore. Tip-off for the rematch of the last three Centennial Conference Championships is slated for 8:00 pm.