The Basics
• Score: Johns Hopkins-64, Gettysburg-61
• Records: JHU (19-2, 16-1 Centennial) • #25 Gettysburg (19-3, 16-1 Centennial)
• Location: Gettysburg, PA • Bream Gymnasium
 
How it Happened
The Johns Hopkins women's basketball team built a 15-point second-half lead and held off a late rally by 25^th-ranked Gettysburg as the Blue Jays scored a crucial 64-61 road victory Thursday night in Bream Gymnasium.  The win is the 15^th straight for the Blue Jays, who improve to 19-2 overall and 16-1 in the Centennial Conference, while the Bullets had their 12-game overall and 17-game regular season Centennial Conference winning streaks snapped with the loss.
 
Leading 28-25 at the half, the Blue Jays outscored the Bullets 24-15 in the third quarter to grab a 52-40 lead.  Tied at 33 after a pair of Mackenzie Tinner free throws for the Bullets, the Blue Jays took control with a 9-0 run that took less than two minutes.  Sophomore Christine Corpuz ignited the run with back-to-back layups and followed an Erin Walsh layup with a traditional three-point play to make it 42-33 with just over three minutes remaining in the period.
 
The Bullets halted the run with a Caitlyn Priore triple, but Walsh answered with two free throws and the Blue Jays  got two late threes of their own from Natalie Mann and Michaela O'Neil to help craft the 12-point lead at the end of the third. A Greta Miller layup gave the Blue Jays a game-high 15-point lead before GC got the final three points of the quarter.
 
The Blue Jays had a 13-point lead after a Jadyn Murray layup with eight minutes remaining, but the Bullets began chipping away behind the play of Tinner, who fueled a 10-2 Gettysburg run with eight points in just under three minutes to make it 60-55 with 4:33 on the clock.
 
Diarra Oden and Corpuz combined for four free throws down the stretch and the Blue Jays never let the Bullets make it a one-possession game until Christina Richson hit a three-pointer with less than a second to play to account for the 64-61 final score.
 
The opening quarter saw the teams battle evenly as the first 10 minutes ended with a 14-14 tie.  A 7-7 tie quickly turned into a 14-9 Bullet lead as Gettysburg ran off seven straight points on a Carly Rice triple and four points from Olivia Matto.  The Blue Jay defense clamped down and held the Bullets scoreless over the final 4:48 of the period while getting a layup from Murray and a three-pointer from Corpuz to pull even.
 
The Blue Jays' three-point halftime lead came after the teams had stretched the 14-14 tie to a deadlock at 22.  Oden then hit three free throws and Walsh added three points of her own in the final two minutes to help Hopkins to the halftime advantage.
 
What it Means
• Johns Hopkins pulls even with Gettysburg for first place in the Centennial Conference standings with three games remaining in the regular season.
 
• The win extends JHU's school-record winning streak to 15.  The previous record of 12 had been set by the 1996-97 team that advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals.
 
• The Blue Jays snapped a 10-game losing streak to the Bullets with the victory.
 
Inside the Box Score
• Oden had a team-high 15 points and is now just 13 points shy of 1,000 for her career.
 
 • Corpuz (13) and Murray (12) joined Oden in double figures for the Blue Jays with Murray scoring the first six Blue Jay points of the game.  Miller chipped in with nine points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals.
 
• Tinner scored a game-high 18 points for Gettysburg and Rice added 14.
 
Up Next
• The Blue Jays will play their third game in five days and second in three days on the road when they travel to Dickinson on Saturday, February 12 (2 pm).