The Basics
• Score: Johns Hopkins-52, Haverford-51 (OT)
• Records: JHU (17-2, 14-1 CC) • HAV (16-6, 12-5 CC)
• Location: Baltimore, MD • Goldfarb Gym
 
How it Happened
Despite a furious Haverford rally that forced the game to overtime, the Johns Hopkins Blue Jays gutted out a 52-51 victory on Saturday inside Goldfarb Gymnasium. Hopkins led by 12 at the end of three, but the Fords outscored the Jays 17-5 in the final period of regulation, sending the game to an extra period. 

In the overtime period, Ally Landau opened up the scoring with a pull-up jumper for the Fords just 10 seconds in. In a tough day from the field, Diarra Oden came up big, hitting her first field goal of the contest to tie things up at 42-42 with 4:27 to play. After a Fords miss and an offensive board, Gia Flamini banked in a layup and drew the foul, converting a three-point play for a 45-42 advantage. 20 seconds later, Christine Corpuz floated a beautiful pass over the defense and into the waiting hands of Jadyn Murray who scored her lone bucket of the game to cut it to one. The hot shooting of Landau continued to be a problem as she hit another pull up jumper off a feed from Flamini, putting the Fords up 47-44 with 3:21 to go. 

After trading a free throw each, Oden hit her second jumper of overtime, this one just inside the three-point line, to cut it to 48-47 with 2:11 left. Landau missed a three on the other end and Greta Miller put the Jays back on top with a nice drive to the bucket. Leading 49-48, the Jays forced a miss and pulled down the rebound, but a turnover gave it back to Haverford with 59 seconds remaining. Landau forced a pass and it was stolen by Murray, leading to a Blue Jay timeout. With 12 seconds remaining, Oden pulled up from three, drew a foul from Erin Albright, and knocked down three free throws to put Hopkins up four. 

The Fords used a timeout to advance the ball and Landau hit another three, cutting the lead back to one and giving her 23 for the game. Now inbounding in front of their own bench, the Jays got it in to Murray, but the freshman missed the free throws. Now with one final chance with 6.6 seconds on the clock, the Fords got it in and found Landau, but her jumper attempt from 15-feet was no good and the Blue Jays held on for a 52-51 win.

Both teams started the contest relatively slowly with Hopkins holding the Fords to just 11 first-half points on 9.7 percent shooting. The Jays played much of the contest without Emily Howie who suffered a lower body injury in the contest and played just nine minutes for JHU. 

Hopkins led for 41:05 in the contest, not trailing until the beginning of the overtime period. JHU led by as many as 16 early in the fourth quarter after a 9-0 scoring run. Michaela O'Neil's jumper with 8:57 on the fourth quarter clock put JHU ahead 39-23, but the Fords would start a 14-0 run just over a minute later, cutting the score down to 39-37 with 2:10 remaining after a three point play from Caroline Andersen. Erin Walsh went one-of-two from the free throw line with 25 seconds remaining to put Hopkins up three, but Landau drilled a three with 17 seconds remaining to tie it. Oden got a good look at the end of regulation, but the shot rimmed out.   
 
What it Means
• Katherine Bixby's team has broken the program-record for consecutive wins. The 1996-97 team that held the record previously went on to win a program best 25 games. 
• The Jays hold a 36-12 advantage over the Fords in the all-time series history. This makes it three straight wins in the series for JHU who last lost to Haverford in an overtime contest in January, 2020. 
• Bixby is the third coach in program history to reach 100 games coached. Bixby is 74-26 in her first 100 contests as the head coach of Johns Hopkins. 

 Inside The Box Score
• Walsh was the team's leading scorer with 14 points on 5-9 shooting. The senior forward has crossed 10+ points three times in 2021-22. 
• O'Neil set a new career-high with 12 points on 5-9 shooting. With Howie out and multiple Blue Jays in foul trouble, the freshman played 29 minutes off the bench, grabbing six rebounds and dishing out a pair of assists. This is O'Neil's third career game in double figures and first since November. 
• The Blue Jays held Haverford to just 27.4 percent shooting in the contest, the 10th time this season that the Jays have held their opponent below 30 percent shooting. The Blue Jays continue to rank near the top nationally in scoring defense, opponents field goal percentage and oppoenent's three-point field goal percentage. 

What's Up Next
• Hopkins will host Franklin & Marshall on Tuesday night inside Goldfarb Gymnasium. The Jays will look to continue to keep pace with undefeated Gettysburg ahead of Thursday's matchup.