WESTMINSTER, MD – The Johns Hopkins women's basketball team used a 14-2 second-half run to turn a 33-27 deficit into a 41-35 lead and the visiting Blue Jays never allowed host McDaniel closer than three points in the final 6:30 as Hopkins knocked off the Green Terror, 55-48, Thursday evening in the Gill Center.  The Blue Jays pick their sixth win in seven games and improve to 9-4 overall and 6-2 in the Centennial Conference, while the Terror slip to 6-7 overall and 4-4 in the Centennial.
 
The Green Terror used an 8-3 run to open the third quarter to extend a 25-24 halftime lead to 33-27 with just over five minutes remaining in the period.  A three-pointer from Elaina Beckett and a bucket from Lilana Overcash fueled the half-opening spurt for the Green Terror.
 
Forty seconds after Overcash's jumper that made it a six-point game, the Blue Jays jump-started their game-turning 14-2 run on a driving layup from sophomore Michaela O'Neil and Hopkins was even two minutes later after back-to-back layups from Jadyn Murray and O'Neil.  A pair of Overcash free throws for McDaniel and a Kendall Dunham jumper for the Blue Jays sent the game to the fourth quarter tied at 35; the fourth quarter was all Johns Hopkins.
 
A pair of Olivia Parisi free throws, an Elisabeth Peebles layup and a Macie Feldman pull up jumper capped the 14-2 run and gave the Blue Jays a 41-35 lead with just under seven minutes remaining.  The Green Terror scored five of the next seven points in a span of less than a minute, but an O'Neil layup ignited an 8-0 run for the Blue Jays that extended the lead to 51-40 with less than 90 seconds remaining and it remained at least a three-possession game the rest of the way.  O'Neil scored six of Hopkins' eight points during the decisive 8-0 run.
 
Inside the Box Score – Johns Hopkins
• O'Neil scored a career and game-high 19 points as she was 8-of-13 from the floor and added three rebounds and two assists in 35 minutes.
• Parisi added 15 points and six rebounds in the victory.  She has scored in double figures five times in the last seven games.
• The Blue Jays outrebounded the Green Terror 36-28 and have lost the rebounding battle just once in the last eight games.
 
Inside the Box Score – McDaniel
• Meggie Burgess came off the bench and led the Green Terror with 12 points and six rebounds.  She hit a pair of threes in the final 75 seconds of the game to account for half of her 12 points on the night.
• Mallory Conroy added 10 points and four rebounds and was the only Green Terror starter to score in double figures.
• After shooting 44% in the first half (11-of-25), the Blue Jay defense held the Terror to just 31% shooting in the second half (8-of-26) and McDaniel scored just two points in a nine-minute span that bridged the third and fourth quarters.
 
Other Notes of Interest
• The win is the 11^th straight for Johns Hopkins against McDaniel.
• Tonight's win, coupled with a loss by Haverford against Ursinus tonight, puts Johns Hopkins in sole possession of second place in the Centennial Conference standings; the Blue Jays are one game behind league-leading Dickinson.
 
Up Next
• Johns Hopkins will make a quick turnaround as the Blue Jays will host Ursinus on Saturday, January 14 (1 pm).
 
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