CARLISLE, PA – In a showdown of two of the top women's basketball teams in the Centennial Conference, host Dickinson scored a 62-40 victory over visiting Johns Hopkins in the Kline Center Wednesday night.  The Red Devils never relinquished the lead after the first quarter and improved to 8-3 overall and 5-1 in the Centennial, while the Blue Jays had a three-game winning streak snapped and slip to 6-4 overall and 3-2 in the Centennial.
 
After falling behind 18-10 at the end of the first quarter, the Blue Jays needed less than two minutes to slice the deficit to 18-15 as freshman Kendall Dunham drained a three and added a short jumper to make it a one possession game.  As it turned out, that would be as close as the Blue Jays would get over the final 28 minutes.
 
The Red Devils built the lead to seven on four occasions in the final eight minutes of the opening half and used a Kate Montgomery triple in the final minute to hold a 29-22 lead at intermission.
 
Dickinson opened the third quarter with a 10-1 run to push the 29-22 lead to 39-23 with just under three minutes remaining in the period.  Five different players scored during the spree for the Devils, who eventually carried a 41-27 lead into the final period.
 
Johns Hopkins made an early fourth quarter push as the Jays used an 8-0 run to trim a 45-29 deficit to 45-37 with seven minutes remaining; junior Zoe Soule's five points highlighted the quick spurt for Johns Hopkins, which kept the deficit between seven and nine points for nearly three minutes before Dickinson used a 14-1 game-ending run to account for the 22-point margin of victory.
 
Inside the Box Score – Johns Hopkins
• Graduate student Olivia Parisi led the Blue Jays with eight points, while sophomore Michaela O'Neil chipped in with seven.
• Freshman Macie Feldman collected a career-high eight rebounds and was one of four Blue Jay players with five or more rebounds in the loss.
• The Blue Jays were outrebounded for just the third time this season (45-35); 15 of JHU's rebounds came on the offensive end and this is the seventh time in 10 games that the Blue Jays have collected at least 12 offenisve rebounds.
 
Inside the Box Score – Dickinson
• Four Red Devils scored in double figures with Montgomery leading a balanced scoring attack with a game-high 12 points.  Clair Marion (11 points), Lindsey Holenshead (11) and Mia Kolb (10) joined Montgomery with 10 or more points in the victory.
• Caitlin Blackman narrowly missed a double-double as she had nine points and a game-high 13 rebounds for DC.
• Dickinson's 45 rebounds are the most by a Blue Jay opponent this season and the Red Devils' +10 rebounding margin is also the best against JHU on the year.
• The Devils outscored the Blue Jays 38-14 in the paint and led for more than 35 minutes in the victory.
 
Up Next
• Johns Hopkins will return to action on Saturday, January 7 when the Blue Jays welcome Haverford to Goldfarb Gym (1 pm).  The Fords are currently alone in first place in the Centennial Conference with a 6-1 league mark (9-3 overall).