LANCASTER, PA- The Johns Hopkins women's basketball team traveled up to Lancaster to take on Franklin & Marshall for its final away game before a three game home-stand. The Blue Jays came in with a two-game lead in the Centennial and were poised to keep that lead heading into the final few games of the season. JHU stormed out to an 11-point lead in the first quarter and held the lead the rest of the way to knock off the Diplomats, 64-48.
 
The Blue Jays found themselves up 18-7 at the end of the first, off the back of an impressive performance from Michaela O'Neil. The sophomore knocked down a pair of three pointers, as well as a layup to finish the quarter with eight points.
 
F&M had its best shot to take the lead during the second quarter when they cut the deficit down two with seven minutes left in the quarter. The Diplomats opened the quarter on an 11-2 run with five points coming from Ally Trebelev and four from Lizzie Neville to make the score 20-18. Johns Hopkins grabbed control back in the final five minutes with the help of freshman Elisabeth Peebles who knocked down two threes. Kendall Dunham also connected from three-point range with eight seconds remaining in the half to send the Blue Jays into the locker room buzzing with a 35-23 lead.
 
As they have so often this season, the Blue Jays put together a masterful defensive effort in the third quarter as they held the Diplomats to just seven points and 1-for-13 from the field. This allowed Johns Hopkins to open its lead up to 19 by the end of the quarter, which was capped off by another triple from Peebles. Johns Hopkins would continue to dominate throughout the fourth quarter and came away with the 64-48 victory.
 
The Blue Jays once again dominated in the rebound category throughout the contest, as they held a 46-32 advantage by the end of the game; JHU remains unbeaten when out-rebounding the opposition this season. During the Blue Jays' 11-game winning streak, they have held all opponents to 49 points or less in every game
 
Peebles finished the game with a career-high 13 points and finished 3-for-6 from beyond the arc. O'Neil also knocked three triples and capped the game off with 11 points. Jadyn Murray was also solid on the night, finishing with eight points and seven rebounds. Johns Hopkins showed off its depth with 30 points coming off the bench in the win. JHU pushed its winning streak to 11 games as and the Jays now sit at 17-4 (14-2) on the season and continue to hold the two-game lead in the Centennial Conference with only four games remaining in the regular season.
 
 F&M had three players reach double-figures in point; Neville who had 15, Jaclyn Feit who finished with 12 and Trebelev who had 10. The Diplomats fell to 8-13 (5-11) on the season.
 
Johns Hopkins returns to Goldfarb for a game against the Gettysburg Bullets on Thursday, February 9^th (7 pm).