GETTYSBURG, PA – The 12^th-ranked (WBCA/D3hoops.com) Gettysburg women's basketball team jumped out to a six-point lead at the end of the first quarter and never trailed over the final 30 minutes as the Bullets held off #20 (WBCA)/#22 (D3hoops.com) Johns Hopkins, 54-44, in Bream Gymnasium Saturday afternoon.  The loss snaps a six-game winning streak for the Blue Jays, who slip to 9-3 overall and 3-1 in the Centennial Conference, while the Bullets bump their record to 13-1 overall and 3-0 in the Centennial.
 
The Blue Jays built a four-point lead in the first 75 seconds of the game and were still up 8-5 after a Michaela O'Neil layup with 5:46 on the first-quarter clock, but Gettysburg answered with an 11-2 run to end period and grab a 16-10 lead after the opening 10 minutes.  A three-pointer from AB Holsinger and four points apiece from Reagan Chrencik and Jameson Mott fueled the spurt for the Bullets.
 
After a Layla Henderson driving layup for the Blue Jays trimmed a 22-12 deficit to 22-14 with 7:34 remaining in the opening half, the Bullets got five quick points courtesy of an Alaina Arnolie triple and a short Shinya Lee jumper that gave Gettysburg a 27-14 advantage.  The lead swelled to as many as 15 (33-18) late in the period before the Blue Jays crept within 11 (33-22) at the break on back-to-back baskets from Henderson and Greta Miller.
 
The Bullets maintained a three-possession lead for most of the third quarter before pushing out to a 42-28 lead on a Lee hook shot with just under four minutes remaining in the period and Gettysburg carried a 42-31 cushion into the final 10 minutes.
 
A Mott jumper extended the lead to 15 (46-31) early in the fourth quarter and neither team could get much going over the next four minutes as the Bullets still led 48-34 as the clock dripped to the three-minute mark.  O'Neil then helped the Blue Jays cut the 14-point deficit in half as she bookended a 7-0 Blue Jay spurt with a pair of three-pointers, but a Lee jumper halted the spree and the Bullets went 4-for-4 from the line down the stretch to seal the victory.
 
Henderson paced the Blue Jays with 11 points, while Miller and O'Neil added 10 points apiece.  O'Neil (nine rebounds) and junior Macie Feldman (nine points, eight rebounds) narrowly missed double-doubles in the setback.
 
Lee punched up a team-high 11 points and added 13 rebounds and four blocks, while Arnolie (10), Holsinger (10) and Mott (9) helped round out a balanced scoresheet for the Bullets.
 
Johns Hopkins will return to action on Monday, January 13 when the Blue Jays travel to Mary Washington for the first of two consecutive non-conference games.