ST. DAVIDS, PA – The Johns Hopkins men's basketball team outscored host Eastern 8-2 in the final 40 seconds of the game as the Blue Jays slipped past the host Eagles, 77-69, in non-conference action on Saturday afternoon.  The win improves the Blue Jays' record to 3-1, while the Eagles slip to 2-4.
 
In a game that featured 10 ties and eight lead changes, Johns Hopkins led just 69-67 after Eastern's Anthony Williams got into the lane for a layup with 71 seconds remaining.
 
On the Blue Jays' ensuing possession, it was senior Charlie Jackson beating the shot clock with a driving scoop along the baseline to push the Blue Jay lead back to four (71-67).  From there, the Blue Jays would salt the game away at the line as Nick Klaiber, Jackson and Jeb Williams were all true on a pair of attempts and the Eagles managed just a layup down the stretch.
 
Johns Hopkins led for a majority of the first half and had the lead as high as six early on (16-10) after a Justin Huang triple with 11:58 on the clock.  The Eagles would pull even at 16 and there would be six ties down the stretch in the first half – the last of which came at 29-all with 3:26 on the first-half clock – but Hopkins would carry a 36-32 lead into the break after a Logan Fuller three-pointer with six seconds remaining in the opening half.
 
The Blue Jays would match their largest lead of the game early in the second half when Jackson got free in the paint to make it 40-34, but a 10-4 Eagle run, which was capped by a Mason Lewis triple with 15:40 to play, pulled Eastern even at 44.
 
Neither team would lead by more than three over the next seven minutes and the Blue Jays held several four-point leads through the 60s before the Williams layup with 71 ticks remaining made it a one possession game.
 
From there, it was Jackson's late-clock layup and the work at the line that would lock up the victory for the Blue Jays.
Jackson (22 pts., 6 rebs.) and Wyatt Eglinton Manner (21 pts., 6 rebs.) led the way for the Blue Jays, who also got 16 points from Klaiber.  The Blue Jays were plus-seven on the boards (36-29) and were 21-of-24 (.875) from the line.
 
DaRon Sherman and Olise Onyeka both scored 15 points for Eastern with Onyeka adding a game-high 10 rebounds and three blocks.
 
The Blue Jays will return to action on Saturday, November 29 when they welcome Salisbury to Goldfarb Gymnasium.
   
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