Johns Hopkins University Athletics

BALTIMORE, MD – Johns Hopkins outscored visiting York, 11-1, in the final five minutes and 26 seconds to beat the Spartans, 74-60, Tuesday night in its home opener. The 22^nd-ranked Blue Jays improve to 2-0 while the Spartans suffer their first loss and fall to 2-1.
 
Trailing 61-53 after an Amr Areikat layup at 9:10, York put together a 6-2 spurt to trim the deficit to four. Colin Treude capped the spurt with a bucket at 6:42 to make it a 63-59 game. Evan Rainville answered with back-to-back jumpers and just like that the lead was back to eight. Theo Burke then hit one-of-two from the charity stripe with 3:24 to play in what turned out to be the Spartans' final point. The Blue Jays scored the final seven points of the game to stretch the lead to 14 at the final horn.
 
The final score doesn't show it, but this one was a battle from the jump. Hopkins grabbed an early 7-2 lead, but York answered with a 15-6 run as the Spartans took a 17-13 lead. Drew Pape hit back-to-back triples, followed by a Ben Troyer step-back jumper to put the visitors up four with 10:39 to go in the half. The teams traded scores over the ensuing three minutes and 42 seconds and York led 28-23.
 
Jeb Williams drained a corner three at the 6:49-mark to ignite a 19-6 run to end the half. Areikat followed Williams' trey with a driving layup to knot the score at 28. Troyer answered with a layup to put the Spartans back on top, but for just 22 seconds. Rainville came right back with a pair of buckets to give Hopkins back the lead and a Williams' layup made it a four-point game. Anthony Sciote sliced the lead back to just one with a three-pointer, but the Blue Jays answered with consecutive triples from Justin Huang and Rainville to grab a 40-33 lead. Areikat answered a Troyer free throw with a layup and Hopkins took a 42-34 lead into the half.
 
The Blue Jays picked up where they left off, opening the second half with a 10-5 spurt to push out to a 52-39 lead at the 16:58-mark. The Spartans weren't going away however as an Ethan Glass triple sparked a 10-2 run, capped by a Burke three-point play, to cut the deficit to five just over six minutes later. The teams traded buckets over an 86-second span and Hopkins led 61-53 on that Areikat layup with 9:10 on the clock.
 
Wyatt Eglinton Manner led Hopkins with 21 points and eight boards to go with three assists and two steals. Areikat scored 14 and handed out three assists, while Rainville (11) and Logan Feller (10) also finished in double figures. Williams finished with seven points, two blocks and three steals. Troyer paced the Spartans with 21 points, to go with three assists and two steals. Pape was the only other player in double figures with 11 points. Sciote had a team-best six boards while Pape grabbed five.
 
Hopkins returns to action on Saturday, November 14 at 23^rd-ranked New York University. Tip-off at the NYU Tournament is slated for 5:00 pm at the John A. Paulson Center.  
 
 
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