The Basics 
• Score: JHU - 66, Franklin & Marshall - 59
• Records: Johns Hopkins (15-3, 11-2 CC) • F&M (9-9, 6-7 CC)
• Location: Baltimore, MD • Goldfarb Gym
• The Short Story: The Johns Hopkins women's basketball team got a combined 39 points from seniors Lillian Scott and Lexie Scholtz as the Blue Jays defeated visiting Franklin & Marshall, 66-59 on Thursday night.

How it Happened
• A three from Madison McGrath at 6:01 in the first sparked a 7-3 Hopkins run to give the Blue Jays a 13-7 lead, but Haley Pilone responded with a three to cut the JHU lead in half with 2:18 remaining in the quarter. Hopkins scored the quarter's final three points to take a 16-10 lead into the second.
• A 6-0 JHU run, punctuated by back-to-back layups from Maggie Spitzer put JHU up 12, 25-13, with 5:03 remaining in the half. The Diplomats got the Blue Jay lead down to single digits with a Pilone three at 4:18, but Hopkins outscored the Diplomats 10-5, capped by a Scholtz three as time expired in the half, to take a 35-22 lead into the break.
• The Diplomats rallied in the third quarter as they opened the quarter on a 6-0 run to make the score 35-28 at 8:06. Two free throws from Diarra Oden got the JHU lead back to nine, but a 4-0 run from F&M made the score 39-32 with 4:59 left. Back-to-back buckets from Scholtz and Scott made it a nine-point game at 4:09, but once again the Diplomats rallied, this time using a 6-1 run to end the quarter and send the teams into the fourth with Hopkins holding a 42-39 lead.
• F&M took its first lead of the game on a three-point play from Kenna Williams that put the Diplomats up 43-42 at 8:46 in the fourth. JHU responded with a 7-0 run to take a 49-44 lead with 6:43 remaining. Not to be outdone, the visitors used a 5-0 run to tie the game at 49 with 4:19 left. After two free throws from Pilone made it a one-point game, JHU went on an 8-0 run to pull ahead by nine, 60-51, with 54 seconds remaining. Hopkins converted on six of eight free throws in the game's remaining 45 seconds to help seal the 66-59 win.

What it Means
• JHU is now 48-30 all-time against F&M as the Blue Jays have won the last 12 games dating back to January 23, 2013, when F&M defeated Hopkins, 51-47 at Goldfarb Gym.

Inside the Box Score
• Scott led all scorers with 22 points while Scholtz added 17. Scholtz also dished out six assists to give her 304 in her career. She becomes the eighth player in program history to hand out at least 300 assists.
• Rory Cole pulled down eight rebounds in the game while Scholtz grabbed seven and Lyndsey Hoyd pulled down six.

Up Next
• The Blue Jays remain at home as Hopkins will host Washington College on Saturday, January 26 at 2 pm. 

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