The Basics
• Score: Washington College-82, Johns Hopkins-80
• Records: JHU (13-6, 10-2 CC) • WC (9-10, 5-7 CC)
• Location: Baltimore, MD • Goldfarb Gym
• The Short Story: Barry McCormick hit two free throws with two seconds left to lift visiting Washington College to an 82-80 win over the Johns Hopkins men's basketball team Saturday afternoon.
 
How it Happened
• With the game tied at 80 and time winding down, McCormick drove into the lane and was fouled with just two seconds left. Junior Harry O'Neil's three-quarters court heave as time expired missed the mark.
• The ending was befitting the previous 39 minutes and 58 seconds as there were 12 ties and six lead changes. Trailing 11-8 early, senior Joey Fitzpatrick drained a three-pointer to tie the game and spark a 9-2 run that gave Hopkins a 17-13 lead. Freshman Braeden Johnson capped the run with a bucket from downtown, his third of the opening seven minutes. Following a Daniel Brown layup, senior Noah Ralby hit another triple and the Blue Jays led 20-15 with 12:02 to go in the half.
• Cole Storm and Ralby traded threes on back-to-back possessions and it was still a five-point game 69 seconds later. Josh Porteous answered with a three on the ensuing possession to kick-start a 9-4 burst that saw the Shoremen tie the game on a Porteous jumper at 8:29.
• Gardner ended the run with a bucket from downtown to spark a 15-7 run, that was capped by back-to-back threes from freshman Alex Schachne, and the Blue Jays led 42-34 at the 4:35-mark. The Shoremen kept chipping away and outscored the Jays, 11-3, over the final 4:17 to make it a 45-45 game at the break.
• The teams traded scoring possessions over the opening five minutes and the two were tied at 50. Consecutive baskets from Alec Lewis and Logan Bunch ignited a 12-4 run that saw Washington College go up 62-54 with 10:26 to play. Six different players scored for the Shoremen during the run.
• Hopkins sliced the deficit to three on a Johnson layup and Gardner three-pointer just 59 seconds later. The teams then went back to trading scores and the Blue Jays trailed by five at the 6:07-mark. Another three from Gardner and a steal and score by sophomore Joey Kern made it 74-all.
• With the game tied at 78 and 54 seconds to play, senior Daniel Vila hit one of two from the line to give Hopkins its first lead since 1:47 in the first half. Lewis grabbed the lead back for Washington College with a jumper on the other end. Vila tied the game with a free throw on the ensuing possession, but McCormick was able to win it with his two shots.
 
What it Means
• Hopkins falls to 80-62 all-time against Washington College as the Shoremen win in Baltimore for the first time since January 27, 2016. The loss snaps the Blue Jays' six game win streak in the series.
• This is the first time Hopkins has lost a game in the final seconds since a 59-57 loss to Dickinson February 14, 2015. That loss also came on two free throws - with 2.4 seconds remaining.
 
Inside the Box Score
• Johnson led all scorers with a career-best 20 points. Gardner finished with 19 points, and now has 999 for his career, to go with four assists.
• Ralby added 14 points and three steals while Vila had 10 points and four assists and Fitzpatrick had a career-best three blocks.
• Lewis led the Shoremen with 14 points while Tray Wright added 11. Brown just missed a double-double as he finished with nine points and a game-high nine rebounds.
 
Up Next
• Hopkins begins a three-game road swing on Wednesday, January 30 at McDaniel. Tip-off at the Gill Center is slated for 8:00 pm.