The Basics
• Score: Johns Hopkins - 41, Haverford - 43
• Records: JHU (22-4) • Haverford (20-6)
• Location: Gettysburg, PA • Bream Gym
• The Short Story: The second-seeded Johns Hopkins women's basketball team dropped a heartbreaker to third-seeded Haverford in the semifinals of the Centennial Conference Tournament on Friday night, 43-41, as a bucket by Julianna Clark with 22 seconds remaining sent the Fords into the championship game where they will face top-seeded Gettysburg for the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The championship game will be played tomorrow at 4pm at Bream Gym.
How it Happened
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Diarra Oden put JHU up two with a three at 8:07 to make the score 6-4 but a bucket from Anna-Sophia Capizzi tied the game at 6:46. A three from
Marissa Varnado and a free throw from
Lillian Scott gave the Blue Jays a 12-7 advantage but the Fords scored the next five points to tie the contest at 12. An Oden three with 1:36 remaining gave Hopkins a 15-12 lead, which the Blue Jays carried into the second quarter.
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Lexie Scholtz gave Hopkins a five-point lead at 6:18, however, a 10-0 Fords run to end the quarter gave Haverford a 27-22 lead at the end of two.
• Scholtz started a 6-0 Blue Jay run to open the third as a Scott jumper put Johns Hopkins back in the lead, 28-27 with 6:52 remaining. Maddie Gallic responded with a three to put the Fords back in the lead, however, JHU scored the next four points to take a 32-30 advantage. A Goldbach three with 19 seconds remaining gave the Fords a 37-34 lead heading into the game's final 10 minutes of play.
• A three-point play from Scott with 6:23 left put JHU up 38-37 but Megan Furch put Haverford right back in the lead with a layup at 6:01.
Madison McGrath drilled a three with 3:41 left to give JHU a 41-39 lead. Capizzi tied the game with a layup at 2:09 and Clark's jumper with 22 seconds left gave the Fords the 43-41 victory.
What it Means
• Johns Hopkins is now 14-5 in semifinal games and 2-2 against the Fords in the conference tournament.
Inside the Box Score
• Scott led Hopkins with 19 points while Oden added 10.
• Cole grabbed a team-high 14 rebounds while Scholtz pulled down eight.
• Capizzi led the Fords with 15 points.
Up Next
• Hopkins will wait and see if it is chosen for an at-large bid when the NCAA announces the bracket on Monday, February 25 at 2:30 pm. The selection show can be watched on NCAA.com. Johns Hopkins last appeared in the NCAA Tournament in 2012.
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