The Basics
• Score: Johns Hopkins - 46, Gettysburg - 68
• Records: Johns Hopkins (4-3) • Gettysburg (6-1)
• Location: Baltimore, MD • Goldfarb Gym
• The Short Story: The Blue Jays jumped ahead early, but Gettysburg used an early third quarter run to spark a strong second half performance, handing the Blue Jays their first Centennial Conference loss of the season. 
 
How it Happened
    Despite pulling out to an eight-point lead in the second quarter, the Blue Jays (4-3) fell to the Gettysburg Bullets 68-46 on Wednesday night. Gettysburg used a strong defensive performance to double up Johns Hopkins, 36-18, in the second half of the contest. Diarra Oden led the Blue Jays with 15 points, five rebounds and four assists in the loss. 
    Early on in the second half, the Blue Jays ripped off an 8-2 run, getting five straight points from Lyndsey Hoyd followed by an Emily Howie three-pointer to make it a 23-15 contest. The Bullets responded with the next six points, cutting the deficit down to two. Gettysburg used another 6-0 run just moments later, finishing with a Carly Rice layup to give the Bullets a 27-25 lead with 3:21 remaining in the half. Howie drilled a triple with 1:29 to play in the quarter, giving Hopkins a 28-27 lead, the last they would hold in the contest. Christina Richson scored the final five points of the half, sending Gettysburg into the locker room leading by four. 
    Gettysburg continued that run into the second half, using the final five points of the first half and the first eight of the second half to rip off a 13-0 run spanning almost seven minutes. The Blue Jays first bucket of the third quarter came on a Halie Egan baseline jumper with 3:51 left in the corner, cutting the deficit to 40-30. Howie hit a pair of free throws with 90 seconds left in the quarter, cutting the deficit to 12 heading into the fourth.
    The Blue Jays followed a 2-14 shooting third quarter with a 4-14 fourth quarter, watching the Gettysburg lead swell to 19 with less than five minutes to play. The Bullets scored the final points of the contest with 25 seconds remaining, getting a pair of free throws from Ashley Gehrin to give them a 68-46 victory, their sixth straight. 
 
What it Means
• Hopkins leads the all-time series with the Bullets 41-36, but the Blue Jays have dropped seven straight against Gettysburg. 
• The Blue Jays had won seven straight Centennial Conference regular-season games inside Goldfarb prior to tonight. 

 Inside the Box Score
• Howie joined Oden as the only other Blue Jay in double figures with 12 points. The freshman guard knocked down a pair of triples in the contest and added three rebounds and two steals.
• Fellow freshman Egan added eight points, four rebounds, two steals and two blocks off the bench. 
• The Blue Jays forced 19 turnovers in the contest, scoring 15 points off of those takeaways. 
• Ashley Gehrin led the Bullets with 20 points on an efficient 8-12 shooting. 
• Meredith Brown was a game-best plus-28, accruing a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds. 

 Up Next
• Hopkins hits the road on Saturday afternoon, taking on Muhlenberg College in a Centennial Conference tilt. Tip-off is set for 2 p.m. in Muhlenberg, PA.