The Basics 
• Score: JHU – 46 • Scranton - 59
• Records: Hopkins (23-5) • Scranton (27-2)
• Location: Scranton, PA • John Long Center
• The Short Story: The Johns Hopkins women's basketball season came to an end as the Blue Jays fell to Scranton, 59-46 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday night.

How it Happened
• The Lady Royals pulled out to a 6-2 lead at 6:40 but back-to-back layups from Rory Cole and Lillian Scott tied the game at six. A three from Emily Sheehan put Scranton up 11-8 and after two free throws from Scott got Hopkins to within one, Bridgette Mann hit a three to put the home team up 14-10 with 2:10 remaining. Scott hit a layup as time expired in the quarter to make the score 16-12 after 10 minutes of play.
• A Makenzie Mason three gave Scranton a 10-point lead at 8:21 and another three at 6:04 made the score 25-13. Cole got JHU back to within 10 with a layup at 5:43. Later in the quarter Cole hit two free throws to get Johns Hopkins to within seven, 27-20, at 2:30, but a 4-0 Scranton run made it a 31-20 game with 1:13 remaining in the half and the Lady Royals would take a 34-23 lead into the halftime break.
• Lexie Scholtz hit two free throws early in the third to get the Blue Jays back to within single digits as she made the score 34-25 at 9:31. Scholtz once again cut the Scranton lead to single digits with a layup at 3:53 which made the score 39-30. The Lady Royals responded with a 7-2 run to pull ahead 46-32 with two minutes remaining and they headed into the game's final quarter with a 46-34 advantage.
• The Blue Jays opened the fourth on a 6-0 run as a Scott layup made the score 46-40 with 8:05 remaining. Mason then drilled a three for the Royals to make the score 49-40 but Scott once again came down the court for the layup to make it a 49-42 game. Scranton responded with a 6-0 run to pull ahead 55-42 with 3:337 left in the contest but Scott converted two free throws to make the score 55-44 with 1:53 left in the game. Hopkins would not be able to get much closer as Scranton held on to take the 59-46 victory and advance to next weekend's Sweet 16 game.

What it Means
• The Blue Jays are 1-4 against the Royals and Scranton has won the last two meetings. The Royals are now 3-0 against Hopkins in the NCAA Tournament.
• The 23 wins came two victories short of the program record of 25, and the five losses are the fewest since 2011-12 when the team finished 24-5.
• Four of the five Blue Jay losses came to NCAA Tournament teams and the other came to Marymount who finished the season 22-5 .

Inside the Box Score
• Scott finished with a game-high 20 points with four rebounds while Scholtz added 10 and pulled down six rebounds.
• Cole finished one-point shy of the double-double as she grabbed 10 rebounds and added nine points in the game.