BALTIMORE, Md. -- For the fourth straight season, the final two teams standing in the Centennial Conference men's basketball championship are Johns Hopkins and Swarthmore after each posted semifinal victories on Friday night in Baltimore. The two perennial CC powers will meet Saturday in Goldfarb Gym at 7:30 p.m. with the conference title at stake. 

In the first semifinal of the night, second-seeded and 18th-ranked Swarthmore used an early second-half spurt en route to an 80-64 triumph over third-seeded Gettysburg. The Garnet (22-4) advance to the championship for the sixth straight season and will seek their third CC title on Saturday. Gettysburg concludes its year with a 15-10 record. 

George Visconti paced the Garnet offense with an incredible shooting performance as the junior surpassed the 1,000 career point milestone during the contest. Visconti collected a game-high 24 points, while shooting 10-of-12 from the field and 4-of-5 from long range. Michael Caprise registered his third double-double of the season with 10 points and a season-high 16 rebounds. 

In the nightcap, top-seeded and 13th-ranked Johns Hopkins (21-3) held off fifth-seeded Ursinus (13-13) by a score of 81-75, advancing the Blue Jays to the championship for the fourth straight season and 13th time overall. Only Franklin & Marshall (14) has more championship game appearances than JHU.

Conner Delaney scored a game-high 23 points to lead the Blue Jays. Tom Quarry scored 19 points, while Sidney Thybulle posted his second-straight double-double with 11 points and a game-high 12 rebounds. 

Swarthmore and Hopkins have won each of the last four CC titles, with the Garnet hoisting the trophy in 2017 and 2019 and the Blue Jays taking home titles in 2018 and 2020. The 2020 championship featured as dramatic a finish as you will ever see, as Delaney hit the game-winning shot as time expired to lift JHU past the Garnet, who entered the championship undefeated and ranked No. 1 in the country.