Women slip past Jays for a conference win
Gettysburg, ranked 12th in the latest D3hoops.com poll, built a 15-point lead late in the second quarter and never let No. 22 Johns Hopkins get closer than seven over the final three quarters of the game for a 54-44 win in a key early-season Centennial Conference showdown at Gettysburg’s Bream Gym.
Shinya Lee led the Bullets with 11 points, 13 rebounds, four blocked shots, and three steals. She recorded nine of those points and nine of those rebounds in a defensive lockdown in the second half.
Shinya Lee shoots for two of her 11 points.
A pair of second-chance layups from Greta Miller staked Johns Hopkins to a 4-0 lead in the game’s first 1:17. Kimberly Hopkins drove to the hoop to get Gettysburg on the board with 7:50 showing, and Alayna Arnolie drained a 3-pointer from the wing for the hosts first lead with 7:16 on the clock. The Blue Jays went back up three, but AB Holsinger hit a triple of her own to tie the game, and Reagan Chrencik connected on a layup to give the Bullets the lead for good with 4:04 to play in the opening period. Five points from Jameson Mott extended the run to 10-0 over a 2-minute, 48-second stretch.
Up 16-10 after 10 minutes, Skylar Reale scored on the break, and Holsinger canned another trey for a double-digit lead just 1:38 into the second quarter. The lead remained between eight and 13 points until an Emily Violante put-back sparked a 6-0 burst that opened up the largest lead of the game at 33-18 with 2:12 to play in the second quarter. Layups from Layla Henderson and Miller in the final 73 seconds closed the deficit to 11 at the break.
After Hopkins’ Macie Feldman made it single digits off a Michaela O’Neil steal and dish just 14 seconds into the second half, the teams traded points over the next five minutes until Violante and Lee scored on back-to-back possessions to extend the lead out to 42-28 with 3:37 remaining in the third quarter. Feldman scored three points down the stretch in the third to return the deficit to 11 entering the final period.
Lee and Mott each hit from short range in the opening 1:16 of the final quarter to make it a 46-31 game. Trailing 48-34, O’Neil hit Johns Hopkins’ first 3-pointer of the game with 3:00 to play before a single Henderson free throw and a second O’Neil triple cut the margin to seven just a minute later. Lee, however, had the answer at the other end to make it a 50-41 lead with just 1:27 remaining and Arnolie went 4-for-4 from the line in the final 22 seconds to seal the 10-point win.
With the four blocked shots, Lee became the seventh player in conference history with 200 career blocks and now has 202 for her career. Arnolie and Holsinger each added 10 points. Arnolie chipped in five assists and four steals, while Holsinger had three helpers. Jameson Mott chipped in nine points to go with career highs of seven rebounds and four assists. Meanwhile, the Gettysburg defense held Johns Hopkins to a season-worst 29 percent shooting and to fewer than 50 points for the first time this season.
Michaela O’Neil finished a rebound shy of a double-double for the Blue Jays with 10 points and nine boards. She also had two assists, three blocks, and a steal.
The Bullets return to action at home against Franklin & Marshall on Wednesday. Game time is 6 p.m.
Stafford reaches 1,000 but Bullet men bow to Hopkins
Johns Hopkins opened up a nine-point first-half lead but every time Gettysburg came back, the Blue Jays had the response and staved off the Bullets for a 75-67 win in the Centennial Conference opener for both teams. Jordan Stafford scored 15 points for the Bullets, reaching the 1,000-point mark for his career with 1:48 left in the game. He is the second Gettysburg player this season and 28th all-time to hit the milestone.
Akim Joseph had 17 points, six rebounds, two assists, and two steals, and Carl Schaller also had 17 points on 6 of 9 shooting to go with three steals and an assist.
Jordan Stafford scored his 1,000th point late in Saturday’s game.
Hopkins featured a balanced attack, with Brian Johansson leading five players in double figures with 16 points. Wyatt Eglinton Manner chipped in 14 points, eight rebounds, and three assists in his first start for the Jays.
The teams traded points early until layups from Aidan Mess and Schaller gave Gettysburg a 9-4 edge with 16:14 showing. Five straight points from Wyatt Eglington Manner sparked a 9-0 counter in just two minutes to take a four-point lead. The lead grew to 18-11 on a Brian Johansson triple with 12:56 on the clock before the Bullets tallied the next five to close to within two. Johns Hopkins, however, used three long balls in just 61 seconds to push the lead out to nine. The lead remained at 35-26 before an RJ Bennett put-back with 4:41 to play sparked a 10-2 run that cut the deficit to one with 1:06 to play. Gettysburg had a chance to take the lead but missed the front end of a 1-and-1 with 40 seconds on the clock.
A Joseph layup and two Nate Williams free throws put the Bullets in front 43-41 just over four minutes into the second half. Tied at 47-all, Will Stevenson canned two free throws, and John Windley drained a 3-pointer to open up a five-point edge with 12:56 showing. The lead swelled to as large as 10 when two Johansson free throws made it a 62-52 game with 8:20 to play, and Gettysburg couldn’t get closer than four the rest of the way.
In all, the Blue Jays hit 10 3-pointers in the game, while the Bullets were just 3 of 15 from long range.
Gettysburg returns to action at Franklin & Marshall on Wednesday. Game time is 7 p.m.
These stories first appeared on the Gettysburg College website.