GETTYSBURG, Pa. – George Bugarinovic scored 11 of his game-high 13 points in the second half while posting six rebounds and five steals to lead Hopkins (4-2, 2-1 CC), which led from start to finish. Gene Williams added 11 points off the bench for the Blue Jays.
Junior forward Kevin Gladstone paced Gettysburg (4-2, 2-1 CC) with 12 points and six rebounds while senior guard Joe Emerusabe and freshman forward Matt England added eight points apiece.
Johns Hopkins, the defending Centennial Conference champions, outscored the Bullets 8-2 to start the game, but Gladstone's conventional 3-point play made it 15-13 with 10:06 remaining. However, that's when the Blue Jays launched into their decisive run, which included eight points from Williams. A pair of free throws from Matt Billups made it 33-13 with 6:01 left in the opening half.
Gettysburg chipped away at the deficit and pulled to within 12 (37-25) after another old-fashioned 3-point play from Gladstone with 1:16 remaining. But Hopkins closed the period with some momentum when Austin Vasiliadis drove hard down the lane and completed an and-1 of his own with three seconds left to make it 40-25 at the break.
The Jays scored the opening four points of the second half, and the Bullets were unable to draw closer than 16 the rest of the way. A lay-up from senior guard Sean Gordon made it 48-32 when Hopkins answered with a 9-2 run to open up a 23-point advantage with 11:34 left.
Gettysburg was held to 36.2 percent shooting and committed a season-high 21 turnovers. Hopkins shot 48.1 percent from the field.
JOHNS HOPKINS (4-2, 2-1 CC)
George Bugarinovic 6-9 1-1 13; Gene Williams 4-6 0-0 11; Ryan Curran 3-9 3-4
9; Omar Randall 4-7 0-0 8; Matt Billups 3-5 2-2 8; Jimmy Hammer 2-7 2-2 7;
Austin Vasiliadis 1-3 3-4 5; Niko Kotoulas 1-3 2-4 4; Nikhil Panu 1-2 1-1 3;
Sam Gordon 0-0 0-0 0; Kyle Doran 0-0 0-1 0; Max McKee 0-0 0-0 0; Luke
Chambers 0-1 0-0 0; Jesse Flannery 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-52 14-19 68.
GETTYSBURG (4-2, 2-1 CC)
Kevin Gladstone 3-5 6-6 12; Joe Emerusabe 3-5 1-2 8; Matt England 3-3 2-2 8;
Mlynue Reeves 2-3 1-2 5; Tanner Kirkpatrick 1-11 3-5 5; Cameron Stewart 1-2
2-2 4; Sean Gordon 2-10 0-0 4; Alex Kaslander 1-2 2-2 4; Pete Christ 1-4 0-1
2; Brent Slotoroff 0-1 0-0 0; Uri Rahimi 0-1 0-1 0. Totals 17-47 17-23 52.
Johns Hopkins................. 40 28 - 68
Gettysburg.................... 25 27 - 52
3-point goals--Johns Hopkins 4-12 (Gene Williams 3-4; Jimmy Hammer 1-3; Omar
Randall 0-1; Austin Vasiliadis 0-1; Nikhil Panu 0-1; Ryan Curran 0-2),
Gettysburg 1-17 (Joe Emerusabe 1-3; Tanner Kirkpatrick 0-6; Cameron Stewart
0-1; Sean Gordon 0-4; Alex Kaslander 0-1; Pete Christ 0-2). Fouled
out--Johns Hopkins-None, Gettysburg-None. Rebounds--Johns Hopkins 26 (George
Bugarinovic 6), Gettysburg 34 (Tanner Kirkpatrick 6; Kevin Gladstone 6).
Assists--Johns Hopkins 13 (Jimmy Hammer 3; Omar Randall 3; Austin Vasiliadis
3), Gettysburg 7 (Kevin Gladstone 2; Sean Gordon 2). Total fouls--Johns
Hopkins 20, Gettysburg 16. Technical fouls--Johns Hopkins-None,
Gettysburg-None. A-145