The Basics
• Score: #14 Johns Hopkins-72, Salisbury-52
• Records: JHU (1-1) • SU (1-2)
• Location: Baltimore, MD • Goldfarb Gym
• The Short Story: The 14th-ranked Johns Hopkins men's basketball team outscored visiting Salisbury by 27 points in the second half en route to a 72-52 win Wednesday night in the Blue Jays' home opener.
How it Happened
• Trailing 43-35 with 18:34 to play, graduate student Conner Delaney drained back-to-back three-pointers to spark a 20-2 run that spanned seven minutes. Delaney fueled the run with 16 of the Blue Jays' 20 points and scored his 1000th career point at the 15:09-mark on a fast-break layup.
• The Sea Gulls answered with a 5-2 spurt to pull within seven at the 9:04-mark. Junior Carson James answered with consecutive buckets to ignite a 15-0 run as the Blue Jays pushed out to a 72-50 lead with 3:20 to go. Gary Briddell converted a pair of free throws in the final minute to account for final points.
• It was a different story in the first half as the lead changed hands five times in the opening six and a half minutes. Hopkins led 13-12 after a Tom Quarry conventional three-point play at the 13:47-mark. Brandon Craig answered with six straight points, sandwiched around a pair of Delaney free throws, and the Sea Gulls led 18-15 with 12:32 to play in the half. James then tied the game with a bucket from downtown.
• Sean Carr responded with a jumper in the paint to ignite a 9-2 run as Salisbury went up 27-20 at 7:56. Back-to-back layups by Delaney and senior Chid Nnake and the Sea Gulls' lead was down to three. Salisbury rattled off seven unanswered points to push its lead to double digits at the 2:17-mark. Hopkins answered with a 7-2 run of its own to make it a 36-31 game with just 12 ticks on the clock. Cameron Heard would hit a pair of free throws in the closing seconds to send the Sea Gulls into the half with a 38-31 lead.
What it Means
• Hopkins improves to 6-4 all-time against Salisbury and snaps a two-game losing streak against the Sea Gulls.
• Delaney became the 18th player in program history to score 1,000 points.
Inside the Box Score
• Delaney led all scorers with a career-best 37 points to go with six rebounds, four assists and four steals. His 37 points are the most by a Blue Jay since Andy Enfield scored 39 versus Washington University on February 10, 1991.
• Quarry added 15 points, six rebounds and two blocks. Senior Ethan Bartlett grabbed nine boards and had a pair of steals.
• In the second half, Hopkins shot 53.1 percent from the field and held Salisbury to just 14.2 percent.
• Briddell led the Sea Gulls with 11 points and four assists, while Jordan Oates had a team-best nine rebounds.
Up Next
• Hopkins returns to action on Wednesday, November 17 as the Blue Jays travel to York, PA to take on the York Spartans. Tip-off at Wolf Gymnasium is slated for 7:00 pm.