WESTMINSTER, MD – Johns Hopkins scored the game's first points and led wire-to-wire in a 79-45 win over host McDaniel Wednesday night in Centennial Conference action. The Blue Jays improve to 15-7 overall and remain atop the conference standings at 9-1. The Green Terror fall to 13-8 and 3-7 in the conference.
 
JHU jumped out to an 8-0 lead off a pair of old-fashioned three-point plays by Charlie Jackson and Brian Johansson and a Wyatt Eglinton Manner layup. McDaniel sliced the deficit to three with a Kevin Connelly triple and a Chuck Contee layup with 16:52 to play in the first.
 
Jeb Williams then hit a layup, followed by a three-pointer, to spark a 29-2 run that spanned more than 10 and a half minutes. Williams, Luke Thoburn and John Windley combined for 21 of the Blue Jays' 29 points during the run. Windley capped the run with a pull-up jumper at 5:59 to stake Hopkins to a 37-7 lead. The Green Terror responded with a 14-7 spurt to make it a 23-point game with just 25 ticks on the clock. Logan Feller had the final say of the half, draining a three-point buzzer beater to make it a 47-21 game at the half.
 
McDaniel picked up where it left off, opening the half with an 11-6 run to pull within 21 on a Jonas Sujeta layup at 13:20. Hopkins scored 10 unanswered points, book-ended by triples from Feller and Jackson, to push out to a 63-32 lead. The Green Terror kept battling but could get no closer than 25 over the final 10:28 of the game.
 
Jackson led all scorers with 15 points and had a game-high eight rebounds. Windley was the only other Blue Jay in double figures with 10 points while also handing out three assists. Thorburn and Williams chipped in nine points each as 11 different players scored for Hopkins. JHU shot 54 percent from the field, including 46.2 percent from downtown. Matt Kearny led the Green Terror with 11 points and four rebounds. Contee and Sujeta added eight points each.
 
Hopkins returns to action on Saturday, February 15 as the Blue Jays visit the Franklin & Marshall Diplomats. Tip-off at the Mayser Center is slated for 3:00 pm.
 
Notes: Windley moved into 12^th place in Johns Hopkins history with 1,182 career points • Jackson eclipsed 500 career points and now has 512.