BALTIMORE, MD – Johns Hopkins got a game-high 21 points from Elisabeth Peebles as the Blue Jays beat Washington Adventist, 96-71, Monday night in non-conference action. The Blue Jays improve to 4-2 on the season while the Shock fall to 5-5.
 
Hopkins found itself trailing 15-14 midway through the first after back-to-back buckets by Amani Ball. Peebles grabbed the lead back for the Blue Jays with a layup at 3:52 that sparked a 9-0 run. Michaela O'Neil capped the run with a driving layup to put JHU on top 23-15 less than three minutes later. Ball drained a jumper to end the first and then Deryanis Colon Velez opened the second with a triple and the lead was three.
 
Jadyn Murray answered on the other end with a layup to ignite a 20-7 Blue Jays' run that spanned nearly five minutes. Seven different players scored during the run, which was punctuated by Peebles three-pointer to give Hopkins a 43-27 lead. Washington Adventist trimmed the deficit to 12 with a 6-2 spurt, but a Greta Miller layup sparked an 11-1 run that bridged halftime and saw the Jays go up 56-34.
 
The Shock kept battling and answered that 11-1 run with an 11-4 run of their own to pull back within 15 with 3:45 to play in the third. Hopkins came right back with a 14-5 run, bookended by a pair of Peebles' treys, to push out to a 74-50 lead after three. The fourth quarter was a back-and-forth affair, as the Blue Jays led by as many as 34.
 
Peebles finished with a game and season-high 21 points and grabbed five rebounds. Beth Corelli tied her career high with 14 points, going 5-of-6 from the field and 4-of-5 from downtown. O'Neil scored 13 points and handed out three assists. Miller also had 13 points to go with two steals and two blocks. Macie Feldman dished out six assists and tied her career high with five steals. Ball and Isabella Lujan-Gonzales led the Shock with 18 points each, while Lujan-Gonzales also had six assists. Ball finished with a game-high eight rebounds and had a pair of steals.
 
Hopkins returns to action on Wednesday, December 4 as the Blue Jays host Washington College. The Centennial Conference opener is slated for a 6:00 pm tip at Goldfarb Gym.
 
Notes: This is the third time this season that Hopkins has scored at least 90 points.