Blue Jays Hit Glass, Top Garnet
SWARTHMORE, Pa. - Garnet junior forward Karen Berk dropped in 17 points and senior captain Jess Fuhr added 11 points with five blocks yet the visiting Johns Hopkins Blue Jays (11-7, 9-4 CC) used a 53-24 edge on the glass to defeat Swarthmore 70-53 in Centennial women's basketball action Tuesday night in Tarble Pavilion.
John Hopkins forwards Kristin Phillips and Andrea Dodrill each picked up double-doubles while senior guard Whitney Davis scored a game-high 22 points on 4 of 8 shooting from three-point land.
Both teams were hot from outside to start the night--the Blue Jays took an early 6-3 lead following Davis' first triple at 17:27. Swarthmore grabbed the lead three minutes later when freshman forward Pamela Costello hit three-pointers on consecutive possessions, pushing the home team in front, 11-8, at the 14:01 mark.
Johns Hopkins countered with a pair of three-pointers by sophomore guard Caitlin Sloane to re-claim the lead, 16-13, with 11:40 left in the first half. Senior wing Haley Wojdowski hit a triple of her own and scored on a nice backdoor pass from Dodrill to increase the Blue Jays' lead to 23-17 at 8:10. A Berk jumper and another three-pointer by Costello brought Swarthmore within one, 23-22, at the 7:07 spot.
Johns Hopkins clicked off a 9-0 spurt, going up by 10 after two Phillips' free throws with 3:47 left in the half. Fuhr dropped in a jumper and Berk put in two lay-ups to bring Swarthmore within four, 32-28, at the intermission.
Berk led all scorers with 10 points and Costello chipped in nine points, while Phillips scored nine points to go along with eight rebounds.
Hopkins out-rebounded Swarthmore 25-9 in the first half, but the Garnet kept the game close by shooting 47.8% from the field.
The Blue Jays used a 16-7 run over the first 8:44 of the second half to build a 13-point lead, 48-35. Swarthmore would only get as close as 11 (following a Fuhr jumper at 1:51) the rest of the way.
Berk was 7 of 9 from the free throw line, scoring in double digits for the 21st consecutive game. Fuhr and Grigsby combined to shoot 10 for 17 from the floor—Grigsby added a team-high four assists while Fuhr tied her career-best mark for blocks.
Phillips finished with 14 points and 14 rebounds (13 offensive) for Johns Hopkins while Dodrill dropped in 10 points to go along with a game-high 16 rebounds. Wojdowski filled up the stat sheet with eight points, six rebounds, six assists, and a game-high four steals.
The Swarthmore women (4-15, 1-13 CC) will host McDaniel this Saturday, February 3 at 2:00 p.m. Various Garnet alumnae will take part in the annual Alumnae Game starting at 10:00 a.m. in Tarble Pavilion.