BALTIMORE - The sixth-seeded Dickinson women's basketball team knew they faced a tall task on Friday night in the Centennial Conference Semifinals as they traveled back to Johns Hopkins University for the second time in less than a week. Through 20 minutes things were looking up for the Red and White as they were locked up with the 13th-ranked and top-seeded Blue Jays at 25-25. However, the home side outscored the Devils 24-15 during the third which put them ahead for good as they closed out a 63-51 win at Goldfarb Gymnasium.
- The two sides were even early on as Mia Chapman and Jenna Weinstein tallied for the Red and White to leave it at 4-4, before Kendall Dunham hit a three out of the near corner with 3:45 gone.
- A pair of Chapman free throws and a driving finish at the rim by Caitlin Blackman off the Clair Marion steal and helper trimmed the gap to just 9-8 with 3:13 remaining leading to a JHU timeout.
- Dickinson came out of the brief rest strong with baskets from Abby John, Chapman and Weinstein leading a 7-3 push to give the Devils a 15-12 advantage with 8:19 gone.
- However, Hopkins closed with six of the final eight as an Abby John layup accounted for the only DC bucket making it 18-17 Jays through one.
- The opening two-plus minutes belonged to the guests with Clare Cronley and Chapman notching two each to go ahead 21-18, but once again Dunham answered with a trey to knot the score at 21.
- Over the next five minutes, Dickinson would go up by four at 25-21 thanks to scores by Victoria Zerbe and Blackman.
- JHU would soar to the tie heading into the half as Macie Feldman knocked home two jumpers in the final minute.
- Hopkins came out of the locker room strong as Jadyn Murray and Feldman each scored within the opening two minutes to go ahead 31-26.
- Dickinson used the following couple of minutes to chip into the deficit with two at the charity line from Chapman along with layups for Weinstein and Zerbe made it 35-32 with 5:31 left.
- Back-to-back three-balls by Feldman and Layla Henderson, coupled with a basket for Greta Miller capped a 12-4 run from Hopkins to extend their lead to 47-36 at the 7:49 mark.
- Jumpers out of the hands of Blackman and Zerbe finished the scoring in the frame for the Red and White as the game entered the fourth at 49-40.
- For the second straight quarter the home side went on an early 9-2 run as tallies for Michaela O'Neil, Grace Soltes, Dunham and Miller stretched the gap to 58-42 at the halfway point of the frame.
- A trio of Zerbe layups and one by Marion accounted for the DC buckets over the remainder of the game, but the score still favored the hosts at the end of the game 63-51.
- Points - Zerbe (14), Chapman and Weinstein (11)
- Rebounds - Blackman (10), Zerbe (9), Chapman and Weinstein (8)
- Assists - Chapman, Cronley and Marion (2)
- Blocks - Weinstein (5)
- Points - Feldman (19), Dunham (12)
- Rebounds - Henderson (9)
- Assists - Feldman (7), Dunham and Knudson (3)
- Blocks - O'Neil (2)
