YORK, PA – The Johns Hopkins Blue Jays spoiled the Spartan women's basketball season opener with a 42-31 win on Tuesday evening in York. Both teams struggled on the offensive end as Hopkins shot 30.2% from the floor while York converted just 26.1% from the field.
 
Score: York 31, Johns Hopkins 42
Records: York 0-1, Johns Hopkins 1-1
 
How It Happened
• The Blue Jays got off to a good start as they led 11-0 before Bradi Zumbrum hit a lay up midway through the opening quarter of play. The Blue Jays would end the quarter with a 14-6 lead.
• After Hopkins opened the second quarter with a Greta Miller fast break lay up off a steal, the Spartans got another Zumbrum jumper to trim their deficit to eight. Hopkins pushed the lead to 15 at 23-8 on a Diarra Oden lay up with 4:23 left in the half. The lead grew to 15 before Kayla Ferris and Cassidy Arnold each hit buckets in the final minute of the play as York trailed by 11 heading to the break.
• York crept to nine on a pair of Arnold free throws but the Blue Jays pushed the lead back to 17 at 34-17 with 5:30 left in the quarter. York eventually trimmed the lead to 11 at 35-24 with just over a minute left in the third.
• The fourth quarter was absent of much offensive punch as each team scored just seven points in the quarter for the final 11 point Blue Jay win.
 
Spartan Leaders
Kayla Ferris: 11 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals, 1 blocked shot, 5-for-10 FG
Bradi Zumbrum: 5 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 blocked shot
Cassidy Arnold: 5 points, 3 rebounds, 3 steals, 1-for-1 FG, 3-for-4 FT
 
By the Numbers
York went 0-for-18 from three in the game … York went 12-for-28 from two (42%) in the game … the Blue Jays outrebounded the Spartans 44-34 … that total included 15 offensive rebounds for Hopkins … neither team was great from the free throw line as York was 7-for-12 (58.3%) while Hopkins was 7-for-13 (53.8%) … York committed 17 turnovers which led to 13 Blue Jay points while Hopkins had 18 turnovers which led to 10 Spartan points … Hopkins had 12 steals with Greta Miller earning five steals in the Blue Jay win … York limited Hopkins to just 30.2% shooting from the floor including 6-for-26 (23%) in the second half.
 
Spartan Notes
The Spartans fall to 2-6 all-time against the Blue Jays as Hopkins has won the last three straight in the series … York has opened their last two seasons against Hopkins … senior Kayla Ferris began the season with a double-double as she had a team-high 11 points to go along with a game-high 10 rebounds … Ferris also had a game-high five assists … the double-double was the first of Ferris's season and the ninth of her career … the Spartans had five players make their York debut as Cassidy Arnold, Taylor Burda, Taylor Brenneman, Brooklyn Naylor, and Alyssa Hocker each donned the Green and White for the first time in a game … the Spartans had gone 620 days between games as their last contest came in the CAC Championship game at Christopher Newport on February 29, 2020.
 
Up Next
The Spartans began the 14^th Annual Coaches vs. Cancer Classic in York on Saturday afternoon as they host PSU Abington in the opening round of the tournament. Tip time for the first semifinal is set for 2:00 pm. Montclair State and Washington (Md.) will play the other semifinal at 4:00 pm on Saturday.