BALTIMORE, MD – The tenth-ranked Johns Hopkins University Blue Jays used a big second half to down the York College men's basketball team 82-63 in non-conference play on Wednesday night in Baltimore.
The Blue Jays outscored the Spartans 46-32 in the second half, turning a five-point halftime lead into a 19-point win.
The Spartans fall to 2-2 while the Blue Jays improve to 2-1.
 
How It Happened
• The Blue Jays held a 11-10 lead just over six minutes into the game. Carson James scored the next five points of the game to take a 16-10 lead. Jackson Mascari answered with five points of his own to cut the Blue Jay lead to 16-15.
• The Hopkins lead would vacillate between one and seven points until the Blue Jays increased the lead to nine on a pair of Charlie Jackson lay-ups with 2:17 left in the half. Kai Cipalla hit a pair of lay-ups in the final 1:23 to trim the Spartans' halftime deficit to 36-31.
• The Blue Jays got off to a quick start to the second half as John Windley drilled a three pointer for the first bucket of the half. That kick started a 17-6 run that gave the Blue Jays a 53-37 lead. The run was capped by a pair of Ethan Bartlett three pointers. York cut the lead to 13 on a Shawn Barclay three with 12:14 left. That is close as the Spartans would get the rest of the way as Hopkins pushed the lead to as many as 25 before settling for the 19-point win.
 
By the Numbers
The Spartans shot 45.8% (27-for-59) from the floor but were just 4-for-23 (17.4%) from distance … the Spartans also struggled from the free throw line as they were 5-for-10 for the game … the Blue Jays were fantastic from beyond the arc, converting 14-for-32 from distance while they shot 47.5% from the floor overall … the Jays went 10-for-15 (66.7%) from the free throw line … the much bigger Blue Jays dominated on the glass holding a 45-24 bulge on the glass … Hopkins held a 10-6 edge in second chance points … York had a 40-28 advantage in points in the paint … York had just eight turnovers but Hopkins turned those miscues into 13 points.
 
Spartan Notes
York is now 6-4 all-time against the Blue Jays as Hopkins has won three straight in the series … Jackson Mascari set a new career-high with his 18 points in the game … he added six rebounds, four assists and a steal in 31 minutes of action … Mascari has reached double figures in all four games this year … Kai Cipalla was the other Spartan in double figures with 14 points while he also had three rebounds … freshman Tate Landis set a new career-high with six points … the Spartans' four three-pointers made was a season-low … York is 16-for-34 from the free throw line over their last three games after going 16-for-22 in the season opener against Dickinson.
 
Up Next
The Spartans are off for two weeks until they open their MAC Commonwealth schedule on Wednesday, November 30 at Messiah. Tip time is set for 6:00 pm in Grantham.