Breslin With 13 Points And Seven Rebounds For WC

BALTIMORE, MD – Host Johns Hopkins got a game-best 29 points along with 12 rebounds by John Alberici en route to a 74-64 victory over visiting Washington College on Saturday afternoon at Goldfarb Gymnasium in Centennial Conference men's basketball action.  The Blue Jays finish the year at 7-18 overall and 5-13 in conference action, while the Shoremen conclude the campaign at 7-18 and 6-12 respectively.  The loss ends a five-game winning streak for Washington against Johns Hopkins.

The Blue Jays jumped out to a 13-6 lead with 12:50 to go in the first half on a traditional three-point by play Connor McIntyre after he had grabbed an offensive rebound.  The Shoremen cut it to 13-11 with 11:41 to go in the half when junior guard Sal Schittino (Ellicott City, MD/Loyola Blakefield) canned a three-pointer.  Freshman guard Donovan Womack (Newark, DE/Tower Hill) evened the game at 13-13 with 9:51 to go in the half on a jumper.  The Shoremen would take their first lead of the game at 17-16 with 6:44 to go on a pair of free throws by senior guard Dylan Bernstein (Laytonsville, MD/Gaithersburg) following a technical foul against Johns Hopkins.  Bernstein's free throws were sandwiched by a conventional three-point play by junior forward Chris Olsen (Ellicott City, MD/Mount St. Joseph) that gave Washington an 18-16 lead and was a five-point possession.  However, Hopkins countered with seven straight points to take a 23-18 lead with 5:08 to go on a layup by Adam Spengler.  That would ignite a 13-3 run to give the hosts a 29-21 lead with 2:22 left on a Spengler lay-in.  The Blue Jays took a 33-26 lead into halftime and held a 27-14 edge in rebounds.

The Shoremen scored the first five points of the second to cut the Blue Jays lead to 33-31 with 18:52 left in the game on a jumper by sophomore forward Tony Hawkins (Mt. Ephraim, NJ/Haddon Township).  The Shoremen would cut the lead to 38-37 with 16:04 remaining in the game on a layup by sophomore forward Chris Soper (Poolesville, MD/Poolesville).  Olsen would give WC a 45-44 lead with 13:11 on a layup off of an offensive board.  The Shoremen led 47-45, before the Blue Jays scored seven consecutive points to take a 52-47 lead with 10:09 remaining on a Daniel Corbett layup.  Washington would trim the Hopkins lead to 54-53 on a steal and layup by Bernstein.  The Blue Jays would answer with a 13-2 run to take their largest lead of the game at 67-55 on a free throw by Sean O'Connor with 3:25 to go.  Schittino would score five straight points for Washington to cut the Hopkins lead to 67-60 with 1:48 left.  Junior guard Kevin Breslin (Hagerstown, MD/St. Maria Goretti) reduced the Blue Jays' lead to 68-62 with 1:01 left on a layup.  On the next possession for Hopkins, WC freshman forward Kevin Cunningham (Mt. Laurel, NJ/Lenape) stole the ball and scored on a layup to trim the lead to 68-64 with 51 ticks left.  But that was as close as WC would get as Hopkins made six free throws down the stretch to secure the win.

Spengler added 12 points and handed out four assists to lead all players in the win for the Blue Jays, while Tim McCarty grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds.  Spengler had three steals to lead the hosts and tie for game-high.  The Blue Jays held a commanding 50-34 edge on the boards in the win.

Breslin had 13 points and seven rebounds, both tops for the Shoremen.  Schittino added 12 points for Washington in the game.  Cunningham tied his career-high in steals with three, which tied for tops in the game.  Washington turned it over just six times while forcing 18 Johns Hopkins' turnovers.

Johns Hopkins shot 48% (25-for-52) from the floor, 22% (2-for-9) from three-point range and 69% (22-for-32) from the free throw line.  Washington shot 34% (24-for-71) from the floor, 21% (3-for-14) from behind the arc and 68% (13-for-19) from the charity stripe.  The Blue Jays held a 38-28 edge in points in the paint and a 26-25 edge in bench points, while the Shoremen outscored the Blue Jays in points off turnovers, 20-7.

Today marked the final game for Bernstein.  He had seven points, a team-high three assists and two steals in his career finale.