Baltimore, MD – The Washington College men's basketball team fell to the No. 15 ranked Johns Hopkins Blue Jays, 92-61, in a Centennial Conference contest on Wednesday evening at Goldfarb Gymnasium. The Shoremen are now 1-5 (0-2 C.C.) while the Blue Jays improve to 6-1 (2-0 C.C.).

How It Happened
- Shoremen sophomore forward Sam Corrao scored the first bucket of the contest but the hosts scored the next 10 points and forced the visitors to take a timeout with 15:32 left in the opening stanza. Senior guard Braeden Johnson hit a trey from the left-corner to cap the run.
- Sophomore guard Kedrick Frink brought the Shoremen within 13-8 after converting a jumper with 14:01 left but the Blue Jays responded with a 12-5 spurt to widen their lead to 25-13 at the 9:53 mark.
- Washington sophomore guard Dillon Smith swished a pull up jumper to bring the Shoremen within 25-15, however, the hosts responded with a 10-4 run to extend their lead to 35-19 with 4:53 on the clock.
- Johns Hopkins took their largest lead of the half at 39-21 after senior forward Chid Nnake converted a pair from the line with 1:47 left before the break. The hosts settled for a 42-25 halftime advantage.
- Corrao opened the second half with a jumper to bring the Shoremen within 15, 42-27, but that was as close as they could get for the remainder of the contest.

For the Shoremen
- Senior forward Ethan Sommer scored a career-best nine points on 4-of-7 shooting to pace the visitors.
- Frink had seven points (3-of-4 fga) and added four boards.
- Freshman guards Zack Skrocki and Zach Genther both contributed a career-high seven points. Skrocki added four caroms to tie Frink for the team-lead.
- Washington went 25-of-55 (45.5) percent from the floor overall, were 3-for-16 (18.8 percent) from behind the arc, and hit 8-for-15 (53.3 percent) from the line.

For the Blue Jays
- Guard Conner Delaney, a graduate student, scored a game-high 21 points on 6-of-11 shooting, including 4-of-9 from downtown.
- Nnake (12 points, game-high 9 rebounds) and senior forward Tom Quarry (10 points) were also in double-figures.
- The Blue Jays shot 46.3 percent (31-of-67) from the floor overall, made 11-of-34 treys (32.4 percent) and went 19-of-29 (65.5 percent) from the line.-Johns Hopkins held a 48-30 advantage on the boards and outscored the Shoremen by a 22-2 count in second chance points.

Quote from Head Coach Aaron Goodman
"It was great to see some of our younger players who have been reserves or getting limited minutes off the bench compete at a high level. They brought a terrific energy, effort, and attitude to our team in this game. We are young and continuing to grow." 

Next Up
The Shoremen will travel to Gettysburg for a 3:00 p.m. contest on Saturday.