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Vassar VAS 5-3,2-1 Liberty League

Johns Hopkins JHU 7-2,2-0 Centennial

Vassar VAS

5-3,2-1 Liberty League

Final

Dec. 29, 2024

Johns Hopkins JHU

7-2,2-0 Centennial

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Vassar VAS	21	6	11	10	48
Johns Hopkins JHU	10	22	15	17	64

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | 12/29/2024

Women’s Basketball Topped By #23/22 Johns Hopkins

Trio of Brewers score in double-figures

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St. Petersburg, FL – The Vassar College Women's Basketball team opened played in the St. Pete Classic Sunday afternoon with a 64-48 loss to #23/22 Johns Hopkins. Senior Tova Gelb (Sharon, MA) led three Brewers in double-figures with a game-high 17 points.

Sunday's defeat drops Vassar to 5-3 overall on the season, while Johns Hopkins improves to 7-2 through nine contests.

First Half

Vassar got off to a sizzling start, scoring the game's first nine points over the first 3:54 of the contest.
A Julia Harvey (Delmar, NY) triple gave Vassar a 5-0 lead before Gelb followed with back-to-back buckets to close out the run.
Vassar pushed its lead to double-figures following a Tash Thompson (Los Altos Hills, CA) three-pointer that made the score 14-4 with 3:57 left in the opening frame.
The Brewers lead grew to a game-high 13 points, at 21-8, following a Gelb bucket in the final minute of the first period.
The Brewers shot 47.4-percent in the opening 10 minutes, while holding the Blue Jays to a 21.7-percent conversion rate.
Johns Hopkins flipped the script in the second frame, shooting nearly 53-percent from the floor on its way to outscoring Vassar 22-6 heading into halftime.
Vassar matched its game-high 13-point lead twice early in the second stanza, before Johns Hopkins closed the half on a 20-2 run.
Vassar went without a point following a Harvey bucket with 6:05 left in the quarter.
Johns Hopkins took its first lead of the game on a Kendall Dunham bucket with 2:39 left before halftime and carried a 32-27 lead into the break following a Greta Miller bucket in the 30 seconds of the half.
Vassar shot 36.4-percent over the opening 20 minutes, including a 3-for-13 effort from three-point range.
Johns Hopkins converted at 35.7-percent and went just 1-for-7 from behind the arc and 1-for-10 from the free-throw line.

Second Half

The Blue Jays would never relinquish the lead after halftime and allowed Vassar as close as three points just once.
Following a Gelb jumper to open the third quarter scoring, Johns Hopkins used a 6-0 spurt to spread the lead to 38-29 on a Miller conversion.
The Blue Jays surged in front 45-34 at the 1:53 mark of the third period on a Michaela O'Neil triple before taking a 47-38 advantage into the fourth quarter.
The Brewers put together a 7-0 run early in the fourth period, highlighted by five points from Harvey, to climb to within 49-45 with 6:47 left to play.
Johns Hopkins answered with eight of the next nine points and regained a 57-46 advantage on a Macie Feldman bucket with 3:33 left in the contest.
Vassar's last field goal game on a Sierra McDermed (San Antonio, TX) bucket with 3:09 left, bringing Vassar to within nine points.
The Blue Jays scored the final seven of the game to finish with the final 16-point decision.
Vassar finished the second half shooting 21.4-percent and went 0-for-8 from three-point range.
The Blue Jays converted at 38.9-percent after halftime and went 1-for-8 from bonus distance.

For The Brewers

Gelb led all scorers in the game with 17 points, going 7-for-13 from the floor, to go along with four rebounds.
McDermed finished the afternoon with 14 points, six rebounds, two assists and a pair of steals.
Harvey contributed 13 points on 5-for-13 shooting and closed a double-double with a team-high 10 rebounds.
Thompson notched four points and collected three rebounds.
Maureen Regan (Oak Lawn, IL) collected six rebounds and added an assist and a blocked shot.

For The Blue Jays

Feldman posted a double-double with 12 points and a game-high 11 rebounds, adding two assists and five steals.
Miller totaled a double-double with 12 points and 10 caroms to go along with a game-high five assists.
O'Neil tallied 10 points and hauled in nine rebounds.
Layla Henderson added nine points off the bench and added four rebounds and two assists.

Game Statistics

Vassar shot a season-low 29.5-percent from the field on Sunday and went 3-for-21 from three-point range.
Johns Hopkins shot 37.2-percent for the game and also struggled from behind the arc, going 2-for-15.
Vassar outscored Johns Hopkins from the free-throw line 9-4.
The Blue Jays finished with a 14-8 edge in points off turnovers.
Johns Hopkins dominated inside, outscoring Vassar in the paint by a 52-20 margin.

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