 Hopkins Defeats Swarthmore for Second Straight CC Crown (Photo: CC)
Hopkins Defeats Swarthmore for Second Straight CC Crown - Mar 2, 2022 
The BasicsScore: #13 Johns Hopkins-80, #18 Swarthmore-66 Records: JHU (22-3) SC (22-5) Location: Baltimore, MD Goldfarb Gym The Short Story: The 13th-ranked Johns Hopkins men's basketball team led wire to wire en route to an 80-66 win over 18th-ranked Swarthmore to win its second straight Centennial Conference championship. How it Happened Leading by one with 16:06 to play in the half, sophomore Will Sykes (6'8''-F) scored off Garnet turnover to spark a 10-2 run as the Blue Jays pushed out to a 17-8 lead. Graduate student Conner Delaney (6'0''-PG) capped the run with a driving layup at 13:05. The teams traded buckets over a three-minute span and Hopkins led 21-16 at the 8:08-mark. Seniors Tom Quarry (6'6''-F) and Braeden Johnson (6'6''-G) then drained back-to-back three-pointers and just like that the lead was 11. The lead seesawed up and down over the ensuing two minutes and the lead was eight after a George Visconti three-point play. Johnson answered with a triple, followed by a Delaney driving layup to push the Jays' lead to 13 with 2:34 to go. Once again the teams traded scores and the lead was back down to eight just 68 seconds later. Junior Sidney Thybulle (6'8''-F) got a bucket in the paint, but Visconti answered with two free throws. Delaney had the final say of the half, draining a pull-up three with 20 ticks on the clock to send Hopkins into the half with 45-33 lead. Swarthmore opened the second with a Michael Caprise (6'6''-F) layup and a Vinny Deangelo (6'1''-G) jumper to pull within eight. Junior Carson James (6'2''-G) responded with a three-pointer to ignite a 10-0 Blue Jay run that saw the lead balloon to 18 with 16:17 to play. The lead fluctuated over the next six and a half minutes, but the Garnet could get no closer than 13 during that span. After a George Corzine (6'7''-F) layup made it a 65-49 game, Johnson and Quarry answered with back-to-back triples and in a blink the lead was up to 22. The Garnet made one last push, using a late 7-0 run to trim the deficit to 13 with 54 seconds to play, but they could get no closer. What it Means Hopkins avenges a pair of regular season losses to Swarthmore to improve to 81-45 all-time against the Garnet. This was the fourth straight meeting between JHU and Swarthmore in the conference championship, with the Blue Jays winning three of those. This is Hopkins' sixth Centennial Tournament title and third under head coach Josh Loeffler. JHU wins the tournament at home for the first time since 2007 and just the second overall. Inside the Box Score Delaney led all scorers with 23 points and added six assists to earn tournament MVP honors for the second straight year. In three Centennial Conference title game appearances, he averaged 22.6 points, 5.3 assists and 2.6 rebounds. Delaney's sixth assist of the game, with 6:40 to play, was the 400th of his career, breaking Dave Eikenberg's JHU record. The record had stood since 1991. James (16 points) and Quarry (11 points) also finished in double figures and had four rebounds each. Thybulle posted his third straight double-double with 10 points and a game-high 12 rebounds. DeAngelo led three Garnet players in double figures with 20 points. Visconti finished with 13 and Conor Harkins added 10. Caprise and Aidan Godfrey led Swarthmore with six rebounds apiece. Courtesy of Johns Hopkins Athletic Communications Centennial Conf. Tournament Final: Johns Hopkins - Swarthmore 80-66 Centennial Conf. Tournament Semifinals: Johns Hopkins - Ursinus 81-75 Swarthmore - Gettysburg 80-64 All-Centennial Conf. Awards 2022 - Mar 2, 2022
All-Tournament MVP: Conner Delaney (6'0''-PG) of John Hopkins Player of the Year: Conner Delaney (6'0''-PG) of John Hopkins Defensive Player of the Year: Sidney Thybulle (6'8''-F) of John Hopkins Rookie of the Year: Carl Schaller (6'0''-PG) of Gettysburg Coach of the Year: Alan Seretti of Dickinson First Team Conner Delaney (6'0''-PG) of John Hopkins Vinny Deangelo (6'1''-G) of Swarthmore Ryan Hughes (6'4''-G) of Ursinus Tom Quarry (6'6''-F) of John Hopkins Avery Close (6'6''-F) of Gettysburg Second Team Michael Caprise (6'6''-F) of Swarthmore Ryan Robinson (6'2''-F) of Dickinson Mike Wallace (6'1''-G) of McDaniel George Visconti (6'3''-G) of Swarthmore Trevor Wall (6'3''-G) of Ursinus Honorable Mention Conor Harkins (6'3''-G) of Swarthmore Carson James (6'2''-G) of John Hopkins Sidney Thybulle (6'8''-F) of John Hopkins Dan Gaines (6'2''-G) of Muhlenberg Solomon Mathis (5'11''-PG) of F&M All-Sportsmanship Team Jack Tierney (6'7''-F) of Dickinson Mark Suchy (6'6''-F) of F&M Jack Rooney (5'10''-PG) of Gettysburg Stephen Flanders (6'7''-F) of Haverford Chid Nnake (6'6''-F) of John Hopkins Josh Sproul (6'1''-G) of McDaniel Nate Henty-Brown (6'5''-G) of Muhlenberg Ryan Ingram (6'0''-PG) of Swarthmore Peyton Vostenak (6'5''-G) of Ursinus Dilyn Becker (5'11''-PG) of Washington |
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