CARLISLE, Pa. - The Dickinson men's basketball team hung tough through the early part of the first-half on Wednesday night, but ultimately were unable to work out of a 17-point halftime deficit as the visiting Johns Hopkins Blue Jays collected a 63-38 Centennial Conference win inside the Kline Center.
- Dickinson held the lead through the opening five minutes at 8-3 thanks to a pair of Cole Cosby triples and a strong finish at the rim by Joey Dopirak.
- A three-ball from John Windley trimmed the gap to 8-6, but layups for Luis Ruiz and Dopirak kept DC in front 12-8 just over two minutes later.
- A minute later Tanti Felli picked up two in the paint which started a 20-3 outburst for the Jays as they grabbed a 28-15 lead with the only Dickinson points coming from David Petrusev and Dopirak.
- Two shots at the charity line by Cosby stalled the charge for just a moment as Wyatt Eglinton Manner and Windley netted six straight over the final 97-seconds to lead 34-17 with 20 minutes gone.
- Eight of the first dozen points of the frame went to the guests making it 42-21 inside of three minutes off the clock.
- Brandon Wiercinski delivered from outside the arc and Petrusev tried to keep DC in the game at 42-26.Â
- Hopkins would extend the gap to 52-26 with a 10-0 spurt over the next 2:29 thanks in large part to triples by Charlie Jackson and Luke Thorburn.
- Two shots from deep for Matt Mahoney along with a pair of layups from Juan Ruiz trimmed the deficit to 56-36 with 6:51 remaining.
- From there Dickinson could not get any closer as the Jays closed the game scoring seven of the final nine points to claim the 63-38 win.
- Points - Cosby and Dopirak (8), Mahoney and J. Ruiz (6)
- Rebounds - L. Ruiz (8), Petrusev (6)
- Assists - J. Ruiz (4)
- Blocks - L. Ruiz (2), Petrusev, J. Ruiz and Wiercinski (1)
- Points - Eglinton Manner (13), Windley (10)
- Rebounds - Eglinton Manner (6)
- Assists - Eglinton Manner, Felli and Windley (2)Â
- Blocks -Â
- Dickinson (6-12, 1-5Â Centennial) heads to Collegeville, Pennsylvania on Saturday for Centennial Conference battle at Ursinus College. Tipoff is set for 1pm.
