BALTIMORE – Johns Hopkins scored six points in the final 30 seconds of regulation to force overtime, then held on in the extra session to defeat the McDaniel College women's basketball team 62-60 in the semifinals of the 2026 Centennial Conference Women's Basketball Championship on Friday.
 
Senior Elaina Beckett scored 30 points to lead the Green Terror (20-7, 8-6), increasing her career total to 1,451 points. She remains third on the program's all-time scoring list. 
 
In the first postseason meeting between the two teams since Feb. 28, 2014, McDaniel took control of the game in the first quarter, outscoring the undefeated Blue Jays (25-0, 14-0) 16-9. A layup from junior Teya McConnaha at the 4:43 mark of the first capped a 7-2 scoring run for the Green Terror to begin the game. A Beckett jumper with under a minute to go grew the lead to seven just before the quarter's end.
 
Johns Hopkins cut the deficit to three with 7:48 left in the second, but McDaniel held off the rally to stay in front for the remainder of the half. A Beckett three-pointer with 3:33 to play put the visitors ahead 25-18, and McDaniel would take a seven-point lead into the break following a jumper from sophomore Kendra Mason.
 
The Blue Jays opened the third quarter with a 7-0 run to tie the score, taking their first lead of the game on a three-pointer with 7:32 left to lead 30-29. Another three from Beckett grew the Green Terror lead to six with 3:46 to play in the quarter, and a layup from junior Raegan Lenz increased the lead to 46-38. 
 
McDaniel stayed ahead late into the fourth quarter, going up by six with 1:15 to play following a Lenz basket to lead 54-48. Free throws from sophomore Lauren Cavoli made the score 56-50 with 31 seconds left in regulation, with the Green Terror moments away from ending the Blue Jays' undefeated season. A made three-pointer followed by a turnover on the inbounds led to another made three with 24 seconds left to tie the game 56-56, forcing the game into overtime.
 
Beckett scored the first points of the extra session but a Hopkins three-pointer with 3:52 to go gave the Blue Jays a lead they would never relinquish. Hopkins converted on 3-of-4 free throws down the stretch to advance to the conference championship, 62-60.
 
Beckett's 30 points led all scorers; she totaled five rebounds, three assists, three steals and two three-pointers in 41 minutes. Lenz finished with 13 points, eight rebounds and four assists while McConnaha snagged 16 rebounds. 
 
The Green Terror now await their postseason fate as the 2026 ECAC DIII Women's Basketball Championship will take place March 7-8 and 14-15 at campus sites and the NCAA DIII Women's Basketball Championship will begin March 19.