MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A team-high 22 points from sophomore Nate West would not be enough to overcome a three-point shooting barrage from Johns Hopkins University in a 93-84 neutural-site loss at the Rhodes Tip-Off Classic in the Mallory Gym on Saturday, November 18th.

LeTourneau now sits at 1-1 overall following the loss while the Blue Jays, who knocked in 14 treys, picked up their second win of the season to improve to 2-0.

JHU would come out of the gates hitting five of their first six shots to stake an early 11-3 lead before a triple by freshman Justin Moore would stop an 11-0 run and pull LETU within five. The Blue Jays would manage to maintain a slim lead over LeTourneau throughout most of the first half, until a layup in transition by CJ Bird put the YellowJackets up by a score of 28-27. LETU's biggest lead of the first half would come at 35-30 with 4:32 before halftime, but the YellowJackets could not capitalize on their run as the Blue Jays would sink two three's and hit four free throws down the stretch to claim a 43-41 halftime lead.

LeTourneau would again start out slow coming out of the locker room as the two point JHU lead would become six points at 51-45 before a Caylab Herrera hoop and free throw cut the lead to 51-48 at the first media timeout of the second half. As part of a 9-0 run, the YellowJackets would take 55-51 lead on a West layup with 14:03 remaining in regulation, but Johns Hopkins would battle back and force four lead changes in a span of 90 seconds. LeTourneau's largest lead of the game came at 67-60 with 10:26 left in the game following a 7-0 run by LETU, but a three by Delaney Connor would flip momentum back to JHU who would tie the game at 72-72 just three minutes later.

The game would be tied at 78-78 going into the final media timeout of the game with 3:58 remaining when the Blue Jays would hit back-to-back triples to open up a 74-78 lead as part of an 8-0 run heading into the final 1:19. LeTourneau would be forced to play at a quick tempo to try and get back into the game, but it would be too late as the Blue Jays would ice the game at the charity stripe to claim the nine-point victory.

"It was a very-good college basketball game between two teams and the difference is that Johns Hopkins executed better in the final four minutes" said head coach Dan Miller in a post-game interview. "We have to do a better job of taking care of the ball and it's something we've struggled with lately." "This is a learning experience for us and we need to be ready tomorrow to play either Rhodes or Vassar." "We wanted to play downhill and get to the paint and we did a good job of getting in there, but we didn't do a good enough job reversing the ball at times."

JHU hit 14 of their 27 three point attempts in the game and used a 26-13 advantage in points off turnovers to best the YellowJackets, who scored 30 points in the paint while shooting 28 of 54 from the field (51.9 percent).

In addition to 22 points from West, Moore would add 21 points while Caleb Loggins pitched in 19 points and had two steals. Moore would lead LETU with six rebounds, while Herrera had nine points and three boards. JHU would pick up 23 points each from both Kyle Doran and Michael Gardner to pace the Blue Jays, with Gardner also dishing out five assists.

LeTourneau will return to the court at 12 p.m. in Memphis tomorrow afternoon and will play the loser of Vassar College and Rhodes College.