Akim Joseph's double-double helped the Centennial see a little more than double at the top of the conference standings. Gettysburg athletics file photo by David Sinclair

It's a three-way race atop the Centennial Conference, as Gettysburg won at home against Johns Hopkins and Franklin & Marshall lost at Ursinus. Plus, Trine eased past another MIAA contender, Hampden-Sydney won its 14th in a row and Catholic extended its streak to 12 consecutive wins on Wednesday in Division III men's basketball.

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Gettysburg used a 17-3 run over the final five minutes to beat Johns Hopkins, the No. 18 team in the country, ending the Blue Jays' 13-game winning streak after a 2-4 start. Gettysburg is 15-5, 11-2 in the Centennial; Johns Hopkins is 15-5, 11-2; and Franklin & Marshall is 16-4, 11-2 after Wednesday night's results.

Hopkins led 57-51 with 5:30 to play after a Brayden Fagbemi triple and a Sidney Thybulle layup. Ryan McKeon answered on the other end with a bucket in the paint to spark that 17-3 run. Four Bullets combined for the 17 points, fueled by Aiden Mess' eight points and McKeon's six. Mess gave Gettysburg up 59-57 at the 2:28-mark, it was the Bullets' first lead since midway through the first half. He then pushed the lead to four just 28 seconds later.

Fagbemi hit from downtown on the ensuing possession to pull the Blue Jays back within one, but the Bullets closed the game with seven unanswered to take the win. Mess scored a game-high 22 points for the Bullets, to go with four blocks and seven rebounds. Akim Joseph finished with a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds. 

Ursinus pulled off the biggest upset of the bunch, as the 10-10 Bears defeated F&M 67-65 at the Bears' Helfferich Hall. Trevor Wall notched his third 30-plus point game of the season with a game-high 33 points, going 13-of-21 from the field while making four three-pointers. Ursinus led by 11 midway through the second half before the Diplomats inched their way back into it. Vakaris Grauslys hit a three-pointer with 2:06 to play to cut the deficit to 60-59, and Jaylen Green hit a three with 23 seconds left to get within 64-62. After a pair of Ursinus free throws, Grauslys was fouled on a putback attempt and hit two with 12 ticks remaining to make it 66-64. Nick Nocito hit just one of two on the other end, Grauslys made a free throw to cut it to 67-65 with six seconds left, then intentionally missed the second shot. Green collected the board after a tip, and Omar Nichols's shot was off at the buzzer.

Trine forced Hope into a season-high 24 turnovers and limited the Flying Dutchmen to a season-low 48 field-goal attempts as the No. 3 Thunder defeated Hope 64-53 in Indiana on Wednesday night. Trine (19-1, 9-0 MIAA) leads Calvin by two games at the top of the MIAA standings. Fred Garland led the team in scoring with 14 points, but Brent Cox added 13 points and Aidan Smylie netted 11 points. Emmanuel Megnanglo had ten rebounds with three steals and three blocked shots. Trine's one loss on the season came on Dec. 20 at Elmhurst.

No. 15 Catholic won its 12th in a row, winning at Elizabethtown 75-66. Four Cardinals scored at least 13 points while Enzo Sechi recorded his third double-double of the season. Tommy Kelly led the Cardinals with 17 points while adding in a game-high four steals. Brian Herbert had 16 points and eight rebounds while Jesse Hafemeister added 14 points and three boards. Catholic (18-2, 12-1 Landmark) pushed the lead as high as 11 with 3:58 to play after a Herbert free throw before Elizabethtown trimmed it to five with 2:45 on the clock after a Rance Russo jumper. Catholic would go seven for eight from the line over the final 53 seconds to ride out a nine-point conference road victory. E-town fell to 7-13, 4-9.

Davidson Hubbard posted game-highs of 23 points and 10 rebounds for his fifth double-double of the season, while freshman Blake Wilson added a career-high 12 points off the bench, to lead No. 1 Hampden-Sydney to a 77-54 win against Virginia Wesleyan. The host Tigers took control early and led 46-18 at halftime en route to their 14th-straight victory, improving to 19-1 overall, 11-1 in the ODAC. The visiting Marlins were led by Miles Wallace with 12 points, while dropping to 15-6 overall, 6-6 in the ODAC.

Oberlin beat a NCAC contender for the second game in a row as the Yeomen knocked Denison out of a first place tie in the conference, defeating the Big Red 75-68. Four Yeomen finished in double figures highlighted by sophomore center Milun Micanovic who notched his fifth double-double of the year with 15 points and 11 rebounds. Freshman JJ Gray led the way in the scoring column with 17 points, while Asaan Snipes-Rea and Dimitrije Radusinovic each netted 10 points.

York (Pa.) extended its win streak to six as the Spartans are now at 13-7 after a 7-7 start. Chris Miers led all scorers with a career-high 24 points as York won 78-65 at Stevenson. Miers was 7-for-7, including 4-for-4 from beyond the arc in the first half. The Mustangs (8-12, 2-7 MAC Commonwealth) answered with one final push as they hit York with an 11-3 run, cutting the Spartan lead to ten with 6:33 remaining. The lead vacillated between ten and 13 points until Mason Jones hit a pair of free throws with 2:58 left to cut the Spartan lead to eight. The Spartans outscored the Mustangs 11-6 the rest of the way to earn the 13-point win.

Westfield State sophomore Juju Omot led the Owls with 25 points in an 86-65 win over Mass College of Liberal Arts in a MASCAC game at MCLA, helping the Owls hold on to second in the conference standings at 15-6 overall, 6-2 in conference. Worcester State remains on top of the conference ladder at 12-8, 6-1 after a 72-64 home win vs. Fitchburg State. Omot finished 11-21 shooting from the floor, with seven rebounds and five assists.