News Release

HAVERFORD, Pa. — Senior forward Mark Gabriel scored 23 points and classmate Matt Stein added 19, including the 1,000th point of his career, as host Haverford pulled away from a 32-21 halftime lead for its first postseason win since the 1976-77 season.
Juniors Jeremy Bass (13 points), Johnny Elefterakis (seven assists) and Jason Polykoff (four steals) also had big games for the Fords (14-11), who face Centennial tournament host Franklin & Marshall (19-6) in the Conference semifinals Saturday at 4 p.m. Gettysburg (16-9) and Ursinus (16-9) meet in the other Centennial semifinal at 2 p.m.
The Blue Jays (14-11), whose last lead was 13-12 midway through the first half, were led by sophomore guard T.J. Valerio's 19 points and sophomore center Danny Nawrocki's Conference-record 16 rebounds.
Bass moved past 1994 Fords graduate Joe Rulewich (1,011) into ninth-place in career scoring at Haverford with 1,014 points, four points more than Stein's new total (1,010). Entering the night, Haverford's last playoff win was a 70-68 triumph at F&M in the Middle Atlantic Conference Southern Division semifinals on Feb. 24, 1977.
On Wednesday, Gabriel became Haverford's first First-Team All-Centennial men's basketball player since point guard Jamal Elliott in 1995-96. Elefterakis and Bass were named to the All-CC Second and Honorable Mention teams, respectively. Thursday night's victory also capped its final basketball game in 48 seasons at Alumni Field House, which opened for the 1957-58 season. The Fords will move into the Douglas B. Gardner '83 Integrated Athletic Center gymnasium for home games beginning next season.

HAVERFORD COLLEGE 71, JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY 53
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (14-11)
TJ Valerio 6-13 5-5 19; Eric Toback 5-12 1-3 11; Danny Nawrocki 4-9 2-6 10;
Doug Polster 1-3 2-2 4; Terence Coppola 1-7 0-2 3; Bobby Sharafeddin 1-4 0-0
2; Zack Armen 1-3 0-0 2; Matt Griffin 1-3 0-0 2; Kevin Roach 0-1 0-0 0;
Chris Morley 0-0 0-0 0; Jeff Thompson 0-2 0-0 0; Tim Rupert 0-0 0-0 0.
Totals 20-57 10-18 53.
HAVERFORD COLLEGE (14-11)
Mark Gabriel 10-17 3-3 23; Matt Stein 9-17 1-1 19; Jeremy Bass 5-7 2-2 13;
Jason Polykoff 2-5 0-0 5; Johnny Elefterakis 1-6 0-2 3; Mike Kelly 1-4 1-1
3; Ray Brown 0-0 3-6 3; Noor Ali 1-1 0-0 2; Ray Panek 0-0 0-0 0; Imran
Siddiqui 0-2 0-0 0; Craig Tutterow 0-0 0-0 0; Aaron Heath 0-0 0-0 0. Totals
29-59 10-15 71.
Johns Hopkins University......   21   32  -   53
Haverford College.............   32   39  -   71
3-point goals-Johns Hopkins University 3-14 (TJ Valerio 2-6; Terence Coppola
1-3; Doug Polster 0-1; Bobby Sharafeddin 0-1; Jeff Thompson 0-1; Eric Toback
0-2), Haverford College 3-10 (Johnny Elefterakis 1-4; Jeremy Bass 1-1; Jason
Polykoff 1-2; Mike Kelly 0-2; Mark Gabriel 0-1). Fouled out--Johns Hopkins
University-None, Haverford College-Matt Stein. Rebounds-Johns Hopkins
University 35 (Danny Nawrocki 16), Haverford College 37 (Mark Gabriel 10).
Assists-Johns Hopkins University 9 (Danny Nawrocki 2; Terence Coppola 2;
Bobby Sharafeddin 2), Haverford College 19 (Johnny Elefterakis 7). Total
fouls-Johns Hopkins University 13, Haverford College 14. A-600
First round of Centennial Conference men's basketball playoffs
Final Haverford home game at Alumni Field House, which opened in 1957-58