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Three players recorded double-doubles and all five starters scored in double figures as the Muhlenberg women's basketball team bounced back from its second loss of the season to defeat Johns Hopkins, 66-54.

The win kept the 11th-ranked Mules (17-2, 11-2) tied in the loss column in the Centennial Conference with first-place McDaniel, a winner against Ursinus.

Senior Christina Santone, honored with the Aril Bryant Award before the game for "service beyond self," scored a career-high 20 points and pulled down 10 rebounds. Junior Maggie Zerbe (10 points, 11 rebounds) also notched a double-double, her second in the last five games.

Sophomore Brandi Vallely finished with 11 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds, while sophomores Christina Manning and Rachel Plotke netted 12 and 11 points, respectively.

After coming back from 11 points down in the fourth quarter to win at Johns Hopkins earlier in the season, Muhlenberg scored the first five points of this one and never trailed. Ahead 16-13 after one, the Mules shot a blistering 68.8 percent in the second quarter, scoring 25 points and taking an 11-point lead (41-30) into the locker room.

Santone scored 10 points in the second quarter, including six in a row after the Blue Jays (9-11, 6-7) trailed 30-27 with four minutes left in the half.

Muhlenberg extended its lead to 13 early in the third quarter on four straight points by Zerbe, but Hopkins closed to within five, at 48-43, late in the period. Two free throws by Plotke, who also had six assists and four steals, sent the teams into the final period with the Mules up, 50-43.

The Blue Jays got as close as six points, at 52-46, but a 7-0 run, started by a layup from Manning (pictured above) and punctuated by Plotke's third three-pointer of the game, pushed the lead back to 13.

Vallely provided the final dagger when she beat the shot clock with a deep three in the last 90 seconds.

Sophomore Chelsea Gary came off the bench to pull down seven rebounds for the Mules, who owned a 40-33 advantage on the boards and allowed only three offensive rebounds in the first half.