Nov. 28, 2006

Box Score

LANCASTER, Pa. - The Franklin & Marshall men's basketball team dominated the second half to knock off Gettysburg in the 30th Centennial Conference (CC) meeting between the teams since the league's 1994 inception. The Diplomats (2-3, 1-0 CC), winners in 23 of those meetings, outscored the Bullets (1-3, 0-1 CC) 45-21 in the second half.

With F&M trailing five at the break, the teams traded baskets on their first two second-half possessions. On the Diplomats' third possession, Logan Outerbridge nailed a three-pointer that got F&M within two. His three-for-three, three-point shooting early in the second half willed his Diplomats back into the game, ultimately giving F&M the lead with 12:49 left in regulation.

Outerbridge's third trey supplied points three through five on what turned into an 18-0 run over the next seven minutes. He added another pair of points in that stretch, and saw his offensive production during the run matched by Derek Hines.

Outerbridge finished the game with 16 points having shot five-of-seven from the field and four-of-five from three-point land. Hines offered the Dips a double-double of 22 points and 12 rebounds.

While the shots were falling offensively, the Diplomats' defense held Gettysburg without a field goal for a stretch of ten minutes in the second half. F&M's lead was never smaller than 11 points after the run.

The Bullets had shot 43.5 percent from the field in the first half, but cooled off to 31 percent in the second period. Conversely, F&M shot 37.5 percent from the field in the opening period, but hit at a 60 percent clip in the second half.

Gettysburg's Dan Capkin powered the Bullets first half explosion hitting on five-of-eight shots from the field including three treys. His efforts helped Gettysburg build a lead as large as 11 points in the opening period. Capkin finished the night with 19 points. Joe Spierenburg scored nine of the Bullets' 21 second-half points to finish the game with 11 points and seven rebounds.

The Diplomats return to Centennial action on Saturday at Swarthmore.