SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Matt Porter scored a career-high 18 points to lead No. 8 Franklin & Marshall to a 74-50 victory over Swarthmore in Centennial Conference (CC) men's basketball action Saturday afternoon. The Diplomats have won seven consecutive games over the Garnet and improved to 13-0 (6-0 CC) while Swarthmore fell to 1-11 (1-4 CC) on the season.
F&M opened up the contest with an 8-2 run just over three minutes into the game to jump out to an early lead. Swarthmore came within four points, 10-6, at 14:00, before the Diplomats went on a 16-6 run over the next eight minutes to blow the game wide open. F&M took its largest lead of half, 29-14, with 3:56 remaining in the opening stanza and cruised into the break with a 35-22-halftime edge.
The Diplomats maintained at least a double-digit lead the remainder of the game and led by as many as 29 points with 2:09 left to play. Swarthmore came within 10 points, 37-27, four minutes into the second half, but could not keep pace with F&M's offense.
Hayk Gyokchyan finished with a game-high 21 points and pulled down 11 boards for his sixth double-double of the year. Georgio Milligan netted nine points with six rebounds and Jon Salandra finished with eight points. Brandon Beckford added six points for F&M.
Jay Kober led the way for the Garnet with 19 points while Michael Giannangeli added 14 points.
F&M held a commanding 42-21 advantage on the glass and outshot Swarthmore 51% to 32% from the floor.
The Diplomats return to action on Thursday when F&M hosts Muhlenberg at 8:00 p.m.
FRANKLIN & MARSHALL 74, SWARTHMORE 50
FRANKLIN & MARSHALL (13-0, 6-0)
Hayk Gyokchyan 8-12 3-4 21; Matt Porter 7-10 2-3 18; Georgio Milligan 2-6 5-8 9; Jon Salandra 2-3 4-6 8; Brandon Beckford 2-3 0-0 6; Kevin Henry 1-1 1-3 3; Ed Early 1-2 1-3 3; Brett McCormick 1-1 0-0 2; Dave Balderston 1-2 0-0 2; Max Brewer 0-6 2-2 2; Austin Alecxih 0-0 0 0 0; Morgan Lee 0-1 0-0 0; Ty Savastio 0-0 0-0 0; Nick Mraz 0-1 0-0 0; Xavier Braham 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 25-49 18-29 74.
SWARTHMORE (1-11, 1-4)
Jay Kober 6-9 6-6 19; Michael Giannangeli 4-6 4-4 14; Will Gates 3-14 2-3 9; Jordan Martinez 0-3 6-8 6; Marc Rogalski 0-4 2-2 2; Davis Ancona 0-1 0-0 0; Jordan Cheney 0-1 0-0 0; Matt Sharma 0-1 0-0 0; Eugene Prymak 0-0 0-0 0; Joe Keedy 0-1 0-0 0; Dominic Rizzo 0-0 0-0 0; Dan Hu 0-0 0-0 0; Jordan Federer 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 13-41 20-23 50.
Franklin & Marshall........... 35 39 - 74
Swarthmore.................... 22 28 - 50
3-point goals--Franklin & Marshall 6-14 (Matt Porter 2-4; Brandon Beckford 2-3; Hayk Gyokchyan 2-2; Max Brewer 0-3; Xavier Braham 0-1; Georgio Milligan 0-1), Swarthmore 4-15 (Michael Giannangeli 2-3; Will Gates 1-7; Jay Kober 1-2; Marc Rogalski 0-2; Jordan Martinez 0-1).
Fouled out--Franklin & Marshall-None, Swarthmore-None.
Rebounds--Franklin & Marshall 42 (Hayk Gyokchyan 11), Swarthmore 21 (Will Gates 5).
Assists--Franklin & Marshall 16 (Jon Salandra 4; Georgio Milligan 4), Swarthmore 4 (Marc Rogalski 1; Will Gates 1; Jordan Martinez 1; Dominic Rizzo 1).
Total fouls--Franklin & Marshall 19, Swarthmore 19.
Technical fouls--Franklin & Marshall-None, Swarthmore-None.
A-381
