Box Score LANCASTER, Pa. – Georgio Milligan scored a team-high 20 points to lead No. 14 Franklin & Marshall to a 77-59 victory over Swarthmore in Centennial Conference (CC) men's basketball action Saturday afternoon. The Diplomats (21-2, 14-2 CC) secured the top-seed in the CC and earned the right to host the CC playoffs for the fourth-straight year.
F&M jumped out to an early 10-3 edge and never looked back, leading the entire game. Swarthmore came within six points, 16-10, at 13:04 before F&M went on a 24-9 run to take its largest lead, 40-19, with 4:25 left in the first half.
Hayk Gyokchyan's trey as time expired, gave F&M a 43-27 lead at the break.
The Diplomats maintained at least a double-digit lead the remainder of the game and led by as many as 31 points with 5:13 left to play. Swarthmore came within 13 points, 45-32, three minutes into the second, but could not keep pace with F&M's offense.
Milligan shot 8-for-12 from the floor and added five steals to pace F&M. The senior now has 1,754 points and is 43 points shy of breaking
James McNally's '11 school mark of 1,796. Gyokchyan picked up his ninth double-double of the year with 15 points and 11 boards.
Matt Porter dropped in 12 points and
Jon Salandra finished with seven.
David Balderston scored five off the bench for F&M.
Will Gates led all scorers with 21 points and was the only Garnet to score in double figures.
F&M outshot Swarthmore 50% to 33% and held a dominant 49-29 advantage on the glass.
F&M returns to action on Wednesday when the Diplomats travel to Johns Hopkins for a 7:00 p.m. tip-off.
FRANKLIN & MARSHALL 77, SWARTHMORE 59
SWARTHMORE (2-21, 2-14 CC)
Will Gates 7-16 3-3 21; Marc Rogalski 3-9 1-3 9; Jordan Federer 1-5 4-4 6; Karl Barkley 1-2 1-2 4; Jay Kober 1-2 2-3 4; Jordan Martinez 1-4 2-2 4; Eugene Prymak 2-4 0-1 4; Michael Giannangeli 1-6 1-1 3; Joe Keedy 0-1 2-2 2; Davis Ancona 0-1 2-2 2; Jordan Cheney 0-0 0-0 0; Matt Sharma 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 17-52 18-23 59.
FRANKLIN & MARSHALL (21-2, 14-2 CC)
Georgio Milligan 8-12 4-7 20; Hayk Gyokchyan 5-9 4-7 15; Matt Porter 5-8 2-2 12; Brandon Beckford 3-5 2-4 8; Jon Salandra 2-6 3-6 7; Morgan Lee 3-7 1-3 7; Dave Balderston 2-2 1-4 5; Ed Early 1-3 0-0 2; Brett McCormick 0-0 1-2 1; Austin Alecxih 0-1 0-0 0; Kevin Henry 0-0 0-0 0; Max Brewer 0-3 0-0 0; Ty Savastio 0-0 0-2 0; Nick Mraz 0-1 0-0 0; Terrel Phelps 0-0 0-0 0; Xavier Braham 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 29-58 18-37 77.
Swarthmore.................... 27 32 - 59
Franklin & Marshall........... 43 34 - 77
Fouled out--Swarthmore-None, Franklin & Marshall-None.
Rebounds--Swarthmore 29 (Marc Rogalski 6), Franklin & Marshall 49 (
Hayk Gyokchyan 11).
Total fouls--Swarthmore 29, Franklin & Marshall 23.
Technical fouls--Swarthmore-None, Franklin & Marshall-None.
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