Box Score BALTIMORE – Georgio Milligan and Ed Early combined for 51 points to lead No. 13 Franklin & Marshall to a 71-63 victory over Johns Hopkins in Centennial Conference (CC) men's basketball action. The Diplomats improved to 22-2, 15-2 CC while the Blue Jays fell to 14-10, 10-7 CC.
Milligan scored a game-high 27 points, giving him 1,781 point in his career, which is 16 points shy of James McNally's '11 school mark of 1,796.
F&M jumped out to an early 8-2 lead four minutes into the game and quickly increased its edge to 20-9 at the 11:31 mark. Hopkins came within seven, 25-18, before Early scored two straight buckets to put the Diplomats back up 11, 29-18, with 7:57 remaining in the half. The Blue Jays answered with a 12-5 run to come within five points, 35-30, but F&M answered outscoring Hopkins 6-3, to go into the break with a 41-33 lead.
The teams traded baskets during the first four minutes of the second half with F&M holding onto a 47-38 edge at 16:46. Hopkins came alive and went on an 11-0 run to take its first and only lead of the game, 48-47, with 11:47 left to play. Milligan answered the call with five straight points to put the Diplomats back on top, 52-48, with less than ten minutes to play.
Johns Hopkins answered again to come within a point, 54-53, at 7:11 before Early led a 7-2 F&M run to extend the Diplomats' lead to six. The Blue Jays came within four points, 63-59, with 4:13 remaining, but F&M stayed strong down stretch to secure the victory.
Milligan went 3-for-3 from the behind arc and shot a perfect 6-for-6 from the stripe. Early tallied a career-high 24 points on 10-for-16 shooting and went 4-for-4 from the foul line. Matt Porter dropped in 10 points for the Diplomats.
Aleksander Nikolic scored a team-high 13 points for the Blue Jays and Tim McCarty finished with 11.
Glenn Robinson picked up career-win 827 and is one victory shy of tying Clarence Gaines for the 10th spot on the NCAA all-time coaching wins list.
F&M wraps up the regular on Saturday when the Diplomats travel to Dickinson for a 4 p.m. tip off.
No. 13 FRANKLIN & MARSHALL 71, JOHNS HOPKINS 63
FRANKLIN & MARSHALL (22-2, 15-2 CC)
Georgio Milligan 9-19 6-6 27; Ed Early 10-16 4-4 24; Matt Porter 4-8 2-2 10; Hayk Gyokchyan 2-6 0-3 4; Jon Salandra 1-3 0-0 2; Brandon Beckford 1-6 0-1 2; Kevin Henry 1-2 0-0 2; Morgan Lee 0-1 0-0 0; Austin Alecxih 0-0 0-0 0; Max Brewer 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 28-63 12-16 71.
JOHNS HOPKINS (14-10, 10-7 CC)
Aleksandar Nikolic 4-10 5-6 13; Tim McCarty 3-6 5-7 11; Daniel Corbett 3-8 0-0 7; George Bugarinovic 3-9 0-0 6; Mike Rhoads 2-4 0-0 6; Alex Pandrangi 3-3 0-0 6; Jimmy Hammer 2-6 0-0 5; Connor McIntyre 2-3 1-2 5; Adam Spengler 1-9 2-4 4. Totals 23-58 13-19 63.
Franklin & Marshall........... 41 30 - 71
Johns Hopkins................. 33 30 - 63
3-point goals--Franklin & Marshall 3-6 (Georgio Milligan 3-3; Hayk Gyokchyan 0-1; Brandon Beckford 0-2), Johns Hopkins 4-12 (Mike Rhoads 2-3; Daniel Corbett 1-4; Jimmy Hammer 1-4; George Bugarinovic 0-1).
Fouled out—Franklin & Marshall-None, Johns Hopkins-None.
Rebounds--Franklin & Marshall 32 (Jon Salandra 6; Hayk Gyokchyan 6), Johns Hopkins 42 (George Bugarinovic 11).
Assists--Franklin & Marshall 14 (Brandon Beckford 4), Johns Hopkins 12 (Adam Spengler 4).
Total fouls--Franklin & Marshall 16, Johns Hopkins 18.
Technical fouls--Franklin & Marshall-None, Johns Hopkins-None.
A-125
