HAVERFORD, Pa. – Haverford handed Franklin & Marshall a 52-42 defeat in Centennial Conference (CC) men's basketball action Saturday afternoon. The Diplomats fell to 14-5, 9-3 while the Fords improved to 6-11, 4-8 CC with their first defeat over F&M since 2008.

Haverford took an early 8-4 lead eight minutes into the game before F&M went up 10-8 at 10:15 on a Jon Salandra jumper. The teams exchanged baskets throughout the remainder of the half and the Fords finished the stanza with five unanswered points to go into the break up 21-16.

The Fords extended their lead to 27-20 at 16:10 in the second frame. F&M answered with a 9-4 run to come within two, 31-29, but the Fords quickly answered and went up 38-31 with 9:28 remaining in the contest.

F&M outscored Haverford 11-2 over the next five minutes to take a 42-41 lead at the four-minute mark. The lead was short lived as the Fords retook the lead and hit key free throws down the stretch to come away with the victory.

Hayk Gyokchyan paced F&M with 13 points and Salandra finished with 10 on 4-for-7 shooting. Morgan Lee chipped in nine points and Brandon Beckford pulled down a team-high seven rebounds.

Cam Baker led Haverford with a game-high 19 points and Bret Cohen ended with 10.

F&M returns to action on Thursday when the Diplomats host Ursinus at 7:00 p.m.

HAVERFORD 52, FRANKLIN & MARSHALL 42

FRANKLIN & MARSHALL (14-5, 9-3 CC)

Hayk Gyokchyan 6-15 0-0 13; Jon Salandra 4-7 2-2 10; Morgan Lee 4-15 0-1 9; Cedric Moune 2-4 0-0 4; Max Brewer 1-3 0-0 2; Brandon Beckford 1-4 0-0 2; Matt Porter 1-5 0-0 2; Shawn Hines 0-0 0-0 0; Terrel Phelps 0-0 0-0 0; Gordon Rogo 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 19-56 2-3 42.

HAVERFORD (6-11, 4-8 CC)

Cam Baker 8-10 3-4 19; Brett Cohen 3-11 4-7 10; James Levine 1-3 6-6 8; Louis Cipriano 1-1 2-2 5; Gibby Graves 2-7 1-4 5; Lucas Colombo 1-5 1-2 4; Anthony Reyes 0-2 1-2 1; Geoff Hartmann 0-2 0-0 0; Eli Schwarz 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 16-41 18-27 52.

Franklin & Marshall........... 16 26 - 42

Haverford..................... 21 31 - 52

3-point goals--Franklin & Marshall 2-13 (Hayk Gyokchyan 1-5; Morgan Lee 1-5; Brandon Beckford 0-1; Matt Porter 0-2), Haverford 2-4 (Lucas Colombo 1-1; Louis Cipriano 1-1; Anthony Reyes 0-1; Geoff Hartmann 0-1).

Fouled out--Franklin & Marshall-Max Brewer; Matt Porter, Haverford-None.

Rebounds--Franklin & Marshall 34 (Brandon Beckford 7; Cedric Moune 7), Haverford 36 (Brett Cohen 11).

Assists--Franklin & Marshall 11 (Brandon Beckford 3), Haverford 9 (Lucas Colombo 2; Gibby Graves 2; Brett Cohen 2).

Total fouls--Franklin & Marshall 21, Haverford 10.

Technical fouls—Franklin & Marshall-None, Haverford-None. A-267