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Game 22
Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016
No. 16 Franklin & Marshall at Ursinus | Collegeville, Pa. | 6:00 p.m.
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Game 23
Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016
No. 16 Franklin & Marshall at Johns Hopkins | Baltimore, Md. | 1:00 p.m.
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Series History: Franklin & Marshall will take on Ursinus for the 123rd time since 1915 and holds an 88-34 edge in the all-time series with a 25-13 mark in conference play. F&M has won 14 of the last 15 games, including a 63-57 victory in December.
F&M continues its road trip with a visit to Baltimore on Saturday to face Johns Hopkins at 1:00 p.m. for another CC matchup. The Diplomats own a comfortable 62-36 edge in the previous 98 contests and a 35-15 lead in CC action, with a 63-60 victory earlier this season.
Outstanding in His Field: Glenn Robinson improved his career win total to 908 last week. Earlier this season he moved past Bob Knight (902), putting him alone in third place for career NCAA wins. He trails only Herb Magee of Philadelphia University and Duke's Mike Krzyzewski.
Help Us Celebrate: Franklin & Marshall College will recognize Coach Robinson after the final home game of the regular season with a special presentation at center court honoring the coach's stellar accomplishment. The game against Dickinson on Feb. 20 starts at 3:00 p.m. and the presentation will begin immediately after the contest.
Code Blue: A 'Code Blue' has been issued for Saturday, Feb. 20 when the Diplomats take on Dickinson in Centennial Conference basketball action. Fans are asked to attend the games wearing blue shirts, and to aid in that request, F&M will be giving away blue t-shirts to the first 1,000 F&M fans.
Playoffs: F&M has already locked up a spot in the CC playoffs and the Diplomats have a chance to secure the right to host. F&M has a three-game lead with four games left and can clinch the top spot with: two wins, one win and a Gettysburg loss, or by defeating the Bullets next week.
F&M Last Week: F&M increased its winning streak to five with two victories last week. The Diplomats started out the week with a 72-43 win over Muhlenberg and finished off with a 72-66 victory over Swarthmore on Saturday.
Muhlenberg: Recap | Video Highlight
Swarthmore: Recap
Last Time We Met Ursinus: No. 20 Franklin & Marshall edged Ursinus 63-57 on Dec. 1, 2015.
Ursinus opened the second with four straight to take a 33-30 edge and the Diplomats countered with a 7-1 spurt to go up 37-34. Six lead changes ensued over the next five minutes with the Bears clinging to a 45-44 lead before F&M tallied six straight to take the lead for good. A Levy jumper put F&M up seven, 55-48, and a 5-0 spurt made it a two-point game before Matthew Tate scored five of his own to put the Diplomats back up seven. F&M led by as many seven points down the stretch to secure the win.
Brandon Federici struggled from the floor, but finished with a team-high 14 points. He added four assists, three blocks and two steals for F&M. Tate tallied 11 and Hunter Eggers shot 4-for-9 for 10 points. Cedric Moune hauled in a game-high 12 boards, scored seven points and had four blocks.
Remi Janicot led Ursinus with 13 and Matt Knowles had 11 for the Bears.
Last Time We Met Hopkins: No. 17 Franklin & Marshall escaped with a thrilling 63-60 victory over Johns Hopkins earlier this year on Jan. 14, 2016.
Eggers put F&M up 58-54 with 3:41 left in the game and the Blue Jays answered with five straight to take a 59-58 lead with 1:34 on the clock. Cedric Moune quickly put the Diplomats up one and Matthew Tate took a charge on the next possession, giving F&M the ball back.
A free throw from Eggers with 15 ticks left gave F&M a 61-59 edge and Eggers went to the line again seven seconds later and hit his second shot for a 62-59 F&M lead with eight seconds left. F&M appeared to force a missed 3-pointer by Hopkins as time expired, but Brandon Federici was called for a foul, sending Sam Gordon to line with :04 left in the game.
Gordon made his first, missed his second and was called for a violation on his third, putting the ball back in F&M's hands. Eggers was immediately fouled and connected on one-of-two from the line to make it 63-60 and a last second attempt by the Blue Jays came too late as time expired.
Federici finished with a game-high 20 points and Tate netted 14 and added six steals. Eggers scored 12 while Cedric Moune hauled in eight boards to along with 12 points. Lionel Owona had nine rebounds five assists and two blocks for the Diplomats.
Ryan Curran, Matt Billups and Jess Flannery all finished with 14 for Hopkins and Gene Williams contributed 10.