Box Score
LANCASTER, Pa. - Steve Juskin
scored a game-high 13 points and 21st-ranked Franklin & Marshall
opened the second half on a 21-2 run en route to a 59-44 win
over 23rd-ranked Gettysburg in Centennial Conference (CC)
men's basketball action on Wednesday.
Asaf Ganot recorded nine points, five rebounds,
six blocked shots and seven steals to help the Diplomats (18-4,
8-2 CC) move into a tie for first place in the CC West Division
with the Bullets (16-5, 8-2 CC).
Gettysburg, which entered the game as the conference leader
in field-goal percentage, shot just 24 percent from the floor
in the second half while scoring a season-low 44 points and
having its six-game winning streak halted.
Terence Callahan (Bay Shore, NY/St. Anthony's)
scored nearly half of his team's points on the night, hitting
for 19 on 8-of-16 shooting. Curtis McNeil (Alexandria,
VA/St. Stephen's & St. Agnes), who torched F&M for
a career-high 35 points when the teams met in January, was
held to a season-low five points while shooting just 2-for-14
from the floor.
After jumping out early, the Diplomats led throughout the
half and took a 30-27 lead into the locker room.
Callahan opened the scoring with a driving
layup on Gettysburg's first possession before Cas Thomas
knocked down a 3-pointer to key a quick 7-0 F&M run.
Callahan pulled the Bullets within 9-8 by
scoring on three more slashes to the basket. With every starter
scoring over the next five minutes, F&M built the lead to
18-13 with 10:42 left in the half.
Gettysburg tied the game at 22 on Dami
Oloruntoba's (Glenn Dale, MD/Eleanor Roosevelt) 3-pointer,
but Jackeim Wright answered with a three of
his own to ignite an 8-0 burst and put the Diplomats ahead
30-22.
Callahan knocked down a 3-pointer to break
the Bullets' scoring drought and a backdoor layup from Jim
Natale (Washington Crossing, PA/Council Rock) brought
the visitors to within three at the break.
After halftime, however Franklin & Marshall
took over on both ends of the floor.
Behind six straight points from Duran Searles,
who finished with 10, the Diplomats scored 12 consecutive
points and built a 42-27 lead with 13:32 remaining.
McNeil converted a driving layup at 12:43
for Gettysburg's first points of the half, but five points
from Juskin fueled a 9-0 burst that pushed the lead to 51-29.
The Bullets managed to pull within 16 by
scoring the next six points, but would get no closer than
11 in the game's final minute.
Gettysburg returns to action on Saturday
at home against Western Maryland. Game time is 4 p.m.
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