LANCASTER, Pa. – Two days after setting a season-high in points, Mike Baker reset his season best with 22 points in No. 14 Franklin & Marshall's 85-46 win over Swarthmore Saturday in a Centennial Conference (CC) game.  The Diplomats remain unbeaten in the conference at 5-0 and 10-2 overall. The Garnet fell to 1-4 CC and 4-8 overall.

F&M opened the contest with seven unanswered points in the three minutes of the game. Swarthmore got as close as three points, 9-6, before the Diplomats exploded on a 20-4 run to lead 29-10 with 8:06 left in the half. F&M took a 46-24 lead into the locker room. Baker scored 16 points in the first half and James McNally added 12.

The second half was much of the same for the Diplomats as they ran their lead to 32 points, 64-32, at the 12:34 mark and finished the game with a 39-point margin.

F&M scored 27 points off of Swarthmore turnovers and received 20 points from its bench. Baker added a game-high nine boards while McNally finished with 15 points and eight rebounds. Steve Tolliver and Hayk Gyokchyan each scored 14 points for F&M.

Jay Kober netted 15 points to pace the Garnet and Will Gates added 12.

The Diplomats return to action Tuesday at McDaniel in a Centennial Conference clash at 8 p.m.

FRANKLIN & MARSHALL 85, SWARTHMORE 46
SWARTHMORE (4-8, 1-4 CC)
Jay Kober 6-11 3-4 15; Will Gates 5-17 2-2 12; Jordan Martinez 0-4 4-4 4; Jordan Federer 2-8 0-0 4; Sam Lacy 1-3 0-0 3; Sean Conroe 1-3 0-0 3; Jordan Cheney 1-2 0-0 2; Andrew Greenblatt 1-3 0-0 2; Eugene Prymak 0-0 1-2 1; Joe Keedy 0-2 0-0 0; Davis Ancona 0-1 0-0 0; Marc Rogalski 0-4 0-0 0; Michael Giannangeli 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 17-61 10-12 46.
 
FRANKLIN & MARSHALL (10-2, 5-0 CC)
Mike Baker 11-13 0-0 22; James McNally 7-12 1-4 15; Steve Tolliver 5-7 1-1 14; Hayk Gyokchyan 5-7 3-3 14; Brandon Beckford 4-7 0-0 8; Georgio Milligan 1-3 4-4 6; Ty Savastio 1-1 0-0 2; Max Brewer 0-2 2-2 2; Jon Salandra 0-3 2-2  2; Dave Balderston 0-0 0-0 0; Nick Mraz 0-0 0-0 0; Ed Early 0-0 0-0 0; Kevin Hines 0-1 0-0 0; Brett McCormick 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 34-57 13-16 85.
 
Swarthmore....................   24   22  -   46
Franklin & Marshall...........   46   39  -   85
 
3-point goals--Swarthmore 2-19 (Sean Conroe 1-1; Sam Lacy 1-3; Jordan Federer 0-1; Andrew Greenblatt 0-1; Marc Rogalski 0-1; Michael Giannangeli 0-2; Will Gates 0-7; Jay Kober 0-3), Franklin & Marshall 4-9 (Steve Tolliver 3-4; Hayk Gyokchyan 1-2; Brandon Beckford 0-1; Max Brewer 0-1; Brett McCormick 0-1).
 
Fouled out--Swarthmore-None, Franklin & Marshall-None.
 
Rebounds--Swarthmore 28 (Jay Kober 6), Franklin & Marshall 40 (Mike Baker 9).
 
Assists--Swarthmore 1 (Jordan Martinez 1), Franklin & Marshall 10
(Georgio Milligan 4).
 
Total fouls--Swarthmore 12, Franklin & Marshall 12.
 
Technical fouls--Swarthmore-None, Franklin & Marshall-None.
 
A-987