No. 7 Diplomats Advance to Rotary Finals

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LANCASTER, Pa.—Steve Tolliver scored all 14 of his points in the first half to help No. 7 Franklin & Marshall to a 91-50 win over Penn State-Abington in the first round of the Lancaster Rotary Extravaganza/F&M Tip-Off Tournament Friday night.

The Diplomats (1-0) will face Elmira, a 77-70 winner over Albright, in the championship game Saturday night at 8 p.m. PSU-Abington (1-1) will take on Albright at 4 p.m. in the consolation game.

With F&M ahead 19-12, at the 11:20 mark in the first half, Tolliver drained three consecutive treys, in the span of 1:34, to give the Diplomats a 28-14 lead with 9:53 left. William Alton scored 16, of his game-high 18 points, in the first half for the Nittany Lions.

James McNally paced F&M with 16 points and pulled down seven boards. Brandon Beckford added 13 for the Diplomats with teammates Max Brewer and Hayk Gyokchyan contributing 11 and 10 points respectively.

Mike Baker and Georgio Milligan both had solid performances for F&M. Baker netted nine points and a game-high nine boards while Milligan knocked in eight points with a game-high eight assists.

Joshua Howard added 12 points PSU-Abington while Cordia Mosley III chipped in with 10.


#7 FRANKLIN & MARSHALL 91, PSU - ABINGTON 50

PSU - ABINGTON (1-1)
William Alton 7-18 3-4 18; Joshua Howard 4-11 3-8 12; Cordia Mosley, III 3-8 3-4 10; Mike Mitchell 2-4 2-4 6; Kyle Battell 1-3 0-0 3; Stephen Mendola 0-3 1-2 1; Ed Gertsenzon 0-0 0-0 0; Ravi Adams 0-2 0-0 0; Benjamin Moore 0-4 0-0 0; Vince Leone 0-1 0-0 0; Niall Hannagen 0-2 0-0 0; Corey Curtis 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 17-56 12-22 50.

FRANKLIN & MARSHALL (1-0)
James McNally 7-10 2-2 16; Steve Tolliver 5-11 0-0 14; Brandon Beckford 4-8 4-8 13; Max Brewer 4-7 2-2 11; Hayk Gyokchyan 5-9 0-0 10; Mike Baker 4-8 1-2 9; Georgio Milligan 2-5 3-4 8; Brett McCormick 1-3 3-4 6; Dave Balderston 2-4 0-0 4; Kevin Henry 0-0 0-0 0; Nick Mraz 0-0 0-0 0; Ed Early 0-3 0-1 0; Kevin Hines 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 34-68 15-23 91.

PSU - Abington................   27   23  -   50
Franklin & Marshall...........   55   36  -   91

3-point goals--PSU - Abington 4-13 (Kyle Battell 1-2; Joshua Howard 1-3;
William Alton 1-1; Cordia Mosley, III 1-2; Benjamin Moore 0-4; Niall Hannagen 0-1), Franklin & Marshall 8-20 (Steve Tolliver 4-7; Max Brewer 1-3; Georgio Milligan 1-2; Brandon Beckford 1-3; Brett McCormick 1-3; Ed Early 0-1; Hayk Gyokchyan 0-1).

Fouled out--PSU - Abington-None, Franklin & Marshall-None.

Rebounds--PSU - Abington 23 (Ravi Adams 5), Franklin & Marshall 50 (Mike Baker 9).

Assists--PSU - Abington 2 (Benjamin Moore 2), Franklin & Marshall 21 (Georgio Milligan 8).

Total fouls--PSU - Abington 20, Franklin & Marshall 15.