CARLISLE, Pa. – Georgio Milligan scored a game-high 26 points to lead No. 13 Franklin & Marshall to a 63-53 victory over Dickinson in the regular season finale. Milligan entered the game 15 points shy of James McNally's school record of 1,796 points and finished the game F&M's all-time leading scorer with 1,807 points.
McNally '11 broke Donnie Marsh's 32-year record last season against Dickinson. Marsh '79 tallied 1,695 points over 110 games during his four years in Lancaster.
The Diplomats will host the Centennial Conference (CC) Tournament for the fourth-straight year on Friday and Saturday. F&M will play the winner of Johns Hopkins and Washington on Friday evening. The Blue Jays and Shoremen will play in the first-round game on Wednesday in Baltimore at 7:00 p.m.
F&M (23-2, 16-2 CC) dominated the majority of the first half, jumping out to a commanding 21-2 lead almost seven minutes into the game. The Diplomats maintained at least a 13-point advantage for most of the half and led 35-20 with 1:38 remaining in the stanza. Dickinson (15-10, 12-6 CC) answered with a 6-0 run to end the half to make the score 35-26 at the break.
The Red Devils started the second frame with back-to-back treys and came within three points, 35-32, at 17:52. F&M scored two straight buckets to go up seven, 39-32, but Dickinson answered again with a 7-0 run to tie the game at 39. The teams traded points over the next four minutes, resulting in a 42-42 score with 8:04 left to play.
F&M put together a 10-4 run to go up eight, 52-44, at 5:18, but the Red Devils would not go away and came within five points, 58-53, with 1:13 left to play. The Diplomats went 5-for-6 from the stripe through the final minute to secure the win.
Jon Salandra tallied 13 points on 60% shooting and pulled down nine rebounds.Hayk Gyokchyan scored 10 points with seven boards while Matt Porter and Ed Earlyboth finished with five points each.
Gerry Wixted scored a game-high 18 points for Dickinson. Adam Honig had 14 points and Tucker Landy finished with 10.
F&M held a 38-26 advantage on the glass and outshot Dickinson 44% to 36%.
N0. 13 FRANKLIN & MARSHALL 63, DICKINSON 53
FRANKLIN & MARSHALL (23-2, 16-2)
Georgio Milligan 7-12 11-17 26; Jon Salandra 6-10 1-2 13; Hayk Gyokchyan 5-10 0-2 10; Ed Early 0-3 5-6 5; Matt Porter 2-6 1-2 5; Brandon Beckford 1-5 0-0 2;Morgan Lee 0-0 2-2 2; Austin Alecxih 0-0 0-0 0; Max Brewer 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 21-48 20-31 63.
DICKINSON (15-10, 12-6)
Gerry Wixted 3-6 10-12 18; Adam Honig 5-15 1-3 14; Tucker Landy 5-8 0-1 10; Thomas McInerney 2-3 4-6 8; Chris Heine 1-6 0-0 3; Chris Barsanti 0-2 0-0 0; Chris Cox 0-0 0-1 0; Douglas Jakiela 0-2 0-0 0; Logan Furr 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 16-44 15-23 53.
Franklin & Marshall........... 35 28 - 63
Dickinson..................... 26 27 - 53
3-point goals--Franklin & Marshall 1-7 (Georgio Milligan 1-4; Hayk Gyokchyan 0-1; Brandon Beckford 0-1; Max Brewer 0-1), Dickinson 6-17 (Adam Honig 3-7; Gerry Wixted 2-4; Chris Heine 1-5; Logan Furr 0-1).
Fouled out--Franklin & Marshall-Hayk Gyokchyan, Dickinson-Chris Barsanti.
Rebounds--Franklin & Marshall 38 (Jon Salandra 9; Matt Porter 9), Dickinson 26 (Gerry Wixted 7).
Assists--Franklin & Marshall 8 (Hayk Gyokchyan 3), Dickinson 5 (Adam Honig 2).
Total fouls--Franklin & Marshall 20, Dickinson 22.
Technical fouls--Franklin & Marshall-None, Dickinson-None.
A-525