Chestertown, Md. – Beth Holt and Alexa Barbush each scored 16 points to lead Franklin & Marshall to a 64-53 win over Washington College in a Centennial Conference (CC) game Wednesday in Chestertown, Md. The Diplomats improved to 4-2 CC, 6-5 overall while the Shorewomen fell to 1-4, 3-7.

F&M trailed just once in the opening stanza, 3-2, but never again in the half after Elizabeth Snyder's layup at the 16:58 mark. Washington made it a one-point game twice in the first half but F&M answered both times and eventually took a 29-26 lead into the half.

Erin Piles' layup at 18:29 in the second half gave the Shorewomen a 30-29 lead before the Diplomats answered with a 10-0 run. Megan Pauley scored four points in the run while Holt, Barbush and Alison Menna each netted two points.

Holt and Barbush shared a game-high in scoring with WC's Kelly Mitchell with 16 points. Barbush went 4-of-10 from the field and 8-for-9 from the line. Holt drained three treys and added six rebounds and five assists.  Snyder pumped in nine points off the bench for F&M and Pauley grabbed team-high 10 rebounds.

Latisha Pledger picked up a double-double for Washington with 11 points and 14 rebounds while teammate Erin Fitzgerald chipped in with 11 points.

Franklin & Marshall returns to the court Saturday in a Centennial Conference game hosting Swarthmore at 6 p.m.


RANKLIN & MARSHALL 64, WASHINGTON COLLEGE 53
FRANKLIN & MARSHALL (6-5, 4-2 CC)
Beth Holt 5-14 3-3 16; Alexa Barbush 4-10 8-9 16; Elizabeth Snyder 3-4 2-3
9; Megan Pauley 2-8 2-4 6; Kristina McCarthy 3-5 0-0 6; Alison Menna 2-4 0-0
4; Colleen Bott 0-7 2-2 2; Emily Johnson 1-4 0-0 2; Amy Chabitnoy 1-3 0-0 2;
Allison Bauer 0-7 1-6 1; Emma Lisle 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 21-67 18-27 64.
WASHINGTON COLLEGE (3-7, 1-4 CC)
Kelly Mitchell 5-13 3-4 16; Erin Fitzgerald 3-9 5-8 11; Latisha Pledger 4-11
3-4 11; Erin Kile 3-9 1-2 7; Meghan Tait 1-4 4-6 6; Claire Mattox 0-3 2-2 2;
Sally O'Donnell 0-12 0-2 0; Katie Bay 0-2 0-0 0; Liz Warkala 0-0 0-0 0.
Totals 16-63 18-28 53.
Franklin & Marshall...........   29   35  -   64
Washington College............   26   27  -   53
3-point goals--Franklin & Marshall 4-11 (Beth Holt 3-6; Elizabeth Snyder
1-1; Megan Pauley 0-2; Allison Bauer 0-2), Washington College 3-16 (Kelly
Mitchell 3-8; Erin Fitzgerald 0-1; Sally O'Donnell 0-7). Fouled
out--Franklin & Marshall-None, Washington College-Erin Fitzgerald.
Rebounds--Franklin & Marshall 48 (Megan Pauley 10), Washington College 55
(Latisha Pledger 14). Assists--Franklin & Marshall 14 (Beth Holt 5),
Washington College 9 (Kelly Mitchell 3; Meghan Tait 3). Total
fouls--Franklin & Marshall 23, Washington College 20. Technical
fouls--Franklin & Marshall-None, Washington College-None. A-54