Saturday's Men's Hoop Recap

January 19, 2013

Connor McIntyre, Johns Hopkins

Franklin & Marshall 71, McDaniel 58
Matt Porter scored a game-high 20 points to lead Franklin & Marshall to a 71-58 victory over McDaniel in Centennial Conference (CC) men's basketball action Saturday afternoon. The Diplomats improved to 14-3, 9-1 CC while the Green Terror dropped to 10-7, 4-6 CC. Porter shot 6-for-12 from floor and went 7-for-7 from the line to pace F&M. Morgan Lee netted 14 points on 5-of-6 shooting while Ed Early pulled down eight points and added 12 points. Tyler Rudd had a team-high 15 points for McDaniel and Nic Martin finished with 10.

• Mike Gross of the Lancaster Sunday News writes that a very un-Franklin & Marshall stretch of the season is apparently over after Saturday's win over McDaniel.

Johns Hopkins 67, Dickinson 55
Sophomore Jimmy Hammer poured in a career-high 22 points on the offensive end and on the other end junior Connor McIntyre blocked a career-best six shots to lead Johns Hopkins to a 67-55 win at Dickinson Saturday afternoon in Centennial Conference action. The Blue Jays led wire-to-wire against the Red Devils and evened the season series. Hopkins is now 10-7 overall and 6-4 in the conference, while Dickinson slips to 12-5 and 7-3 in the CC. Hammer finished with a game-high 22 points, going 7-of-12 from the field and 3-of-6 from downtown and 5-of-5 from the line. It marks his second consecutive 20-point game after punching up 21 points on Wednesday night versus Franklin & Marshall. Adam Honig led three Red Devils in double figures with 18 points.

Gettysburg 86, Haverford 61
Junior forward Connor Poston (Ambler, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham) scored a career-high 19 points and grabbed seven rebounds as Gettysburg shot a season-best 63.2 percent from the floor en route to an offensively-charged 86-61 Centennial Conference victory over Haverford College in Bream Gymnasium Saturday afternoon. The Bullets (9-8, 5-5 CC) also recorded their highest scoring output since a 91-78 victory over Washington College in the 2010 Centennial Conference semifinals. Poston, who shot 8-for-9 from the floor, exceeded his previous career-best by nine points. Senior Alex Zurn (Brookeville, Md./St. Andrew's Episcopal) added 16 points on 7-of-9 shooting while dishing out four assists and blocking two shots. He now has 50 blocks for his career, which moves him into a tie for 10th all-time at Gettysburg. Senior guard Cam Baker scored 12 points for Haverford (5-10, 3-7 CC).

Ursinus 95, Swarthmore 90 (OT)
A career-high 33 points by Ursinus freshman guard Malik Draper (Scranton, Pa./Scranton Area) paced Ursinus (7-10, 5-5 Centennial) to a 95-90 overtime win over Swarthmore (4-13, 3-7 Centenial) on Saturday afternoon in men's basketball action. The win marks the 200th career win for Ursinus head coach Kevin Small, and keeps the Bears alive for a Centennial playoff spot with just eight games left. Four players, along with Draper, scored in double figures for Ursinus with senior forward Jon Ward (Allentown, Pa./Parkland) scoring 17. Junior guard Ryan Adams (White Plains, N.Y./The Hun School) and junior point guard Jesse Krasna (Fairless Hills, Pa./Pennsbury) each scored 13. Adams finished with a game-high 11 rebounds for the Bears. For Swarthmore, senior guard Will Gates scored a game-high 36 points off the bench, including a 16-for-21 performance from the foul line.

Muhlenberg 77, Washington College 48 
Although temperatures in the mid-40s are a bit mild for January, it was still a day to stay inside. And the Muhlenberg men's basketball team, motivated not by weather but by size, found that inside was a pretty good place to be. The Mules used their height advantage to full effect, dominating in the post en route to a 77-48 home win against Washington. Just 18 seconds into the game, junior center Kevin Hargrove made a layup off a high-low pass from junior forward Brandon Bovino, and the tone was set. The 6-10 Hargrove had a phenomenal game, with 17 points, 12 rebounds, four blocks, two assists and no turnovers in 23 minutes. The 48 points were the fewest allowed by the Mules in a CC game in two years, and they held the fourth-leading scorer in the CC to eight points on 2-of-12 shooting.