Franklin & Marshall (9-9, 4-7) held a 62-52 advantage with 1:40 left to play following a pair of Adam Leonard free throws. The Terror (6-12, 4-7) responded quickly with a Devin Keeny (Dayton, Md / Glenelg) three-pointer to get within seven of the Diplomats. McDaniel sent Logan Outerbridge to the line where he sunk a pair on the next possession.
Those free throws were answered by another Keeny trey to make it 64-58 with 1:08 left in the game. Leonard was hit with a charge following the inbounds pass, the resulting Chris Prior (Westminster, MD / Westminster) lay-up got McDaniel within four points with 47 ticks left on the clock.
Leonard sunk another pair on the ensuing possession to make it 66-60 Franklin & Marshall. Four seconds later, Will Talesnick (Rockville, MD / Magruder) dropped in a lay-up and drew a foul from Leonard. Talesnick’s free throw was solid. The three-point play made it 66-63 with 39 seconds remaining.
That was as close as the Terror would get.
McDaniel sent Outerbridge back to the line immediately. He nailed the first of his pair, and the Dips dropped four more free throws in before the buzzer, while a late game steal gave Brandon Smith a pair of easy points adding up to the Diplomats’ 74-63 road win.
Leonard recorded a game-high 24 points shooting seven-of12 from the field and nailing eight of nine shots at the line. Smith had 19 points and 10 rebounds from Franklin & Marshall, while Bryan Teschke recorded 17 points and 12 rebounds for the guests.
Franklin & Marshall out-rebounded McDaniel 24-13 in the second half, and outscored McDaniel by a two-to-one margin in the paint, 40-20.
The Terror got 15 points and eight rebounds from Josh McKay (Baltimore, MD / EVT). Talesnick offered McDaniel 14 points and six assists, while Keeny coughed up a career-high nine points.
Franklin & Marshall vs McDaniel 1/25/06 7:00 PM at Westminster, MD - The Gill Center FRANKLIN & MARSHALL 74, MCDANIEL 63 FRANKLIN & MARSHALL (9-9, 4-7) Adam Leonard 7-12 8-9 24; Brandon Smith 9-16 1-3 19; Bryan Teschke 5-11 7-10 17; Logan Outerbridge 1-5 3-4 6; Derek Hines 3-7 0-1 6; Mantas Paulauskas 0-2 2-4 2; Andrew McCaffrey 0-1 0-0 0; Brandon Yost 0-0 0-0 0; Benjamin Stone 0-0 0-0 0; Pat Pryzbylowski 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 25-55 21-31 74. MCDANIEL (6-12, 4-7) Josh McKay 5-14 5-8 15; Will Talesnick 4-9 3-3 14; Devin Keeny 2-4 3-3 9; Mike Dipiero 2-3 2-2 8; Chad Arrington 2-10 0-0 4; Chris Prior 2-5 0-0 4; Jemar Daniel 1-2 1-2 3; Chris Rutland 1-2 1-2 3; Joe Hunter 1-8 0-0 3; Steve Wilson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-57 15-20 63. Franklin & Marshall........... 31 43 - 74 McDaniel...................... 28 35 - 63 3-point goals-Franklin & Marshall 3-19 (Adam Leonard 2-6; Logan Outerbridge 1-4; Bryan Teschke 0-1; Andrew McCaffrey 0-1; Pat Pryzbylowski 0-1; Brandon Smith 0-6), McDaniel 8-23 (Will Talesnick 3-6; Mike Dipiero 2-2; Devin Keeny 2-4; Joe Hunter 1-8; Chad Arrington 0-2; Josh McKay 0-1). Fouled out--Franklin & Marshall-None, McDaniel-Mike Dipiero. Rebounds-Franklin & Marshall 43 (Bryan Teschke 12), McDaniel 35 (Josh McKay 8). Assists-Franklin & Marshall 14 (Logan Outerbridge 3; Andrew McCaffrey 3), McDaniel 12 (Will Talesnick 6). Total fouls-Franklin & Marshall 18, McDaniel 25. A-378