Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era

Gyokchyan leads F&M men; MU bows to Bloom in 3 OT

F&M 56, GETTYSBURG 49 BLOOMSBURG 100, MU 94 (3 OT)

Hayk Gyokchyan picked up game highs with 17 points and 14 rebounds to lead Franklin & Marshall to a 56-49 victory over Gettysburg in Centennial Conference action.

The victory is the ninth-straight over the Bullets as the Diplomats improved to 17-5, 12-3 CC and take over sole possession of first place in the conference with Dickinson's loss to Muhlenberg.

The Diplomats led wire-to-wire and jumped to a 28-17 halftime edge. F&M outscored the Bullets 10-4 during the first four minutes of the second to go up 38-21.

Gyokchyan earned his fourth double-double of the season. Matt Porter netted 12 points while Jon Salandra finished with 11 and Morgan Lee 10.

FRANKLIN & MARSHALL (17-5, 12-3 CC)

Hayk Gyokchyan 5-16 4-7 17; Matt Porter 5-11 2-4 12; Jon Salandra 3-8 5-5 11; Morgan Lee 4-10 2-5 10; Brandon Beckford 2-6 0-0 4; Cedric Moune 1-2 0-0 2; Max Brewer 0-2 0-0 0; Gordon Rogo 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 20-56 13-21 56.

GETTYSBURG (12-10, 8-7 CC)

Benjamin Constable 4-12 2-2 11; Joe Emerusabe 5-11 0-1 10; Alex Zurn 1-4 7-9 9; Connor Poston 3-6 3-5 9; Derek Brooks 3-6 0-1 6; Sango Amolo 0-2 4-6 4; Christian Bors 0-2 0-0 0; Christian Healy 0-1 0-0 0; Joey Kacmarsky 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 16-45 16-24 49.

F&M, 28-17. 3-point goals -- F&M 3-11 (Gyokchyan 3-5; Porter 0-3; Lee 0-2; Brewer 0-1), Gettysburg 1-5 (Constable 1-1; Emerusabe 0-2; Zurn 0-1; Amolo 0-1). Fouled out -- F&M -- None, Gettysburg -- None. Rebounds -- F&M 40 (Gyokchyan 14), Gettysburg 35 (Poston 9; Constable 9). Assists -- F&M 7 (Gyokchyan 2; Brewer 2), Gettysburg 10 (Poston 4). Total fouls -- F&M 22, Gettysburg 16. Technical fouls --F&M -- None, Gettysburg -- None. A-378.

Bloomsburg 100, MU 94: Millersville led by as many as 19 and held leads in the final 30 seconds of the first two overtimes, but Bloomsburg outlasted the Marauders in the third overtime for a 100-94 win.

Millersville (15-7, 11-5 PSAC) and Bloomsburg (6-14, 4-12 PSAC) played to overtime for the fourth time in the last eight meetings and to triple overtime for the second time in the last five.

Bloomsburg made 12 3-pointers, which was the most against the Marauders this season, and that total more than offset Marauder Anthony Coleman's career-high and near-school record 18 made free throws.

MILLERSVILLE (15-7, 11-5 PSAC)

Coleman 7-15 19-22 33; Obade 6-8 5-9 17; Williams 5-8 0-0 10; Grant 3-17 2-2 9; Brown 2-8 3-4 9; Miller 4-6 0-0 8; Bollinger 1-6 0-0 3; Richardson 1-3 0-0 2; Mumford1-5 0-0 2; Quartmon 0-1 1-2 1. Totals 30-77 30-39 94.

BLOOMSBURG (6-14, 4-12 PSAC)

Jordan 7-16 13-16 29; Christmas 6-20 3-7 19; Sheetz 3-11 9-9 18; Noumbissi 6-7 0-1 12; Lyons 3-8 1-2 8; Morgan 2-4 0-1 5; Leaks 2-5 0-0 4; Kusnyer 1-3 0-0 3; Jones1-1 0-0 2; Calliste 0-1 0-0 0; Smith 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31-76 26-36 100.

Halftime -- Millersville 43-26. 3-point goals -- Millersville 4-20 (Brown 2-6; Grant 1-6; Bollinger 1-5; Richardson 0-1; Coleman 0-2), Bloomsburg 12-35 (Christmas 4-11; Sheetz 3-11; Jordan 2-5; Kusnyer 1-2; Morgan 1-2; Lyons 1-3; Calliste 0-1). Fouled out -- Millersville -- Brown; Miller, Bloomsburg-Noumbissi; Lyons. Rebounds -- Millersville 49 (Obade 12), Bloomsburg 49 (Jordan). Assists -- Millersville 13 (Williams 6), Bloomsburg 17 (Christmas 7). Total fouls -- Millersville 25, Bloomsburg 27. Technical fouls -- Millersville -- None, Bloomsburg-None. A-286.