LANCASTER Pa. - The Washington College Shoremen traveled to Franklin & Marshall College to take on the Centennial Conference Tournament bound Diplomats in a Centennial men's basketball game on Saturday afternoon at the Mayser Center. The Diplomats never fell behind in the last 35 minutes of clock time on the way to their fourteenth conference win, 66-55. The Shoremen conclude their season at 4-21 overall and 2-16 in CC play. The Diplomats improve to 19-6 overall, and finish 14-4 in conference outings and will be the third seed in the upcoming conference tournament.
 
Franklin & Marshall 66 Washington College 55
 
How It Happened
- The Diplomats struck first with a three-pointer 35 seconds into the game by John Seidman to take their first lead of the contest. 
- Davis Bland gave the Shoremen their first lead of the game with a three-point bucket to push the score up 7-5
- WC would take their final lead off a Marcus Scott Jr. layup to make the score 9-7 with 15:52 left in the opening half. 
- Franklin and Marshall took the lead, 10-9, 20 seconds later with a triple from Vakaris Grauslys and never gave it up.
- The Diplomats led 36-26 at the half and in the second half outscored the visitors, 30-29 to come away with an 11-point win.
 
For The Shoremen (4-21, 2-16 CC)
- Kedrick Frink (game-high 23 points, six rebounds to tie for team-high), Bland, (16 points and five rebounds), Precieux Tshibangu (six rebounds to tie for squad-best and two blocks) 
- The Shoremen shot 22-for-47 (46.8%) on field goals, 5-forr-16 (31.3%) from three, and 6-for-9 (66.7%) from the foul line.
- The Shoremen outscored the Diplomats 26-18 in the paint, and 5-4 in fast-break points.
- WC had a 29-28 edge in rebounds and had nine turnovers.
 
For Franklin and Marshall (19-6, 14-4 CC)
- Grauslys (team-best 18 points), Omar Nichols (13 points), Josh Parra (11 points), Kevin Nowoswiat (game-topping seven rebounds), Seidman (six assists), Sebastien Charles (two steals)
- The home squad went 23-for-52 (44.2%) from the floor, 14-for-28 (50%) from the behind the arc, and 6-for-11 (54.5) on free throws.
- The Diplomats coughed it up seven times and outdid the Shoremen in second chance points (11-4) and bench points (17-5).
 
Notes
- The game was the final outing in a Shoremen uniform for seniors Frink, Sam Corrao, and Jason Zeilinski.
- Frink ends his career at Washington with 1,058 points in just 71 games.