Box Score

ANNVILLE, Pa. – Led by a balanced scoring attack, No. 19 Franklin & Marshall defeated Lebanon Valley 77-56 in non-conference men’s basketball action on Saturday afternoon at the LVC Gymnasium.

Junior forward Bobby Lynch and senior center Steve Juskin scored a team-high 15 points apiece for the Diplomats (5-1) while senior guard Jackiem Wright tossed in 12 points. Junior center Danny Lynch tallied 11 points and sophomore guard Brandon Smith netted 10.

Bobby Lynch posted a game-high nine rebounds while Juskin led all players with eight assists.

Junior guard J.D. Byers (Westminster, Md./Westminster) registered a game-high 18 points for Lebanon Valley (4-3). Sophomore forward Dave Kasyan (Toms River, N.J./Toms River East) added 14 points.

F&M shot 46.2% for the game while LVC made 39.2% of its shots. The Diplomats held a 40-29 advantage in the rebounding department.

Franklin & Marshall led 37-28 at the half and broke open the game over the first five minutes of the second stanza. The Dips outscored the Dutchmen 17-4 to start the second half to assume a commanding 54-30 lead with 14:47 remaining. LVC was unable to cut the gap to less than 19 the rest of the way.

Franklin & Marshall led 5-0 in the game’s opening minutes, but a 10-2 LVC spurt put the Valley on top 10-7 with 15:25 left in the opening half. Byers scored eight straight points for the Dutchmen during the stretch.

LVC led 18-17 with 10:16 to go in the first half, but Danny Lynch dropped in a layup with 9:30 to go as the Dips took the lead for good. The game was tied at 24 with 8:05 on the clock before a 10-0 F&M run gave the team a 34-24 advantage with 3:20 left in the first half.

Lebanon Valley returns to action next Saturday when it visits Richard Stockton (N.J.) College at 2 p.m. in a non-conference tilt.

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