Box Score LANCASTER, Pa. – Senior Joe Keedy registered his second double-double of the season, but the Swarthmore College men's basketball team fell to Franklin & Marshall by a 59-39 score on Wednesday, Jan. 8 at the Mayser Center.

Franklin & Marshall (8-4, CC 4-1) scored the first four points and led from wire-to-wire in the conference game. After a Seth Liebert layup made it 9-6, the Diplomats scored six straight points and kept the Garnet off the board for nearly five minutes.

Keedy ended the drought by canning a 3-pointer to create a 15-9 score at the 10:55 mark, but F&M stayed in control and extended its lead to twin figures when senior Jon Salandra converted a layup to put the hosts up 21-11. A free throw from sophomore Cedric Moune gave F&M a 31-20 lead at the break.

Swarthmore attempted to chip away at the deficit and came within seven points on two occasions in the early minutes of the second half. F&M, however, went ahead 36-26 on a Moune layup with 15:30 on the clock and never surrendered the double-digit lead for the rest of the game.

Keedy led Swarthmore by contributing 11 points, a career-high 12 boards and a team-leading three assists. Junior Karl Barkley netted nine by hitting three shots from downtown, while Liebert matched a career mark with three steals.

F&M was paced by a balanced scoring attack that saw five different players finish with 10 or 11 points. Moune most notably notched a double-double with 10 points and 15 boards while also notching three steals, two assists and two blocks.

Swarthmore (5-7, CC 2-3) continues Centennial Conference play when it hosts Johns Hopkins on Saturday, Jan. 11 at 3 p.m.