A weekly look at what’s going on in the Centennial Conference:
Women’s Basketball
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In the showdown for first place in the West Division, Johns Hopkins
retained the top spot with a 67-63 win against Western Maryland. The Blue
Jays have now won nine in a row ... Franklin & Marshall has won eight
straight after defeating Dickinson over the weekend and hosts Johns
Hopkins in a big game on Wednesday ... Bryn Mawr snapped a 59-game CC
losing streak with a 66-53 victory at Haverford.
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| East |
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| Swarthmore |
6-0 |
13-3 |
| MUHLENBERG |
5-1 |
13-1 |
| Washington |
3-4 |
8-7 |
| Ursinus |
3-4 |
5-9 |
| Bryn Mawr |
1-9 |
3-14 |
| Haverford |
0-7 |
2-13 |
| West |
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| Johns Hopkins |
6-0 |
15-1 |
| Western Maryland |
5-2 |
11-4 |
| F&M |
4-2 |
11-4 |
| Gettysburg |
4-4 |
8-8 |
| Dickinson |
1-5 |
7-9 |
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Men’s Basketball
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The West Division race heated up when Dickinson defeated Johns Hopkins,
90-81, for its third straight CC win. The Red Devils had their streak
snapped on Saturday when they lost to Franklin & Marshall, 63-55 ...
Luckless Haverford led at Washington by nine points midway through the
second half, but the Shoremen rebounded for a 75-72 win ... Key matchups
on Wednesday include Muhlenberg at Ursinus and Franklin & Marshall at
Johns Hopkins.
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| East |
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| MUHLENBERG |
5-1 |
13-3 |
| Ursinus |
3-2 |
4-10 |
| Washington |
2-4 |
6-9 |
| Swarthmore |
1-4 |
4-10 |
| Haverford |
0-5 |
0-15 |
| West |
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| F&M |
4-1 |
14-3 |
| Gettysburg |
4-1 |
12-4 |
| Johns Hopkins |
3-2 |
9-7 |
| Dickinson |
3-3 |
7-9 |
| Western Maryland |
2-4 |
5-10 |
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Wrestling
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Although Muhlenberg defeated Johns Hopkins by a larger margin than they
did Gettysburg, the Blue Jays closed out the tri-match by doubling up the
Bullets, 30-15, for their first CC win of the season ... 14th-ranked
Western Maryland swept a quad match that included Division I teams
Delaware State and Howard ... The Green Terror travels to Washington & Lee
Saturday for an important CC tri-match that includes Ursinus.
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| Western Maryland |
2-0 |
12-1 |
| Ursinus |
1-0 |
9-4 |
| MUHLENBERG |
3-1 |
11-5 |
| Gettysburg |
1-2 |
2-7 |
| Johns Hopkins |
1-3 |
5-7 |
| Washington & Lee |
0-2 |
2-3 |
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LESKO NAMED PLAYER OF THE WEEK
For the second time in three weeks and the fifth time in his career,
senior forward Mark Lesko of the Muhlenberg
men’s basketball team has been named
player of the week by the Centennial Conference.
Lesko averaged 23.3 points, 16.0 rebounds and 4.0 blocks in leading the
Mules to three victories that extended their winning streak to 10. After
tying a season high with 32 points against Widener, he pulled down a
career-high 18 rebounds and tied a school record with six blocked shots
against Washington. Lesko became the program’s career leader in swats
(144) with two against Swarthmore.
Lesko finished with a double-double in all three games and now has eight
for the season and 27 for his career. He also moved into a tie for 12th
place on
the Muhlenberg scoring list and into ninth place on the CC scoring list
with 1,250 points.
Lesko leads the Mules and ranks among the CC leaders in scoring (20.4
ppg), rebounding (10.4 rpg), field-goal percentage (.644), free-throw
percentage (.792) and blocked shots (34). Over the last nine games, he is
averaging 22.9 points and 12.7 rebounds.
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