Juskin, Lynch & Diplomats Rank Among Nation's Best in February 22 NCAA Men's Basketball Statistics

by Sports Information
2/26/04

LANCASTER, PA - Franklin & Marshall College is ranked among the nation's best Division III teams in the NCAA men's basketball statistics for games through February 22.

The Diplomats are ranked in scoring offense (82.6 ppg, 20th), scoring defense (63.7 ppg, 30th), scoring margin (19.0 ppg, fourth), field goal percentage (50.5%, eighth), rebound margin (7.5 rpg, 15th) and won-lost percentage (87.5%, 11th).

Individually, center Steve Juskin (Sr., East Hanover, NJ/Hanover Park) ranks fifth in the NCAA with 3.8 blocked shots per game, while forward Bob Lynch (Jr., Richboro, PA/Council Rock) is 14th in field goal percentage (61.5).

A 2004 Street & Smith's Division III Preseason All-America Honorable Mention selection, and a D3hoops.com All-Mid Atlantic third team selection last year, Juskin tallied 372 points, 156 rebounds, 88 assists and 93 blocked shots during the regular season to raise his career numbers to raise his career numbers to 1,390 points, 696 rebounds, 233 assists and a school and CC record 309 blocked shots.

The February 2 Centennial Conference Player of the Week and the ninth player in school history to record 1,000 points and 500 rebounds, he ranks sixth in points, fourth in rebounds and first in blocked shots in F&M history. In the Centennial Conference record book, he ranks first in block, 20th in assists and 10th in rebounding and scoring.

Starting for the first time in his high school or collegiate career, Lynch has been electric on the court for F&M leading the team in scoring (398 points), rebounds (173) and offensive rebounds (80), while ranking second in blocked shots (22).

The January 5 and 26 Centennial Conference Player of the Week, he now has 706 points and 321 rebounds as he is on pace to join the 1,000 point club and become the tenth player in school history to record 1,000 points and 500 rebounds.

Ranked #11 in the latest D3hoops.com men's basketball poll, the Diplomats will continue the season at home on February 28 versus Gettysburg or Haverford in the Centennial Conference playoffs. Game time is set for thirty minutes following the conclusion of the 1:30 p.m. semifinal game between Ursinus and Johns Hopkins in the Mayser Center.