Archive for the 'Men's Basketball' Category

Diplomats Squeak Past Garnet

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

SWARTHMORE, Pa. — Garnet senior Raul Ordonez posted game-highs with 20 points and 13 rebounds as Swarthmore fell to visiting Franklin & Marshall 70-60 in Centennial Conference men’s basketball action Saturday afternoon in Tarble Pavilion.

Fords Win Ice Bowl Over Garnet

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

SWARTHMORE, Pa. — Garnet swingman Ryan Carmichael bucked a trend Wednesday evening, hitting a career-high four three-pointers as Swarthmore lost the battle of futility to rival Haverford, 43-40, in cold Tarble Pavilion.

Garnet, Mules Shoot Up NCAA Record

Monday, January 26th, 2009

SWARTHMORE, Pa. — Garnet senior forward Raul Ordonez led the Swarthmore men’s basketball team with 15 points and eight boards but a second-half surge enabled the Muhlenberg Mules to edge past the Garnet, 73-65, Monday night at Tarble Pavilion. The teams set a new NCAA Division III record by combining to make 38-of-39 from the free-throw line.

Garnet Fall Short Versus Ursinus

Saturday, January 24th, 2009

SWARTHMORE, Pa. — An injury-depleted Swarthmore men’s basketball team showed resilience Saturday afternoon, fighting the Ursinus Bears and their breakneck style in a 79-63 loss to the Bears Saturday afternoon in Centennial Conference basketball action at Tarble Pavilion.

Raul Doubles Up on Coast, Shoremen Soap Garnet

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

CHESTERTOWN, Md. — Swarthmore senior Raul Ordonez posted a double-double and fellow captain Matt Allen ‘10 hit for 17 points in a 90-71 loss at Washington College in Centennial Conference men’s basketball action Wednesday night.

Hopkins Chills Off Swarthmore

Saturday, January 17th, 2009

BALTIMORE — Garnet junior Danny Walker scored a team-high 19 points and senior post Raul Ordonez registered 12 points and a game-high 12 rebounds, but a chilly Goldfarb Gymnasium saw hometown Johns Hopkins produce a 60-48 win over Swarthmore Saturday afternoon in Centennial men’s basketball action.

Sharp Bullets Fell Garnet

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

GETTYSBURG, Pa. — Swarthmore junior Danny Walker scored 20 points as the Garnet faced its second nationally-ranked opponent in three days, falling to a talented Gettysburg squad, 66-51, on Thursday night at Bream Gymnasium.

Bears Everywhere, Top Garnet

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. — Garnet senior Raul Ordonez hit double figures for the fourth straight contest but Swarthmore ran into a wounded animal in Centennial-rival Ursinus who snapped a four-game losing skid with a 88-54 win on Tuesday night in Helfferich Hall.

Red Devils Prevail in Cold

Saturday, January 10th, 2009

SWARTHMORE, Pa. — Garnet junior guard Matt Allen scored a team-high 15 points and senior forward Raul Ordonez added his second consecutive double-double, but cold-shooting in the second half doomed hometown Swarthmore in a 68-59 set-back to Dickinson during Centennial Conference men’s basketball action Saturday afternoon.

Swat Men Fall to Diplomats

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

LANCASTER, Pa. — Swarthmore forwards Sam Lacy ‘11 and Raul Ordonez ‘09 each scored 17 points but a streaking Franklin & Marshall men’s basketball team used torrid shooting to earn a 92-67 win over the Garnet in Centennial action at the Mayser Center Wednesday night.