THE FACTS
Franklin & Marshall (6-8, 4-5 CC) 51, McDaniel (3-10, 1-7 CC) 47
What: Centennial Conference (CC) women's basketball game
When: Saturday, Jan. 15
Where: Westminster, Md.

THE SKINNY
After McDaniel fought back from a double-digit third-quarter deficit to take the lead early in the fourth quarter, Franklin & Marshall responded with seven straight points to pull out a 51-47 victory.

THE LEADERS
• Meggie Burgess (Olney, Md./Good Counsel) scored 10 points for the Green Terror in just 13 minutes of game action.
• Mallory Conroy (Ellicott City, Md./Marriotts Ridge) led the way with 14 points and five rebounds.

FOR THE FOES
• Kenna Williams led the Diplomats with 16 points and 11 rebounds.
• Kennedy Wilburn also had a double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds to go with four assists and three steals.
• Natalie Kolb rounded out a trio of double-digit scorers with 16 points to go with seven rebounds and four steals.

THE REST OF THE STORY
• Kenna Williams and Meggie Burgess traded baskets in the first 2:18 before Franklin & Marshall reeled off seven straight to open up a 9-2 lead with 4:53 remaining in the opening quarter. Five points from Mallory Conroy, including a layup just before the period expired, keyed a 7-0 close that knotted the game after 10 minutes.
• Kennedy Wilburn and Conroy traded layups in the first 2:47 of the second period before a Meg Navarro 3-pointer and Williams layup put the visitors in front 16-11 with 4:43 showing. An Angela DiNunzio (Moorestown, N.J./Paul VI) jumper with 1:24 to play in the quarter made it a 17-16 at the break.
• Back-to-back Natalie Kolb layups in the first 94 seconds of the third quarter pushed the lead to five. Clinging to a 27-22 lead, Kolb hit a three-point play with 2:45 on the clock and added two more free throws 39 seconds later to push the lead to double digits. Katie Klein (Port Charlotte, Fla./Imagine School at North Point) hit a 3-pointer before two more Kolb free throws with 1:10 showing made it a 34-25 game. Baskets from Conroy and Julia Ryan (Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa) in the final minute trimmed the deficit to five.
• After a Conroy jumper made it a one-possession game in the first minute of the fourth period, Wilburn hit the first of two free throws. A Klein triple trimmed the deficit to 35-34 before a Burgess turnaround gave McDaniel its first lead with 8:25 to play. Wilburn, however, responded with a putback on the next possession and Williams converted a three-point play with 7:11 remaining. After a Kolb jumper with 5:59 stretched the lead to six, the Green Terror hit 4 of 6 attempts from the free-throw line over the next two minutes to close to within 42-40 with 3:38 to play. Three Diplomat free throws pushed the advantage back to five 45 seconds later. McDaniel pulled within three on three different occasions but F&M hit just enough free throws to win.

THE INSIDE STORY
• Franklin & Marshall finished with a 41-36 rebounding advantage, including 25-15 after halftime.
• The Diplomats went 18 of 32 from the free-throw line while the Green Terror was 12 of 19.
• Katie Klein finished with nine points.
• Josey Klingenberg (Hampstead, Md./Manchester Valley) had five assists and four steals.

NEXT UP
McDaniel returns to action at Muhlenberg on Monday. Game time is 2 p.m.