LANCASTER, Pa. – The Ursinus Men's Basketball team saw its season end in the Centennial Conference Semifinals on Friday night to Franklin & Marshall by a score of 75-64.
 
 
Senior Trevor Wall wrapped up a storied Ursinus career with a team-high 25 points and grabbed eight rebounds while dishing out three assists. Wall finishes his career with 1,751 points and ranks fourth all-time in program history for scoring. Junior Mohamed Toure scored 16 points and grabbed four rebounds while senior Marlin Wise plus sophomore Luke Nieman tallied 10 points apiece.
 
 
Much like the regular season between the two squads, the Diplomats went wire-to-wire in the contest and never trailed behind scoring the first six points of the game. Ursinus worked the deficit down to one point at 8-7 with 14:09 left in the first half before the Diplomats responded with a 13-2 run to go up 21-9 at the 10:09-mark. F&M continued to pull away as they built a lead by as many as 22 points at 37-15 with 3:11 left in the first half and held a 43-21 lead at halftime.
 
 
The Diplomats maintained their lead out to 48-26 at the 17:23-mark of the second half and were up 53-34 at the 13:42-mark. Ursinus began to rally as they used a 16-8 run to make it a 54-42 game with 10:58 left in regulation. Down 60-46 with 7:49 left, the Bears scored seven straight points to get the deficit into single digits at 60-53 and a three-pointer from Wise made it a 63-58 game with 2:58 left in regulation. However, the Bears would get no closer the rest of the way.
 
 
The Bears shot 40.4 percent (21-of-52) from the field that was combined with shooting just 26.1 percent in the first half and 51.7 percent in the second half. Ursinus went just 27.3 percent (6-of-22) from three-point range and 57.1 percent (16-of-28) from the free throw line. The Diplomats shot an even 50 percent (24-of-48) from the field behind going 56.7 percent in the first half and went 47.1 percent (8-of-17) from three-point range. F&M went just 52.8 percent (19-of-36) from the free throw line and held a 43-27 rebounding advantage.