NICK MERSCH SPORTS EDITOR The Franciscan men’s basketball team has started their season with a win for the first time since the program was revamped in the 1990s. The game took place in Washington, Pennsylvania, at the Washington & Jefferson…
JOHN GALLAGHER SPORTS EDITOR Despite concluding the season with three straight losses, the Franciscan men’s basketball team nevertheless turned in a season that saw it break the single-season rebound record, graduate four esteemed seniors and reach a new echelon of…
JOHN GALLAGHER SPORTS EDITOR A 79-62 loss to conference opponent Medaille College put a 5-20 season into the record books, as the Franciscan men’s basketball team couldn’t overcome a 16-point halftime deficit on Senior Day. Senior forward Garrison Holmes put…
JOHN GALLAGHER SPORTS EDITOR The Franciscan University men’s basketball team couldn’t land a buzzer-beater against Hilbert College, falling 67-66 in a heartbreaker of a conference matchup on Saturday afternoon. Senior forward Garrison Holmes started the scoring for the Barons, missing…
JOHN GALLAGHER SPORTS EDITOR A late first half run proved too much for the Franciscan University men’s basketball team to overcome down the stretch, as they fell 78-63 to visiting conference opponent Penn State-Altoona on Wednesday. Senior center JP Dombrowski…
JOHN GALLAGHER SPORTS EDITOR The Franciscan men’s basketball team couldn’t complete the comeback late against visiting Penn State-Behrend, falling 61-49 to its conference opponent in a 2 p.m. Saturday Finnegan Fieldhouse matchup. The Barons led for the vast majority of…
JOHN GALLAGHER SPORTS EDITOR Despite leading for the majority of the second half, the Franciscan University men’s basketball team lost a close game to Mount Aloysius College on Wednesday, 63-61. After overcoming a five-point deficit early in the first half,…
TERESA GUTIERREZ STAFF WRITER The Franciscan men’s basketball team lost a tough game against conference leader Penn State Behrend on Saturday, 81-43. The Barons started the game in the lead after a steal by junior guard Garrison Holmes, who then…
JOHN GALLAGHER SPORTS EDITOR “I’m just smiling all the time,” said new men’s head basketball coach Joe Wallace. Though he and his wife Cory recently moved to Ohio in anticipation of his position, in the moment he was not discussing…
RACHAEL WHITMAN STAFF WRITER Franciscan University men’s basketball team played strong in the second half of its home game Saturday at 2 p.m. against Medaille College but, despite the effort, lost, 91-75. The Barons started on the defensive side but…