Box Score FLORENCE, SC - Junior guard Shana Franks came off the bench to
score a career-high 30 points as Francis Marion University cruised
to its fourth-largest winning margin ever, a 116-37 non-conference
victory over St. Andrews Presbyterian College, Wednesday night
(Nov. 19) in women's basketball action.
Francis Marion improves to 2-0 on the season and 30-6 all-time
in home openers, while St. Andrews drops to 1-2.
Franks, a transfer from East Carolina University, hit on
13-of-22 shots in only 21 minutes of action, while also grabbing
six rebounds and recording six steals.
Five other Patriots reached double figures: junior guard Eboni
Fields 14, senior guard Jennifer Dyer 13, sophomore guard Robin
Colbert 11, and sophomores Danelle Downs and Shannon
Singleton-Bates with 10 each. At only 5-5, Fields also led
the Patriots with a game-high 10 rebounds. Dyer had seven of
FMU's 31 steals.
Freshman guard Brittany Roberts and freshman forward Septembra
LeSane led St. Andrews with six points each. Junior 6-3
center Kayla Hay added five points, seven rebounds, and two
assists.
St. Andrews scored the game's first two baskets, and after two
minutes the score was knotted at 6-6. A three-pointer by
Franks started a 17-0 FMU run that grew to 65-12 over the final 18
minutes of the first stanza.
The 71 points were the most ever by a Patriot squad in one half,
eclipsing the old mark of 69 set in the second half of a 118-32 win
over Morris College on Nov. 28, 1984. The 79-point victory
margin was the fourth-largest in team history and the highest in 21
seasons.
Francis Marion held a 70-4 advantage in points-in-the-paint and
converted 43 Lady Knight turnovers into 42 points.
Francis Marion will host Chowan University on Saturday at 2
p.m., while St. Andrews opens Conference Carolinas' play on Tuesday
at Mount Olive College in a 5:30 p.m. tip-off.
11-19-08 7:30 pm at Florence, SC (Smith Univ. Center)
FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY 116, ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLL.
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ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN COLL. (1-2)
Roberts, Brittany 2-4 1-2 6; LeSane, Septembra 2-7 2-4 6; Hay,
Kayla 1-1 3-5
5; Jones, Desiree 2-10 1-2 5; Freeman, Melissa 2-4 0-0 4; Smith,
Jaquese 2-7
0-0 4; Allison, Kaela 1-4 1-2 3; Zipkin, Kristin 1-6 0-2 2;
Waters,
Franchaze 0-8 2-4 2. Totals 13-51 10-21 37.
FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY (2-0)
Franks, Shana 13-22 2-3 30; Fields, Eboni 5-10 3-3 14; Dyer,
Jennifer 5-10
2-2 13; Colbert, Robin 3-6 5-7 11; Downs, Danelle 4-4 2-3 10;
Singleton-Bates, Sha 4-9 2-3 10; Kiefer, Katherine 2-3 3-4 7;
Howze, Tenisha
3-6 0-0 6; Powell, Dominique 3-6 0-0 6; Morgan, Shaquana 2-8 1-2
5; Ransom,
Kevina 0-2 3-6 3; Wheatland, Keahna 0-0 1-2 1; Ruff, Evelyn 0-0
0-0 0.
Totals 44-86 24-35 116.
Halftime: Francis Marion 71 St. Andrews 18
3-point goals--St. Andrews 1-14 (Roberts 1-2; Jones 0-5; Allison
0-1; Zipkin,
0-3; Waters, Francis Marion 4-15 (Franks 2-3; Dyer 1-4;
Fields 1-4; Singleton-
Bates 0-1; Kiefer 0-1; Morgan 0-2). Fouled out---LeSane.
Rebounds--St.
Andrews 28 (Hay 7), Francis Marion 58 (Fields 10). Assists--St.
Andrews
5 (Hay 2), Francis Marion 29 (Ransom 8). Total fouls--St.
Andrews 30, Francis
Marion 23. Technical fouls--None. A-1012
