Box Score
FAYETTEVILLE, NC –
First-year head coach Kate Glusko won in her debut on the Francis
Marion University bench as sophomore guard Courtney Mealing
scored a career-high 27 points and the Patriots downed Fayetteville
State University 78-68, Friday evening (Nov. 12) in women's college
basketball action.
The
match-up featured a pair of programs that were in last year's NCAA
Division II national tournament. FMU (1-0) will return to
action on Nov. 23 when the Patriots host Morris College at 5:30
p.m. as part of a doubleheader with the men's team.
Mealing
connected on 10-of-20 shots, including 6-of-10 three-point
attempts. Senior Shannon
Singleton-Bates added 21 points and seven rebounds, while
senior point guard Robin Colbert
tallied 10 points, 10 rebounds, and six steals. Senior 6-0
center Danelle
Downs scored six points and hauled down a game-high 11
rebounds.
A trio of
Mealing treys gave the Patriots a 9-1 advantage four minutes into
the contest. FSU rallied and eventually tied the score at
22-22. Francis Marion scored nine unanswered points to lead
31-22, and a Mealing three-point with seven seconds left before
intermission gave FMU a 34-25 halftime lead.
The
Patriots would gradually pull away in the second stanza leading by
18 points on several occasions. The margin grew to 21 at
64-43 following a fast-break lay-up by Mealing with 10:20
left. The Lady Broncos ran off 11 straight points to close to
within 64-54 with 6:12 remaining, but a Singleton-Bates lay-up
broke the drought and the Patriots would go on to the 10-point
win.
Francis
Marion scored 27 points off 29 Fayetteville State
turnovers.
Center
Tiffany Haywood led FSU with 17 points and seven
rebounds.
11-12-10
5:30 pm at Fayetteville, NC (Capel Arena)
FRANCIS MARION 78, FAYETTEVILLE STATE 68
FRANCIS
MARION (1-0)
Mealing, Courtney 11-21 1-2 29; Singleton-Bates, Sha 8-23 3-5 19;
Colbert,
Robin 4-9 2-5 10; Downs, Danelle 2-4 2-3 6; Williams-Hayes, Jasm
2-3 0-0 4;
Mann, Monica 2-5 0-0 4; Christian, Brittany 1-6 2-4 4; Belcher,
T.T. 1-2 0-1
2; Jones, Hannah 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 31-74 10-20 78.
FAYETTEVILLE STATE (0-1)
JORDAN,LaQuasha 7-15 3-5 19; HAYWOOD,Tiffany 7-11 3-6 17;
CURTIS,Dasnii 3-7
5-7 11; SMALLS,Capricia 2-7 3-4 8; SINCLAIR,Amanda 2-6 1-2 5;
MANNING,SheQuitia 2-3 0-0 4; ROBERTSON,Je'Lena 1-3 1-2 3;
COLEMAN,Tierra 0-5
1-2 1; SMALL,Courtney 0-1 0-0 0; KORNEGAY,Millicent 0-0 0-1 0;
TRAWICK,Nia
0-0 0-0 0; COE,Phantasia 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 24-59 17-29 68.
Halftime: Francis Marion 35 Fayetteville
State 24
3-point goals--Francis Marion 6-18 (Mealing, Courtney 6-10;
Singleton-Bates,
Sha 0-2; Mann, Monica 0-2; Christian, Brittany 0-4), Fayetteville
State 3-10
(JORDAN,LaQuasha 2-4; SMALLS,Capricia 1-2; CURTIS,Dasnii 0-2;
SINCLAIR,Amanda 0-2). Fouled out--Francis Marion-None,
Fayetteville
State-SINCLAIR,Amanda. Rebounds--Francis Marion 47 (Downs, Danelle
11),
Fayetteville State 42 (SINCLAIR,Amanda 9). Assists--Francis Marion
17 (Mann,
Monica 6), Fayetteville State 12 (ROBERTSON,Je'Lena 4). Total
fouls--Francis
Marion 25, Fayetteville State 20. Technical fouls--Francis
Marion-TEAM,
Fayetteville State-None. A-1201
