FLORENCE, SC – Sophomore guard Courtney Mealing recorded her second straight 20-point game to lead Francis Marion University to a relatively easy 101-63 victory over Morris College, Tuesday evening (Nov. 23) in the Patriot women's home opener for 2010-11.

Francis Marion improves to 2-0 with its ninth win in 10 all-time meetings with the Hornets.

Mealing followed-up her 29-point outing in a road win at Fayetteville State University with 20 points on Tuesday.  Senior Shannon Singleton-Bates scored 17 points, while senior reserve point guard Monica Mann scored 16, starting point guard Robin Colbert 15, and junior center Kendra Bothof 11 (on 5-of-5 shooting).  Colbert also led FMU with seven rebounds, and both her and Singleton-Bates recorded seven steals apiece.

Singleton-Bates moved into sole possession of 17th place on the Patriot career scoring list with 1,251 points.

All 10 Patriots who saw action scored. 

Junior 6-1 forward Erica Wilkerson came off the Morris (1-8) bench to score 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds.  Junior forward Shaniqua Campbell scored 10 points and hauled down a game-high 11 rebounds.

FMU broke an early 6-6 deadlock with an 8-0 spurt.  The margin would gradually grow to 55-28 at halftime.

Francis Marion forced 45 Morris turnovers and led 55-13 in points-off-turnovers.

Both squads shot near 45 percent from the floor, but the Patriots were 33-of-45 at the free throw line compared to the Hornets' 8-of-17.

Francis Marion will play host to King College on Friday afternoon at 4 p.m.

Coupled with the FMU men's 116-60 victory over Morris in the evening's nightcap, it marks the fifth time in school history that both squads have eclipsed the century mark on the same night, but the first time since February 1988.

11-23-10 5:30 pm at Florence, SC (Smith University Center)
FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY 101, MORRIS COLLEGE 63

MORRIS COLLEGE (1-8)
Erica Wilkerson 7-12 3-4 17; Shaniqua Campbell 5-10 0-2 10; Staci Holmes 2-5
3-8 8; Kenyatta Harris 2-4 0-0 5; Leronna Drayton 2-6 0-0 5; Jamecia Ready
2-4 0-0 4; Clarissa Crump 2-3 0-0 4; Briana Brunson 2-2 0-0 4; Felicia
Kinlock 1-7 2-3 4; Jasmine Coleman 1-1 0-0 2; Jocquetta Coleman 0-1 0-0 0;
Crystal Mosley 0-0 0-0 0; A'Kela Brown 0-0 0-0 0; Leana Mills 0-1 0-0 0;
Ameisha Owens 0-2 0-0 0; Whitley Teemer 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-58 8-17 63.
FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY (2-0)
Mealing, Courtney 6-15 6-6 20; Singleton-Bates, Sha 6-12 5-5 17; Mann,
Monica 5-8 5-8 16; Colbert, Robin 5-10 5-7 15; Bothof, Kendra 5-5 1-2 11;
Christian, Brittany 1-11 5-6 8; Dickerson, Kristen 3-6 0-2 6; Jones, Hannah
1-3 2-3 4; Downs, Danelle 0-0 3-4 3; Imani, Ana 0-1 1-2 1. Totals 32-71
33-45 101.
Halftime: Francis Marion 55 Morris 28
3-point goals--Morris College 3-8 (Leronna Drayton 1-1; Staci Holmes 1-2;
Kenyatta Harris 1-2; Felicia Kinlock 0-1; Ameisha Owens 0-2), Francis Marion
University 4-16 (Mealing, Courtney 2-7; Mann, Monica 1-2; Christian,
Brittany 1-6; Colbert, Robin 0-1). Fouled out--Morris College-Leronna
Drayton, Francis Marion University-None. Rebounds--Morris College 44
(Shaniqua Campbell 11), Francis Marion University 34 (Colbert, Robin 7).
Assists--Morris College 16 (Leronna Drayton 7), Francis Marion University 20
(Christian, Brittany 5). Total fouls--Morris College 27, Francis Marion
University 17. Technical fouls—Campbell. A-947