Box Score CHARLOTTE, NC – Senior Shannon Singleton-Bates scored a game-high 16 points and a pair of Francis Marion University post players turned in career-high nights as the Patriots claimed a 69-52 non-conference win over Queens University of Charlotte, Thursday evening (Dec. 30) in women's college basketball action.
Francis Marion returned to action after an 11-day break for Christmas and improves to 7-2 on the season. The Patriots will reenter Peach Belt Conference competition on Sunday (Jan. 2) with a 1:30 p.m. contest at UNC Pembroke.
Singleton-Bates hit on 6-of-13 shots to up her career total to 1,382 points, 15 points shy of 12th place on the team's career scoring list. Singleton-Bates was 4-of-4 at the free throw line as FMU tied a team record by making all of its free throws, albeit only 5-of-5. The only other time a Patriot squad was perfect at the foul line was a 13-of-13 effort against Wofford College on Dec. 5, 1992.
FMU junior 5-10 forward Simone Trice scored a career-high 12 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for her first career double-double. Fellow junior T.T. Belcher scored a career-high 11 points and grabbed nine rebounds. Sophomore guard Courtney Mealing added 14 points.
Francis Marion was 0-for-5 from behind the three-point arc, the first time the Patriots failed to connect on a three-pointer in 211 games dating back to a 59-55 win over the University of Tampa on Nov. 29, 2003.
Senior guard Shakaria Hamlin, a product of Hartsville High School, led Queens (3-5) with nine points.
After a nip-and-tuck first half, the Patriots led 30-28 at halftime. Leading 39-35 early in the second stanza, the Patriots pieced together a 12-4 spurt to lead 51-39 midway through the half. FMU's largest lead came at 69-50 on a layup by Trice with 2:32 left.
FMU forced 27 Royals' turnovers which were converted into 29 points.
12-30-10 5:30 p.m. at Charlotte, NC (Ovens Athletic Center)
Francis Marion University 69, QUEENS UNIVERSITY OF CHARLOTTE 52
Francis Marion (7-2)
Singleton-Bates, Sha 6-13 4-4 16; Mealing, Courtney 7-15 0-0 14; Trice,
Simone 6-12 0-0 12; Belcher, T.T. 5-9 1-1 11; Colbert, Robin 4-10 0-0 8;
Mann, Monica 1-5 0-0 2; Downs, Danelle 1-3 0-0 2; Jones, Hannah 1-2 0-0 2;
Bothof, Kendra 1-2 0-0 2; Dickerson, Kristen 0-0 0-0 0; Christian, Brittany
0-1 0-0 0. Totals 32-72 5-5 69.
QUEENS UNIVERSITY OF CHARLOTTE (3-5)
HAMLIN, Shakaria 4-9 0-0 9; LEWIS, Jessica 4-12 0-0 8; PETTAWAY, Shonice
3-11 2-2 8; HUDLEY, Marissa 3-10 0-0 7; GOLDNER, Erin 2-4 2-3 6; BATTLE,
Dyonna 2-6 0-0 5; EDMONDS, Jazmine 1-2 3-4 5; MYATT, Sarah 1-1 0-0 2;
THOMAS, Melissa 1-2 0-0 2; MAJOR, Tyffani 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 21-58 7-9 52.
Halftime: Francis Marion 30 Queens 28
3-point goals--FMU 0-5 (; Mealing, Courtney 0-2; Trice, Simone 0-1; Mann,
Monica 0-1; Christian, Brittany 0-1), Queens University of Charlotte 3-14
(BATTLE, Dyonna 1-3; HUDLEY, Marissa 1-3; HAMLIN, Shakaria 1-4; LEWIS,
Jessica 0-4). Fouled out--FMU-None, Queens University of Charlotte-None.
Rebounds--FMU 44 (Trice, Simone 10), Queens University of Charlotte 34
(HUDLEY, Marissa 9). Assists--FMU 10 (Colbert, Robin 3; Mann, Monica 3),
Queens University of Charlotte 9 (LEWIS, Jessica 7). Total fouls--FMU 12,
Queens 8. Technical fouls--None. A-101
