ST. AUGUSTINE, FL - Francis Marion University could not overcome a cold shooting performance in its first visit to St. Augustine, Fla., and the Patriots fell to Flagler College 72-63, Wednesday night (Feb. 24) in Peach Belt Conference men's basketball action.

The Patriots drop to 18-8 overall and fall into third place in the East Division standings with a 10-7 mark, one-half game behind USC Aiken.  FMU needs a win at Armstrong Atlantic State University on Saturday night to finish second and earn a first-round PBC Tournament home game.

Junior 6-7 forward David Turner led Francis Marion with 17 points on 7-of-11 shooting, while senior Kaylan Anderson tallied 15 points on 6-of-12 shooting.  The remainder of the Patriot squad hit only 10-of-58 field goal attempts.

For the game, FMU failed to make a three-pointer for the first time in several seasons, going 0-for-18 from beyond the arc.  The Patriots shot 32 percent on all field goal attempts and managed only 17-of-32 at the free throw line.

D.J. Ferguson paced Flagler (11-15, 6-11) with 18 points.

Flagler led 36-31 at halftime.  FMU did close to within 60-56 following a three-point play by Simel Boyd with just over two minutes to play.  However, on the ensuing possession, Flagler's Chad July answered with his own three-point play, and the Saints would go on to the victory.

Boyd finished with only five points, but did grab 10 rebounds.

2-24-10 8 p.m. at St. Augustine, FL
FLAGLER 72, FRANCIS MARION 63
FRANCIS MARION (18-8, 10-7 PBC)
Turner, David 7-11 3-4 17; Anderson, Kaylan 6-12 3-7 15; Smith, Andrew 2-4
3-6 7; Boyd, Simel 2-13 1-1 5; Mains, Herman 2-5 1-2 5; Gullatte, Edward 1-4
2-3 4; Julious, Bryant 1-3 2-2 4; Robinson, Kendrick 1-9 1-2 3; Candelaria,
Mike 1-5 1-2 3; Petreikis, Mindaugas 0-0 0-1 0; Faulkner, Robert 0-5 0-2 0.
Totals 23-71 17-32 63.
FLAGLER (11-15, 6-11 PBC)
Ferguson, D.J. 4-10 9-13 18; Moore, Kenny 5-6 2-2 12; July, Chad 3-6 6-12
12; Fowler, Eddie 2-8 2-2 7; Shuffler, Cody 2-4 3-4 7; Clark, David 2-4 1-2
6; Branco, Jarrod 1-3 2-2 5; Stokes, Justin 2-2 0-0 4; Dixon, Adam 0-1 1-2
1; McFarline, Andre 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-44 26-39 72.
Halftime: Flagler 36 Francis Marion 31
3-point goals--Francis Marion 0-18 (Turner, David 0-2; Anderson, Kaylan 0-2;
Boyd, Simel 0-1; Mains, Herman 0-2; Gullatte, Edward 0-1; Julious, Bryant
0-1; Robinson, Kendrick 0-5; Candelaria, Mike 0-3; Faulkner, Robert 0-1),
Flagler 4-13 (Fowler, Eddie 1-2; Branco, Jarrod 1-3; Ferguson, D.J. 1-4;
Clark, David 1-3; Shuffler, Cody 0-1). Fouled out--Francis Marion-Smith,
Andrew; Gullatte, Edward, Flagler-Stokes, Justin; Dixon, Adam.
Rebounds--Francis Marion 41 (Boyd, Simel 10), Flagler 42 (Moore, Kenny 9).
Assists--Francis Marion 15 (Gullatte, Edward 4; Boyd, Simel 4), Flagler 18
(Ferguson, D.J. 8). Total fouls--Francis Marion 28, Flagler 25. Technical
fouls--Stokes. A-1137