Box Score
AMERICUS, GA – Phillip Brown led four players in double figures with 17 points and hot-shooting Georgia Southwestern State University never trailed en route to a 78-56 victory over Francis Marion University, Saturday afternoon (Jan. 15) in Peach Belt Conference men's basketball action.
Francis Marion drops to 9-4 overall and 3-3 in the Peach Belt. FMU will play at Columbus State University on Sunday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. to conclude a long weekend road trip through the Peach State.
Junior forward Liki Turner was the lone Patriot in double figures as he registered 20 points and eight rebounds. Senior forward Simel Boyd added nine points and seven rebounds.
The Hurricanes (10-3, 3-1) scored the game's opening 10 points and later led 24-4 and then 31-9. FMU rallied with 11 consecutive points to draw to within 31-20 after a Turner jumper in the lane with 2:34 left before halftime. However, GSW stretched its advantage to 39-24 at halftime.
Twice early in the second stanza, the Patriots cut the deficit to 13 points, but that would be as close as FMU would get. GSW's largest lead was 29 points with about five minutes left.
Francis Marion shot only 36.8 percent from the floor, including only 3-of-18 three-point attempts. GSW shot 52.8 percent and was 9-of-23 from beyond the arc.
1-15-11 3:30 PM at Americus, Ga.
At Americus, Ga.
GEORGIA SOUTHWESTERN 78, FRANCIS MARION 56
FRANCIS MARION (9-4, 3-3 PBC)
Turner, Liki 7-13 6-8 20; Boyd, Simel 4-10 1-3 9; Smith, Andrew 3-5 1-1 7;
Gary, Evrik 2-6 2-2 7; Turner, David 2-5 0-0 5; Coleman, Dominique 2-11 0-0
4; Todd, Matt 1-2 0-0 3; Greenfield, Shawn 0-5 1-2 1; Julious, Bryant 0-0
0-0 0. Totals 21-57 11-16 56.
GEORGIA SOUTHWESTERN (10-3, 3-1 PBC)
Brown, Phillip 6-11 3-5 17; Macon, Trayce 6-9 2-2 16; Slotter, Colin 5-9 1-1
13; Mobley, Evan 4-9 2-2 10; Shaw, Matt 4-5 0-0 8; Glover, Bobby 1-2 3-6 6;
Hawkins, Jamon 1-3 2-2 5; Bell, Talmadge 1-3 0-0 3; Hunt, Dannie 0-0 0-0 0;
Smith, Derek 0-0 0-0 0; Gunnett, Tyler 0-1 0-0 0; Mendell, Matt 0-1 0-0 0.
Totals 28-53 13-18 78.
Halftime: GSW 39 Francis Marion 24
3-point goals--Francis Marion 3-18 (Turner, David 1-2; Gary, Evrik 1-3;
Todd, Matt 1-1; Coleman, Dominique 0-6; Greenfield, Shawn 0-4; Turner, Liki
0-2), Georgia Southwestern 9-23 (Macon, Trayce 2-2; Brown, Phillip 2-4;
Slotter, Colin 2-5; Bell, Talmadge 1-3; Glover, Bobby 1-1; Hawkins, Jamon
1-2; Gunnett, Tyler 0-1; Mendell, Matt 0-1; Shaw, Matt 0-1; Mobley, Evan
0-3). Fouled out--Francis Marion-None, Georgia Southwestern-Hunt, Dannie.
Rebounds--Francis Marion 30 (Turner, Liki 8), Georgia Southwestern 37
(Brown, Phillip 8). Assists--Francis Marion 12 (Greenfield, Shawn 4),
Georgia Southwestern 18 (Mobley, Evan 6). Total fouls--Francis Marion 16,
Georgia Southwestern 17. Technical fouls--None. A-602
