Box Score
ST. AUGUSTINE, FL – Junior forward Liki Turner scored 22 points to lead five Patriots in double figures as Francis Marion University methodically downed Flagler College 83-67, Saturday afternoon (Jan. 22) in Peach Belt Conference men's basketball action.
FMU improves to 11-5 overall and gets back to .500 in conference play at 4-4. The Patriots will entertain Georgia College on Friday at 7:30 p.m.
Turner was 8-of-13 from the floor and also hauled down a season-high 16 rebounds. Junior 6-10 center Andrew Smith tallied 16 points and nine rebounds, while Dominique Coleman scored 13 points, Simel Boyd 11, and Shawn Greenfield 10.
Guard D.J. Ferguson, the nation's assists leader, paced Flagler (9-6, 3-4) with 19 points, 10 assists, and eight rebounds. John Pietkiewicz added 16 points.
Flagler owned several four-point leads in the early going. With the score deadlocked at 15-15, Coleman ignited a 12-3 run by the Patriots with a three-pointer. Turner also contributed three baskets to the spurt that gave FMU the lead for good. Another jumper by Coleman gave Francis Marion its largest lead of the half at 11 points (36-25), before the Patriots settled for a 36-27 advantage at halftime.
Two charity tosses by Smith with 15:36 left in the game capped a 9-2 Francis Marion spurt to open the second stanza and gave the Patriots a 45-29 advantage. The lead would not dip under double figures again.
FMU's largest lead came at 71-51 after a jumper by Boyd with 5:48 left.
The Patriots controlled the boards by a 51-39 margin and FMU committed only 11 turnovers. Francis Marion also held a 24-8 advantage in bench scoring.
1-22-11 3:30 p.m. at St. Augustine, Fla.
FRANCIS MARION 83, FLAGLER 67
FRANCIS MARION (11-5, 4-4 PBC)
Turner, Liki 8-13 6-8 22; Smith, Andrew 5-9 6-7 16; Coleman, Dominique 3-10
6-8 13; Boyd, Simel 4-10 3-5 11; Greenfield, Shawn 3-5 2-3 10; Julious,
Bryant 2-5 1-2 6; Turner, David 1-3 0-0 3; Todd, Matt 1-5 0-0 2; Petreikis,
Mindaugas 0-0 0-2 0; Gary, Evrik 0-6 0-0 0. Totals 27-66 24-35 83.
FLAGLER (9-6, 3-4 PBC)
Ferguson, D.J. 9-15 1-8 19; Pietkiewicz, John 6-14 0-0 16; Fowler, Eddie 3-5
7-10 13; July, Chad 3-9 1-2 7; Branco, Jarrod 2-3 2-2 6; Moore, Kenny 2-6
0-0 4; Stokes, Justin 1-3 0-3 2; McFarline, Andre 0-1 0-0 0; Clark, Dave 0-1
0-0 0; McNeil, Jamal 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 26-60 11-25 67.
Halftime: Francis Marion 36 Flagler 27
3-point goals--Francis Marion 5-19 (Greenfield, Shawn 2-3; Coleman,
Dominique 1-3; Turner, David 1-1; Julious, Bryant 1-2; Gary, Evrik 0-5;
Todd, Matt 0-3; Boyd, Simel 0-1; Turner, Liki 0-1), Flagler 4-9
(Pietkiewicz, John 4-7; Fowler, Eddie 0-1; McNeil, Jamal 0-1). Fouled
out--Francis Marion-None, Flagler-July, Chad; Moore, Kenny.
Rebounds--Francis Marion 51 (Turner, Liki 16), Flagler 39 (Moore, Kenny 12).
Assists--Francis Marion 19 (Greenfield, Shawn 4; Smith, Andrew 4), Flagler
12 (Ferguson, D.J. 10). Total fouls--Francis Marion 22, Flagler 24.
Technical fouls--None. A-723
