Box Score AUGUSTA, GA – Guard Tye Beal scored five of his 15 points
during a key 7-0 run late in the second half and fifth-ranked and
top-seeded Augusta State University grabbed a 71-61 win over
fourth-seeded Francis Marion University, Tuesday evening (March 1)
in a Peach Belt Conference men's basketball tournament quarterfinal
game.
ASU (26-3) advances to Saturday's semifinals in Aiken, while
Francis Marion ends its season at 16-11.
Senior swingman Simel Boyd led FMU
with 17 points and six rebounds. The 6-6 forward finished his
career with 998 points. Senior Dominique
Coleman added 10 points, while senior point guard Bryant Julious had
nine and senior post player David Turner chipped
in seven points and six rebounds. The Patriots' leading
scorer Liki
Turner was held to seven points – nine below his season
average.
O'Neal Armstrong paced ASU with 18 points as the Jaguars won
their 46th consecutive home game.
The Jaguars gradually built a 10-point cushion in the first
half, 32-22 with 3:58 left before halftime. Francis Marion
responded with an 11-1 run to close the half, tying the score at
33-33 on a late lay-in by Liki Turner. Boyd helped spark the
rally with five points.
Two free throws by Liki Turner moments into the second stanza
gave FMU its only lead of the night at 35-33. ASU regained
the lead and led 52-45 with 8:05 remaining.
Again FMU rallied, this time closing to within 52-49 on two free
throws by Evrik
Gary and then two more by Coleman with 7:07 on the clock.
Beal then sparked the Jaguars' 7-0 spurt that pushed the margin to
double figures at 59-49.
Back-to-back three-pointers by Armstrong and Beal eventually
stretched the ASU advantage to 67-51.
Francis Marion shot 39.7 percent for the game and connected on
only 4-of-21 three-point attempts.
3-1-11 7:00 p.m. at Augusta, Ga. (Christenberry
Fieldhouse)
2011 Peach Belt Conference Men's Basketball Championships
-- Quarterfinals
#5 AUGUSTA STATE 71, FRANCIS MARION
61
FRANCIS MARION (16-11)
Boyd, Simel 8-18 1-2 17; Coleman, Dominique 4-8 2-2 10;
Julious, Bryant 3-4
1-2 9; Turner, David 3-7 1-2 7; Turner, Liki 2-8 2-2 7;
Smith, Andrew 2-2
1-2 5; Greenfield, Shawn 1-6 0-0 3; Gary, Evrik 0-5 3-4 3.
Totals 23-58
11-16 61.
#5 AUGUSTA STATE (26-3)
Armstrong, O'Neal 5-9 6-9 18; Beal, Tye 5-9 2-2 15;
Johnson, George 5-13 0-1
12; Keels, Travis 5-8 1-2 11; Ndongo, Franck 2-6 4-4 8;
Brown, Howard 1-3
1-2 3; Brown, Caleb 0-3 2-2 2; Purser, Ben 1-2 0-0 2;
Armour, Kyle 0-0 0-0
0. Totals 24-53 16-22 71.
Halftime: 33-33
3-point goals--Francis Marion 4-21 (Julious, Bryant 2-3;
Turner, Liki 1-4;
Greenfield, Shawn 1-5; Gary, Evrik 0-2; Turner, David 0-3;
Coleman,
Dominique 0-3; Boyd, Simel 0-1), Augusta State 7-18 (Beal,
Tye 3-6; Johnson,
George 2-7; Armstrong, O'Neal 2-3; Brown, Caleb 0-1;
Ndongo, Franck 0-1).
Fouled out--Francis Marion-None, Augusta State-None.
Rebounds--Francis
Marion 34 (Turner, David 6; Boyd, Simel 6), Augusta State
33 (Ndongo, Franck
9). Assists--Francis Marion 12 (Greenfield, Shawn 3),
Augusta State 15
(Armstrong, O'Neal 8). Total fouls--Francis Marion 16,
Augusta State 19.
Technical fouls--None. A-1022
