Box Score MONTEVALLO, AL— Senior Tiara Gause led Francis Marion University in scoring with 12 points, while shooting 6-of-15 from the floor, but a last-second basket by the University of Montevallo handed the Patriots a 66-65 Peach Belt Conference loss, Saturday afternoon (Jan. 19) in women's basketball action.
A layup by Falcons guard Zena Nasiloski capped a game-ending 9-0 run to erase a late eight-point lead by the Patriots.
FMU (7-6, 2-5) will continue a four-game road trip as the Patriots head to Morrow, Ga., to take on the undefeated and fourth-ranked Clayton State Lakers on Monday at 5:30 p.m.
Following Gause for FMU was junior forward Dee Gray with 10 points and five rebounds.
Taylor Beverly led Montevallo (11-6, 6-2) with 25 points, on 11-of-18 shooting, and 17 rebounds.
Francis Marion committed 11 turnovers in the game, while forcing 16 turnovers, as well as shooting 44 percent from the floor throughout the game.
The Patriots and Falcons battled back and forth throughout the game, with Montevallo holding a 35-34 halftime advantage. In the last five minutes of the game the Patriots held several eight-point leads. The Falcons then went on a 13-4 run to secure the victory, including the game winning basket by Nasiloski with just three seconds left to put the Falcons up by one.
1/19/13 1:30 p.m. at BankTrust Arena (Montevallo, Ala.)
MONTEVALLO 66, FRANCIS MARION 65
FMU (7-6 (2-5 PBC))
Tiara Gause 6-15 0-2 12; Dee Gray 5-13 0-0 10; Kim Roach 3-5 2-2 8; Briana
Robinson 3-6 2-3 8; Jalyn McDowell 2-3 2-3 6; Kristen Dickerson 3-7 0-0 6;
Jas. Williams-Hayes 3-5 0-0 6; Camille Dash 3-5 0-0 6; Erin Pinkett 1-5 0-0
3; DeAsia Toney 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 29-65 6-10 65.
MONTEVALLO (11-6 (6-2 PBC))
Taylor Beverly 11-18 3-6 25; Zena Nasiloski 5-13 3-4 13; Alex Strickland 4-7
1-2 9; Jacquelyn Thompson 1-9 4-4 7; Shay Bonner 2-5 0-0 5; Trena
Moore-Smith 1-4 2-4 5; Carolyn Taite 1-3 0-2 2; Jerrisa Green 0-2 0-0 0;
Katie Colson 0-1 0-0 0; Jasmine Thomas 0-0 0-0 0; Jasmine Newsome 0-2 0-0 0.
Totals 25-64 13-22 66.
Halftime: Montevallo 35 FMU 34
3-point goals--FMU-W 1-10 (Erin Pinkett 1-5; Dee Gray 0-1; Briana Robinson
0-1; Kristen Dickerson 0-1; DeAsia Toney 0-1; Tiara Gause 0-1), University
of Montevallo 3-12 (Shay Bonner 1-1; Trena Moore-Smith 1-4; Jacquelyn
Thompson 1-6; Jasmine Newsome 0-1). Fouled out--FMU-W-None, University of
Montevallo-None. Rebounds--FMU-W 31 (Dee Gray 5), University of Montevallo
52 (Taylor Beverly 17). Assists--FMU-W 9 (Briana Robinson 3), University of
Montevallo 7 (Shay Bonner 2; Jacquelyn Thompson 2; Trena Moore-Smith 2).
Total fouls--FMU 17, Montevallo 12. Technical fouls--None. A-183
