Box Score AIKEN, SC – Francis Marion University sophomore guard Briana Robinson scored a season-high 18 points coming off the bench, but a 17-4 run to open the second half enabled sixth-ranked USC Aiken to claim a 69-58 win in a tough Peach Belt Conference matchup on Saturday night (Jan. 26).
FMU (7-8, 2-7) will now take a break from PBC play to take on non-conference Morris College (2-15) on Tuesday in Sumter, S.C., at 6 p.m.
Following Robinson for FMU was junior forward Kim Roach with 12 points and nine rebounds. Robinson also handed out six assists.
Mia Antoine led USCA (15-2, 8-2) with 16 points, on 6-of-10 shooting, and six rebounds.
Francis Marion committed 14 turnovers in the game, while forcing 15 turnovers, but had a tough day from the floor as the Patriots shot just 33 percent on 18-of-54 field goals. FMU was 4-of-12 from behind the three-point arc and shot 18-of-28 at the free throw line.
USCA shot 45.8 percent from the field, including 5-of-11 on three-pointers, and was 10-of-14 at the charity stripe.
USCA opened the contest by taking an 8-1 lead, but FMU kept the game close going into halftime, as the Pacers led by nine points, 34-25.
As the teams started the second half, the Pacers came out strong, scoring the first five points to put the lead to 14, and eventually pushed the margin to 51-29.
The Pacers led by as many as 25 points, 62-37, with 9:30 remaining. Late in the game, the Patriots went on a 12-0 run to cut the lead to 10 (64-54) on a free throw by Tiara Gause with 2:09 left, but that was the closest FMU would get.
1/26/13 5:30 PM at Aiken, SC (Convocation Center)
#6 USC AIKEN 69, FRANCIS MARION 58
FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY (7-8, 2-7 PBC)
Briana Robinson 6-14 3-4 18; Kim Roach 4-10 4-6 12; Kristen Dickerson 2-8
3-4 7; Dee Gray 2-5 2-2 6; Erin Pinkett 2-4 0-0 5; Jas. Williams-Hayes 1-4
3-6 5; Tiara Gause 1-7 2-4 4; Jalyn McDowell 0-0 1-2 1; Camille Dash 0-1 0-0
0; DeAsia Toney 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 18-54 18-28 58.
USC AIKEN (15-2, 8-2 PBC)
Mia Antoine 6-10 4-4 16; Daniela Tarailo 5-12 1-2 15; Porsha Martin 4-7 3-5
11; Mackenzie Reese 4-8 2-2 11; Brittany Hill 4-7 0-0 8; Tiffani Moody 2-5
0-0 4; Kassy Johannsen 1-3 0-0 2; Emily O'Rourke 1-5 0-1 2; Hillary Spears
0-0 0-0 0; Michelle Turner 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 27-59 10-14 69.
Halftime: USCA 34 Francis Marion 25
3-point goals--Francis Marion University 4-12 (Briana Robinson 3-6; Erin
Pinkett 1-3; Kristen Dickerson 0-3), USC Aiken 5-11 (Daniela Tarailo 4-7;
Mackenzie Reese 1-2; Mia Antoine 0-2). Fouled out--Francis Marion
University-None, USC Aiken-Mia Antoine. Rebounds--Francis Marion University
34 (Kim Roach 9), USC Aiken 45 (Porsha Martin 8). Assists--Francis Marion
University 11 (Briana Robinson 6), USC Aiken 19 (Brittany Hill 6). Total
fouls--Francis Marion 18, USC Aiken 22. Technical fouls--None. A-1067
