Box Score MISENHEIMER, NC – Senior guard Erin Pinkett and junior forward Alexia Bell each scored 14 points as four Francis Marion University players reached double figures and the Patriots downed Pfeiffer University 70-51, Tuesday evening (Nov. 26) in non-conference women's basketball action.
Francis Marion (4-1) wins its fourth straight contest after dropping the season opener. The Patriots will open Peach Belt Conference play on Monday when they host Georgia College at 5:30 p.m. in the Smith University Center.
Pinkett scored all 14 of her points in the opening half as she connected on her first four three-point attempts. Bell added a team-high nine rebounds to her point total, while senior forward Dee Gray tallied 13 points, nine rebounds, and five assists. Junior guard Chelsea Dukes scored 11 points, nine of which came in the second stanza.
Lauren White and Carlisha Holivay led Pfeiffer (1-5) with 10 points apiece.
FMU took the lead for good at 11-10 on a basket by Bell. Several minutes later, the Patriots used an 18-9 spurt to push their margin to 38-26. FMU held a 38-30 advantage at intermission.
Pfeiffer closed to within 42-38 at the 15-minute mark, but Francis Marion scored seven straight points to extend the lead back to double digits at 49-38. After a Pfeiffer bucket broke the streak, FMU answered with nine consecutive points – four from Dukes – to go up 58-40. The Falcons would get no closer than 13 the rest of the way.
Francis Marion shot just 37.7 percent from the floor, but connected on 8-of-20 three-point attempts. The Patriots scored 26 points off 20 Falcon turnovers and FMU registered 17 second-chance points off 19 offensive rebounds.
11/26/13 7:30 p.m. at Merner Gym
FRANCIS MARION 70, PFEIFFER 51
FRANCIS MARION (4-1)
Erin Pinkett 5-8 0-0 14; Alexia Bell 5-8 4-4 14; Dee Gray 6-16 0-0 13;
Chelsea Dukes 5-8 0-0 11; Camille Dash 2-5 2-2 6; Lauren Woods 1-6 2-4 5;
Kim Roach 1-4 1-2 3; Briana Robinson 1-6 0-0 3; De'Ana Turner 0-0 1-2 1;
Cy'erra Mills 0-8 0-0 0. Totals 26-69 10-14 70.
PFEIFFER (1-5)
Lauren White 5-8 0-0 10; Carlisha Holivay 5-7 0-0 10; Alexis Stallard 2-5
4-5 9; Hollie Boggs 3-6 0-0 7; Carter Williams 3-11 0-0 7; Vivian Doerr 2-7
2-2 6; Ariana Tillman 0-4 2-4 2; Jazzmine Devlin 0-0 0-0 0; Caressa Samuel
0-0 0-0 0; Amber Isley 0-2 0-0 0; Alyssa Harvell 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 20-52
8-11 51.
Halftime: Francis Marion 38 Pfeiffer 30
3-point goals--Francis Marion 8-20 (Erin Pinkett 4-6; Lauren Woods 1-4;
Briana Robinson 1-3; Dee Gray 1-2; Chelsea Dukes 1-2; Cy'erra Mills 0-3),
Pfeiffer 3-17 (Carter Williams 1-4; Alexis Stallard 1-3; Hollie Boggs 1-3;
Ariana Tillman 0-2; Amber Isley 0-1; Alyssa Harvell 0-1; Vivian Doerr 0-3).
Fouled out--Francis Marion-None, Pfeiffer-None. Rebounds--Francis Marion 43
(Alexia Bell 9; Dee Gray 9), Pfeiffer 36 (Carter Williams 8).
Assists--Francis Marion 20 (Dee Gray 5), Pfeiffer 13 (Alexis Stallard 4).
Total fouls--Francis Marion 11, Pfeiffer 13. Technical fouls--None.
