MILLEDGEVILLE, GA – Junior center Dii'Jon Allen-Jordan registered his seventh double-double of the season with 28 points and a career-high equaling 13 rebounds to lead short-handed Francis Marion University to an 85-70 road win over Georgia College, Saturday afternoon (Jan. 31) in Peach Belt Conference men's basketball action.

Francis Marion improves to 10-11 overall and 2-10 in the PBC.  The Patriots will look for a second straight road win when the Patriots visit Lander University on Wednesday for a 7:30 p.m. tip-off.

FMU dressed only eight healthy players for Saturday's contest.  Allen-Jordan connected on 8-of-12 field goal attempts and was 12-of-14 at the free throw line.  Senior forward Luka Zivkovic came off the Patriot bench and scored a career-high 15 points and hauled down nine rebounds.

Freshmen guard Detrek Browning and A.J. Jackson added 16 and 14 points respectively.

Ryan Blumenthal scored 20 points in a reserve role for Georgia College (9-12, 3-9), while Larrentis Thomas added 16 points.

The Patriots trailed 15-14, but Zivkovic sparked a 7-2 spurt that put FMU ahead 24-17. Georgia College eventually closed to within a single point at 36-35, but the Patriots pulled away to a 45-40 halftime lead.  Allen-Jordan scored 17 of his points in the opening 20 minutes.

A 10-2 run by Francis Marion early in the second half pushed the margin to 59-47.  The spurt included a trio of three pointers – two by Jackson and one by Browning.  Two free throws by Allen-Jordan near the midway point of the second half extended the Patriot lead to 63-49.

Although the Bobcats twice closed to within seven points, Francis Marion was able to hold on for its first true road win of the season.  The Patriots' largest lead game came at 85-67 following a dunk by Zivkovic in the final minute.

Francis Marion shot 45.8 from the field, including 12-of-26 from three-point range, and was 19-of-22 at the foul line.  Although the Bobcats shot a somewhat similar 40.7 percent from the field, the Patriots held Georgia College to only 9-of-30 from beyond the arc and the Bobcats missed eight of their 21 free throws.

FMU also held a 44-29 rebounding advantage. 

1-31-15 3:30 p.m. at Milledgeville, Ga. (Centennial Center)
FRANCIS MARION 85, GEORGIA COLLEGE 70
FRANCIS MARION (10-11, 2-10 PBC)
Dii'Jon Allen-Jordan 8-12 12-14 28; Detrek Browning 6-12 0-0 16; Luka
Zivkovic 5-8 4-4 15; A.J. Jackson 5-15 0-0 14; Mike Davis Jr. 2-6 2-2 8;
Dustin Jones 1-6 0-0 3; David Jerome 0-0 1-2 1; Alex Bryant 0-0 0-0 0.
Totals 27-59 19-22 85.
GEORGIA COLLEGE (9-12, 3-9 PBC)
Ryan Blumenthal 6-9 3-4 20; Larrentis Thomas 7-10 2-4 16; Terrell Harris
4-13 4-5 13; Dwight Anderson 3-8 3-4 10; Evyn Smith 2-5 1-2 6; Alex Reid
1-10 0-0 3; Rio McMillian 1-4 0-0 2; Juwan Hubbard 0-0 0-2 0; Jeremiah
Vrudny 0-0 0-0 0; Kelvin Nwanze 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-59 13-21 70.
Halftime: Francis Marion 45 Georgia College 40
3-point goals--Francis Marion 12-26 (Detrek Browning 4-6; A.J. Jackson 4-11;
Mike Davis Jr. 2-2; Dustin Jones 1-6; Luka Zivkovic 1-1), Georgia College
9-30 (Ryan Blumenthal 5-8; Alex Reid 1-9; Dwight Anderson 1-4; Evyn Smith
1-2; Terrell Harris 1-7). Fouled out--Francis Marion-None, Georgia
College-None. Rebounds--Francis Marion 44 (Dii'Jon Allen-Jordan 13), Georgia
College 29 (Rio McMillian 6; Terrell Harris 6). Assists--Francis Marion 16
(Detrek Browning 8), Georgia College 15 (Terrell Harris 4; Dwight Anderson
4). Total fouls--Francis Marion 16, Georgia College 15. Technical None. A-872