Box Score SPARTANBURG, SC – Junior center Courtney Wood came off the bench to tally season-highs of 15 points and seven rebounds to power Francis Marion University to a 65-45 road win over Converse College, Saturday afternoon (Nov. 19) in the final game of the Courtyard Women's Basketball Classic.
FMU improves to 2-3 and will play host to Elizabeth City State University on Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the Smith University Center. It will be the final pre-Christmas home game for the Patriots.
Sophomore Shaunice Fulmore led Francis Marion with 17 points, nine rebounds, four assists, and four steals and was named to the All-Tournament Team. Wood connected on 7-of-8 field goal attempts and added three blocked shots and four steals. Her point total was three shy of her career high set as a freshman against Allen University.
Senior point guard TeTe Flowers chipped in nine points and seven rebounds.
Kassidy Moorhouse paced Converse (0-2) with 12 points.
FMU accounted for 14 of the game's opening 16 points and the Patriots led 21-6 at the end of the first quarter. Converse countered with a 17-4 spurt to open the second period and trimmed the margin to 25-23.
Fulmore scored on a lay-in and then hit two free throws, while junior forward Briana Burgins added three free throws to comprise a 7-0 FMU run that extended the lead back to 32-23. The Patriots held a 32-26 advantage at halftime.
In the third quarter, Francis Marion connected on 9-of-16 shots (56.3%) and outscored the Valkyries 22-8. Much like the opening period, the third period began with a 12-2 FMU run.
The Patriots' largest lead came at 64-39 following a bucket by junior Khai Chandler with three minutes remaining.
FMU converted 28 Converse turnovers into 34 points, and the Patriots held a commanding 42-23 rebounding advantage that led to an 18-3 edge in second-chance points.
For the game, Francis Marion connected on 41 percent of its field goal attempts and was 12-of-14 at the foul line. Converse shot 38.1 percent from the field and hit 9-of-14 attempts at the stripe. Behind the three-point arc, the Patriots were 3-of-10 and the Valkyries 4-of-10.
11/19/16 4:33 PM at Spartanburg, S.C. (Hannah Gym)
FRANCIS MARION 65, CONVERSE 45
FRANCIS MARION (2-3)
Shaunice Fulmore 7-20 2-2 17; Courtney Wood 7-8 1-2 15; Keanua Williams 3-4
2-2 9; Briana Burgins 2-9 5-6 9; Khai Chandler 3-12 2-2 8; TeTe Flowers 2-5
0-0 5; Kristin Tines 1-2 0-0 2; Abigail Bullock 0-1 0-0 0; Tatyana McClaney
0-0 0-0 0; Lauryn Bush 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-61 12-14 65.
CONVERSE (0-2)
Kassidy Moorhouse 4-6 2-2 12; Keocia Walker 4-12 1-2 10; Hannah Anderson 4-6
0-0 8; Erin Horne 2-3 0-1 4; Dominique Hill 1-5 2-2 4; Paige Johnson 1-7 1-3
4; Bri James 0-2 3-4 3; Jada Black 0-1 0-0 0; Abigail Lewis 0-0 0-0 0;
Shakori J.-Shuler 0-0 0-0 0; Tatum Boggs 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 16-42 9-14 45.
Francis Marion................ 21 11 22 11 - 65
Converse...................... 6 20 8 11 - 45
3-point goals--Francis Marion 3-10 (TeTe Flowers 1-2; Keanua Williams 1-1;
Shaunice Fulmore 1-2; Khai Chandler 0-5), CONVERSE 4-10 (Kassidy Moorhouse
2-3; Keocia Walker 1-3; Paige Johnson 1-2; Dominique Hill 0-1; Bri James
0-1). Fouled out--Francis Marion-None, CONVERSE-None. Rebounds--Francis
Marion 42 (Shaunice Fulmore 9), CONVERSE 23 (Dominique Hill 4; Kassidy
Moorhouse 4). Assists--Francis Marion 17 (TeTe Flowers 4; Shaunice Fulmore
4), CONVERSE 12 (Keocia Walker 5). Total fouls--Francis Marion 18, CONVERSE
13. Technical fouls--None. A-347
