AMERICUS, GA – Sophomore center Zaria Woods posted her second consecutive double-double with 20 points and 16 rebounds and Francis Marion University held Georgia Southwestern State University to only four made field goals in the first half as the Patriots claimed a 66-57 road win, Monday afternoon (Jan. 20) in Peach Belt Conference women's basketball action.

The Patriots will return home to host Georgia College on Wednesday (Jan. 22) at 5:30 p.m. and then Flagler College on Saturday (Jan. 25) at 1:30 p.m.

Woods connected on 9-of-15 field goal attempts en route to her game-high point total. Junior forward Kiana Adderton registered 15 points, while grabbing eight rebounds and handing out a team-high four assists. Freshman guard Scarlett Gilmore also added 10 points for her fifth straight double-digit effort.

Georgia Southwestern was led by reserve Jamesha Samuel with 14 points and Mariya Trimble with 11 points and eight rebounds.

A pair of three-pointers by Gilmore helped FMU open the contest with a 13-0 run as the Patriots held the Hurricanes scoreless for the opening 6:01.  A three-pointer by junior Macy Passmore upped the Francis Marion to 19-2 and the Patriots would close the quarter holding a 24-9 lead.

Woods converted a lay-up off a feed from Adderton to give FMU its largest lead, 30-11, with 7:36 left before intermission.  Francis Marion owned a 36-21 advantage at halftime as the Patriot defense held Georgia Southwestern to 4-of-29 shooting over the first 20 minutes.

GSW trimmed the lead to 48-40 after three quarters, but another lay-in by Woods restored the lead to 13 points at 54-41 with 7:12 remaining.  The Hurricanes rallied to cut the deficit to 60-55, but a bucket by Woods and two free throws each by junior guard Camryn Johnson and Adderton all in the final minute sealed the victory.

Francis Marion shot 44.2 percent from the floor and made 16-of-21 free throws, while Georgia Southwestern was held to 25 percent shooting while hitting 19-of-28 free throws.

01/20/20 1:30 pm at Americus, GA
FRANCIS MARION 66, GA. SOUTHWESTERN 57
FRANCIS MARION (7-7,3-5 Peach Be)
Zaria Woods 9-15 2-4 20; Kiana Adderton 5-14 5-6 15; Scarlett Gilmore 3-5
2-3 10; Kristian Wall 2-9 2-2 6; Macy Passmore 2-3 0-0 6; Tatyana McClaney
1-1 2-2 4; Camryn Johnson 0-1 3-4 3; Briana White 1-2 0-0 2; Bionka Massie
0-0 0-0 0; Alexis Mims 0-0 0-0 0; Taylor Simmons 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 23-52
16-21 66.
GA. SOUTHWESTERN (5-9,1-7 Peach Be)
Jamesha Samuel 4-9 2-4 14; Mariya Trimble 3-9 5-6 11; Lex Chatman 3-11 2-2
9; Tamecia Blue 2-7 3-8 7; Madison Johnson 0-11 5-6 5; Dominique Jeffery 1-3
2-2 4; Yasmin Perez 1-5 0-0 3; Kya Cochran 1-4 0-0 2; K'Shouri Hodge 1-5 0-0
2; Kayla Smith 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 16-64 19-28 57.
Francis Marion................      24   12   12   18  -   66
Ga. Southwestern..............    9   12   19   17  -   57
3-point goals--Francis Marion 4-13 (Scarlett Gilmore 2-3; Macy Passmore 2-3;
Kristian Wall 0-4; Taylor Simmons 0-1; Kiana Adderton 0-2), Ga. Southwestern
6-21 (Jamesha Samuel 4-8; Yasmin Perez 1-4; Lex Chatman 1-5; Madison Johnson
0-2; Kya Cochran 0-1; Mariya Trimble 0-1). Fouled out--Francis Marion-None,
Ga. Southwestern-None. Rebounds--Francis Marion 51 (Zaria Woods 16), Ga.
Southwestern 33 (Mariya Trimble 8). Assists--Francis Marion 12 (Kiana
Adderton 4), Ga. Southwestern 9 (Tamecia Blue 3). Total fouls--FMU 18, GSW 17.
Technical fouls--Alexis Mims, GSW TEAM. A-300