MILLEDGEVILLE, GA – Sophomore center Zaria Woods scored 14 points and junior point guard Camryn Johnson added a career-high equaling 13 points to lead Francis Marion University to a 62-51 road win over Georgia College in Peach Belt Conference play on Wednesday (Feb. 19) evening.

Francis Marion improves to 12-11 overall and 8-9 in conference play, good for seventh place, but only one game out of fifth. FMU will conclude its three-game road trip this Saturday when the Patriots travel to Greenwood, S.C., to take on Lander University at 1:30 p.m.  FMU holds Senior Night on Feb. 26 by hosting UNC Pembroke at 5:30 p.m.

Woods connected on 7-of-10 field goal attempts and also grabbed five rebounds. Johnson made 3-of-6 three-point attempts and dished out a team-high 3 assists. Junior guard Taylor Simmons and freshman Kristian Wall each added eight points, while the Patriot bench scored 22 points.

The Bobcats were led by sophomore guard Harper Vick with 20 points and seven rebounds, while Keyonna Wesley scored 11 points.

Georgia College held a 20-11 lead late in the first quarter, but Francis Marion responded with a 22-7 run to take a 33-27 lead at halftime.  Johnson had a pair of three-pointers in that run.

The Bobcats closed to within 37-35 with 4:02 left in the third period, but FMU scored the game's next nine points to lead 46-35.  A lay-up by Woods gave the Patriots their largest lead at 54-39 with 5:33 left.

FMU shot 43.6% from the floor, including 7-of-17 three-point shooting, and made 7-of-10 from the charity stripe.  The Patriots held the Bobcats to 31.9 percent shooting, including only 3-of-19 from behind the arc.

02/19/20 5:30 pm at Milledgeville, GA (Centennial Center)
FRANCIS MARION 62, GEORGIA COLLEGE 51
FRANCIS MARION (12-11,8-9 Peach)
Zaria Woods 7-10 0-0 14; Camryn Johnson 4-7 2-2 13; Kristian Wall 3-8 1-1 8;
Taylor Simmons 3-4 0-0 8; Kiana Adderton 3-10 1-1 7; Scarlett Gilmore 2-10
1-4 6; Tatyana McClaney 1-1 2-2 4; Briana White 1-2 0-0 2; Bionka Massie 0-1
0-0 0; Macy Passmore 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 24-55 7-10 62.
GEORGIA COLLEGE (5-20,2-15 Peach)
Harper Vick 4-14 12-15 20; Keyonna Wesley 4-10 1-2 11; Caroline Wysocki 2-9
4-4 8; Kenyatta Storms 2-4 0-0 5; Christen Copeland 2-6 1-2 5; Jaycie Bowen
1-4 0-0 2; Dail Adaway 0-0 0-0 0; Dakota Williamson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 15-47
18-23 51.
Francis Marion................    13   20   11   18  -   62
Georgia College...............   20    7    8   16  -   51
3-point goals--Francis Marion 7-17 (Camryn Johnson 3-6; Taylor Simmons 2-2;
Kristian Wall 1-4; Scarlett Gilmore 1-2; Bionka Massie 0-1; Macy Passmore
0-2), Georgia College 3-19 (Keyonna Wesley 2-4; Kenyatta Storms 1-3;
Caroline Wysocki 0-6; Harper Vick 0-6). Fouled out--Francis Marion-None,
Georgia College-None. Rebounds--Francis Marion 32 (Kiana Adderton 6),
Georgia College 32 (Harper Vick 7). Assists--Francis Marion 13 (Kiana
Adderton 3; Camryn Johnson 3), Georgia College 5 (Christen Copeland 2).
Total fouls--Francis Marion 17, Georgia College 13. Technical fouls--None. A-302