ST. AUGUSTINE, FL – Sophomore 6-7 center Winston Hill scored a career-high 35 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as Francis Marion University lost its season finale 82-73 at Flagler College, Saturday afternoon (Feb. 29) in Peach Belt Conference men's basketball action.

Hill connected on 12-of-23 field goal attempts, including 6-of-13 from behind the three-point arc, while posting his 12th double-double of the season.

Sophomore swingman Alex Cox scored nine and junior forward Keith Matthews chipped in seven.  Senior point guard Jaquez Smith, playing in his 114th and final game, tallied four points and handed out two assists to push his career total to 363 – third-best in program history behind only John Schantz (413) and Detrek Browning (408).

Damerit Brown led five Flagler players scoring in double figures with 18 points.

The Patriots trimmed a 22-point first-half deficit down to five (66-61) with 8:24 left in the game following a three-pointer by Hill.

02/29/20 3:58 p.m. at St. Augustine, Fla. (Flagler Gym)
FLAGLER 82, FRANCIS MARION 73
FRANCIS MARION (4-23, 3-17 PBC)
Winston Hill 12-23 5-10 35; Alex Cox 3-5 2-2 9; Keith Matthews 3-9 1-3 7;
Trey Jones 2-5 0-2 5; Jaquez Smith 2-6 0-0 4; Ja'Lil Robinson 2-5 0-0 4;
Gabriel Dickerson 1-4 2-2 4; Loginn Norton 1-3 0-0 3; Jamal Edmonson 1-3 0-0
2. Totals 27-63 10-19 73.
FLAGLER (14-14, 10-10 PBC)
Damerit Brown 7-15 0-0 18; Derrick Ellis Jr. 5-7 2-4 12; Tyler Collier 5-6
1-2 11; Damir Hadzic 3-6 2-2 10; Gedi Juozapaitis 4-9 0-0 10; Allante
Pickens 2-5 2-2 7; Chris Metzger 3-5 0-1 6; Logan Swackhammer 2-2 0-0 6;
Lawrence Slim 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 32-56 7-11 82.
Francis Marion..........   27   46  -   73
Flagler.......................   47   35  -   82
3-point goals--Francis Marion 9-30 (Winston Hill 6-13; Alex Cox 1-2; Trey
Jones 1-2; Loginn Norton 1-2; Gabriel Dickerson 0-2; Jamal Edmonson 0-1;
Ja'Lil Robinson 0-3; Jaquez Smith 0-1; Keith Matthews 0-4), Flagler 11-23
(Damerit Brown 4-10; Gedi Juozapaitis 2-5; Logan Swackhammer 2-2; Damir
Hadzic 2-2; Allante Pickens 1-4). Fouled out--Francis Marion-Keith Matthews,
Flagler-None. Rebounds--Francis Marion 38 (Winston Hill 11), Flagler 31
(Gedi Juozapaitis 8). Assists--Francis Marion 14 (Keith Matthews 3), Flagler
21 (Allante Pickens 8). Total fouls--Francis Marion 16, Flagler 14.
Technical fouls--None. A-586