ST. AUGUSTINE, FL – A 9-2 spurt midway through the fourth quarter allowed Flagler College to hold off Francis Marion University for an 89-76 Peach Belt Conference win, Wednesday afternoon (Jan. 6) in women's basketball action.
 
FMU (0-2, 0-1) will play its home opener on Saturday when the Patriots entertain Georgia Southwestern State University at 1:30 p.m. Attendance will be limited to 250 – only season ticket holders and player/staff family members identified on a pre-game pass list. No general admission game-day tickets will be sold.
 
Senior 6-1 forward Kiana Adderton led the Patriots with 17 points, while freshman guard Ravyn Madaris tallied a career-high 12 points off the bench.  Sophomore 6-1 forward Jasmine Stanley registered a double-double (11 points, 10 rebounds) off the bench in just her second game as a Patriot, while junior guard Jasmyne May also scored 11 and sophomore guard Scarlett Gilmore added 10.
 
Guard Tori Pearce led Flagler (2-1, 1-0) with 20 points, while both N'Mya Pierce and Staci Miller scored 19.
 
A 15-6 run by the Saints snapped an early 4-4 deadlock and resulted in a 19-10 advantage.  FMU closed the opening period with a 6-0 spurt to draw within 19-16.  Flagler scored 10 consecutive points midway through the second quarter to open a 35-20 lead, its largest of the contest.  The Patriots would trim the margin under double figures at 43-34 as Stanley beat the halftime horn with an acrobatic fast-break lay-in off a feed from senior guard Camryn Johnson.
 
After intermission, Flagler quickly extended the lead to 50-36, but the Patriots rallied to cut the deficit to 59-53 following a Madaris three-pointer.  The Saints led 64-55 heading into the final period.  A lay-up by May brought FMU to within 69-64 with 5:17 remaining, but the 9-2 run by Flagler pushed the lead back to 12 points at 78-66.
 
Francis Marion shot 37.3 percent from the floor and was 19-of-22 at the charity stripe.  Flagler connected on 56.1 percent of its field goal attempts, including 6-of-10 from behind the arc, and was 19-of-26 at the free throw line.  The Patriots held a 16-5 edge in second-chance points.
 
 
01/06/21 3 p.m. at St. Augustine, Fla. (Flagler Gym)
FLAGLER 89, FRANCIS MARION 76
FRANCIS MARION (0-2, 0-1 PBC)
Kiana Adderton 5-14 6-6 17; Ravyn Madaris 4-8 2-2 12; Jasmine Stanley 5-7
1-1 11; Jasmyne May 3-6 4-6 11; Scarlett Gilmore 3-11 2-2 10; Aniyah Oliver
2-11 1-2 6; Camryn Johnson 2-2 0-0 4; Briana White 1-2 1-1 3; Khamele
Manning 0-6 2-2 2. Totals 25-67 19-22 76.
FLAGLER (2-1, 1-0 PBC)
Tori Pearce 8-10 4-9 20; N'Mya Pierce 8-12 3-4 19; Staci Miller 5-8 6-7 19;
Monique Bryant 5-8 2-2 13; Jaziana Mathis 3-7 2-2 9; Sadie Russell 3-6 0-0
7; Marta Franco 0-4 2-2 2; Sophie VanDyke 0-1 0-0 0; Carolina Colli 0-1 0-0
0; Beka Benge 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 32-57 19-26 89.
Francis Marion.............16   18   21   21  -   76
Flagler.......................   19   24   21   25  -   89
3-point goals--Francis Marion 7-25 (Ravyn Madaris 2-4; Scarlett Gilmore 2-6;
Jasmyne May 1-3; Aniyah Oliver 1-6; Kiana Adderton 1-3; Khamele Manning
0-3), Flagler 6-10 (Staci Miller 3-4; Jaziana Mathis 1-1; Monique Bryant
1-1; Sadie Russell 1-1; Marta Franco 0-3). Fouled out--Francis Marion-Ravyn
Madaris, Flagler-Monique Bryant. Rebounds--Francis Marion 36 (Jasmine
Stanley 10), Flagler 39 (N'Mya Pierce 9). Assists--Francis Marion 17 (Aniyah
Oliver 7), Flagler 16 (Monique Bryant 3; Tori Pearce 3; Sadie Russell 3).
Total fouls--Francis Marion 23, Flagler 20. Technical fouls--None. A-43