PEMBROKE, NC – Junior guard Scarlett Gilmore led four Francis Marion University players in double figures, but the Patriots were unable to overcome a hot-shooting Coker University squad and fell 89-67, Saturday evening (Nov. 13) on the final day of the Conference Carolinas/South Atlantic Conference Women's Basketball Challenge.
 
Francis Marion (1-1) will play its first-ever Conference Carolinas contest on next Saturday (Nov. 20) with a 2 p.m. tip-off at Emmanuel College in Franklin Springs, Ga.
 
Gilmore scored 12 points, while junior center Zaria Woods added 11 points and eight rebounds.  Sophomore point guard Aniyah Oliver and freshman guard Jada Richards each chipped in 10 points apiece.  Sophomore forward Lauryn Taylor scored nine points and hauled down eight rebounds.
 
Saquita Joyner led Coker (1-1) with 21 points and nine rebounds.
 
Coker opened the game on a 16-2 run and the Cobras never trailed.
 
Francis Marion shot 32.9 percent from the floor, while Coker connected on 51.6 percent of its field goal attempts.
 
 
11/13/21 7:30 pm at Pembroke, NC
COKER 89, FRANCIS MARION 67
FRANCIS MARION (1-1)
Scarlett Gilmore 3-15 6-8 12; Zaria Woods 4-11 3-4 11; Jada Richards 3-10
2-2 10; Aniyah Oliver 4-9 2-2 10; Lauryn Taylor 4-10 0-2 9; Jasmyne May 3-6
0-0 6; Ke'Onna Bryant 2-3 0-1 4; Janiyah Hagood 1-4 1-2 4; Kiana Lee 0-5 1-2
1; MiLeia Owens 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-73 15-23 67.
COKER (1-1)
Saquita Joyner 9-17 2-2 21; Valicia Demeritte 5-6 4-7 14; Mariah Mitchem 3-8
2-2 10; Ahlea Myers 3-6 2-4 9; Mya Wasswa 3-4 0-0 8; Dasia Lambert 3-5 0-0
7; Hope Richardson 2-3 1-3 5; Emily Davis 0-1 4-8 4; Abigail  Keesling 2-5
0-0 4; Je'Nya Wilder 1-2 0-0 3; Amanda Cherry 1-1 0-0 2; Haley McClure 1-4
0-0 2; Raya Coley 0-1 0-0 0; Mariah Davenport 0-0 0-0 0; Diamond Jackson 0-1
0-0 0. Totals 33-64 15-26 89.
Francis Marion................   14   12   17   24  -   67
Coker.........................   29   17   23   20  -   89
3-point goals--Francis Marion 4-18 (Jada Richards 2-5; Janiyah Hagood 1-3;
Lauryn Taylor 1-3; Kiana Lee 0-1; Aniyah Oliver 0-1; Scarlett Gilmore 0-5),
Coker 8-16 (Mariah Mitchem 2-4; Mya Wasswa 2-2; Saquita Joyner 1-2; Ahlea
Myers 1-3; Dasia Lambert 1-1; Je'Nya Wilder 1-1; Haley McClure 0-1; Raya
Coley 0-1; Abigail  Keesling 0-1). Fouled out--Francis Marion-Zaria Woods,
Coker-None. Rebounds--Francis Marion 39 (Lauryn Taylor 8; Zaria Woods 8),
Coker 52 (Saquita Joyner 9). Assists--Francis Marion 11 (Scarlett Gilmore
3), Coker 16 (Ahlea Myers 4). Total fouls--Francis Marion 25, Coker 22.
Technical fouls--None. A-173