AUGUSTA, GA – Francis Marion University senior swingman Holden Redparth scored a career-high 29 points, including six three-pointers, but the Patriots dropped a 69-62 road decision to Augusta University, Wednesday night (Feb. 4) in Peach Belt Conference men's basketball action.
 
Francis Marion (3-6, 3-6) will return home to host Clayton State University on Saturday at 5 p.m.
 
Redparth connected on 10-of-17 field goal attempts and was 6-of-10 from beyond the arc.  He also picked off five rebounds.  FMU junior guard Alex Cox added 18 points and a career-high equaling seven rebounds.
 
Tyree Myers led Augusta (5-3, 3-3) with 34 points, including six three-pointers of his own.
 
A three-pointer by Cox gave FMU an early 12-9 advantage, but Augusta erased that with an immediate 9-0 spurt.  Freshman guard Ja'Von Anderson drained a shot from beyond the arc that brought FMU within 31-30 with 4:14 left before halftime.  However, Augusta again answered back, this time with an 8-0 run en route to a 39-33 lead at intermission.
 
Redparth nailed a three-pointer to open the second half scoring and got FMU within one possession at 39-36.  The Jaguars accounted for the game's next three buckets and claimed a 45-37 advantage.  The margin would later swell to 57-45 at the 12:22 mark.
 
The Patriots held Augusta scoreless for nearly four minute and Redparth accounted for five points as FMU pulled within 57-50.  Augusta scored six straight points to go up 63-50, but a lay-in by Uhana Ochan and a three-pointer by Redparth cut the deficit to 65-57 with 2:47 left.
 
Two free throws by the Jaguars were offset by another Redparth triple that made the score 67-60 with 1:10 remaining.  However, two more free throws by Augusta iced the decision.
 
FMU connected on 39.7 percent of its field goal attempts, including 12-of-32 from three-point range, while sinking 4-of-8 free throws.  Augusta shot 53.2 percent from the floor, including 9-of-23 from long range, and made 10-of-14 charity tosses.
 
 
2/3/21 7:30 PM at Christenberry Fiedlhouse
AUGUSTA 69, FRANCIS MARION 62
FRANCIS MARION (3-6, 3-6)
Holden Redparth 10-17 3-3 29; Alex Cox 7-14 0-1 18; Uhana Ochan 3-6 0-1 6;
Ja'Von Anderson 2-10 0-0 5; Ben Jones 1-1 0-1 3; Julius Raudonius 0-2 1-2 1;
Jamal Edmonson 0-3 0-0 0; Darius Dawson 0-5 0-0 0. Totals 23-58 4-8 62.
AUGUSTA (5-3, 3-3)
Tyree Myers 10-16 8-8 34; Lee Flenor 6-9 1-4 13; Shawn Moss 3-7 0-0 9; John
Whitehead III 3-11 1-1 7; Tyshaun Crawford 2-2 0-0 4; Timmy Sellers 1-1 0-1
2; Daniel Allen 0-1 0-0 0; Jack Johnson 0-0 0-0 0; Darren Lucas-White 0-0
0-0 0. Totals 25-47 10-14 69.
Halftime: Augusta 39 Francis Marion 33
3-point goals--Francis Marion 12-32 (Holden Redparth 6-10; Alex Cox 4-8;
Ja'Von Anderson 1-8; Ben Jones 1-1; Darius Dawson 0-2; Julius Raudonius 0-2;
Uhana Ochan 0-1), Augusta 9-23 (Tyree Myers 6-9; Shawn Moss 3-6; John
Whitehead III 0-7; Daniel Allen 0-1). Fouled out--Francis Marion-None,
Augusta-None. Rebounds--Francis Marion 31 (Darius Dawson 7; Alex Cox 7),
Augusta 34 (Lee Flenor 11). Assists--Francis Marion 8 (Uhana Ochan 2; Alex
Cox 2; Darius Dawson 2; Holden Redparth 2), Augusta 8 (Tyree Myers 3). Total
fouls--FMU 17, Augusta 15. Technical fouls--None.