SPARTANBURG, SC – Senior forward Jasmine Stanley dominated the floor by recording her fourth career double-double with 17 points and a career-high 19 rebounds as Francis Marion University grabbed a 69-51 win over Converse University, Wednesday night (Dec. 14) in Conference Carolinas women's basketball action.
 
Francis Marion (3-6, 1-2) will continue their road trip for a conference matchup against Erskine College on Saturday (Dec. 17) at 2 p.m. in the Flying Fleet's Belk Arena.
 
FMU junior center Lauryn Taylor posted 17 points on 5-of-9 shooting and reeled in six rebounds. Senior guard Scarlett Gilmore added 11 points and sophomore guard Kiana Lee posted seven points with seven rebounds.  Stanley was 7-of-11 from the floor en route to her game-high point total.
 
Junior guard Jordan Brown recorded 10 points, four rebounds, six assists, and two steals for Converse (1-9, 1-4), while senior center Sydney Wilson also posted 10 points.
 
After the Valkyries scored the opening two points, FMU's Taylor drained back-to-back jumpers and the Patriots would never trail again. Leading by one with 4:55 in the first quarter, a three-pointer from Gilmore would extend the Patriots' lead to four at 12-8. The Patriots would enter the second quarter leading 17-13.
 
Gilmore would sink another three-pointer with 8:48 remaining in the half, giving FMU a five-point lead at 22-17. Converse would cut the lead to three, but layups for Stanley and Taylor gave the Patriots a seven-point lead at 26-19.
 
The Valkyries would move the deficit to one point after consecutive pull-up jumpers at 26-25 with 5:11 remaining in the half. The Patriots responded with a 13-0 finish to go into halftime up 39-25. Stanley contributed six points to that decisive run.
 
Francis Marion would lead by as much as 18 in the third quarter and the margin never got below 11 points. Stanley scored six points and hauled in seven rebounds in the third quarter.
 
With the Patriots leading by 11, the Valkyries would cut that lead to seven points at 51-44 with 8:53 in the fourth quarter after a Jordan Brown rebound and put-back. FMU would jump back up by 12 after a Gilmore driving layup and free throw make with 7:05 left.
 
Converse's Brown would knock down another layup to cut the deficit to 10 points, but a Taylor three-point make ended any hope for the Valkyries. Taylor would later be fouled on a three-point attempt and cashed in all of her charity stripe makes to put the Patriots ahead by 21 and secure a win for Francis Marion.
 
Francis Marion shot 34.9 percent from the floor, including 4-of-16 from behind the three-point arc, and was 21-of-27 at the foul stripe, while Converse registered 37.3 percent shooting and was 8-of-16 on free throws.
 
 
12/14/22 5:00 pm at Spartanburg, SC
FRANCIS MARION 69, CONVERSE 51
FRANCIS MARION (3-6, 2-2)
Jasmine Stanley 7-11 3-4 17; Lauryn Taylor 5-9 5-7 17; Scarlett Gilmore 4-12
1-1 11; Jada Richards 2-9 3-3 7; Kiana Lee 2-8 3-4 7; Aniyah Oliver 1-9 4-5
6; MiLeia Owens 1-1 1-1 3; Trinity Adams 0-2 1-2 1; Janiyah Hagood 0-1 0-0
0; Alexis Sexton 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 22-63 21-27 69.
CONVERSE (1-9, 1-4)
Jordan Brown 4-9 2-8 10; Sydney Wilson 5-11 0-0 10; Colbie Perry 2-5 0-0 6;
Alisa  Davenport 2-6 0-0 6; Zahra  Cross 0-6 6-8 6; Maegan Barkley 2-5 0-0
5; Anna Cary 2-3 0-0 4; Mary-Grace Durham 2-4 0-0 4; Daven West 0-0 0-0 0;
Amaia  Parkins 0-0 0-0 0; Laura Jarrett 0-1 0-0 0; Demya Chisholm 0-1 0-0 0.
Totals 19-51 8-16 51.
Francis Marion.............   17   22   12   18  -   69
Converse......................   13   12   15   11  -   51
3-point goals--Francis Marion 4-16 (Lauryn Taylor 2-4; Scarlett Gilmore 2-5;
Kiana Lee 0-2; Aniyah Oliver 0-3; Janiyah Hagood 0-1; Jada Richards 0-1),
Converse 5-20 (Colbie Perry 2-5; Alisa  Davenport 2-5; Maegan Barkley 1-3;
Anna Cary 0-1; Laura Jarrett 0-1; Zahra  Cross 0-5). Fouled out--Francis
Marion-None, Converse-None. Rebounds--Francis Marion 45 (Jasmine Stanley
19), Converse 33 (Anna Cary 7). Assists--Francis Marion 6 (Aniyah Oliver 2),
Converse 13 (Jordan Brown 6). Total fouls--Francis Marion 15, Converse 24.
Technical fouls--Francis Marion-Kiana Lee 2; Aniyah Oliver, Converse-Sydney
Wilson. A-100