FAYETTEVILLE, NC – Fayetteville State University outscored Francis Marion University 30-10 over the final 15 minutes, including a game-closing 7-0 spurt, to earn a 57-52 victory over the Patriots, Tuesday night (Nov. 28) in non-conference men's basketball action.
 
Francis Marion (2-3) will open Conference Carolinas play on Saturday at Chowan University with a 2 p.m. tip-off.
 
Senior Lauryn Taylor led FMU with 17 points, while sophomore forward Trinity Adams scored 14 points and grabbed a team-high eight rebounds.  Junior forward Kiana Lee added 13 points.
 
Guard Aniylah Bryant paced FSU (5-1) with 16 points and seven steals.
 
The game-closing run erased a 52-50 FMU advantage that was a product of a three-pointer by Adams with 1:31 left.
 
Francis Marion opened the game with successful three-point attempts by Taylor and Adams and quickly raced to a 9-2 advantage.  A three-pointer by Daziyahna Wilson just before the buzzer put the Broncos on top 13-12 at the end of the quarter.
 
The Patriots scored the opening 14 points of the second period, and held FSU scoreless for nearly eight minutes, while building a 26-13 lead.  The margin was 10 points (29-19) at halftime.
 
The Broncos pulled to within 34-27 early in the third quarter.  Francis Marion responded with an 8-0 spurt, capped by a three-point play by Taylor, that produced a 42-27 score, FMU's largest lead of the night.  Fayetteville State answered with a 19-0 run that carried over into the fourth period and left the Broncos holding a 46-42 lead with 8:13 remaining in the contest.
 
Taylor then scored on a pull-up jump shot and Lee followed with a 15-foot jumper and a three-pointer to put FMU back on top 49-46 with 3:33 left.
 
Francis Marion connected on 36.4 percent of its field goal attempts, including 8-of-21 from three-point territory, and was 12-of-18 at the free throw stripe.   Fayetteville State shot 30.0 percent from the floor, including 3-of-19 from behind the arc, and was also 12-of-18 at the foul line.
 
 
11/28/23 6:30 pm at Fayetteville, NC
FAYETTEVILLE ST. 57, FRANCIS MARION 52
FRANCIS MARION (2-3)
Lauryn Taylor 6-11 3-7 17; Trinity Adams 4-8 3-4 14; Kiana Lee 5-10 1-1 13;
Aniyah Oliver 1-8 0-0 3; Jada Richards 0-7 3-4 3; Trinity Delaney 0-0 2-2 2;
Nevaeh Farmer 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 16-44 12-18 52.
FAYETTEVILLE ST. (5-1)
Aniylah Bryant 6-16 4-4 16; Amina Miles 4-7 0-2 8; Keayna McLaughlin 3-8 2-4
8; Daziyahna Wilson 2-7 1-2 7; Talia Trotter 2-7 1-2 5; Nyah Wilkins 1-5 2-2
4; Morgan Graham 1-4 2-2 4; Tanjaneeka Eichelber 1-5 0-0 3; Ashara Hayes 1-4
0-0 2; Raniyah Hocutt 0-1 0-0 0; Alivia Evans 0-4 0-0 0; Laila Harris 0-2
0-0 0. Totals 21-70 12-18 57.
Francis Marion..............   12   17   13   10  -   52
Fayetteville St...............   13    6   23   15  -   57
3-point goals--Francis Marion 8-21 (Trinity Adams 3-4; Kiana Lee 2-5; Lauryn
Taylor 2-3; Aniyah Oliver 1-4; Jada Richards 0-5), Fayetteville St. 3-19
(Daziyahna Wilson 2-4; Tanjaneeka Eichelber 1-3; Keayna McLaughlin 0-3;
Talia Trotter 0-1; Laila Harris 0-1; Aniylah Bryant 0-7). Fouled
out--Francis Marion-None, Fayetteville St.-None. Rebounds--Francis Marion 35
(Trinity Adams 8), Fayetteville St. 49 (Morgan Graham 9). Assists--Francis
Marion 5 (Aniyah Oliver 2), Fayetteville St. 9 (Morgan Graham 4). Total
fouls--Francis Marion 14, Fayetteville St. 20. Technical fouls--None. A-348