PEMBROKE, NC – Senior guard Tionne Rollins scored a game-high 18 points to lead Francis Marion University, but the Patriots fell 89-65 to UNC Pembroke on Saturday (Feb. 17) afternoon in Conference Carolinas men's basketball action.
 
Francis Marion (12-11, 10-5) has its three-game winning streak snapped.  The Patriots return to the court on Wednesday (Feb. 21) in Wilson, N.C., against Barton College. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m.
 
Freshman forward Willie Patterson III was the second Patriot to score in double digits, tallying 12 points on 4-of-9 shooting from the floor.
 
Freshman guard Horaces Jacques Jr. and senior forwards Bryce Beamer and Marlow Gilmore Jr. chipped in eight points apiece, while Beamer led Francis Marion with nine rebounds.
 
Bradlee Haskell paced the regionally fourth-ranked Braves with 17 points, followed by Javonte Waverly and Amare Miller with 13 each.
 
The Braves' Elijah Cobb opened the first half by draining a three-pointer, but in response, Beamer sank his own three-pointer to tie the game at 3-3.
 
After a six-point run by UNCP, Francis Marion trailed 15-8 with just over 12 minutes left in the first half. Jacques Jr. put away a pair of free throws to cap a 5-0 spurt and trimmed the margin to three-points at 15-13.
 
A 7-0 run by the Braves put the margin in double figures at 22-12.  UNC Pembroke took its biggest lead of the first half at the 2:48, a 17-point margin at 40-23.  FMU answered with eight straight points, but trailed 43-31 at halftime.  
 
UNC Pembroke opened the second half with a 19-6 run to expand the lead to 25 points at 62-37.
 
 
02/17/24 4:00 pm at Pembroke, NC
UNC PEMBROKE 89, FRANCIS MARION 65
FRANCIS MARION (12-11,10-5 Confe)
Tionne Rollins 5-12 7-8 18; Willie Patterson III 4-9 4-4 12; Horaces Jacques
Jr. 2-9 4-5 8; Bryce Beamer 3-12 0-0 8; Marlow Gilmore Jr. 4-6 0-3 8;
Ibrahim Wattara 1-4 4-5 6; Farid SaintCyr Jr. 1-2 0-0 2; Adonis Cole 1-1 0-0
2; Matthew Lee 0-0 1-2 1; Chandler O'Bannon 0-1 0-0 0; Jose Figueroa 0-0 0-0
0; Jy Gladden 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-56 20-27 65.
UNC PEMBROKE (19-5,13-2 Confer)
Bradlee Haskell 4-12 7-8 17; Javonte Waverly 4-8 2-2 13; Amare Miller 4-6
4-4 13; Elijah Cobb 5-6 0-0 11; Nygell Verdier 2-8 3-4 7; Josh Berenbaum 3-7
0-0 7; JaJuan Carr 2-5 2-3 6; Tyreik McCallum 2-3 0-0 5; Amadou Faye 1-2 2-2
5; Dallas Gardner 1-2 1-2 3; Cortez Marion-Holmes 1-2 0-0 2; Kam O'Connor
0-0 0-0 0; Zy McLean 0-0 0-0 0; Will Gray 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 29-63 21-25 89.
Francis Marion................   31   34  -   65
UNC Pembroke...............   43   46  -   89
3-point goals--Francis Marion 3-14 (Bryce Beamer 2-3; Tionne Rollins 1-5;
Horaces Jacques Jr. 0-2; Ibrahim Wattara 0-1; Farid SaintCyr Jr. 0-1; Willie
Patterson III 0-2), UNC Pembroke 10-25 (Javonte Waverly 3-5; Bradlee Haskell
2-7; Tyreik McCallum 1-1; Josh Berenbaum 1-4; Elijah Cobb 1-2; Amadou Faye
1-2; Amare Miller 1-1; Dallas Gardner 0-1; Nygell Verdier 0-2). Fouled
out--Francis Marion-None, UNC Pembroke-None. Rebounds--Francis Marion 30
(Bryce Beamer 9), UNC Pembroke 45 (Elijah Cobb 7; Nygell Verdier 7; Amare
Miller 7). Assists--Francis Marion 10 (Horaces Jacques Jr. 4), UNC Pembroke
19 (Bradlee Haskell 7). Total fouls--Francis Marion 20, UNC Pembroke 20.
Technical fouls--UNCP-Dallas Gardner. A-1882