Tuesday,
November 25, 2003
FMU’S
MOORE LEADS PATRIOTS TO 82-70 WIN OVER PRESBYTERIAN
CLINTON,
SC – Francis Marion University sophomore guard Danielle
Moore (Owings Mill, MD) led five Patriots in double figures
with 16 points en route to a 82-70 win over Presbyterian College
women’s basketball action Tuesday night the Ross E. Templeton
Center.
Francis
Marion opened the game on a 17-4 run including a pair of
three-pointers from senior center Marta Lasonczy (Munich,
Germany). The Patriots extended the lead to 31-13 at the 7:11
mark of the first half before the Blue Hose responded with a
14-2 run over the next four minutes to cut the lead to 33-27
with 2:58 remaining.
The
Patriots ended the half on a 6-2 run to lead 39-29 at
intermission. FMU was led by sophomore guard Moore’s 12 first
half points and three blocks while PC was paced by sophomore
center Anna Sheppard’s (Norcross, Ga.) 13 points.
Francis
Marion held the lead throughout the second half, but the Blue
Hose cut the lead to four points on two occasions with the last
coming with 4:13 remaining. FMU hit nine-of-10 free throws down
the stretch to seal the victory.
Joining
Moore for scoring honors was Lasonczy with 12 points, junior
guard Jennifer Howard (Raleigh, NC) with 15 points,
senior forward Joanna Tincher (Bedford, IN) with 13
points and 10 rebounds and sophomore forward Vaughn Bowen (Westminister,
SC) with 10 points.
PC
was led by Sheppard’s career-high 22 points and six rebounds
while senior guard Billie Haskins (Greensboro, Ga.) added
12 points and redshirt sophomore forward Dana Birine (Suwanee,
Ga.) chipped in 11 points.
Francis Marion improves to 2-0 overall and Presbyterian falls to 1-3 on the season.