Tuesday, November 23, 2004
FMU Dials Long
Distance for 67-66 Win over PC
FLORENCE,
SC —
Senior guard Jennifer
Howard (Raleigh, NC) came off the bench to score a
career-high 26 points, thanks to a school-record eight
three-pointers, to lead Francis Marion University to a 67-66
non-conference win over Presbyterian College, Tuesday evening
(Nov. 23) in women’s basketball action.
As a
team, Francis Marion also set Patriot single-game records for
three-pointers made (14) and attempted (30).
FMU
(1-2) collects its first victory of the season, while
Presbyterian drops to 1-3.
Freshman
guard Brittany Young (Moncks
Corner, SC) added a career-high 17 points for Francis Marion,
15 of which came after intermission.
Forward
Wesley
Campbell (Greenville, SC) led the Blue Hose with 16
points and eight rebounds, while Cameron
Cook
(Greensboro, NC) chipped in 14 points, and guard Rebecca
Wessinger
(Laurens, SC) added 13 points and 14 rebounds.
PC
led 30-27 at halftime as the Blue Hose held FMU to 30.3
percent shooting in the opening 20 minutes.
With 17 first-half points, Howard was the only Patriot
to register more than one basket.
FMU
quickly tied the score at 32-32 early in the second stanza,
but Presbyterian went back ahead 39-34 with 15:52 remaining. A
jumper by Young and a trio of three-pointers fueled an 11-0
Francis Marion run that put the Patriots up 45-39.
The
Patriot lead would stretch to 57-48 on a layup by 6-4 freshman
center Shavone Mack
with 7:34 left, but Presbyterian rallied to knot the score at
62-62 on a fast-break basket by Campbell with 3:03 remaining
on the clock.
A
three-pointer by Young gave FMU a 65-62 advantage, but Blue
Hose junior Anna Sheppard trimmed the margin to 65-64 with a
pair of free throws with 68 ticks left on the clock.
Following
misses by both teams, Young drained two free throws with nine
seconds remaining to give FMU a 67-64 lead. A three-pointer by
Campbell was short with one second left, and Wessinger‚s
follow shot at the horn left the Blue Hose one point short.