FLORENCE, S.C. -- Junior Rahshann Lewter scored a season-high 15 points while freshman Shade Blow had 11 points and 10 rebounds coming off the bench as the Apprentice School lost 115-52 on Saturday night at Division II Francis Marion University.
The homestanding Patriots forced 44 turnovers in the game and never trailed. Apprentice School trailed 8-6 with 15:32 left on a pair of Natasha Jones free throws. Francis Marion responded with a 22-5 run over the next 7:10 for a 30-11 advantage on a Jennifer Dyer layup with 8:22 left. In the second half, the lead never was below 40 points.
Apprentice School closes out this roadtrip with a 1 pm matchup on Sunday at UNC Pembroke.
FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY 115, APPRENTICE SCHOOL 52
APPRENTICE SCHOOL (1-2)
Rahshann Lewter 2-11 11-15 15; Shade Blow 3-3 5-8 11; Tyechia Cooke
4-15 0-1
8; Monica Williams 3-4 1-8 7; Upenda Morton 1-4 2-2 4; Jasmine
Gerald 1-6
1-2 3; Tyisha Battle 0-5 2-6 2; Natasha Jones 0-1 2-6 2; Jessica
Henderson
0-3 0-0 0. Totals 14-52 24-48 52.
FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY (3-0)
Young, Brittany 6-13 3-3 16; Allen, Ebony 4-5 4-4 13; Ruff, Evelyn
5-8 0-0
11; Marsh, Kirby 3-3 3-4 10; Singleton-Bates, Sha 3-6 4-4 10; Bell,
YaRiah
4-10 1-2 10; Ransom, Kevina 3-4 3-6 9; Morgan, Shaquana 4-9 0-0
9;
Guilliams, Renee 2-5 0-0 6; Mack, Shavone 3-3 0-0 6;
Singletary,Creshenda
1-5 2-2 5; Abed, Ashley 2-3 0-0 4; Dyer, Jennifer 2-6 0-0 4;
Grayson, Rita
1-5 0-0 2; Kiefer, Katherine 0-1 0-1 0; Dixon, Yasmean 0-1 0-0 0.
Totals
43-87 20-26 115.
Halftime: FMU 64-25. 3-point goals--Apprentice School 0-3
(Rahshann Lewter 0-1; Tyechia Cooke 0-1; Jessica Henderson 0-1),
Francis Marion University 9-24 (Guilliams,
Renee 2-4; Bell, YaRiah 1-3; Allen, Ebony 1-1; Singletary,Creshenda
1-3;
Marsh, Kirby 1-1; Young, Brittany 1-5; Morgan, Shaquana 1-1; Ruff,
Evelyn
1-2; Grayson, Rita 0-1; Dyer, Jennifer 0-3). Fouled
out--Apprentice
School-Shade Blow, Francis Marion University-None.
Rebounds--Apprentice
School 38 (Shade Blow 10), Francis Marion University 53 (Young,
Brittany 9).
Assists--Apprentice School 5 (Monica Williams 1; Rahshann Lewter 1;
Jessica
Henderson 1; Tyechia Cooke 1; Natasha Jones 1), Francis Marion
University 27
(Ransom, Kevina 6). Total fouls--Apprentice School 21, Francis
Marion
University 29. Technical fouls--Apprentice School-Tyechia Cooke,
Francis
Marion University-None. A-300