MURFREESBORO, N.C. – The Chowan Women's Basketball team was unable to get the roll down the stretch as the Hawks fought hard in a 62-60 loss to Francis Marion at home on Wednesday evening.

THE BASICS

FINAL | Chowan 60, Francis Marion 62

RECORDS | Chowan 12-8 (8-6), Francis Marion 14-6 (12-2)

LOCATION | Murfreesboro, N.C. (Hawks Athletic Center)

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE

Aniah Patterson led the Hawks with 18 points, while Destiny Robinson and Keibra Hopkins collected double-doubles.  Robinson posted 17 points and 11 rebounds, while Hopkins added 10 points and 11 rebounds.

Chowan would shoot 19.0% in the first quarter before clawing back in the third quarter shooting 53.9%.

HOW IT HAPPENED

First Quarter:

Keibra Hopkins notched the first basket for the Hawks in the contest as Francis Marion pushed out to an early 8-2 advantage.  Destiny Robinson went 1-2 from the stripe before Aniah Patterson hit a layup.  The Patriots pushed their lead to 13-5 as Robinson connected from the floor.  Hopkins added a layup as the Hawks trailed 14-9 at the end of the opening frame.

Second Quarter:

Destiny Robinson connected on a pair of layups along with a 1-2 effort at the line by Jayah King-Johnson and Yasmine Brown made the score 21-15.  Meara Carter scored the next four points along with a jumper by Keibra Hopkins cut the deficit to two, 23-21.

Yasmine Brown added a free throw and Aniah Patterson scored in transition following a steal.  Destiny Robinson hit a jumper as Francis Marion led 29-26 at the intermission.

Third Quarter:

Francis Marion stretched their lead out to seven with a run to start the half as Aniah Patterson knocked a triple.  Patterson connected from deep to spark a 10-0 run to take a 39-36 advantage with 6:17 remaining in the frame.  Keibra Hopkins and Yasmine Brown hit a pair of jumpers before Patterson knocked down the three-pointer.

Demetria Bland added a pair from the stripe and Keibra Hopkins scored in transition to give the Hawks a 43-41 lead.  FMU ended the quarter on a 7-2 run to lead 48-45.

Fourth Quarter:

Destiny Robinson tried to spark the offense with a putback layup before Imani Hickman added a layup before Robinson connected from the floor.  Yasmine Brown hit a pair from the stripe and Robinson hit a jumper to knot the score at 55-all with 4:11 remaining.

Aniah Patterson would connect from the floor to offset the free throws by the Patriots.  FMU would sink a pair from the line with 32 seconds remaining to lead 59-57.  The Patriots added three more free throws to extend their lead to 62-57.  Patterson knocked a three-pointer at the buzzer.

UP NEXT

Chowan hits the road as the Hawks take on Erskine in Conference Carolinas action on Saturday, February 4.  Tip-off is slated for 2pm.