Box Score

ST. AUGUSTINE – Flagler trailed by as many as 19 points and by only three with 39 seconds left, but the rally came up short in a 74-66 loss to Georgia College in a Peach Belt Conference men's basketball game Saturday afternoon at Flagler Gymnasium.

Georgia College snapped a two-game losing streak and improved to 8-4 overall and 1-2 in the Peach Belt. Flagler lost its sixth consecutive game and fell to 6-7 overall and 0-6 in league play.

Quin Bivins came off the bench to score a game-high 22 points and sank six three-pointers for the Bobcats. Scott Ferguson added 15 points while Jared Holmes tallied 14. Ryan Aquino recorded a double-double with 12 points and a game-high 12 rebounds.

Georgia College held Flagler to 29.6% (8-27) shooting in the first half and held a 37-22 at the break.

Matt Clark (St. Augustine, Fla., St. Augustine HS) scored a team-high 20 points on 7-of-12 shooting from the field. Ryan Barnes (Oviedo, Fla., Newberry College) added 14 points while Jarrod Branco (Hudson, Fla., Hudson HS) tacked on 12 points and six rebounds. Addison Smith (West Palm Beach, Fla., College of Central Florida) led the Saints with eight rebounds and handed out four assists.

The Bobcats jumped out to a 22-6 lead, but the Saints went on a 13-0 run over a 2:29 span to get back into the game 22-19. Georgia College answered with 11 consecutive points in the next 2:52 to take a 33-19 lead. Six of those 11 points came from the free throw line.

Holmes sank a jumper with 15:28 left in the game to give the Bobcats their largest lead, 51-32. But a Smith jumper started a Flagler 13-2 spurt to climb back into the contest. A 6-foot jumper by Justin Stokes cut the deficit to eight (53-45) with 11:29 left.

Holmes sank a pair of free throw to give Georgia College a 63-51 lead with five minutes to go, but Clark sank a 3-pointer to start a 12-3 run by Flagler. Barnes ended the run with a 3-pointer and the Saints trailed by only three (66-63) with 1:04 left. But that would be as close as Flagler would get.

Flagler will host Francis Marion University on Wednesday (Jan. 11) at 7:30 p.m. at Flagler Gymnasium.

Georgia College vs Flagler
01/07/12 3:50 p.m. at St. Augustine, Fla. (Flagler Gym)
At St. Augustine, Fla. (Flagler Gym)

GEORGIA COLLEGE 74, FLAGLER 66

GEORGIA COLLEGE (8-4, 1-2 PBC)
Quin Bivins 6-10 4-6 22; Scott Ferguson 6-10 3-3 15; Jared Holmes 5-13 3-4
14; Ryan Aquino 2-6 8-10 12; Aaron Robinson 1-1 4-4 6; Tarrence Chatman 1-5
1-2 3; Mike Augustine 0-2 2-2 2; JP Davis 0-1 0-1 0; Jordan Grant 0-0 0-0 0.
Totals 21-48 25-32 74.

FLAGLER (6-7, 0-6 PBC)
Matt Clark 7-12 4-5 20; Ryan Barnes 4-10 4-6 14; Jarrod Branco 4-9 3-4 12;
Addison Smith 2-7 3-5 7; Ante Gospic 2-8 1-2 5; Desmond Gibson 1-5 2-4 4;
Justin Stokes 1-3 1-2 3; Elijah Hayes 0-3 1-2 1; Jordan Warner 0-0 0-0 0.
Totals 21-57 19-30 66.

Georgia College...............   37   37  -   74
Flagler.......................   22   44  -   66

3-point goals--Georgia College 7-15 (Quin Bivins 6-9; Jared Holmes 1-2; Ryan
Aquino 0-2; Tarrence Chatman 0-1; Scott Ferguson 0-1), Flagler 5-16 (Ryan
Barnes 2-5; Matt Clark 2-5; Jarrod Branco 1-3; Elijah Hayes 0-1; Ante Gospic
0-1; Addison Smith 0-1). Fouled out--Georgia College-None, Flagler-Addison
Smith; Jarrod Branco. Rebounds--Georgia College 36 (Ryan Aquino 12), Flagler
36 (Addison Smith 8). Assists--Georgia College 14 (Jared Holmes 4), Flagler
10 (Addison Smith 4). Total fouls--Georgia College 17, Flagler 25. Technical
fouls--Georgia College-TEAM, Flagler-None. A-331