Box Score ST. AUGUSTINE –
Williesha Spencer scored a game-high 25 points and dished out six assists as Flagler College rolled to a 73-63 win over Armstrong Atlantic State University in a Peach Belt Conference women's basketball game Thursday night at Flagler Gymnasium.
Flagler evened its overall record at 9-9 and improved to 7-6 in the Peach Belt. The nine wins by Flagler is the most in a season for the program since posting 15 in the 2007-08 campaign. Armstrong dropped its fourth consecutive game and fell to 7-12 overall and 2-10 in conference play.
Spencer scored 21 of her 25 points in the second half and finished the game with a season-high 11 field goals.
Treva Mason recorded her fourth double-double of the season with 16 points and 10 rebounds while
Shelbi Lindsey notched her third double-double of the season with 13 points and a game-high 11 rebounds.
The Saints forced 22 Pirate turnovers and cashed them in for 23 points. Flagler also made 13-of-its-17 free throws.
Tyler Carlson led Armstrong with 20 points while Tori Klewicki-McNutt added 15 more. Stephanie Coney tallied seven assists while Demisha Mills and Mauri Wells each grabbed eight rebounds.
Flagler broke open a 40-all game midway in the second half with an 11-1 run over a 2:45 span and never looked back. Spencer sparked the rally with a driving layup and she finished the run with a steal and a layup at the other end with 10:11 remaining. Flagler's lead would swell to as many as 16 in the second half before settling on the final 10-point margin.
Both teams struggled shooting the ball in early stages of the game. Flagler was 1-for-11 from the field and Armstrong was 1-for-7 before the first media timeout. The Pirates committed five turnovers and the Saints had three miscues in that span. The Saints held a 32-26 lead at the half.
Flagler hosts UNC Pembroke on Saturday (Feb. 9) at 1:30 p.m. Proceeds of the game will go towards finding a cure for breast cancer.
Armstrong vs Flagler
02/07/13 5:30 p.m. at St. Augustine, Fla.
At St. Augustine, Fla.
FLAGLER 73, ARMSTRONG 63
ARMSTRONG (7-12, 2-10 PBC)
Tyler Carlson 7-13 5-6 20; Tori Klewicki-McNutt 6-14 0-0 15; Mauri Wells 4-8
1-2 9; Demisha Mills 3-11 0-2 6; Karolina Rykowska 2-3 0-0 5; Stephenie
Coney 2-5 1-2 5; Candace Carreras 0-2 3-4 3; Hanna Bognar 0-0 0-0 0; Dee
Hayward 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-56 10-16 63.
FLAGLER (9-9, 7-6 PBC)
Williesha Spencer 11-23 2-2 25;
Treva Mason 6-9 4-5 16;
Shelbi Lindsey 5-12
2-3 13;
Jen Knurek 3-11 2-3 8;
Christina Brown 2-9 2-2 6;
Rachel Brown 2-3
0-0 4;
Rodnecia Brown 0-0 1-2 1;
Simone High 0-1 0-0 0;
Arianna Roper 0-0
0-0 0;
Marie Taylor 0-0 0-0 0;
Passhayla Williams 0-0 0-0 0;
Kat Ortolani
0-0 0-0 0. Totals 29-68 13-17 73.
Armstrong..................... 26 37 - 63
Flagler....................... 32 41 - 73
3-point goals--Armstrong 5-13 (Tori Klewicki-McNutt 3-6; Karolina Rykowska
1-2; Tyler Carlson 1-4; Candace Carreras 0-1), Flagler 2-15 (Williesha
Spencer 1-5;
Shelbi Lindsey 1-5;
Christina Brown 0-5). Fouled
out--Armstrong-None, Flagler-None. Rebounds--Armstrong 38 (Mauri Wells 8;
Demisha Mills 8), Flagler 39 (
Shelbi Lindsey 11). Assists--Armstrong 19
(Stephenie Coney 7), Flagler 14 (
Williesha Spencer 6). Total
fouls--Armstrong 15, Flagler 13. Technical fouls--Armstrong-None,
Flagler-None. A-189
