CHARLOTTE, NC –
Shaniya Jones scored 23 points, but the Johnson C. Smith University women's basketball team dropped an 72-67 to Francis Marion University Monday afternoon in non-conference women's basketball action.
Johnson C. Smith would cut Francis Marion's lead on multiple occasions, on a jumper from
India Howard cutting the lead to two points with 4:19 remaining in the third quarter. The Golden Bulls trimmed FMU's lead to three twice in the last two minutes of the third quarter, but FMU would enter the fourth quarter leading 50-47.
Francis Marion then sealed the win by hitting 5-of-6 free throws over the final 37 seconds.
JCSU (4-7) will begin conference play in a cross-division matchup against Shaw University on Wednesday (Jan. 4) at 6 p.m. inside Spaulding Gymnasium.