FLORENCE, SC – Francis Marion University freshman center Alex Atkinson scored a career-high 22 points, but the Patriots fell to a hot-shooting USC Aiken squad 110-69, Thursday night (Dec. 19) in non-conference men’s basketball play.
Francis Marion will now break for the Christmas holidays. The Patriots return to action on Jan. 4 with a Conference Carolinas game at Southern Wesleyan University. Tip-off is set for 4 p.m. The next home contest will be Jan. 8 at 7:30 p.m. against Chowan University.
Atkinson connected on 8-of-15 field goal attempts and was 6-of-7 at the free throw stripe. The 6-7 product of Lower Richland High School also hauled down seven rebounds…