FLORENCE — Francis Marion athletic officials have announced that the Patriot women’s basketball team will participate in the 2009 Carolina’s Challenge this December in the Myrtle Beach Convention Center.
Francis Marion will play Bluefield (Va.) College at 1 p.m. on Dec. 20. North Carolina, coached by former FMU head coach Sylvia Hatchell, will meet South Carolina at 3 p.m. and Coastal Carolina will play Savannah State in the nightcap at 5 p.m.
The annual challenge is held in conjunction with the prestigious Crescent Bank Holiday Invitational for high school girls’ teams.
“This is an extreme honor to be able to take part in this event,” FMU coach Heather Macy said. “To play on a stage such as the Carolina’s Challenge raises our program to a new level, both for exposure and recruiting.”
Francis Marion will open its 27-game 2009-2010 schedule on Nov. 15 at home against Converse College. The slate includes 15 home games.
FMU women’s schedule
November
15 — Converse, 2 p.m.; 18 — Fayetteville State, 5:30 p.m.; 21 — Coker, 2 p.m.; 27 — St. Augustine’s, 2 p.m.; 28 — Allen, 2 p.m.
December
2 — USC Aiken, 5:30 p.m.; 7 — Barton, 7 p.m., 18 — vs. Tusculum at Ortho Carolina Classic at Wingate University, 7:30 p.m.; 19 — vs. Wingate at Ortho Carolina Classic at Wingate University, 1:30 p.m.; 20 — vs. Bluefield (Va.) at Carolina’s Challenge, Myrtle Beach, 1 p.m.
January
2 — UNC Pembroke, 1:30 p.m.; 6 — at Lander, 5:30 p.m.; 9 — at Augusta State, 1:30 p.m.; 13 — at USC Aiken, 5:30 p.m.; 16 — Georgia Southwestern State, 1:30 p.m.; 18 — Columbus State, 1:30 p.m.; 23 — Flagler, 1:30 p.m.; 29 — at Georgia College and State, 5:30 p.m.; 31 — at Montevalla, 2:30 p.m.
February
3 — at UNC Pembroke, 5:30 p.m.; 6 — Armstrong Atlantic State, 1:30 p.m.; 10 — at North Georgia College and State, 5:30 p.m. — 13 — Clayton State, 1:30 p.m.; 17 — Lander, 5:30 p.m.; 20 — Augusta State, 1:30 p.m.; 24 — at Flagler, 5:30 p.m.; at Armstrong Atlantic State, 1:30 p.m.
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