Hawks Handle Patriots at Home
January 15, 2007

MURFREESBORO - Chowan won their second consecutive game after beating Francis Marion University 66-47. Tonight's win moves the Hawks to 7-9 overall. On the heels of a 26-point performance in the Hawks win over Allen on Saturday, Montino Williams poured in a game-high 17 points to help lift his team over the Patriots. 

Chowan took the lead at the 17:37 mark of the first period 7-5 and never looked back. They got up by as many as 19 points before taking a 36-23 lead into halftime.  Chowan went on to out score the Patriots 30-24 in the second period to take the final win 66-47. 

The Hawks shot 44% from the floor in the game after hitting 23 of 52 from the floor, including 8 three pointers. Williams netted 5 of those 8 total trey's in the game. Chowan won the battle of the boards with 42 rebounds over FMU's 31 total rebounds. Trayvon Lathan scored 14 points and now needs just 19 total points to become the program's all-time leading scorer. Freshman Lando Morrison scored 10 points and grabbed 6 rebounds and was 5-6 from the floor in the game. 

Chowan will host Maryland Bible College on Friday at 7:30pm. Listen to the game by logging onto the HawkCast link on the athletics main page. The Hawks move to 7-9 while the Patriots fall to 3-11 on the year.