FLORENCE, S.C. – Francis Marion University senior guard Brittany Young, a native of Moncks Corner, became the 24th Patriot cager to surpass the 1,000-point mark when she scored a season-high 22 points in a 113-103 win at Lander University on Wednesday evening (Jan. 30).

With the road win, the 22nd-ranked Patriots improve to 14-2 overall and sit atop the Peach Belt Conference standings with a 7-2 mark. FMU is guided by first-year head coach Heather Macy, who inherited nine letterwinners from the 2006-07 squad that went 6-22.

The 5-6 Young is leading the team in scoring with a 13.6 points per game average. She is second in assists (3.3 per game), while also averaging 4.4 rebounds and 1.8 steals per contest. She is shooting 46.2 percent from the field and 79.7 percent from the free throw stripe.

Young is one of six Patriots scoring in double digits as FMU leads Division II in scoring offense at 95.7 points per game. FMU has reached the 100-point mark on seven different occasions, the most in 22 seasons.

Her 22-point showing against Lander, included an 11-of-12 evening at the free throw line. She now has 1,014 career points in 101 games. She is fifth on the FMU career assists list with 492 (nine shy of fourth place) and is seventh on the PBC career list. With eight more assists she will become only the fourth Patriot with 1,000 points and 500 assists.

Young was named the FMU team most valuable player as a freshman and a junior, and last year was selected to the PBC’s All-Sportsmanship Team. In the classroom as a political science major, she owns a 3.44 grade point average.

Young is a former All-State performer for coach David Smith at Berkeley High School.

Francis Marion entertains North Georgia College & State University on Take A Kid to the Game (TAKG) Day, Saturday at 2 p.m. Admission for kids, 12-and-under, will be free, and a parent can get in for just one dollar. The SAVE (Students Against Violence Everywhere) Club from Moore Intermediate School will perform a routine at halftime of the men’s game that day.