Saturday, January 29
Charleston, Ill.
4 p.m.
Jax State
61
at
77
Eastern Illinois
1/29/2011 6:13:46 PM | Women's Basketball
Final Stats
CHARLESTON, Ill. – Jacksonville State women's basketball dropped a 77-61 Ohio Valley Conference decision to Eastern Illinois on Saturday in Lanz Arena.
JSU, who split its weekend road trip after topping Southeast Missouri on Thursday, falls to 8-14 overall and 5-6 in OVC play. The Panthers improved to 10-11 on the season and a game over .500 in the league at 6-5. The 16-point win extended EIU's win streak over the Gamecocks to nine straight games.
The Panthers of EIU led from the opening tip and never looked back as they pushed JSU's deficit out to double-figures by the 14:52 mark at 14-4. EIU extended its lead out to 20 points on a pair of occasions in the first half before taking a 16 point, 38-22 halftime edge. The Blue and White posted 30 of its 46 points in the paint in the first 20 minutes and had 10 points on second chances.
EIU opened the final period with an 18-9 scoring run to take its largest lead of 25 points at 56-31 with 12:32 left in the contest. The Gamecocks chipped away at the Panther lead over the final 12 minutes as it got within 13 points with just under two minutes left in the contest after a Danielle Vaughn jumper.
Vaughn turned in her fourth double-double of the season by matching her season-best in both points and rebounds. The Huntsville, Ala.-post player posted 19 points and 13 rebounds. Senior guard Danielle Beneby recorded a 17-point effort, including 11 in the second half. Jax State's leading point-getter, Brittany Wiley was held to eight points under her 15 point average with seven in the contest. Zenobia Pitts and Destiny Lane added six points apiece.
For the second-straight match up with EIU, JSU had no answer for EIU's Ta'Kenya Nixon. Nixon carded a game-high 24 points and five assists. She was a perfect 10-for-10 from the free throw line. In the contest in Jacksonville, Nixon posted 20 points. Including Nixon, three other Panthers reached double-digit status in the scoring column. Sydney Mitchell finished with 18 points, followed by Chantekke Pressley and Mariah King with 10 points each.
The Gamecocks return home this week as they welcome Morehead State to campus on Thursday, Feb. 3 and Murray State on Saturday, Feb. 5. The JSU-MSU tilt is set for 5:15 p.m. Jax State will play four of its final seven games at Pete Mathews Coliseum throughout the month of February.
CHARLESTON, Ill. – Jacksonville State women's basketball dropped a 77-61 Ohio Valley Conference decision to Eastern Illinois on Saturday in Lanz Arena.
JSU, who split its weekend road trip after topping Southeast Missouri on Thursday, falls to 8-14 overall and 5-6 in OVC play. The Panthers improved to 10-11 on the season and a game over .500 in the league at 6-5. The 16-point win extended EIU's win streak over the Gamecocks to nine straight games.
The Panthers of EIU led from the opening tip and never looked back as they pushed JSU's deficit out to double-figures by the 14:52 mark at 14-4. EIU extended its lead out to 20 points on a pair of occasions in the first half before taking a 16 point, 38-22 halftime edge. The Blue and White posted 30 of its 46 points in the paint in the first 20 minutes and had 10 points on second chances.
EIU opened the final period with an 18-9 scoring run to take its largest lead of 25 points at 56-31 with 12:32 left in the contest. The Gamecocks chipped away at the Panther lead over the final 12 minutes as it got within 13 points with just under two minutes left in the contest after a Danielle Vaughn jumper.
Vaughn turned in her fourth double-double of the season by matching her season-best in both points and rebounds. The Huntsville, Ala.-post player posted 19 points and 13 rebounds. Senior guard Danielle Beneby recorded a 17-point effort, including 11 in the second half. Jax State's leading point-getter, Brittany Wiley was held to eight points under her 15 point average with seven in the contest. Zenobia Pitts and Destiny Lane added six points apiece.
For the second-straight match up with EIU, JSU had no answer for EIU's Ta'Kenya Nixon. Nixon carded a game-high 24 points and five assists. She was a perfect 10-for-10 from the free throw line. In the contest in Jacksonville, Nixon posted 20 points. Including Nixon, three other Panthers reached double-digit status in the scoring column. Sydney Mitchell finished with 18 points, followed by Chantekke Pressley and Mariah King with 10 points each.
The Gamecocks return home this week as they welcome Morehead State to campus on Thursday, Feb. 3 and Murray State on Saturday, Feb. 5. The JSU-MSU tilt is set for 5:15 p.m. Jax State will play four of its final seven games at Pete Mathews Coliseum throughout the month of February.
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