Saturday, February 26
Cookeville, Tenn.
5:30 p.m.
Jax State
50
at
63
Tennessee Tech
2/26/2011 7:35:43 PM | Women's Basketball
Final Stats | 2011 OVC Tournament Bracket
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Jacksonville State wrapped up the regular season with a 63-50 loss at Tennessee Tech on Saturday night in the Eblen Center on the TTU campus.
The Gamecocks' season extends to the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament that gets underway on Wednesday, March 2, in Nashville, Tenn. JSU, who will be the No. 6 seed in the eight-team field, will take on the No. 7 seed-Tennessee State at 2 p.m. at Nashville's Municipal Auditorium. JSU will enter the postseason event at 9-20 on the season and 6-12 in OVC play. The Golden Eagles of TTU claimed the regular season OVC crown at 15-3 and will be the top seed in the OVC Tournament.
TTU led from start to finish with a flurry of Gamecock threats throughout the game. Jax State trimmed the Golden Eagle, 32-24, halftime lead down to three at 39-36 at the 13 minute mark after a pair of Danielle Beneby free throws. Tech quickly pushed its lead out to 13 points with a 10-0 scoring run which was capped off by back-to-back 3-pointers by Rachel Glidden and Kellie Cook. TTU took advantage of 20 Gamecock turnovers and turned them into 21 points on the other end. The Purple and Gold also edged JSU on the boards, 36-34.
Junior Brittany Wiley returned to her old form, leading JSU in scoring with 18 points. Destiny Lane and Danielle Vaughn finished with nine points each. The duo also pulled down six rebounds to lead the squad.
Tacarra Hayes, who posted 24 points against JSU in the first meeting, scored 17 of her game-high 23 points in the first 20 minutes. Hayes also dished out seven assists and pulled down four rebounds. Briana Jordan was the only other Golden Eagle to reach double figures with 10 points.
JSU's opening round game of the 2011 OVC Tournament will be aired by the Gamecock Sports Network along with a live video stream on OVCSports.tv.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Jacksonville State wrapped up the regular season with a 63-50 loss at Tennessee Tech on Saturday night in the Eblen Center on the TTU campus.
The Gamecocks' season extends to the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament that gets underway on Wednesday, March 2, in Nashville, Tenn. JSU, who will be the No. 6 seed in the eight-team field, will take on the No. 7 seed-Tennessee State at 2 p.m. at Nashville's Municipal Auditorium. JSU will enter the postseason event at 9-20 on the season and 6-12 in OVC play. The Golden Eagles of TTU claimed the regular season OVC crown at 15-3 and will be the top seed in the OVC Tournament.
TTU led from start to finish with a flurry of Gamecock threats throughout the game. Jax State trimmed the Golden Eagle, 32-24, halftime lead down to three at 39-36 at the 13 minute mark after a pair of Danielle Beneby free throws. Tech quickly pushed its lead out to 13 points with a 10-0 scoring run which was capped off by back-to-back 3-pointers by Rachel Glidden and Kellie Cook. TTU took advantage of 20 Gamecock turnovers and turned them into 21 points on the other end. The Purple and Gold also edged JSU on the boards, 36-34.
Junior Brittany Wiley returned to her old form, leading JSU in scoring with 18 points. Destiny Lane and Danielle Vaughn finished with nine points each. The duo also pulled down six rebounds to lead the squad.
Tacarra Hayes, who posted 24 points against JSU in the first meeting, scored 17 of her game-high 23 points in the first 20 minutes. Hayes also dished out seven assists and pulled down four rebounds. Briana Jordan was the only other Golden Eagle to reach double figures with 10 points.
JSU's opening round game of the 2011 OVC Tournament will be aired by the Gamecock Sports Network along with a live video stream on OVCSports.tv.
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