Saturday, February 5
JACKSONVILLE
2 p.m.
Jax State
59
vs
46
Eastern Kentucky
2/5/2011 5:32:22 PM | Women's Basketball
Final Stats
JACKSONVILLE – Jacksonville State earned its first Ohio Valley Conference home win since December as the Gamecocks ousted Eastern Kentucky, 64-59, on Saturday at Pete Mathews Coliseum.
JSU, who entered the contest having dropped its last five OVC home games, also matched its overall and conference record from a season ago under first-year head coach Annette Watts, who was celebrating a birthday on Saturday. Jax State, 9-15 overall and 6-7 in OVC play, did not reach its ninth win until the 27th game of last season. The win also marked the program's first season sweep of the Lady Colonels (6-16, 3-10 OVC). The
A second half 11-0 Gamecock scoring run was the difference in the game as they separated themselves from a stingy Lady Colonel team. Leading 45-44 with 9:29 left in the game, Jax State pushed the margin out to the largest of the contest after running off 11 straight points to tale a 56-44 lead on a Danielle Vaughn lay up. JSU held the double figure lead until a late rally by EKU was thwarted by JSU. EKU trimmed the lead down to the final five-point margin after forcing the Gamecocks to the free throw line and knocking down a pair of baskets down the stretch. JSU scored its final seven points from the charity stripe.
The Gamecocks used a balanced scoring attack as all nine players who played registered points. The tandem of Brittany Wiley and Destiny Lane led the way as Wiley finished with a team-best 11 points. The Carrollton, Ga.-native's shot came alive in the second half as she tallied nine of her final point tally in the second half. Lane, who has finished in double digits in points in four of her last five games, after carding 10 points. The Ashville, Ala.-native sparked the Jax State second-half scoring run with on of her two 4-pointers in the contest.
Brittany Manning turned in nine points as did Zenobia Pitts off the bench. The Jax State bench finished with 23 points thanks to an eight-point effort from Candace Carmine and four points from JaDechia Hill. Danielle Vaughn pulled down a game-high nine rebounds.
JSU finished the contest hitting 42 percent from the field limited its turnovers to nine, while forcing 14 EKU miscues. The Gamecocks turned those opportunities into 16 points.
EKU was led by Brittany Coles with 17 points. Alex Jones and Marie Carpenter chipped in 15 points in the setback.
Jax State returns to action on Thursday, Feb. 10 in Martin, Tenn. for a re-match with the Skyhawks of UT Martin. Tip off is set for 5:30 p.m. and will be available on the Gamecock Sports Network.
JACKSONVILLE – Jacksonville State earned its first Ohio Valley Conference home win since December as the Gamecocks ousted Eastern Kentucky, 64-59, on Saturday at Pete Mathews Coliseum.
JSU, who entered the contest having dropped its last five OVC home games, also matched its overall and conference record from a season ago under first-year head coach Annette Watts, who was celebrating a birthday on Saturday. Jax State, 9-15 overall and 6-7 in OVC play, did not reach its ninth win until the 27th game of last season. The win also marked the program's first season sweep of the Lady Colonels (6-16, 3-10 OVC). The
A second half 11-0 Gamecock scoring run was the difference in the game as they separated themselves from a stingy Lady Colonel team. Leading 45-44 with 9:29 left in the game, Jax State pushed the margin out to the largest of the contest after running off 11 straight points to tale a 56-44 lead on a Danielle Vaughn lay up. JSU held the double figure lead until a late rally by EKU was thwarted by JSU. EKU trimmed the lead down to the final five-point margin after forcing the Gamecocks to the free throw line and knocking down a pair of baskets down the stretch. JSU scored its final seven points from the charity stripe.
The Gamecocks used a balanced scoring attack as all nine players who played registered points. The tandem of Brittany Wiley and Destiny Lane led the way as Wiley finished with a team-best 11 points. The Carrollton, Ga.-native's shot came alive in the second half as she tallied nine of her final point tally in the second half. Lane, who has finished in double digits in points in four of her last five games, after carding 10 points. The Ashville, Ala.-native sparked the Jax State second-half scoring run with on of her two 4-pointers in the contest.
Brittany Manning turned in nine points as did Zenobia Pitts off the bench. The Jax State bench finished with 23 points thanks to an eight-point effort from Candace Carmine and four points from JaDechia Hill. Danielle Vaughn pulled down a game-high nine rebounds.
JSU finished the contest hitting 42 percent from the field limited its turnovers to nine, while forcing 14 EKU miscues. The Gamecocks turned those opportunities into 16 points.
EKU was led by Brittany Coles with 17 points. Alex Jones and Marie Carpenter chipped in 15 points in the setback.
Jax State returns to action on Thursday, Feb. 10 in Martin, Tenn. for a re-match with the Skyhawks of UT Martin. Tip off is set for 5:30 p.m. and will be available on the Gamecock Sports Network.
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