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JACKSONVILLE – Five players scored in double figures for the Jacksonville State men's basketball team on Saturday night, pacing the Gamecocks to a 76-65 win over Southern Illinois-Edwardsville in Ohio Valley Conference action.

The Gamecocks (9-14, 4-6 OVC) got 10 or more points from five players for the first time since early January of last season and grabbed their third-straight win in the process. JSU evened the season series with the Cougars (5-13, 3-6 OVC) and posted  its first three-game OVC winning streak since the 2005-06 season.

Junior Ronnie Boggs filled the stat sheet for the Gamecocks, falling one rebound short of a double-double. The Kansas City, Mo., went 5-for-8 from the floor to score 11 points, his fourth double-digit scoring night in his last six games. He also tied his career high with a team-best nine rebounds, while swiping a season-high six steals and dishing four assists.

Freshman Darion Rackley poured in a career-best 16 points on a 5-for-6 shooting effort and pitched in six boards, also a career high. The St. Louis, Mo., native dished four assists in the win.

Sophomore Nick Cook went 7-for-11 from the field to score 16 points, but the Hattiesburg, Miss., native made the biggest impression in another column. Two nights after setting a new career high with three assists, Cook dished six against the Cougars, blocked three shots and pulled in six boards.

Sophomore Brian Williams led the Gamecocks with 18 points, while junior Tarvin Gaines added 10 before fouling out. They capped a group of five Gamecocks that combined for 70 of JSU's 76 points in the game.

The Cougars got 18 points from Jerome Jones, but points guard Kris Davis, who entered the game averaging better than 12 points per game, was held to a season-low five points on just 1-for-8 shooting. He also committed six of his team's 19 turnovers, a stat that led to 26 JSU points.

The Gamecocks turned it over just seven times, and used the SIUE miscues to put together a 25-2 advantage in fast-break points.

The Cougars scored the game's first two points but trailed the rest of the way, thanks to an 11-4 JSU run that gave the Gamecocks the lead for good. SIUE got within two twice before JSU took a 34-38 lead into the locker room at the half.

The Cougars scored the first bucket of the second half but JSU answered and never looked back, putting together a 14-2 run at one point that opened up a 58-44 advantage with just over 10 minutes to play.

JSU takes a break from OVC play on Monday with a non-conference game with South Carolina-Upstate at 5:15 p.m. at Pete Mathews Coliseum. The game will be JSU's third home contest in five days.