JSU Women's Hoops Falls To Reinhardt - Jacksonville State University Athletics

Friday, December 7

JACKSONVILLE

6 p.m.

Jax State

0-7

Reinhardt

6-5

Team	1	2	F
Reinhardt	29	36	65
Jacksonville State	30	30	60

JSU Women's Hoops Falls To Reinhardt Image

12/7/2012 9:16:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

JACKSONVILLE – Reinhardt knocked down 18-of-24 free throws in the second half to highlight a 65-60 win over Jacksonville State in women's college hoops action at Pete Mathews Coliseum on Friday night.

Reinhardt, a member of the NAIA, notched its first win over a Division I program with the five-point win. The loss dropped the Gamecocks to 0-7 on the season and will look to end the skid on Sunday at Lipscomb. The Bisons of Lipscomb are also searching for their first win of the 2012-13 season. Tip off is set for 2 p.m. at Allen Arena on the LU campus.

The Eagles entered the contest only knocking down 59 percent from the free throw line, but rectified that number with a final tally of 22-of-29 from the charity stripe. RU's Tara Hay led all scorers with a 25-point effort, including a 10-for-12 night at the free throw line.

Jax State took its largest lead of the contest at 28-23 with a fast break lay up by freshman Destiny James at the 3:18 mark of the opening half. James made her first career start against the Eagles. After a Miranda Cantrell jumper with 2:27 left in the half, the Gamecocks would go cold from the field the rest of the first half and the first eight minutes of the second half. JSU would take a narrow, 30-29 lead in to the halftime break, but a 13-0 scoring run over a 10:45 period gave RU a 39-30 lead at the 14:30 mark of the second half. James hit a free throw at the 13:43 mark for JSU's first points of the half and did not hit its first basket until sophomore Briana Morrow connected on a lay up and trim the deficit to 39-33 with 11:59 left in the game.

Morrow, who shared team-high scoring honors with 14 points, got the Gamecocks within a point at 41-40 with 7:55 to go, but that was as close as the contest would be as RU went on a 12-3 scoring run over the next four minutes and equal its largest lead at 53-44 nearing the three-minute mark of the half.

Morrow returned to action with a solid outing with seven rebounds, one block and a career-high four steals.

Junior Dashauna Truss matched Morrow in the scoring column with 14 points. Truss knocked down a pair of three-point shots in her 30 minutes of action. For the fourth consecutive game, Cantrell reached double digits in the scoring with ten points. Freshman Destany McLin pulled down a team-best eight rebounds off the bench.

Sunday's contest at Lipscomb can be heard on the Gamecock Sports Network with Mike Parris court side. Air time is set for 1:45 p.m. The game begins a five-game road trip for JSU.