Gamecocks Suffer 67-54 Setback At Lipscomb - Jacksonville State University Athletics

Sunday, December 9

Nashville, TN

2 p.m.

Jax State

0-8

Lipscomb

1-6

Team	1	2	F
Jacksonville State	25	29	54
Lipscomb	33	34	67

12/9/2012 4:19:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – With both teams searching for its first win of the season, Lipscomb used nine three pointers in the first half alone to turn back Jacksonville State, 67-54, on Sunday in Allen Arena on the LU campus.

The win by LU snapped a six-game losing skid, while JSU dropped its eight consecutive game to start to the season.
The Lady Bison finished the first half 10-of-24 from the field with nine of those made baskets from beyond the three-point arc. LU's fist nine baskets were three-point shots and the lone bucket inside the arc came with 53 seconds left in the first half. The Purple and Gold added four points from the free throw line. LU completed the contest with a 13-of-26 performance from behind the arc with four made treys in the second half. The 13 made three-pointers is the most since UT Martin scorched the nets for 16 made three pointers last February.

LU entered the game shooting just 29 percent from behind the three-point line and only knocking down 5.7 treys per game. Freshman Presley Stastny led LU's three-point barrage with four made treys. Stastny finished with 17 points in 33 minutes of action. Alex Banks recorded a game-high 18 points in the win for LU. Hannah Phillips added 11 points and nine rebounds. For just the second time this season, JSU was out-rebounded by the opposition, 39-32.
Jax State, trailing 33-25, at the halftime break had a solid shooting start with a 39 percent effort and erased LU's 11-point, 25-14 lead at the 5:09 mark of the half and got within a basket at 27-25 after an 11-2 run over a four-minute frame. LU would push the deficit back out to eight points after scoring the final six points.

After LU pushed the lead out to as many as 11 points on two occasions in the first five minutes of the second half and took a 45-34 lead at the 14:23 mark. Jax State would put together a 10-0 scoring run that covered the next three minutes to get within a point at 45-44 nearing the midway point of the half. LU would extend the JSU deficit back out to 11 points at 59-48 with 6:43 left in the game. LU connected on free throws down the stretch and turned in a 14-of-22 showing at the free throw line in the final 20 minutes.

Junior Dashauna Truss and freshman Destany McLin led the Gamecocks' second half charge as the pair combined for 16 of the 29 points in the second half. Truss, from Jacksonville, Fla., finished with a team-high 12 points. She has now scored in double figures in three consecutive games. Truss was also credited with three assists. McLin, who made her first career start, made the most of it with 11 total points and three buckets in the second half. The rest of the Gamecocks were limited in scoring as they hit just 33 percent from the field in the final 20 minutes and did not record a field goal in the game's final 2:41.

Nashville, Tenn.-native Briana Morrow contributed seven points, while Destiny James and Marikate Gardler added five points each.

JSU continues its December road trip on Wednesday as it travels to Chattanooga, Tenn. to face the Mocs of Chattanooga. Tip off is set for 6 p.m. CST. UTC enters the contest at 7-1 on the season after taking down Alabama, 72-58, on Saturday in Tuscaloosa, Ala. UTC also has a win under its belt over perennial power, Tennessee.