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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Jacksonville State women's basketball team dropped a hard fought 61-59 decision to Tennessee State on Saturday night at the Gentry Center in Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball action.

The loss drops the Gamecocks to 4-23 on the season and 1-13 in OVC play.  JSU has dropped its last eight games, while the Lady Tigers' two-point win snapped a five-game losing streak.  TSU improved to 9-18 overall and 4-11 in the OVC.

In a game that saw 19 lead changes and tied 14 times, TSU's Chelsea Hudson broke the 14th deadlock with a driving lay up with 2:49 left to play to give the Lady Tigers a two-point advantage and never relinquish the lead the rest of the way.  After trailing by three at the halftime break, 26-23, Jax State posted a 36-point second half effort.  The second half scoring was fueled by Nashville, Tenn.-native Briana Morrow's 15 points in the second half alone.  The Glencliff High School graduate registered her fifth double-double of the season after finishing with 19 points and 10 rebounds.  Morrow pulled down eight of her 10 boards in the second half alone, including seven offensive rebounds on the night.  Morrow knocked down 8-of-16 from the floor before being whistled for her fifth foul on a loose ball.

Morrow has posted back-to-back double-doubles over her hometown school as she turned in a 14-point, 16-rebound outing in the contest in Jacksonville. 

JSU held its largest lead of the second half at 44-41 with 9:23 left in the game after a Morrow basket.  The three-point edge would be the largest by either team until 25 seconds left in the half as TSU held at 61-57 lead after a free throe by Hudson.  The Gamecocks had multiple looks down the stretch to match TSU, but could not convert on the offensive end. 

Senior Brittany Manning continued her stellar play down the stretch of the season as she turned in her fifth consecutive double digit point game with 11 points.  The Huntsville, Ala.-native scored seven of her 11 points in the second half, including JSU's only three-pointer of the night to give her squad a 51-48 lead at the 5:14 mark of the second half.  She has now scored in double figures in nine of her last ten games.

Junior Danielle Vaughn carded her 11th double-double of the season and third in the last four games with a 10-point, 12-rebound night.  She reached double digit status in the final seconds of the game as she had a layup on JSU's last possession.  The Huntsville, Ala-post player is now just one double-double shy of matching former Gamecock Shanika Freeman's mark of 12 double-doubles in a single season. 

Jax State finished the contest shooting 37 percent from the field, including a 43 percent second half performance.  The Red and White claimed the rebounding edge, 45-44. 

Hudson led all Lady Tigers in the scoring column with 17 points and 18 rebounds off the bench.  Jasmin Shuler was a factor in the first half with 11 points, but finished with 14 points in the affair.  Alana Morris added ten points off the bench as well.  The TSU bench out-scored the Jax State bench, 34-2.

JSU wraps up the regular season with a two-game home set on Thursday, Feb. 25 and Saturday, Feb. 25.  The Gamecocks will host the Redhawks of Southeast Missouri in the program's 'Play 4 Kay' contest.  Tip off is set for 5:15 p.m.  Fans wearing pink will be admitted free to Pete Mathews Coliseum.