Box Score

JACKSONVILLE – Tennessee Tech drained seven three-pointers in the opening half to spark a 62-50 win over Jacksonville State in Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball action on Saturday at Pete Mathews Coliseum.

The 12-point loss dropped JSU to 4-20 on the season and 1-10 in league play.  The Golden Eagles, who have now won five of their last six games, pushed their season's mark to 11-14 and 7-4 in the OVC.

TTU was spot-on from behind the three-point arc in the game's first six minutes as it scored its first 16 points from three-point range.  The Golden Eagles' first basket inside the arc came at the 11:18 mark of the first half.  The three-point shooting allowed TTU to maintain the advantage the rest of the way after Jax State posted the first two points of the contest.  Combined with Tech's scoring and the Gamecocks' inability to put points on the board for a five-minute stretch, it allowed the Purple and Gold to extend the lead out to nine points at the midway point of the half.  After JSU got within five points at 22-17 with 7:03 left in the half, Tech connected on three straight treys and eventually took its largest lead of the contest at 34-17 at the 4:40 mark.

TTU finished the first 20 minutes 7-of-13 from three-point range and turned in a 45 percent effort in the first half to take control of the contest.  Tech was limited to just one trey in the second half and finished shooting 39 percent from the field.

JSU clawed its way back to a ten-point contest right before the intermission on a Briana Morrow lay up as both teams went to the dressing room with the Golden Eagles holding a 36-26 advantage at the break.

Jax State kept it within ten points on two occasions through the first seven minutes of the second half, but could not get closer than that.  Tech eventually equaled its largest lead of the game at 54-37 after Rachel Glidden hit its lone three-pointer of the half with 7:52 left in the game.  Glidden finished the game with 14 points with 12 coming from behind the three-point arch (4-of-6).

JSU's Danielle Vaughn turned in her ninth double-double of the season with 11 points and 13 rebounds.  It marks her 16 of her career and second against Tech this season.  In the first contest in Cookeville, the junior post player tallied 11 points and ten boards.  The Huntsville, Ala.-native also dished out three assists and a pair of steals in 36 minutes of action. 

Senior Brittany Manning posted her second consecutive double digit scoring outing with a team-high 13 points.  The Huntsville, Ala-product connected in 6-of-9 from the floor and a career high three blocks.  Manning has scored in double figures in three of her last four games.  Senior Destiny Lane saw her five-game double figure scoring streak end as she was limited to eight points.  Morrow finished with six points, while freshmen Hannah Miller and Miranda Cantrell chipped in five points each off the bench.

Tech was led by Jala Harris and Molly Heady with 15 points each.  Tacarra Hayes came off the bench for 13 points and six assists.

The Gamecocks travel to UT Martin on Monday to face the defending OVC Champion Skyhawks.  Tip off is set for 7 p.m. on the UTM campus.  The contest can be heard on the Gamecock Sports Network with air time at 6:45 p.m.