Buckner, Morton Lead Jax State Women In Loss To EKU - Jacksonville State University Athletics

Saturday, January 19

JACKSONVILLE

4 p.m.

Jax State

0-19, 0-7OVC

Eastern Kentucky

10-6, 4-1OVC

Team	1	2	F
Eastern Kentucky	30	39	69
Jacksonville State	21	30	51

1/19/2013 6:52:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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JACKSONVILLE – Sophomores Bria'unna Buckner and Candace Morton scored double figures to lead the Jacksonville State women's basketball team in a 69-51 loss to Eastern Kentucky in Ohio Valley Conference action at Pete Mathews Coliseum.

Buckner, who led the Gamecocks in scoring with 15 points off the bench, and Morton combined for 25 points in JSU's 19th setback of the season. The Lady Colonels improved to 10-6 overall and 4-1 in OVC play.

It was Buckner's three-point shooting ability that kick-started Jax State's offense in the first half as she hit a pair of her three treys in the first half. The Detroit, Mich.-native bagged eight of her points in the first 20 minutes. Morton, playing against her home state school, gave JSU its largest lead of the contest at 12-6 with 11:52 left in the first half. Morton has now registered double digit scoring marks in the last three games. The Lexington, Ky.-guard matched her season high in assists with five and was credited with one block and one steal in 36 minutes of activity.

With the game tied for the fourth time of the opening half at 21-21 with 2:40 left before the break, EKU finished the half on a 9-0 scoring run to take a 30-21 lead into the locker room.

EKU extended the lead out to double digits in the first five minutes out of the halftime break, but the Gamecocks trimmed the lead down to nine points on two occasions by the 12:53 mark at 39-30. The Lady Colonels took their largest lead of he contest, a 19-point, 53-34 lead with 7:51 left to play to take control of the contest. The EKU lead dwindled down to ten points at 55-45 with 4:47 left in the game after a Destiny James basket.

The Lady Colonels feasted on JSU turnovers as they scored 23 points off 21 miscues by the Gamecocks, along with blocking six shots in the affair. EKU also had the advantage on the backboards by out-rebounding Jax State, 51-42. EKU's Jade Barber pulled down a game-high 13 rebounds, including ten in the first half.

Marie Carpenter shared game-high scoring honors with Buckner, while Brittany Coles finished with 13 points and Alex Jones added a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds.

JSU freshman Destany McLin came off the bench to post nine points in the setback. Senior Danielle Vaughn and sophomore Miranda Cantrell each pulled down nine rebounds.

The Gamecocks return to the floor on Wednesday, Jan. 23 in Nashville, Tenn. as they face Tennessee State at the Gentry Center on the TSU campus. Tip off is set for 7 p.m. and will be available on the Gamecock Sports Network and the OVC Digital Network.