JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The shots weren't falling for the Jacksonville State men's basketball team on Saturday afternoon, when they dropped a 75-61 road game at Jacksonville.
 
The Gamecocks (7-7) got off to a slow start from the floor and couldn't recover, while the Dolphins (5-10) shot 57 percent from the floor in winning their third in the last four games.
 
Senior D.J. Felder scored 10 of his team-high 14 points in the first half, while Jacksonville's Kori Babineaux led all scorers with 26 points in the win.
 
The Gamecocks shot just 28 percent in the first half and 35 percent from the game, despite attempting 22 more field goals than the Dolphins. Jacksonville did attempt 38 free throws to Jacksonville State's 24.
 
Senior Darion Rackley scored 10 points for JSU, using a 6-for-8 afternoon at the free throw line to help on a 2-for-13 game from the floor. JaQuail Townser and Undra Mitchem scored eight, while freshman Malcolm Drumwright added six on a pair of 3-pointers.
 
JU also got double figures from three other players, including 18 on 5-for-7 shooting from Andres Misters. The Dolphins' leading scorer scored all 18 in the second half after sitting much of the first half with foul trouble.
 
The Gamecocks were slow out of the gates on offense, making just two of their first 14 attempts from the floor to fall behind 11-4 early on. Jax State came to life on the defensive end, forcing back-to-back turnovers and scoring four in a row to cut into the lead.
 
 JSU would get as close as two at two different points in the half before a late JU spurt gave the Dolphins a 25-20 lead at the half. Felder went 5-for-10 from the floor to lead JSU with 10 points, while Babineaux' 13 on 6-for-9 shooting led the Dolphins.
 
The Dolphins started the second half with another run, an 11-2 spurt to build a 40-27 lead with 15:22 remaining, their largest lead to that point.
 
JSU had a small answer with back-to-back 3-pointers from Drumwright, the Gamecocks' first treys of the game, to cut it to a 48-42 game with 9:54 on the game clock.
 
Jacksonville answered again, scoring seven of the next nine to rebuild a double-digit lead at 55-45 just under six minutes on the clock.
 
The Gamecocks couldn't mount a comeback from that point, dropping their third-straight o the road.
 
JSU will start Ohio Valley Conference play on Thursday at 1 p.m. at Southern Illinois Edwardsville, in Edwardsville, Ill. The game will be broadcast on the Gamecocks Sports Network with free video available on the OVC Digital Network.