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JACKSONVILLE – The Jacksonville State men's basketball team will host Eastern Kentucky Thursday on JSU Faculty and Staff Appreciation Night. All JSU faculty and staff will receive free admission for them and up to three guests with their valid JSU ID. JSU students and all fans ages 18 and under receive free admission.
 
The Gamecocks play a pair of home games this weekend against Eastern Kentucky and Morehead State after a quick trip to Martin, Tenn., on Saturday. The two games will conclude a stretch of five home games in a six-game stretch for JSU, who is looking to get things going in Ohio Valley Conference play with just 10 league games remaining. Thursday's meeting with the Colonels marks JSU Faculty and Staff Appreciation Night, while
Saturday's doubleheader vs. Morehead State is America's First Federal Credit Union Kids Day at Pete Mathews Coliseum. Opportunities to win prizes will be available during both the women's game at 2 p.m. and the men's game at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday.
 
This week also marks the National Association of Basketball Coaches and the American Cancer Society's Suits and Sneakers Awareness Week. The coaching staffs on both benches are wearing sneakers with their suits to help raise awareness about the American Cancer Society's fight against cancer. Fans can join the NABC in the fight against cancer by donating to the American Cancer Society at cancer.org.
 
The Gamecocks dropped a heartbreaker at UT Martin on Saturday, a 55-52 decision that saw JSU erase a 21-point deficit to tie in the game's final minutes. In the loss, senior Avery Moore and freshman Malcolm Drumwright each scored 17 points to lead the JSU offense. Moore, a Tallahassee, Fla., native, ran his career scoring total to 996 points, a number that includes his totals at Florida A&M and JSU. Drumwright, a Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., native, scored in double figures for the first time in his young collegiate career.