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JACKSONVILLE — Saturday's game was not how anyone wanted the 2015-16 season to end.
 
With Senior Day festivities before tip, Rick Pietri and his staff honored two Jacksonville State  players — Destiny James and Courtney Strain, who were part of five JSU players in double-figures, but the Gamecocks suffered a gut-wrenching 70-66 loss to Morehead State.
 
In their final game wearing the JSU red-and-white, James and Strain both scored 11 points. Tyler "Cocoa" Phelion added 14 points while Rayven Pearson and Briana Benson both finished with double-doubles. Pearson had 14 points and 12 rebounds and Benson scored 10 points and brought down 10 rebounds.
 
Chloe Long finished her final game of her freshman year as a Gamecock with six points and four rebounds.
 
It's the first time Jax State (10-18, 5-11) had five or more players score double figures in a game since Chloe Long (13), Phelion (12), Strain (12), Pearson (11) and Benson (10) earned the accomplishment on Jan. 2, 2016 against Eastern Illinois.
 
JSU started the game by shooting 66.7 percent during the first quarter and outscored Morehead State 24-15 after the first 10 minutes of play. The two teams combined to score 17 points (Morehead State 10, Jacksonville State 7) during the second quarter as the Eagles took a 35-31 lead into the locker rooms.
 
It was the third quarter which provided to be the difference as MSU outscored Jacksonville State by 12 (28-16) during the 10 minutes. The Gamecocks trailed by six heading into the final quarter, but couldn't get any closer to taking the lead than three with 8:04 to play.
 
For the Eagles (10-20, 4-12), Brianna McQueen finished with a game-high 30 points on 12-of-21 shooting, 2 of 4 from behind the 3-point arc and 4 of 5 from the free throw line. She also brought down nine rebounds and dished out three assist. Miranda Crockett added 14 points and four rebounds. Shay Steele, despite battling foul trouble for most of the game, managed to score 10 points.