Women's Basketball Falls to Troy on the Road - Jacksonville State University Athletics

Saturday, November 16

Troy, AL

2 p.m.

Jax State

2-2,0-0OVC

Troy

3-0,0-0Sun Belt

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Jacksonville St.	10	17	26	11	64
Troy	24	18	24	28	94

11/16/2019 7:07:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

TROY – Jacksonville State's women's basketball team had it's brief two-game win streak snapped on Saturday as it returned to the road for the first time since the season-opener.

JSU (2-2) fell 94-64 to the host Troy (3-0) Trojans inside Trojan Arena after a slow start put the Red and White in a hole early. Destiney Elliott finished with a team-high 14 points, just ahead of Yamia Johnson with 11. In her return to her previous school, redshirt-junior Jessie Day led the way on the glass collecting eight boards.

Trailing 8-4 in the first, JSU saw Troy use a 14-0 run through the middle of the opening period to gain early separation. The Gamecocks were able to snap the scoring drought just before the quarter ended to make it 24-10.

Down 42-27 at the half, Jax State brought more offense in the third with a 26-point spot, but the Trojans weren't far behind with 24 of their own to take a 13-point margin into the final stanza. In the fourth, the home Trojans showed their strength in 28011 lopsided 10 minutes.

It's just the fourth time JSU has given up 90-or-more points during the defensive Rick Pietri era. The last occurrence was the 2016-17 conference opener at UT Martin where the Skyhawks won 94-83.

JSU returns home before taking off to meet another in-state foe next weekend in Montgomery at Alabama State on Wednesday, Nov. 20.