JACKSONVILLE – Graduate-senior Destiney Elliott posted her second-straight double-double with a team-high 16 points but the Jacksonville State women's basketball team couldn't get much else going in a 55-40 setback to Jacksonville on Friday.
 
The Gamecocks (4-6) were held to their lowest scoring total in 44 games, dating back to a 66-35 loss to nationally-ranked Belmont on Feb. 21, 2018. The loss to the visiting Dolphins (7-5) also snapped Jax State's eight-game home winning streak.
 
Behind Elliott's 16 points and team-high 11 boards, freshman Nekiyah Thompson had eight points as the only other Gamecock with more than five. A key factor in JSU's offensive struggles came on 21 turnovers, the second-most for the season behind 22 at Vanderbilt in the season opener.
 
Despite trailing for more than 36 minutes in the game, the Gamecocks took their largest lead of the game early in the second half after back-to-back three-pointers by Elliot to begin the third period to make it 26-24. It was a boost after JSU was held to a season-low six points in the second period.
 
JU regained the lead with an 8-0 run until Jayla Walker drained a triple of her own to break the momentum. Leading by 10 late in the quarter, Thompson pulled up for a couple of deep jumper to bring JSU back to within six at 41-35 heading into the fourth.
 
Unfortunately, the final period did not open well for the Red and White who went more than six minutes without a basket as JU went on a 10-0 run to stretch the lead to 16 with 4:21 left on the clock. JSU was unable to close the gap much in the closing minutes, dropping its third-straight game in the JSU-JU series.
 
The Gamecocks will wrap up their non-conference slate between Christmas and New Year's Day with a road contest at Auburn on Dec. 28.