Wednesday, January 12
JACKSONVILLE
6 p.m.
Jax State
vs
Lipscomb
1/11/2022 2:32:00 PM | Women's Basketball
JACKSONVILLE -Â The Jacksonville State University women's basketball team returns home to Pete Mathews Coliseum Wednesday, Jan. 12, to host the Lipscomb Bisons in ASUN conference action at 6 p.m.
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Wednesday's matchup marks the seventh all-time meeting between the two programs and the first since 2019. The series is tied 3-3 all-time as the Gamecock have won the previous two. In Jacksonville, JSU is 2-1.Â
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The Gamecocks enter the contest 11-3 overall, on a five-game win streak, and are currently atop the ASUN West Division standings with a 2-0 record. Last time out, JSU defeated North Alabama, 73-69 in the first ASUN road game of the season. JSU boasts a conference-leading 7-0 record inside Pete Mathews Coliseum.
The game will be streamed live on ESPN+. Fans can follow live stats at JSUGamecocksports.com and listen to the game with Mike Parris on the JSU Gamecock Sports Network.
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Redshirt Senior Kennedy Gavin led the Gamecocks with 15 points and nine rebounds in the win over UNA. Gavin finished 7of-16 from the floor, a season-high. In the game one last week against Bellarmine, senior Imari Martin poured on a season-high 22 points on 6-of-9 shooting from three.
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Martin and junior Nekiyah Thompson are JSU's top two scorers at 11.3 points and 9.6 points per game, respectively. Thompson also leads the Gamecocks in assists, averaging 4.1 per game and leads the ASUN with a 2.6 assist-to-turnover ratio. Gavin is the fifth-best rebounder in the ASUN and leads JSU with 7.1 rebounds per game. In addition, she is scoring 9.1 points per game and leads JSU from the field at 52.3 percent.
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On the defensive end, the Gamecocks are allowing just 55.9 points per game and are undefeated when allowing less than 60 points. Offensively, JSU is scoring 69.1 points per game and is the only team in the ASUN in the top three in scoring defense and scoring offense. Jax State is 6-0 when scoring 70 points or more.
Lipscomb is 5-8 overall and has not played a game since Dec. 30. Wednesday's meeting will be the first conference game of the season for the Bisons. Lipscomb is 2-3 in their last five games and 1-6 on the road this year.
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Blythe Pearson scored a team-high 11 points in the loss to Arizona State, 70-54, last time out. Pearson leads the Bisons with 9.9 points per game and is shooting 49.2 percent from three. Point guard Casey Collier is averaging 4.2 assists per game this year to lead Lipscomb. The Bisons are one of the best three-point shooting teams in the league at 32.5 percent, they rank in the bottom half of scoring offense (61.9) and scoring defense (65.9).
 Tip-off against Lipscomb is scheduled for 6 p.m. CT. Links to live stats and other available sources will be available at JSUGamecockSports.com as well as shared across JSU's social media platforms when they become available. In-game updates are also available by following the women's basketball twitter account (@JaxStateWBB).
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Wednesday's matchup marks the seventh all-time meeting between the two programs and the first since 2019. The series is tied 3-3 all-time as the Gamecock have won the previous two. In Jacksonville, JSU is 2-1.Â
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The Gamecocks enter the contest 11-3 overall, on a five-game win streak, and are currently atop the ASUN West Division standings with a 2-0 record. Last time out, JSU defeated North Alabama, 73-69 in the first ASUN road game of the season. JSU boasts a conference-leading 7-0 record inside Pete Mathews Coliseum.
The game will be streamed live on ESPN+. Fans can follow live stats at JSUGamecocksports.com and listen to the game with Mike Parris on the JSU Gamecock Sports Network.
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Redshirt Senior Kennedy Gavin led the Gamecocks with 15 points and nine rebounds in the win over UNA. Gavin finished 7of-16 from the floor, a season-high. In the game one last week against Bellarmine, senior Imari Martin poured on a season-high 22 points on 6-of-9 shooting from three.
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Martin and junior Nekiyah Thompson are JSU's top two scorers at 11.3 points and 9.6 points per game, respectively. Thompson also leads the Gamecocks in assists, averaging 4.1 per game and leads the ASUN with a 2.6 assist-to-turnover ratio. Gavin is the fifth-best rebounder in the ASUN and leads JSU with 7.1 rebounds per game. In addition, she is scoring 9.1 points per game and leads JSU from the field at 52.3 percent.
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On the defensive end, the Gamecocks are allowing just 55.9 points per game and are undefeated when allowing less than 60 points. Offensively, JSU is scoring 69.1 points per game and is the only team in the ASUN in the top three in scoring defense and scoring offense. Jax State is 6-0 when scoring 70 points or more.
Lipscomb is 5-8 overall and has not played a game since Dec. 30. Wednesday's meeting will be the first conference game of the season for the Bisons. Lipscomb is 2-3 in their last five games and 1-6 on the road this year.
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Blythe Pearson scored a team-high 11 points in the loss to Arizona State, 70-54, last time out. Pearson leads the Bisons with 9.9 points per game and is shooting 49.2 percent from three. Point guard Casey Collier is averaging 4.2 assists per game this year to lead Lipscomb. The Bisons are one of the best three-point shooting teams in the league at 32.5 percent, they rank in the bottom half of scoring offense (61.9) and scoring defense (65.9).
 Tip-off against Lipscomb is scheduled for 6 p.m. CT. Links to live stats and other available sources will be available at JSUGamecockSports.com as well as shared across JSU's social media platforms when they become available. In-game updates are also available by following the women's basketball twitter account (@JaxStateWBB).
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