Jacksonville State Gamecocks at Eastern Kentucky Colonels
· NCAA Men's Basketball
68 - 60
Jacksonville St downs E Kentucky 68-60
Norbertas Giga scored 12 points for the Gamecocks (15-6, 6-2 Ohio Valley Conference), who were outrebounded 44-31, but shot 41 percent from the floor while holding the Colonels to 35 percent. Jamall Gregory had five assists and three steals.
Giga's 3 capped an 8-0 run for a 41-30 Gamecocks lead and Jacksonville State pulled ahead 58-47 after the Colonels went without a field goal for nearly 5 1/2 minutes. The Colonels closed to 63-56 on DeAndre Dishman's free throws with 1:46 left, but got no closer.
The Colonels led 22-16 on Nick Mayo's jumper, but Drumwright and Ashton Spears hits 3s amid a 13-4 run and the Gamecocks led 31-26 at halftime.
DeAndre Dishman had a career-high 21 points for the Colonels, while Dedric Boyd scored 20. Nick Mayo scored 14 with 11 rebounds for his 500th career rebound for Eastern Kentucky (8-13, 2-6). Mayo is only the eighth Colonel to score 1,300 points and grab 500 boards in a career.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 68 - 60 |
| 2nd 0:02 | Dujuanta Weaver Steal. | 68 - 60 |
| 2nd 0:03 | Jamall Gregory Turnover. | 68 - 60 |
| 2nd 0:07 | Jacksonville State Offensive Rebound. | 68 - 60 |
| 2nd 0:07 | Christian Cunningham missed Dunk. | 68 - 60 |
Statistics
 JXST |
 EKU |
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|---|---|---|
| 24-59 | FG | 18-51 |
| 41 | Field Goal % | 35 |
| 7-21 | 3PT | 2-13 |
| 33 | Three Point % | 15 |
| 13-20 | FT | 22-27 |
| 65 | Free Throw % | 81 |
| 31 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 11 | Offensive Rebounds | 15 |
| 20 | Defensive Rebounds | 29 |
| 16 | Assists | 8 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 1 | Team Turnovers | 2 |
| 9 | Total Turnovers | 15 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 16 | Points Off Turnovers | 5 |
| 6 | Fast Break Points | 2 |
| 28 | Points in Paint | 22 |
| 17 | Fouls | 17 |
| 13 | Largest Lead | 8 |
Game Information
Location: Richmond, KY
Attendance: 1,610 | Capacity:
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|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|
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