Scores

Final

Jacksonville St 67

(15-10, 7-7 OVC)

E Kentucky 80

(21-6, 10-3 OVC)

7:00 PM ET, February 16, 2013

McBrayer Arena, Richmond, KY

1 2 T
JVST 34 3367
EKY 39 4180

Top Performers

Jacksonville State: B. Williams 17 Pts, 4 Reb, 7 Ast, 3 Stl, 1 Blk

Eastern Kentucky: C. Walden 19 Pts, 5 Reb, 5 Ast, 3 Stl

E. Kentucky 80, Jacksonville St. 67

Associated Press

RICHMOND, Ky. -- Glenn Cosey scored 21 points and Tarius Johnson has a double-double, 15 points and 11 rebounds as Eastern Kentucky pulled away to beat Jacksonville State 80-67.

Corey Walden added 19 points, Eric Stutz had 11 and Mike DiNunno chipped in 10 to help Eastern Kentucky (21-6, 10-3 Ohio Valley Conference) win its fifth straight game.

On top 39-34 at halftime, Eastern Kentucky opened the second half on a 15-6 run to go up 54-40 with 14:37 left to play.

The Colonels took their biggest lead of the game, 65-46, on Johnson's layup with 9:01 remaining.

Brian Williams' 3-pointer cut Jacksonville State's deficit to 71-67 with just under 2 minutes to play, but the Gamecocks failed to score another point.

Eastern Kentucky shot 53.6 percent (15 of 28), while Jacksonville State shot 42.3 percent (11 of 26), in the second half.

Tarvin Gaines led the Gamecocks (15-10, 7-7) with 21 points.

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Team Stat Comparison

 
JVST
EKY
Points 67 80
FG Made-Attempted 26-55 (.473) 31-58 (.534)
3P Made-Attempted 6-15 (.400) 9-24 (.375)
FT Made-Attempted 9-12 (.750) 9-11 (.818)
Fouls (Tech/Flagrant) 11 (0/0) 15 (0/0)
Largest Lead 9 19

Game Leaders

 
JVST
EKY
PointsT. Gaines 21G. Cosey 21
ReboundsR. Boggs 8T. Johnson 11
AssistsB. Williams 7T. Johnson 5
StealsB. Williams 3C. Walden 3
BlocksR. Boggs 2M. Lewis 1
Team Stats: Jacksonville State | Eastern Kentucky

2012-13 Season

DATEGAMELINKS
Jan 19, 2013 EKY 73, @JVST 62Recap
» Feb 16, 2013 @EKY 80, JVST 67Recap

Next 5 Games

JVST
EKY
02/20 SEMO 8:00pm
02/23 @UNCA 4:30pm
03/02 @BEL 1:00pm
 02/20 PEAY 7:00pm
02/23 @VALP 1:00pm
02/28 @TNTC 8:30pm
03/02 @TNST 8:45pm
03/07 SEMO 9:30pm
Complete Schedule: Jacksonville State | Eastern Kentucky

Ohio Valley Conference Standings

TEAMCONF W-LTOTAL W-L
Belmont14-226-6
Eastern Kentucky12-424-9
Murray State10-621-10
Jacksonville State8-817-11
Tennessee State11-518-14
Southeast Missouri State8-817-16
Morehead State8-815-18
Tennessee Tech5-1112-17
SIU-Edwardsville5-119-18
Eastern Illinois6-1011-21
Tennessee-Martin5-119-21
Austin Peay4-128-23
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