Final Stats

JACKSONVILLE – Jacksonville State placed four players in double figures but came up short, falling to Austin Peay (7-13, 6-3 Ohio Valley Conference) on Saturday at Pete Mathews Coliseum.

The loss ended an overall two-game winning streak and snapped a string of five straight wins when scoring 70-plus points as the Gamecocks fell to 6-13 overall and 3-6 in the OVC.

Destiny Lane led the Gamecocks with 16 points and had seven rebounds followed by Danielle Vaughn with 14 points. Karisma Boykin scored 12 points and had five assists and Zenobia Pitts added 10 point sand five assists. Leading scorer rebounder Brittany Wiley was held to four points but collected a team-high nine rebounds.

The Gamecocks trailed 40-27 at the half and faced a 17-point deficit early in the second half after a Brooke Faulkner 3-pointer with 18:26 left.

JSU rallied to cut the APSU lead 51-48 on a Boykin three with 11:54 to play in the second half only to see the Lady Govs stretch the lead back 11 on a Meghan Bussabarger layup at the 7:11 mark of the second half JSU never climbed any closer than six points the rest of the way.

The Gamecocks held a 14-9 lead with 13:29 to go in the first half but an 11-2 run capped by a Jasmine Rayner basket gave APSU the lead for good at 20-16.

The Lady Govs took command of the first half when Whitney Hanley sank a pair of free throws on the end of a 11-2 run that pushed the lead to 39-24 with 1:26 to go in the first half.

Nicole Jamen led Austin Peay with 18 points and 12 rebounds while Faulkner had17 points along with six rebounds. Rayner finished with 16 points and eight boards and Ashley Herring chipped in 12 points.

Jacksonville State hosts Southeast Missouri State on Thursday at 5:15 p.m. on the front end of an OVC doubleheader.