Morehead State vs. Jacksonville State: Recap and Stats

Morehead State 59

(11-13, 3-10 away)

Jacksonville State 70

(15-7, 8-3 home)

Venue: Pete Mathews Coliseum

5:30PM ET / 2:30PM PT, February 02, 2013

Box Score

	1st	2nd	Final
Morehead State	26	33	59
Jacksonville State	40	30	70

Top Performers

	Points	Rebounds	Assists
Morehead State	J Stickler 12	K Owens 6	J Stokes 5
Jacksonville State	T Gaines 23	R Boggs 3	M Leggett 8

Morehead State stumbled against Jacksonville State 70-59 in conference play on a day when the Gamecocks shot 66%. Milton Chavis put up 10 points plus four rebounds for the Eagles. Jourdan Stickler scored a season-high 12 points. For the Gamecocks, Tarvin Gaines finished with a game-high 23 points and three rebounds. The next game will be on Saturday, February 9th when Morehead State (11-13, 5-5 OVC) welcomes Eastern Kentucky (17-6, 7-3 OVC).

Morehead State Game Notes

The last time MSU started the season 11-13 was 2000.
Morehead State has lost 100% of the time this season (0-7) after recording 59 or fewer total points.
The Eagles have lost 100% of the time this season (0-3) after having a three-point percentage of 10.0% or worse.
When the opposition records 14 or more steals this season, Morehead State has lost 100% of the time (0-3).
The Eagles set a season high for turnovers.
MSU set a season low for three-pointers.
The Eagles have recorded more rebounds than their opponents for the past 4 games.
Morehead State has been outshot by their opponents in field goal percentage for the past 4 games.
The bench recorded more rebounds (18) than the starters (12).
The bench recorded more points (39) than the starters (20).
Kahlil Owens has led the team in rebounding in 6 out of 24 games this season.
This was the 1st foul out of the season for Taariq Muhammad.
Drew Kelly has 3 straight double-digit point games.

Jacksonville State Game Notes

Tarvin Gaines accounted for 32.8% of the team's points.
Tarvin Gaines has led the team in scoring 8 times in 22 games this season.
Nick Cook has led the team in rebounding 6 times in 22 games this season.
Brian Williams has 7 straight double-digit point games.
Ronnie Boggs has 5 straight double-digit point games.
Mason Leggett set career highs with 8 assists and 4 steals.
This marks the 5th 20-point game of Tarvin Gaines's career.
Tarvin Gaines has 8 straight double-digit point games.
Tarvin Gaines set career highs with a 89% field goal percentage and a 100% three-point percentage.

MSU Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A	Milton Chavis	19	10	4	1	2	0	0
B	J. Stickler	16	12	1	1	1	0	2
B	Jarrett Stokes	22	4	4	5	1	0	1
B	Chad Posthumus	12	5	3	0	0	1	0
B	Kahlil Owens	16	4	6	0	0	1	1
C+	Bruce Reed	21	6	4	0	1	0	2
C	Drew Kelly	24	10	4	0	1	0	5
D+	Angelo Warner	11	4	1	0	0	0	2
D+	Taariq Muhammad	25	0	2	5	1	0	4
-	Jason Holmes	7	2	0	0	0	0	0
D	Bakari Turner	15	2	0	1	0	0	3
-	Devon Atkinson	6	0	1	1	0	0	3
-	Cordell James	6	0	0	0	0	0	1

JSU Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A+	Tarvin Gaines	31	23	3	1	3	1	0
A	Ronnie Boggs	37	19	3	2	1	2	2
A	Brian Williams	38	18	1	6	2	0	7
B	Mason Leggett	36	0	2	8	4	0	2
B	Rinaldo Mafra	10	4	2	2	0	0	1
C+	Nick Cook	32	4	3	1	2	2	1
C-	Rico Sanders	14	2	0	0	2	0	0