Box Score

RICHMOND, Ky. – Freshman Alex Jones recorded her third double-double in the last four games and freshman Brittany Coles added 14 points in Eastern Kentucky’s 69-58 win over Davis & Elkins College Friday night at McBrayer Arena. The Lady Colonels (5-4) won for the fifth time in their last six games.

Jones finished with 15 points and 15 rebounds. Coles came off the bench to contribute four rebounds, three assists and a blocked shot to go along with her 14 points, which tied her career-high.

EKU out-rebounded Davis & Elkins (3-3) by 29. The Lady Colonels totaled a season-best 55 rebounds, including 22 off the offensive glass. Eastern out-scored D&E 42-12 in the paint.

Eastern Kentucky shot 51.5 percent in the second half and 43.5 percent for the game. The Lady Colonels made just 3-of-18 attempts from behind the arc, while the Senators knocked down 11 treys in 30 attempts.

Turnovers continue to plague the Lady Colonels. Davis & Elkins scored 32 points off 25 Eastern turnovers.

EKU junior Cherie White finished with 12 points, six rebounds and three assists. Talisha Davis added 11 points. Senior Colette Cole scored nine points and grabbed six boards.

Davis & Elkins got on the board first, but EKU led by seven, 11-4, after an offensive rebound and lay-up by Sarah Fraser-Jones with 14:58 to go in the first half. The two teams then exchanged a pair of runs. The Senators rolled off nine straight, including six by Shalisa Hill, to turn a seven-point deficit into a two-point lead, 13-11, with 7:22 remaining before intermission.

After the basket by Fraser-Jones, the Lady Colonels went over eight minutes without scoring. White’s free throw at the 6:53 mark snapped the drought and began an 11-0 Eastern Kentucky run. A free throw by Davis capped the spurt and gave EKU a 23-13 lead with 2:27 left in the first half. A three-pointer by D&E’s Lindsay Holiday with 17 seconds left on the clock made it an eight point game, 27-19, at the break.

The Senators scored the first five points of the second half to draw within four, 27-23, but the visitors would get no closer. A lay-up by Jones at the 14:05 mark pushed the Lady Colonels out in front by 11, 39-28. A jumper by Coles with 2:05 showing on the clock gave EKU its largest lead of 19 points, 66-47.

Teonna Jewell led Davis & Elkins with 16 points. Hill finished with 13 points and six rebounds.

The Lady Colonels will have a week off to concentrate on finals. EKU will travel to face Cincinnati next Friday. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m.

Notes
On her way to her third double-double in the last four games, freshman Alex Jones had seven points and nine rebounds in the first half. She finished with 15 points and a career-high 15 boards.

Alex Jones is the first Lady Colonel to grab 15 rebounds in a game since Miranda Eckerle finished with 15 boards against Murray State on March 1, 2005.

Eastern Kentucky has held four straight opponents to 60 points or less.

The Lady Colonels scored a season-high 69 points and finished with a season-best 18 assists.

Four Lady Colonels scored in double figures in the same game for the first time since Feb. 14, 2008 at Jacksonville State.

Eastern Kentucky totaled a season-high 55 rebounds against Davis & Elkins.

EKU has won five of its last six games.

The Lady Colonels have out-rebounded seven of its nine opponents this season.

Eastern Kentucky improved to 3-0 all-time against Davis & Elkins College.

Freshman Shakeyia Colyer made her first career start. She finished with three points, two rebounds, one assist and one steal.

Junior Talisha Davis needs 61 more points to reach 1,000 for her collegiate career. She scored 859 points in two seasons at Lincoln Trail College.