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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Five Colonels scored in double figures, but it was not enough, as the Eastern Kentucky University men's basketball fell at Tennessee Tech, 92-82, in its regular season finale on Saturday at the Eblen Center.
 
Junior JaVontae Hawkins, sophomore Paul Jackson and freshman Nick Mayo led the way with 16 points apiece. Jackson's 16 points marked a career high.
 
Senior Jarelle Reischel added 13 points, a team-best seven rebounds and a team-best four assists. Fellow senior Ja'Mill Powell chipped in 10 points and five rebounds.
 
EKU (15-16, 6-10 OVC) shot 44 percent (27-of-62) from the field. The Colonels finish the year shooting 49.1 percent from the floor, matching a program record.
 
TTU's (19-10, 11-5 OVC) guard tandem of Aleksa Jugovic and Torrance Rowe combined to score 53 points against the Colonels. Jugovic poured in seven three-pointers to tally a career-high 30 points. Rowe contributed 23 points and six assists.
 
Trailing by three at halftime, Eastern came out of the locker room hot and took a four-point lead, 43-39, following a three-pointer by Hawkins just over a minute into the second half.
 
However, Tech responded with a 14-0 run and went up by double digits, 53-43, on a triple by Rowe with 15:21 on the clock.
 
The Colonels hung around, though, and pulled back to within three, 62-59, on a layup by Jackson with 8:15 remaining.
 
The Golden Eagles outscored Eastern, 13-5, over the next 2:45 and went up by 11, 75-64, following another three-pointer by Rowe at the 5:30 mark.
 
EKU never got closer than seven points the rest of the way.