Box Score

RICHMOND, Ky. – De'Ayra Davis scored a team-high 10 points in Eastern Kentucky's 43-33 loss to Jacksonville State on Saturday at McBrayer Arena.
 
Eastern (6-7, 0-2 OVC) took an early 7-0 lead as the Gamecocks missed their first eight shots from the field.  Bria Bass scored three and Davis accounted for four points on a pair of lay-ups.  The Colonels led 12-4 at the end of the first quarter after a 3-pointer by Catie Kaifes.
 
Jacksonville State (5-8, 1-1 OVC) missed all nine of its 3-point attempts in the first quarter, but went 4-for-9 from deep in the second.  Four of JSU's five second quarter field goals were 3-pointers.  Taylor Hawks' three at the buzzer sent the visitors to the locker room with their first lead of the game, 19-18.
 
The Gamecocks scored seven of the first nine points of the third quarter to pull in front by six, 26-20.  An offensive rebound and lay-up by Davis right before the buzzer got the Colonels within three, 30-27, with one quarter left to play.
 
EKU got as close as two, 31-29, early in the fourth on a jumper from Davis, but the Colonels never got any closer.
 
Eastern Kentucky shot 30 percent from the field for the game and made just 1-of-11 (9 percent) from behind the arc.  JSU connected on just 28 percent of its attempts from the field and went 5-for-24 (21 percent) from 3-point range.
 
Kiana Johnson finished with a team-high 13 points for Jacksonville State.  Chloe Long had six points and 12 rebounds.
 
EKU will host Eastern Illinois on Thursday at 5 p.m.