JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Fifth year guard Alice Recanati dropped a season-best 27 points as the Eastern Kentucky University women's basketball team falls to Jacksonville, 80-72, on Saturday afternoon inside Swisher Gymnasium.
 
EKU (19-10, 9-7 ASUN) will end its regular season top 15 in the country with 10 road wins.
 
Recanati moved to eighth in EKU program history with 27 points in Saturday's loss.  The Italian tied a career-high nine made field goals while knocking down three three-pointers and shot a perfect 6-for-6 from the free throw line.  She added seven rebounds and three assists to her final line, moving her career assist total to 658.
 
Senior forward Jasmine McGinnis-Taylor and freshman guard Liz Freihofer both scored 16 points in the losing effort, combining for 13-of-30 field goals.
 
As a team, EKU matched Jacksonville shot for shot in the first three quarters of play, even holding +13 lead over the Dolphins with just under five minutes left in the third period.
 
In the fourth quarter, the Colonels shot 26 percent from the floor making only 5-of-19 field goals, allowing Jacksonville to rack up 24 points worth of offense in just 10 minutes—putting Saturday's game out of reach for EKU.
 
The Dolpins outscored EKU 32-17 in the fourth quarter to win the contest 80-72.  Despite the cold-shooting end, the Colonels still shot 40 percent (26-64) from the floor and went 12-for-12 from the free throw line in the loss.
 
EKU returns to action on Thursday hosting Central Arkansas back at home inside BHA.  Thursday's game will be the first meeting between EKU and UCA this season.