Ohio Valley Conference

The Eagles (17-7, 11-2 Ohio Valley Conference) swept the season series to win their second game in a row and 13th of their last 14.

Morehead State used a 12-0 run to rally from a 23-18 first-half deficit and led 34-32 at halftime.

The second half was tied five times, the last at 45, then the Eagles went on a 13-5 run.

Tennessee Tech (12-12, 6-7) got within 73-70 with 3:12 left, but had three players foul out in the last 3:28 as Morehead State pulled away.

Steve Peterson added 20 points and Demonte Harper had 17 for the Eagles, who shot 51.9 percent from the field (27-for-52).

Jud Dillard led Tennessee Tech with 25 points and 12 rebounds and Frank Davis scored 21.

Eastern Kentucky (17-8, 9-4 OVC) is now 7-0 all-time at home against the Gamecocks (10-13, 6-7).

With JSU clinging to a 65-64 edge, Stommes drove to the rim, drew some contact and completed the layup to give the Colonels the lead with 21 ticks on the clock. On Jacksonville State's ensuing possession, Jones drew a charge on Nick Murphy with six seconds left. The Gamecocks were then forced to foul. Jones missed the resulting free throws attempts to give Jacksonville State one final chance, but Jeremy Bynum's desperation three-pointer was wide left as the clock expired.

Eastern senior Papa Oppong led all scorers with 20 points, which was one point shy of his career high. Stommes and Jones scored 16 and 12 points, respectively. Junior Spencer Perrin came off the bench to score 11 points and tally a team-best six rebounds.

Trenton Marshall paced JSU with 19 points, while Murphy contributed with 15 points and Bynum scored 13.

JSU led for a majority of the first half before a step-back three pointer by Jones with 12 seconds on the clock tied the score at 25-25.

However, Murphy converted a layup four seconds before intermission to send the Gamecocks into the locker room ahead, 27-25.

The Colonels shot just 38.5 percent from the field in the first half and turned the ball over six times. JSU, meanwhile, committed only two turnovers in the first 20 minutes, but was 0-for-8 from three-point range.

EKU wasted little time in getting its first lead since 16:11 in the first half, as Oppong drained a trifecta 43 seconds into the second half to give the Colonels a 28-27 advantage.

After a three by Bynum sparked a JSU rally that put the Gamecocks up 39-33, Stommes scored six straight points by himself to tie the score at 39 with 11:24 showing on the clock.

EKU took the lead again when Perrin converted a three-point play to make it 46-45 with 9:30 remaining in the game.

Two minutes later, a pair of free throws by Oppong gave the Colonels their largest lead of the game, 57-50. However, JSU responded as Marshall knocked down a jumper with 4:41 on the clock to cap a 10-2 run to give the Gamecocks the lead, 60-59. JSU would not relinquish the lead again until Stommes' layup with 21 seconds showing on the clock.

Jacksonville State forced 15 EKU turnovers, the most by the Colonels in 14 games dating back to Dec. 19 at Ohio. Eastern held its own on the glass, though, and improved to 5-0 this year when finishing with more rebounds than the opposition (30-28).

For the second straight game, all nine Tigers on the roster scored. Nobles shot 8-of-12 and Peters scored a career-high, connecting 6-of-11 from the floor. Lonnie Funderburke and Robert Covington each pulled in a game-best eight rebounds with Jeremiah Crutcher dishing out a game-high five assists.

TSU (5-20, 2-11 OVC) shot 43.4 percent from the floor and 82 percent from the free-throw line.

In the first half, the scored was tied six times and four lead changes occurred. With the score knotted up at 27, the Skyhawks took the lead at the break from a 9-0 run (4:20), 36-27.

To open the second half, TSU outscored UTM, 18-9, after trailing by 11, to tie the score 45-45.  With 6:45 remaining and the Skyhawks holding the advantage, 57-56, Peters scored 12 straight points to power a TSU 12-2 run and a 65-58 lead.

The Tigers hit 9-of-10 from the free-throw line down the stretch with less than a minute to hold off the Skyhawks.

UTM (3-19, 0-12 OVC) shot 50 percent from the floor and was led in scoring by Marquis Weddle's game-high 25 points (9-of-21). Terrance Coleman followed with 11 points from 5-of-6 shooting.

EIU improved to 12-11 overall, 6-7 in the OVC as they moved back into a tie for fifth place in the conference standings. SEMO fell to 7-16 overall, 3-9 in the OVC.

The opening 16 minutes of action were back-and-forth as the two teams traded the lead and had four ties. The final tie came at the 5:54 mark of the first half as JuJuan Maxwell knocked down a pair of free throws to tie the game at 21-21.

EIU would answer with a James Hollowell jumper and Tyler Laser 3-pointer as the Panthers put together an 11-1 run over the next three minutes to break open the game. Hollowell would finish with ten points all coming in the first half as EIU dominated scoring in the paint by a 36-18 margin.

Jeremy Granger extended the Panthers halftime lead to 37-25 as he converted a three point play with 46 seconds left in the half. Granger would lead all scorers with 19 points in the game hitting on 9-of-15 from the field as EIU finished the night hitting 51 percent from the field.

SEMO would not challenge in the second half as the Redhawks were limited to just 36 percent shooting for the game. Sam Pearson was SEMO's top point man with 11.

EIU used its advantage on the glass to finish with a 37-29 rebound advantage. Ousmane Cisse pulled down six rebounds in the contest as he moved into fifth place on the Panthers career rebounding list.