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1 JACKSONVILLE STATE BASKETBALL Assistant Sports Information Director/Men s Basketball Contact: Tyler Brown O: C: TABrown@jsu.edu JSU Sports Info Kennamer Hall 700 Pelham Road North Jacksonville, AL ohio valley conference champions 2017 ncaa tournament appearance 1985 NCAA Division ii national champions eight NCAA Division ii @JSUGamecocks YouTube.com/jsugamecocksports SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date Opponent Time/Result November 2 Delta State (Exh.) W, TENNESSEE WESLEYAN W, Cayman Islands Classic (Campus Sites) 13 at Richmond (NBCS Washington) W, at Buffalo (ESPN3) L, Cayman Islands Classic (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 20 vs. Savannah State W, at Chattanooga (ESPN3) W, (OT) 26 at Mississippi State (SEC Net+) L, ALABAMA STATE (OVCDN) W, December 3 SAMFORD (OVCDN) W, ULM (OVCDN) W, at Oregon State (PAC-12 Net) L, USC UPSTATE (OVCDN) W, HOWARD (OVCDN) W, CHATTANOOGA (OVCDN) L, EASTERN KY. * (OVCDN) W, MOREHEAD STATE * (OVCDN) W, January 4 at Tennessee State * (OVCDN) L, at Belmont * (OVCDN) W, MURRAY STATE * (OVCDN) W, AUSTIN PEAY * (OVCDN) L, at Morehead State * (CBS Sports) W, at Eastern Ky. * (OVCDN) W, UT MARTIN * (OVCDN) L, SE MISSOURI * (OVCDN) W, February 1 at Eastern Illinois * (OVCDN) W, at SIU Edwardsville * (FS Midwest) L, TENNESSEE TECH * (ESPNU) W, TENNESSEE STATE * (OVCDN) 7 P.M. 15 at Murray State * (OVCDN) 7 p.m. 17 at Austin Peay * (OVCDN) 7 p.m. 22 BELMONT * (ESPNU) 8 P.M. 24 at Tennessee Tech * (OVCDN) 7:30 p.m. Feb./March 28-3 OVC Championships Evansville, Ind. *Denotes Ohio Valley Conference Game All times central and subject to change JACKSONVILLE STATE GAMECOCKS Overall Record: 18-8 Conference Record: 9-4 Home Record: 11-3 Away Record: 6-5, 1-0 Neutral Last 5/Last 10: 3-2, 7-3 Streak: W1 Rankings: AP: NR, USA Today: NR Website: JSUGamecockSports.com Head Coach: Ray Harper Career Record: (19th year) Record at JSU: (Second year) Tip 7 p.m. Date: 2/10/18 Place Jacksonville, Ala. Stadium Pete Mathews Coliseum (3,500) All-Time Series TSU leads series Last Meeting Jan. 4, 2018 (L, TSU Jamall Gregory G Jr Pts/G: 8.6 Reb/G: 3.5 FG%:.447 GAME 27 Probable Starters Norbertas Giga F/C Sr Pts/G: 88 Reb/G: 6.3 FG%:.441 Jason Burnell F Jr Pts/G: 11.9 Reb/G: 6.3 FG%:.554 TENNESSEE STATE TIGERS Overall Record: Conference Record: 8-5 Home Record: 8-4 Away Record: 5-7, 0-0 Neutral Last 5/Last 10: 5-0, 7-3 Streak: L1 Rankings: AP: NR, USA Today: NR Website: tsutigers.com Head Coach: Dana Ford Career Record: (Fourth year) Record at TSU: Same Network Radio 91.9 WLJS & 97.9 WVOK Audio Stream TuneIn App & JSU.edu/radio Live Stats JSUGamecockSports.com TV Network NA Video Stream OVC Digital Network Malcolm Drumwright G Sr Pts/G: 13.3 Reb/G: 2.3 FG%:.396 Christian Cunningham F Jr Pts/G: 7.2 Reb/G: 7.0 FG%:.684 Off the Bench Pos. # Player Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown Pts./G Reb./G FG% G 1 Maurice Dunlap Jr. Greenwood, Miss G/F 2 Mohamad Abuarisha R-Fr. Fureidis Village, Israel G 3 Tyrik Edwards So. Kopkinsville, Ky G 4 Deon Wright Jr. Oxford, Ala G 5 Des Curry R-Sr. Jacksonville, Ala F 11 Jacara Cross So. Atlanta, Ga G 23 Marlon Hunter Jr. Memphis, Tenn F 30 Cam Martin Fr. Pampa, Texas G 34 Ashton Spears So. Independence, La tipoff tidbits With a start tonight, Malcolm Drumwright will become the JSU Division I record for most starts as a Gamecock (currently 94 starts). Junior Jason Burnell scored a career-best 22 points and grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds Thursday vs. Tennessee Tech. Malcolm Drumwright is 38 points from becoming JSU s second all-time Division I leading scorer. Junior Christian Cunningham was No. 2 on SportsCenter s Top 10 list Thursday night for a first-half, momentum-turning dunk.

2 MEDIA INFORMATION Interviews Head Coach Ray Harper and player interviews should be arranged through Tyler Brown of the JSU Sports Information office. The best time to reach coaches and student-athletes at once is before or after practice. The Gamecocks generally practice from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. daily at Pete Mathews Coliseum. Please contact Tyler Brown for practice times. Under no circumstances will a student-athlete s home or cell phone number be given to the media. Post-game Procedures JSU head coach Ray Harper will be made available in the Media Room down the hallway off the Southeast corner of the court immediately following his postgame radio show. Requested players will be available in the media room after the NCAA-mandated 10-minute cooling off period has been enforced. The JSU locker room is closed to media members at all times. Any player interviews should be coordinated through Tyler Brown, Assistant Sports Information Director, and will be conducted in the media room. No interviews are allowed on the court. JSU Sports Network All JSU men s basketball games are broadcast on the JSU Sports Network, whose flagship station is WLJS 91.9 FM in Jacksonville and WVOK 97.9 FM in Oxford, Ala. In his 35th season as the playby-play voice of the Gamecocks is Mike Parris. JSU on the Web Extensive information on the JSU men s basketball team, including statistics, updated notes, rosters and schedules, can be found on the JSU Athletics site at Live Stats All JSU home games will be broadcast live via the web with Live Stats, through Statbroadcast, a computer-generated basket-bybasket account of the contest. Visit JSU Numerical Roster # Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Exp. Hometown/Previous School 0 Jamall Gregory G Jr. 0 Washington, D.C./Chipola College 1 Maurice Dunlap G Jr. 0 Greenwood, Miss./Jones County CC 2 Mohamed Abuarisha G/F R-Fr. 1 Fureidis Village, Isreal/Elev8 Academy 3 Tyrik Edwards G So. 1 Hopkinsville, Ky./Christian County HS 4 Deon Wright G Jr. 0 Oxford, Ala./Iowa Central CC 5 Des Curry G R-Sr. 1 Jacksonville, Ala./Snead State CC 11 Jacara Cross F So. 1 Atlanta, Ga./Lithonia HS 12 Norbertas Giga F/C Sr. 1 Kaunas, Lithuania/Midland College 13 Detrick Mostella G Sr. 0 Decatur, Ala./Tennessee 14 Jason Burnell F Jr. 0 DeLand, Fla./St. Petersburg College 21 Malcolm Drumwright G Sr. 3 Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./LA College Prep 23 Marlon Hunter G Jr. 0 Memphis, Tenn./Odessa College 30 Cam Martin F Fr. 0 Pampa, Texas/Yukon HS 31 Christian Cunningham F Jr. 2 Albuquerque, N.M./Cibola HS 34 Ashton Spears G So. 1 Independence, La./Oak Forest Academy 44 Ty Hudson PG Jr. 0 Baton Rouge, La./Clemson Head Coach: Ray Harper (Kentucky Wesleyan, 85, Second Season) Assistant Coaches: Tommy Wade, Jake Morton, Chase Richardson Coordinator of Basketball Operations: James Haring Director of Sports Performance: Brandon Schoeneck Graduate Manager: Kurt Benjamin Athletic Trainer: Nathan Seville, ATC Mohamad Abuarisha......Ah-boo-ah-REE-sha Tyrik Edwards.....Ty-REEK Des Curry.....DEZ Page 2 Pronunciation Guide Jacara Cross Ju-CAR-ah Norbertas Giga...Nor-ber-Tas Gig-ah Detrick Mostella.....DEE-trick Ohio Valley Conference OVC STANDINGS Team OVC Overall W L Pct. W L Pct. Murray State Belmont Jacksonville State Austin Peay Tennessee Tech Tennessee State Southeast Missouri Eastern Illinois UT Martin SIUE Eastern Kentucky Morehead State Preseason Rankings 1. Belmont (18 first-place votes) 235 points 2. Jacksonville State (3) Murray State (3) Eastern Kentucky Tennessee Tech Eastern Illinois Tennessee State UT Martin Morehead State Southeast Missouri Austin Peay SIUE Players of the Week Player Nov. 13 Nov. 20 Nov. 27 Dec. 4 Dec. 11 Dec. 18 Dec. 26 Jan. 2 Jan. 9 Jan. 15 Jan. 22 Jan. 29 Feb. 5 Newcomer Nov. 13 Nov. 20 Nov. 27 Dec. 4 Dec. 11 Dec. 18 Dec. 26 Jan. 2 Jan. 9 Jan. 15 Jan. 22 Jan. 29 Feb. 5 Freshman Nov. 13 Nov. 20 Nov. 27 Dec. 4 Dec. 11 Dec. 18 Dec. 26 Jan. 2 Jan. 9 Jan. 15 Jan. 22 Jan. 29 Feb. 5 Nick Mayo, EKU Dylan Windler, Belmont Aleska Jugovic, Tennessee Tech Christian Mekowulu, Tennessee State Fatodd Lewis, UT Martin Amanze Egekeze, Belmont Jonathan Stark, Murray State Averyl Ugba, AP & Jonathan Stark, MSU Jonathan Stark, MSU & Jalen Henry, SIUE Averyl Ugba, Austin Peay Dylan Windler, Belmont Christian Mekowulu, Tennessee State Averyl Ugba, Austin Peay Dominique Williams, UT Martin Daniel Kinchen, SIUE Averyl Ugba, Austin Peay Jajuan Starks, Eastern Illinois Daniel Kinchen, SIUE Londell King, Morehead State Averyl Ugba, APSU & Jackson Davis, EKU Averyl Ugba, Austin Peay Averyl Ugba, APSU & Shaq Calhoun, TTU Averyl Ugba, Austin Peay Jason Burnell, JSU & David McFarland, SIUE Averyl Ugba, Austin Peay Averyl Ugba, Austin Peay Nick Hopkins, BEL & Dedrick Boyd, EKU Terry Taylor, Austin Peay Dayton Gumm, Austin Peay Terry Taylor, Austin Peay Parrish Hewitt, UT Martin Terry Taylor, Austin Peay Ja Morant, Murray State Ja Morant, Murray State Terry Taylor, Austin Peay Dedric Boyd, EKU Mack Smith, Eastern Illinois Terry Taylor, Austin Peay Mack Smith, Eastern Illinois

3 SERIES VS. TENNESSEE STATE The Tigers got the best of the Gamecocks in their last meeting, claiming a win over Jacksonville State in Nashville. Jason Burnell scored a then-career-high 16 points despie the loss, going 4-for-6 from 3-point range. LAST FIVE GAMES VS. TSU 1/4/18 L, A 2/11/17 W, H 1/21/17 W, A 2/20/16 L, A 1/30/16 L, H DRUMWRIGHT AMONG JSU TOP SCORERS Senior point guard Malcolm Drumwright currently sits third among Jacksonville State s all-time Division I scoring leaders with 1,303 career points scored. He became the 24th Gamecock to join the 1,000 Point Club earlier this season and is just 38 points behind the last Gamecock to score 1,000 points in a career, Darion Rackley. JSU D1 CAREER SCORING LEADERS 1. Nick Murphy ( ) Darion Rackley ( ) Malcolm Drumwright (2014-A) Brian Williams ( ) Walker Russell ( ) 1182 DRUMWRIGHT RECORD WATCH Senior Malcolm Drumwright is climbing multiple career lists during his final season as a Gamecock. Here is where he ranks in the JSU record books: Category Drumwright Rank Scoring (D1) rd Field Goals (D1) 451 3rd FG Attempts th FG Attempts (D1) nd 3FG Made 168 5th 3FG Made (D1) 168 2nd 3FG Attempts 478 3rd 3FG Attempts (D1) 478 2nd FTs Made (D1) 233 4th FT Attempts (D1) 287 9th Assists 366 T9th Assists (D1) 366 T4th Games Played (D1) 115 T3rd Games Started (D1) 94 T1st Minutes (D1) nd BURNELL S CAREER NIGHT, SECOND DOUBLE-DOUBLE VS. TENNESSEE TECH Junior Jason Burnell scored a career-best 22 and pulled down a career-high 12 rebounds during the Gamecocks win over Tennessee Tech on Feb. 8 at Pete Mathews Coliseum. It was his second career double-double and second in as many games. His first came Feb. 3 at SIU Edwardsville on 12 points and 10 rebounds. Burnell is now tied for most doubledigit scoring games with 18 with senior Malcolm Drumwright. CUNNINGHAM MAKES #SCTOP10 Christian Cunningham reached as high as No. 2 on Feb. 8 on SportsCenter s Top 10 plays list. The junior dunked on a Tennessee Tech defender in the first half of the Gamecocks win over the Golden Eagles. The jam helped sway momentum JSU s way after falling in an early 10-0 hole to TTU. It s the second time this season a Gamecock has appeared on the Top 10 highlights countdown, coming first from Jamall Gregory for a buzzer-beating, three-quarters court shot against Tennessee Wesleyan at the half that reached No. 2 on the charts on Nov. 10. CUNNINGHAM AMONG JSU TOP REBOUNDERS AND SHOT-BLOCKERS Junior Christian Cunningham has been one of the nation s top rebounders and shot-blockers for the past two seasons. The 6-foot-7 forward is already within striking distance of the program s Division I records in both categories. JSU D1 CAREER REBOUNDING LEADERS 1. Nick Murphy (283o-441d) Christian Cunningham (211o-341d) Rusty Brand (164o-379d) Amadou Mbodji (209o-319d) Nick Cook (212o-303d) 515 JSU D1 CAREER BLOCKS LEADERS 1. Amadou Mbodji ( ) Christian Cunningham (2015-A) Nick Cook ( ) Dorien Brown ( ) Jamal Hunter ( ) 110 SIX CONSECUTIVE 20-POINT GAMES The Gamecocks had at least one player score 20 points in six consecutive games from Jan Malcolm Drumwright scored 20 against Murray State on Jan. 11, Austin Peay on Jan. 13, EKU on Jan. 13 and UT Martin on Jan. 25, and Jason Burnell posted 20 points at Morehead State on Jan. 20. Marlon Hunter kept the streak alive Jan. 27 with a career-high 22 points against Southeast Missouri. The streak came to an end Feb. 1 as the Gamecocks leading scorer vs. EIU totaled 17 points. CUNNINGHAM S 7TH DOUBLE-DOUBLE Junior Christian Cunningham recorded his seventh double-double of the season and 14th of his career Feb. 1 with 12 points and 10 rebounds at Eastern Illinois. He now ranks 66th in the nation for most double-doubles. CUNNINGHAM CLIMBS CAREER RE- BOUNDING LIST Christian Cunningham s 10 rebounds at Eastern Illinois moved him into second all-time among Jacksonville State s Division I rebounders, putting him at 552. He surpassed Rusty Brand, who ended his Gamecock career with 543 rebounds. He currently remains second with 561 career boards. Page 3 By The Numbers JSU vs. TSU Statistical Comparison JSU TSU 73.7 Points Per Game Scoring Margin FG % Pt FG Per Game Point FG % Free Throw % Per Game Rebound Margin Assists Per Game Turnovers Per Game Turnover Margin Assist-TO Ratio Steals Per Game Blocks Per Game 3.1 JSU at Home TEAM STATISTICS JSU OPP SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct POINT FG-ATT point FG pct pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game JSU Away from Home TEAM STATISTICS JSU OPP SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct POINT FG-ATT point FG pct pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game

4 IRON MAN DRUMWRIGHT Senior guard Malcolm Drumwright has started 61 consecutive games at the point for the Gamecocks, beginning with last season s opener at Tulsa. He started 24 games in before a shoulder injury cut his sophomore season short. He started every game last season and has started all 26 games this year. He has 94 career starts and has played in 115 games during his career. Tonight s start will surpass Brian Williams ( ) for most starts all-time at JSU, while Williams also holds the record for most games played with 120. FIVE SCORE DOUBLE FIGURES For the fifth time this season, five or more Gamecocks tallied double-digits points in a single game. Marlon Hunter (22), Jamall Gregory (12), Jason Burnell (11), Malcolm Drumwright (11) and Christian Cunningham (10) each scored in double-figures in the Jan. 27 home win over the SEMO. Five originally accomplished the feat during JSU s Nov. 10 win over Tennessee Wesleyan, and the bar was set to six with the Nov. 20 win over Savannah State in Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 3 with a win over Samford and again Dec. 16 in JSU s win over USC Upstate. HUNTER SCORES CAREER-BEST 22 Marlon Hunter scored a career-best 22 points Jan. 27 in JSU s win over Southeast Missouri. The Memphis, Tenn., native was 9-for-12 from the field and knocked down one 3-pointer. BURNELL NEWCOMER OF THE WEEK Jason Burnell was named OVC Newcomer of the Week on Jan. 22 for his performances against EKU and Morehead State. The junior totaled 35 points in the two games, scoring a career-high 20 at Morehead State on Jan. 18. GAMECOCKS RPI Through Feb. 6, the Gamecocks RPI stands at 188. The mark is sixth-best in the OVC and fourth-highest in the state of Alabama behind Auburn (9), Alabama (42), and UAB (186). BEST JSU KENPOM RATING Prior to JSU s Dec. 16 game against USC Upstate, the Gamecocks KenPom College Basketball rating reached a program-best 95. JSU currently stands at 152. NCAA TOP-25 FIELD GOAL DEFENSE JSU s field-goal percentage defense currently ranks 16th in the NCAA, allowing just 39.8% percent of shots against the Gamecocks to fall. JSU s overall scoring defense ranks 21st in the nation at 64.8 PPG. DRUMWRIGHT SCORES 20 IN FOUR OF FIVE GAMES Malcolm Drumwright posted 20 points Jan. 11 vs. Murray State, Jan. 13 against Austin Peay, Jan. 20 at Eastern Kentucky and 22 Jan. 25 against UT Martin. The 22-point performance against the Skyhawks was his eighth 20-point game of the season and 18th of his career. He has surpassed his career-record for 20-point games in a season, having recorded six 20-point games in NOT IN CUNNINGHAM S HOUSE Christian Cunningham ranks as one of the NCAA s top shot-blockers with a 78th-best 1.68 blocks per game, while also ranking 72nd with 42 total blocks. He leads the 28thranked Gamecocks shot blocking game that averages 5.0 per game. Last year he totaled 59 blocks and ranked 58th in the NCAA with 1.74 blocks per game. BURNELL BLOSSOMS IN OVC PLAY Jason Burnell has been nearly unstoppable in OVC play. In 13 games, he is averaging 14.0 points and is shooting.586 (68-for-116). He s 16-for-39 from 3-point range, hitting a career-best four at Tennessee State, and pitched in a career-high seven assists at Belmont. He scored a career-high 22 points snagged a career-best 12 rebounds against Tennessee Tech on Feb. 8 at The Pete. NCAA TOP-40 REBOUNDING MARGIN Jacksonville State features the nation s 31stbest rebounding margin at The Gamecocks have totaled 999 boards this season and have only been out-rebounded by an opponent in seven games. JSU has less than 30 rebounds in only one game. LETHAL IN LESS THAN FIVE WITH LEAD The Gamecocks are 17-2 this season when tied or leading with less than five minutes to play in a game. In just five instances has JSU s opponent led with five minutes to play, and only three times have the Gamecocks been beaten in those situations. Jacksonville State is 17-1 when leading with one minute to go. SPEARS CLUTCH VS. MOREHEAD STATE Sophomore Ashton Spears played 21 minutes in the Gamecocks victory over Morehead State. Spears tallied 13 points, one shy of his career-high, and was 8-for-8 from the free-throw line. Not only were his eight freebies a season-high for the Gamecocks, his final two free throws with three seconds remaining proved to be the deciding points in the game. Page 4 In the Gamecocks Wins TEAM STATISTICS JSU OPP SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct POINT FG-ATT point FG pct pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game ATTENDANCE In the Gamecocks Losses TEAM STATISTICS JSU OPP SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct POINT FG-ATT point FG pct pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game ATTENDANCE JSU EARNS SECOND WIN VS RACERS For just the second time in program history Jan. 11, JSU topped the Murray State. The all-time series now stands at 20-2 in Murray s favor. JSU s prior win against the Racers came Jan. 26, 2013 in a win at home. LARGEST HOME CROWD IN FIVE YEARS Pete Mathews Coliseum saw 3,004 fans watch JSU top Murray State on Jan. 11. It s the largest home crowd in five years, dating back to JSU s only other win against the Racers on Jan. 26, A crowd of 3,478 was on hand.

5 GAMECOCK TRENDS Double-Digit Scoring: Career Jason Burnell Jacara Cross 0 8 Christian Cunningham 9 26 Malcolm Drumwright Maurice Dunlap 3 3 Tyrik Edwards 0 4 Norbertas Giga Jamall Gregory Marlon Hunter Cam Martin 2 2 Ashton Spears Point Games: Career Malcolm Drumwright (30) 0 1 Norbertas Giga (30) Point Games: Career Jason Burnell 2 2 Malcolm Drumwright 8 18 Norbertas Giga 0 2 Jamall Gregory 1 1 Marlon Hunter Rebound Games: Career Jason Burnell 3 3 Christian Cunningham 7 19 Norbertas Giga 6 16 Ashton Spears Assist Games: Career Malcolm Drumwright Steal Games: Career Jamall Gregory Block Games: Career Jason Burnell 1 1 Christian Cunningham 1 5 Jacara Cross 0 1 Norbertas Giga Pointers In a Game Career Malcolm Drumwright (5) 1 2 Norbertas Giga (5) 0 1 Double-Doubles Career Jason Burnell 2 2 Christian Cunningham 7 14 Malcolm Drumwright 0 1 Norbertas Giga 5 11 Ashton Spears 1 1 Game-Winning Shots Career Malcolm Drumwright 0 1 The last time Jax State had... A player score 30 points: A span of 26 games Norbertas Giga (30) vs Louisville, March 17, 2017 A player score 35 points: A span of 61 games Greg Tucker (37) vs Morehead State, Feb. 27, 2016 A player score 40 points or more: A span of 814 games Robert Lee Sanders (41) vs Troy State, Jan. 13, 1990 A player score 42 points or more: A span of 979 games Melvin Allen (42) vs West Georgia, Feb. 8, 1984 A player grab 15 rebounds: A span of 3 games Christian Cunningham (15) vs. Southeast Missouri, Jan. 27, 2018 A player grab 20 rebounds: A span of 690 games Pat Armour (21) vs Oakland City, Feb. 6, 1994 A player record a double-double: A span of 0 games Jason Burnell, 22 Pts., 12 Reb. Tennessee Tech, Feb. 8, 2018 A player record five consec. double-doubles: A span of 456 games Omar Barlett vs UCF, FAU, at Savannah State, at Jacksonville, vs Savannah State Jan Feb. 3, A player record a triple-double: A span of 364 games Walker Russell 21 Pts., 11 ast., 11 reb. vs. Eastern Kentucky, Feb. 28, 2006 (only triple-double in school history) A player dish out 10 assists: A span of 42 games Malcolm Drumwright (12) vs. Fort Valley State, Jan. 10, 2017 A player hit a last-second shot to win a game: A span of 50 games Malcolm Drumwright at USC Upstate on 12/18/16 3-pointer from top of key with 2.7 seconds left - (JSU 67, USC Upstate 66) Two players record a double-double: A span of 15 games Christian Cunningham, 11 Pts., 10 Reb.; Norbertas Giga, 11 Pts., 10 Reb. USC Upstate, Dec. 16, 2017 Three players record a double-double: A span of 42 games Erik Durham, 12 Pts., 14 Reb.; Malcolm Drumwright, 14 Pts., 12 Asst.; Christian Cunningham, 17 Pts., 12 reb. - vs. Fort Valley State, Jan. 10, 2017 Two players grab 10 rebounds in a game: A span of 4 games Jason Burnell, 10 Reb.; Norbertas Giga, 12 Reb. UT Martin, Jan. 25, 2017 Two players score 20 points: A span of 8 games Marlon Hunter (21) and Malcolm Drumwright (20) Murray State, Jan. 11, 2018 Three players score 20 points: A span of 373 games Courtney Bradley (22), B.J. Spencer (20), Walker Russell (20) on Jan. 28, 2006 (@JSU 85, UT-Martin 80) Five players score in double figures: A span of 3 games Marlon Hunter (22), Jamall Gregory (12), Jason Burnell (11) Malcolm Drumwright (11), Christian Cunningham (10) Jan. 27, 2018 The last time Jax State... Scored 100 points or more: A span of 25 games Nov. 10, 2017, JSU 100, Tennessee Wesleyan 42 Scored less than 50 points: A span of 60 games Feb. 20, 2016, at Tennessee State 61, JSU 46 Allowed 100 points: A span of 97 games Jan. 29, 2015, at Belmont 103, JSU 82 Held an opponent to less than 50 points: A span of 25 games Nov. 10, 2017, JSU 100, Tennessee Wesleyan 42 Won an overtime game: A span of 21 games Nov. 21, 2017, JSU 77, Chattanooga 75 Won a double-overtime game: A span of 295 games Nov. 22, 2008, JSU 80, Georgia State 73 (2 OT) Lost an overtime game: A span of 33 games Feb. 18, 2017, vs. Tennessee Tech, Played a double-overtime game: A span of 295 games Nov. 22, 2008, JSU 80, Georgia State 73 (2 OT) Played a triple-overtime game: A span of 478 games February 9, 2002, Jacksonville 100, JSU 98 Page 5

6 individual superlatives POINTS JSU: 27, Malcolm Drumwright (at Chattanooga, 11/21) Opp: 35, Averyl Ugba (Austin Peay, 1/13) FIELD GOALS MADE JSU: 11, Malcolm Drumwright (at Chattanooga, 11/21) Opp: 17, Averyl Ugba (Austin Peay, 1/13) FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED JSU: 25, Malcolm Drumwright (UT Martin, 1/25) Opp: 21, Averyl Ugba (Austin Peay, 1/13) 3-POINTERS MADE JSU: 5, Malcolm Drumwright (Samford, 12/3) Opp: 7, Jonathan Stark (Murray State, 1/11) 3-POINTERS ATTEMPTED JSU: 14, Malcolm Drumwright (UT Martin, 1/25) Opp: 13, Curtis Phillips (Tennessee Tech, 2/8) FREE THROWS MADE JSU: 8, Ashton Spears (at Morehead State, 1/18) Opp: 9, Dedric Boyd (at Eastern Kentucky 1/20) FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED JSU: 9, Jamall Gregory (at Buffalo, 11/15) Opp: 11, 2X REBOUNDS JSU: 15, Christian Cunningham (Southeast Missouri, 1/27) Opp: 14, Londell King (Morehead State, 12/30) ASSISTS JSU: 8, 3X Opp: 14, Rodney Chatman (Chattanooga, 12/21) TURNOVERS JSU: 7, Jamall Gregory (at Belmont, 1/6) Opp: 6, 2X BLOCKS JSU: 5, 3X Opp: 3, 5X STEALS JSU: 5, Jamall Gregory (at SIUE, 2/3) Opp: 5, 2X STARTING LINEUPS Date Opponent W/L Guard Guard Guard/Forward Forward Forward/Center 11/10 TENN. WESLEYAN W Drumwright Dunlap Gregory Giga Cunningham 11/13 at Richmond W Drumwright Gregory Hunter Giga Cunningham 11/15 at Buffalo L Drumwright Gregory Hunter Giga Cunningham 11/20 vs. Savannah State W Drumwright Spears Gregory Giga Cunningham 11/21 at Chattanooga W Drumwright Spears Gregory Giga Cunningham 11/26 at Mississippi State L Drumwright Spears Gregory Giga Cunningham 11/30 ALABAMA STATE W Drumwright Spears Hunter Giga Cunningham 12/3 SAMFORD W Drumwright Gregory Hunter Burnell Giga 12/8 ULM W Drumwright Gregory Hunter Burnell Giga 12/12 at Oregon State L Drumwright Gregory Hunter Burnell Giga 12/16 USC UPSTATE W Drumwright Gregory Hunter Burnell Giga 12/18 HOWARD W Drumwright Spears Hunter Burnell Giga 12/21 CHATTANOOGA L Drumwright Gregory Hunter Burnell Giga 12/28 EASTERN KENTUCKY W Drumwright Edwards Gregory Giga Cunningham 12/30 MOREHEAD STATE W Drumwright Edwards Gregory Giga Cunningham 1/4 at Tennessee State L Drumwright Edwards Gregory Giga Cunningham 1/6 at Belmont W Drumwright Gregory Burnell Giga Cunningham 1/11 MURRAY STATE W Drumwright Gregory Burnell Giga Cunningham 1/13 AUSTIN PEAY L Drumwright Gregory Burnell Giga Cunningham 1/18 at Morehead State W Drumwright Gregory Burnell Giga Cunningham 1/20 at Eastern Kentucky W Drumwright Gregory Hunter Burnell Cunningham 1/25 UT MARTIN L Drumwright Gregory Hunter Giga Cunningham 1/27 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI W Drumwright Gregory Burnell Giga Cunningham 2/1 at Eastern Illinois W Drumwright Gregory Burnell Giga Cunningham 2/3 at SIU Edwardsville L Drumwright Gregory Burnell Giga Cunningham 2/8 TENNESSEE TECH W Drumwright Gregory Burnell Giga Cunningham Record By Starting Lineups Drumwright, Dunlap, Gregory, Giga, Cunningham Drumwright, Spears, Gregory, Giga, Cunningham Drumwright, Gregory, Hunter, Burnell, Giga Drumwright, Gregory, Burnell, Giga, Cunningham Drumwright, Gregory, Hunter, Giga, Cunningham Drumwright, Spears, Hunter, Giga, Cunningham Drumwright, Edwards, Gregory, Giga, Cunningham Drumwright, Gregory, Hunter, Burnell, Cunningham Page 6

7 tracking the gamecocks in Points Points Second Bench Largest Largest Best Opp. Off TO Paint Chance Points Opponent Lead Deficit Run Run (JSU-Opp) (JSU-Opp) (JSU-Opp) (JSU-Opp) TENN. WESLEYAN at Richmond at Buffalo vs. Savannah State at Chattanooga at Mississippi State ALABAMA STATE SAMFORD ULM at Oregon State USC UPSTATE HOWARD CHATTANOOGA EASTERN KENTUCKY MOREHEAD STATE at Tennessee State at Belmont MURRAY STATE AUSTIN PEAY at Morehead State at Eastern Kentucky UT MARTIN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI at Eastern Illinois at SIU Edwardsville TENNESSEE TECH Page 7

8 the gamecocks record in when... Leading at the half: Opponent leads at the half: Game is tied at the half: Leading with five minutes to play: Opponent leads with five minutes to play: Game is tied with five minutes to play: Leading with a minute to play: Opponent leads with a minute to play: Game is tied with a minute to play: Outrebounding an opponent: An opponent outrebounds JSU: are equal: Committing 15 or more turnovers: Committing less than 15 turnovers: Forcing 15 or more turnovers: Forcing less than 15 turnovers: Shooting less than 30 percent from the floor: Shooting percent from the floor: Shooting percent from the floor: Shooting better than 50 percent from the floor: Opponent shoots less than 30 percent from the floor: Opponent shoots percent from the floor: Opponent shoots percent from the floor: Opponent shoots better than 50 percent from the floor: Shooting less than 30 percent from 3-point range: Shooting percent from 3-point range: Shooting percent from 3-point range: Shooting better than 50 percent from 3-point range: Opponent shoots less than 30 percent from 3-point range: Opponent shoots percent from 3-point range: Opponent shoots percent from 3-point range: Opponent shoots 50+ percent from 3-point range: Shooting less than 70 percent from the FT line: Shooting 70 percent or better from the FT line: Opponent shoots less than 70 percent from FT line: Opponent shoots 70 percent or better from the FT line: Scoring less than 60 points: Scoring points: Scoring points: Scoring points: Scoring points: Scoring 100 or more points: Game is decided by five points or less: Game is decided by 6-10 points: Game is decided by points: Game is decided by points: Game is decided by 21 points or more: By Month November December January February March By Day Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday On TV OVCDN ESPNU ESPN CBS Sports Network NBC Sports Washintgon SEC Network Pac-12 Network Fox Sports Midwest Page 8

9 game-by-game team statistics Teams Pts FG Pct. 3FG Pct. FT Pct. O-D-TOT PF A TO BLK STL Jacksonville State Tenn. Wesleyan (11/10) Jacksonville State at Richmond (11/13) Jacksonville State at Buffalo (11/15) Jacksonville State vs. Savannah St. (11/20) Jacksonville State at Chattanooga (11/21) Jacksonville State at Mississippi St. (11/26) Jacksonville State Alabama St. (11/30) Jacksonville State Samford (12/3) Jacksonville State ULM (12/8) Jacksonville State at Oregon State (12/12) Jacksonville State USC Upstate (12/16) Jacksonville State Howard (12/18) Jacksonville State Chattanooga (12/21) Jacksonville State East. Kentucky (12/28) Jacksonville State Morehead State (12/30) Jacksonville State at Tennessee State (1/4) Jacksonville State at Belmont (1/6) Jacksonville State Murray State (1/11) Jacksonville State Austin Peay (1/13) Jacksonville State at Morehead State (1/18) Jacksonville State at East. Kentucky (1/20) Jacksonville State UT Martin (1/25) Jacksonville State SEMO (1/27) Jacksonville State at Eastern Illinois (2/1) Jacksonville State at SIU Edwardsville (2/3) Jacksonville State Tennessee Tech (2/8) Page 9

10 INDIVIDUAL SCORING Rank Value Malcolm Drumwright Jason Burnell REBOUNDING/GAME Rank Value Christian Cunningham Norbertas Giga Jason Burnell FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE Rank Value Christian Cunningham Jason Burnell ASSISTS Rank Value Malcolm Drumwright Jamall Gregory FREE THROW PERCENTAGE Rank Value Malcolm Drumwright STEALS/GAME Rank Value Jamall Gregory POINT FG PERCENTAGE Rank Value Jason Burnell HOW THE GAMECOCKS RANK IN THE OVC (as of 2/7) 3-POINT FG MADE/GAME Rank Value Malcolm Drumwright T8 2.2 BLOCKED SHOTS/GAME Rank Value Christian Cunningham Jason Burnell Jamall Gregory ASSIST/TURNOVER RATIO Rank Value Malcolm Drumwright Jamall Gregory OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS Rank Value Christian Cunningham Norbertas Giga DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS Rank Value Christian Cunningham Norbertas Giga MINUTES PER GAME Rank Value Malcolm Drumwright TEAM Stat Rank Value Scoring Offense Scoring Defense Scoring Margin Rebound Margin Assists Per Game Blocked Shots Per Game Steals Per Game Turnover Margin Assist Turnover Ratio FG Percentage FG Percentage Defense Point FG Per Game Point FG Percentage Free-Throw Percentage Won-Lost Percentage T HOW THE GAMECOCKS RANK IN THE NCAA (as of 2/7) INDIVIDUAL 3-PT FG ATTEMPTS Rank Value Malcolm Drumwright ASSIST TURNOVER RATIO Rank Value Malcolm Drumwright ASSISTS PER GAME Rank Value Malcolm Drumwright BLOCKED SHOTS/G Rank Value Christian Cunningham Jason Burnell Jamall Gregory DOUBLE DOUBLES Rank Value Christian Cunningham 72 7 Norbertas Giga MINUTES/G Rank Value Malcolm Drumwright OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS/G Rank Value Christian Cunningham REBOUNDS/G Rank Value Christian Cunningham STEALS PER GAME Rank Value Jamall Gregory POINTERS MADE PG Rank Value Malcolm Drumwright TOTAL 3-POINTERS MADE Rank Value Malcolm Drumwright TOTAL ASSISTS Rank Value Malcom Drumwright TOTAL BLOCKS Rank Value Christian Cunningham Jason Burnell Jamall Gregory TOTAL FG ATTEMPTS Rank Value Malcolm Drumwright TOTAL MINUTES Rank Value Malcolm Drumwright TOTAL REBOUNDS Rank Value Christian Cunningham Norbertas Giga TOTAL STEALS Rank Value Jamall Gregory TEAM Stat Rank Value Scoring Offense Scoring Defense Scoring Margin Rebound Margin Assists Per Game Blocked Shots Per Game Steals Per Game Turnover Margin Assist Turnover Ratio FG Percentage FG Percentage Defense Point FG Per Game Point FG Percentage Free-Throw Percentage Won-Lost Percentage T Page 10

11 GAME 1 Tennessee Wesleyan 42, Jacksonville State 100 Nov. 10, Pete Mathews Coliseum GAME 2 Jacksonville State 96, Richmond 61 Nov. 13, Robins Center JACKSONVILLE The Jacksonville State men s basketball team began their reign as Ohio Valley Conference champions Friday night with a win over Tennessee Wesleyan at Pete Mathews Coliseum. JSU put on a defensive clinic, forcing 14 turnovers and out-rebounding the Bulldogs Big man Christian Cunningham recorded four of the night s seven blocked shots. The 42 TWU points were the least scored against the Jacksonville State offense since holding Cal State Fullerton to 38 points in Las Vegas on Nov. 25, The offense delivered a balanced attack, as well, as 12 of the 13 Gamecocks to see game action scored points. It was the first time in 380 games the Gamecocks scored 100 or more points. The last time JSU hit triple digits was Nov. 23, 2004 in a win over Shorter at Pete Mathews Coliseum. Five Gamecocks Jamall Gregory, Maurice Dunlap, Malcolm Drumwright, Jason Burnell and Marlon Hunter each score 10 or more points in the 58-point victory. Dunlap and Hunter led the way with 12 points each, Gregory and Drumwright both had 11, and Burnell tallied 10. It was also the first time the Gamecocks had five score in double figures since last season at Tennessee Tech. Tennessee Wesleyan claimed an early 1-0 lead and tussled with the advantage until the 16:34 mark of the first half. Sophomore Ashton Spears knocked down a three-pointer to put the Gamecocks ahead 6-4, and head coach Ray Harper s squad never looked back. JSU began a 14-0 run with Spears three-ball, to push its lead to 17-4 before the midway point of the first period. Spears ended the first half with eight points, tied for the team lead in scoring with Drumwright s eight points. Along with a Tyrik Edwards free throw and Gregory s ridiculous three-pointer from the first half, the Gamecocks tallied a 41-0 run and held the Bulldogs scoreless for 4:17. RICHMOND, Va. An early start time and an arena full of school kids had no ill effect on Jacksonville State in its first road contest of the young season with a dominating win over Richmond on Monday afternoon. The Gamecocks were able to silence the crowd by shooting 57 percent from the field and limiting the Spiders to just 38 percent. The 33-point win is the largest margin of victory for Jax State in a true road contest in its NCAA Division I history. It is also the largest winning margin on the road since beating Alabama-Huntsville during the 1989 season under Bill Jones in the NCAA Division II era. JSU moves to 2-0 on the season, while RU remained winless on the season at 0-2. The Gamecocks led for nearly 38 minutes of the contest and took control of the contest in the final 11 minutes of the opening half with a scoring run to close out the half to take a lead in to the halftime break. JSU s ability to shoot 63 percent (19-of-30) from the field, was aided by five of the squads 12 three pointers in the opening 20 minutes. JSU knew the Spiders would try to make a run to get back in to the contest to start the second half but the hot shooting continued as it shot just over 50 percent from the field. The Gamecocks pushed the double figure lead out to as many as 35 points just under the midway point of the game at For the second consecutive game, JSU played majority of its roster as 12 players saw action and 10 of the 12 recorded points in a total-team scoring effort. After having five Gamecocks in double digits in the scoring column in the season opener against Tennessee Wesleyan on Friday night, JSU had four players on Monday, led by senior Norbertas Giga with a game-high 18 points. Junior Christian Cunningham turned in his eighth doubledouble of his career with 16 points and 11 rebounds. Cunningham filled up the stat sheet with four blocks and a pair of steal versus the Spiders. Junior Marlon Hunter, Making his first start in a Gamecock uniform collected 11 points, five rebounds and three assists. Junior Jamall Gregory rounded out the four Gamecock double figure point producers with 10 points. Tennessee Wesleyan vs Jacksonville State 11/10/17 7:00 PM at Jacksonville, Ala. - Tennessee Wesleyan Total 3-Ptr 01 APPLEWHITE, Andre * OLIVER, Jalen * WILSON * RANDOLPH * WILLIAMS, Antoine * DECEMBRE, Johnson CHAIRS, Joshua HALL, Jordan DEAN, Kenny REID, Aundre BAKER, Bryson LANSDEN, Todd FILER, Darius FAGER, Noah Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Jacksonville State Total 3-Ptr 4 00 GREGORY, Jamall * DUNLAP, Maurice * GIGA, Norbertas * DRUMWRIGHT, Malcolm * CUNNINGHAM,Christian * ABUARISHA, Mohamed EDWARDS, Tyrik CURRY, Des CROSS, Jacara BURNELL, Jason HUNTER, Marlon MARTIN, Cam SPEARS, Ashton Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Officials: R-Rick Shoulders, U1-David Carter, U2-James Gibson Technical fouls: Tennessee Wesleyan-CHAIRS, Joshua. Jacksonville State-None. Attendance: 1524 Tennessee Wesleyan Jacksonville State TWU JSU Jacksonville State vs RICHMOND 11/13/17 12:00 PM at Robins Center Jacksonville State Total 3-Ptr 31 CUNNINGHAM,Christian f GIGA, Norbertas c GREGORY, Jamall g DRUMWRIGHT, Malcol g HUNTER, Marlon g DUNLAP, Maurice ABUARISHA, Mohamed EDWARDS, Tyrik CURRY, Des BURNELL, Jason MARTIN, Cam SPEARS, Ashton Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % RICHMOND nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Total 3-Ptr 3 13 STANSBURY, Solly f GOLDEN, Grant f GILYARD, Jacob g SHEROD, Nick g BUCKINGHAM, De'Mont g KIRBY, Joe CAYO, Nathan MADRID-ANDREWS, J JOHNSON, Julius FRIENDSHUH, Paul Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Officials: Tim Clougherty, Tony Chiazza, Earl Walton Technical fouls: Jacksonville State-None. RICHMOND-None. Attendance: 6805 Jacksonville State RICHMOND Last FG - JSU 2nd-00:50, RICHMOND 2nd-00:07. Largest lead - JSU by 35 2nd-09:12, RICHMOND by 1 1st-17:15. Game: % Game: % Game: % 3,1 JSU RICHMO Score tied - 2 times. Lead changed - 2 times. Last FG - TWU 2nd-00:17, JSU 2nd-00:55. Largest lead - TWU by 2 1st-17:09, JSU by 60 2nd-00:55. Score tied - 0 times. Lead changed - 3 times. Page 11

12 GAME 3 Jacksonville State 76, Buffalo 81 Nov. 15, Alumni Arena GAME 4 Jacksonville State 86, Savannah State 71 Nov. 20, McKenzie Arena BUFFALO, N.Y. Despite a tremendous performance from senior Malcolm Drumwright Wednesday night, the Jacksonville State Gamecocks dropped their first game of the season with an loss to Buffalo at the Bulls Alumni Arena. Drumwright was 7-for-13 from the floor and was a perfect 4-for-4 from the line. The point guard sunk three three-pointers during 37 minutes of play, but it wasn t enough to pulled the Gamecocks from a second-half deficit that reached 12 points. JSU put the game s first two points on the board, but Buffalo stormed back with a 12-point run to put the Gamecocks down 12-2 after nearly five minutes of play. The Bulls held the lead until the 6:10 mark of the first half. Drumwright hit a jumper to put JSU ahead 24-23, and a tip-in by junior Marlon Hunter pushed the lead to three, Buffalo tied the contest and reclaimed the lead on its next two trips down the court and took a lead into the half. Despite trailing by just one, the Gamecocks again saw their deficit grow by double digits after five minutes. The Bulls extended their lead to a gamehigh 12 points halfway through the second period, proving to be too deep of a hole for Jacksonville State to dig itself out. Hunter, Jamall Gregory and Norbertas Giga each pitched in 11 points, but foul trouble for Giga, Burnell and Christian Cunningham cost the Gamecocks down the stretch. Each of the three towers finished the night with four fouls. The Gamecocks return home Nov. 30 to take on Alabama State at 7 p.m. at Pete Mathews Coliseum. Until then, JSU has three road games ahead of it. The Gamecocks are in Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov for matchups with Savannah State and the winner of the Chattanooga/Alabama State game. Sunday, Nov. 26, Jacksonville State takes on Mississippi State in Starkville, Miss., at 2 p.m. Tickets are now available for purchase online at JSUGamecocksTickets.com, by phone at (256) and on campus at the JSU Ticket Office at Kennamer Hall. Children 18-years-old and under and JSU students are admitted free. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Senior Malcolm Drumwright became the 24th Gamecock to join the 1000 Point Club Monday night as he led the Jacksonville State men s basketball team past Savannah State in the opening game of the Cayman Islands Classic - Chattanooga Bracket, at UTC s McKenzie Arena. The Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., native opened the game with a three-pointer from the top of the key to achieve the career milestone. He is the first Gamecock since Darion Rackley (2015) to join the 1000 Point Club. Junior Jamall Gregory scored a career-best 23 points and swatted a career-best four blocks in the 15-point victory over the Tigers, leading six Gamecocks in double-digit scoring. JSU controlled the game from the start and built up a lead by the half. Senior Norbertas Giga tallied 12 points in the first period, while first-time starter Ashton Spears racked up nine first-half points and seven rebounds. Jacksonville State controlled the boards in the first half, out-rebounding the Tigers JSU snagged 22 defensive rebounds and six offensive rebounds, compared to Savannah State s two offensive rebounds and 13 defensive rebounds. Savannah State nearly doubled its points total from the first half, putting up 45 secondperiod points, but the Gamecocks were able to hang on despite being outscored by eight in the half. Tigers guard Dexter McClanahan put up a team-best 22 points in the loss. Gregory (23), Giga (14), Drumwright (13), Christian Cunningham (12), Maurice Dunlap (12) and Ashton Spears (10) each ended the night in double-digit points. It s the second time this season five or more Gamecocks have scored 10 or more points in a single game. Jacksonville State will play the winner between tonight s Chattanooga/Alabama State matchup tomorrow at McKenzie Arena to wrap up the tournament. Tipoff time will depend on the outcome of tonight s late game. Jacksonville State vs Buffalo 11/15/17 7:00 pm at Alumni Arena (Buffalo, NY) Jacksonville State Total 3-Ptr 12 GIGA, Norbertas f CUNNINGHAM,Christian f GREGORY, Jamall g DRUMWRIGHT, Malcol g HUNTER, Marlon g DUNLAP, Maurice EDWARDS, Tyrik CROSS, Jacara BURNELL, Jason MARTIN, Cam SPEARS, Ashton Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % Buffalo nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Total 3-Ptr 6,1 01 MCRAE, Montell f PERKINS, Nick f HARRIS, Jeremy g JORDAN, Davonta g MASSINBURG, CJ g REESE, James GRAVES, Jayvon CARUTHERS, Dontay BERTRAM, Brock Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Officials: Donnie Eppley, Chad Barlow, Donnie Olson Technical fouls: Jacksonville State-None. Buffalo-None. Attendance: 2319 Jacksonville State Buffalo Last FG - JSU 2nd-00:00, UB 2nd-02:05. Largest lead - JSU by 3 1st-04:12, UB by 12 2nd-10:58. JSU led for 02:51. UB led for 34:16. Game was tied for 02:53. Game: % Game: % Game: % 3 JSU UB Score tied - 2 times. Lead changed - 7 times. Savannah State vs Jacksonville State 11/20/17 5:00 p.m. at Chattanooga, Tenn. (McKenzie Arena) Savannah State (0-0 MEAC) Total 3-Ptr 03 SELLERS,Zach f GRANT,John f GLENN,Maricus c FENNER,Alante g MCCLANAHAN,Dexter g DASENT,Austin ORIZU,Ralueke JENKINS,Javaris SMITH,Jahlin GRANT,Juwan CABEZA,Jahir DUBOSE,Chris PINKETT,Khalen EVANS,Ty'lik Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Jacksonville State (0-0 OVC) Total 3-Ptr 1 12 GIGA, Norbertas f CUNNINGHAM,Christian f GREGORY, Jamall g DRUMWRIGHT, Malcol g SPEARS, Ashton g DUNLAP, Maurice ABUARISHA, Mohamed CURRY, Des CROSS, Jacara MARTIN, Cam Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Officials: Rick Hartzell, Rick Shoulders, Joey Richardson Technical fouls: Savannah State-EVANS,Ty'lik. Jacksonville State-None. Attendance: Savannah State Jacksonville State Game: % Game: % Game: % 5 SSUM JSU Last FG - SSUM 2nd-00:42, JSU 2nd-01:09. Largest lead - SSUM None, JSU by 26 2nd-19:09. SSUM led for 00:00. JSU led for 39:22. Game was tied for 00:38. Score tied - 1 time. Lead changed - 0 times. Page 12

13 GAME 5 Jacksonville State 77, Chattanooga 75 Nov. 21, McKenzie Arena GAME 6 Jacksonville State 86, Mississippi State 71 Nov. 26, Humphrey Coliseum CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. A 27-point performance from senior Malcolm Drumwright lifted the Jacksonville State men s basketball team to a overtime win over Chattanooga Tuesday night at McKenzie Arena. The OT victory was the Gamecocks first since downing Georgia State in two overtimes on Nov. 22, 2008 (a span of 272 games), and was the first win over UTC since Feb. 22, Among the historical milestones achieved, Jacksonville State claimed the Cayman Islands Classic Chattanooga Bracket championship with the win. JSU and UTC went to overtime tied following a three-pointer hit by Chattanooga s Rodney Chatman with eight seconds to go in regulation. With 1:42 left on the clock in the five-minute overtime period, Makinde London hit a free throw to put the Mocs up by an OT-best three points, but the 6-foot-10 junior missed the second free throw and Jason Burnell made Chattanooga pay. Sixteen seconds later, the JSU junior hit a big three-pointer to tie the game at 75 with 1:26 to go. Marlon Hunter delivered the final blow on a layup with 32 seconds to go. The Gamecocks defense then stole the ball away and forced an errant three-pointer as time expired. Drumwright scored 25 of his 27 points following the conclusion of the first half. The senior played a whopping 44 minutes, was 11-for-22 from the floor and hit four of seven threepointers taken. Jamall Gregory led JSU scorers with 10 points in the first period, scoring five within the first two minutes of play. The junior then hit three consecutive foul shots to help the Gamecocks to a half-best five-point lead. Chattanooga battled back from the five-point deficit and took a brief lead, but a nine-point run, fueled by a Burnell jumper and three-pointer, erased the Mocs advantage and put the Gamecocks back up by five, 24-19, with less than seven minutes to go in the period. JSU held onto the lead until the 16:21 mark of the second half when a London trey put UTC ahead the Mocs first lead since 9:40 in the first. The lead changed hands seven more times before the end of regulation. Gregory and Burnell each ended the night with 10 points, while senior Norbertas Giga followed tallied 11 points and a team-high 13 rebounds. STARKVILLE, Miss. The Jacksonville State men s basketball team was not able to survive a late Mississippi State rally Sunday afternoon, falling to the SEC foe on a last-second three-pointer at Humphrey Coliseum. Senior Norbertas Giga picked up his first double-double of the season, totaling 15 points and 10 rebounds despite the loss. The seven-footer was six-for-11 from the floor and threw in three assists. Jacksonville State held the lead for nearly 25 minutes, beginning about halfway through the first half when the Gamecocks began a nine-point run. With 12:47 remaining in the opening period, Jason Burnell hit a layup to pull the Bulldogs within two, 8-6, and a couple a Tyrik Edwards free throws tied the game shortly after. The momentum swung 100% in the Gamecocks favor just 30 seconds later. Burnell rejected Holman at the basket dunked it on the other end of the court to put JSU up by two. Marlon Hunter followed up with a three-pointer from the corner to put the Gamecocks up 13-8 and force a Mississippi State timeout. The Gamecocks took a lead into the break and jumped out to an eight-point advantage to begin the second half via a four three-point buckets, but the Bulldogs would not go away. Mississippi State reclaimed the lead, 50-49, at the 6:35 mark on a Quinndary Weatherspoon layup. The two teams exchanged baskets the remainder of the game and saw the score tied until the final seconds of the contest. With 0.4 seconds left on the clock, Weatherspoon stepped back and sunk the game-winning three-pointer. Jacksonville State had the opportunity to inbound, but only to have it touched up fall to the floor to kill the clock. Jacksonville State vs Mississippi State p.m. at Starkville, Miss. (Humphrey Coliseum) Jacksonville State vs Chattanooga 11/21/17 7:30pm at Chattanooga, Tenn. (McKenzie Arena) Jacksonville State (0-0 OVC) Total 3-Ptr 31 CUNNINGHAM,Christian f GIGA, Norbertas c GREGORY, Jamall g DRUMWRIGHT, Malcol g SPEARS, Ashton * DUNLAP, Maurice CROSS, Jacara BURNELL, Jason HUNTER, Marlon MARTIN, Cam Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % OT: % OT: % OT: % Chattanooga (0-0 SoCon) Total 3-Ptr Game: % Game: % Game: % 1 05 Nat Dixon f James Lewis, Jr. f Makinde London f Makale Foreman g Rodney Chatman g David Jean-Baptiste Duane Moss Jonathan Bryant II Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Officials: Rick Shoulders, Ryan Christian, Joey Richardson Technical fouls: Jacksonville State-None. Chattanooga-None. Attendance: 2211 Score by periods 1st 2nd OT Total Jacksonville State Chattanooga Last FG - JSU OT-00:32, UTC OT-02:05. Largest lead - JSU by 6 2nd-18:32, UTC by 6 2nd-08:46. JSU led for 23:31. UTC led for 13:08. Game was tied for 08:19. OT: % OT: % OT: % Game: % Game: % Game: % 2 JSU UTC Score tied - 10 times. Lead changed - 10 times. Jacksonville State Total 3-Ptr 31 CUNNINGHAM,Christian f GIGA, Norbertas c GREGORY, Jamall g DRUMWRIGHT, Malcol g SPEARS, Ashton g DUNLAP, Maurice EDWARDS, Tyrik BURNELL, Jason HUNTER, Marlon MARTIN, Cam Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: Mississippi State nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: Total 3-Ptr 0 24 Abdul Ado f Aric Holman f Nick Weatherspoon g Q Weatherspoon g Tyson Carter g Eli Wright Xavian Stapleton KeyShawn Feazell Schnider Herard E.J. Datcher Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Officials: Orlandis Poole, Kipp Kissinger, John Gaffney Technical fouls: Jacksonville State-None. Mississippi State-None. Attendance: 6034 Jacksonville State Mississippi State Last FG - JSU 2nd-01:05, MS 2nd-00:01. Largest lead - JSU by 8 2nd-14:41, MS by 4 1st-16:33. JSU led for 24:39. MS led for 10:49. Game was tied for 04:13. Game: % Game: % Game: % 1 JSU MS Score tied - 4 times. Lead changed - 2 times. Page 13

14 GAME 7 Alabama State 69, Jacksonville State 77 Nov. 30, Pete Mathews Coliseum GAME 8 Samford 58, Jacksonville State 89 Dec. 3, Pete Mathews Coliseum JACKSONVILLE Junior Christian Cunningham s double-double and freshman Cam Martin s career-best 12 points led the Jacksonville State men s basketball team past Alabama State Thursday at Pete Mathews Coliseum. Martin scored a career-high 12 points, and Cunningham posted his second double-double of the year with 12 points and 11 rebounds. Cam is going to be a good player, head coach Ray Harper said. He physical, can make shots and is ready offensively. And I thought Christian got back going tonight. His 11 rebounds were big. The Hornets held the advantage for six minutes in the first half until the Gamecocks took a permanent lead at the 11:02 mark. Senior Norbertas Giga hit a turnaround-jumper to give JSU a lead and Jacksonville State never looked back. Giga scored all nine of his points in the first to lead the Gamecocks in the half. Junior Maurice Dunlap hit a couple of three-pointers and Martin found the basket for six points to follow up the seven-footer. Jacksonville State came out firing on all cylinders to begin the second half. JSU enjoyed a nine-point run to start the period and extended its lead to a night-best 29 three-quarters of the way through the game. Alabama State outscored the Gamecocks in the second, forcing JSU to withstand a late-game rally. The Hornets shortened the lead to six, 75-69, with 32 seconds to play, but junior Marlon Hunter hit the final two free throws of the game with 11 seconds to go to add insurance points to the board. JACKSONVILLE The Jacksonville State men s basketball team routed Samford Sunday afternoon at Pete Mathews Coliseum, and senior Malcolm Drumwright led the way with a 21-point performance. Drumwright led a pack of six Gamecocks that scored in double-figures. Marlon Hunter and Ashton Spears each had 14, Norbertas Giga scored 12 and Jamall Gregory and Jason Burnell each posted 10. I told Malcolm he played like a senior, head coach Ray Harper said. He dominated the game, controlled the game and didn t force anything. There s no question who the best player on the floor was today, and it was Malcolm Drumwright. The senior directed the Gamecocks to their first win over Samford in 11 seasons. The last time JSU was victorious over the Bulldogs was Dec. 8, 2005 in Birmingham, and the last home win against the program came Feb. 24, 2004 both wins under then-head coach Mike LaPlante. Jacksonville State took total control of the game at the quarter mark. The score was tied five times and the lead changed hands seven times before JSU took the permanent advantage with 9:38 remaining in the first half. Drumwright hit one of his five 3-pointers to give the Gamecocks an lead halfway through the period, and from there it got out of hand. The Bulldogs went on a scoring drought of three minutes while JSU enjoyed a 12-point run. From that point until the end of the half, Jacksonville State outscored Samford The second half was much of the same with JSU outworking the Bulldogs The Gamecock defense held Samford to 17.6% from 3-point range in the period and limited its offense to 12-of-35 from the floor. Again, Drumwright paced the scoring in the second with nine points. Alabama State vs Jacksonville State 11/30/17 7:00 p.m. at Jacksonville, Ala. (Pete Mathews Col.) Alabama State , 0-0 SWAC Total 3-Ptr 03 Davis, Gene * Rogers, Austin * Gee, Reginald * Jones, Ed * Johnson, Branden * Ewuosho, Tobi Ross, Jacoby Deneus, Fredens Pichardo, Fausto LeFlore, Terrance Rogers, Steve Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Jacksonville State , 0-0 OVC Total 3-Ptr 2 12 GIGA, Norbertas * DRUMWRIGHT, Malcol * HUNTER, Marlon * CUNNINGHAM,Christian * SPEARS, Ashton * GREGORY, Jamall DUNLAP, Maurice ABUARISHA, Mohamed EDWARDS, Tyrik CROSS, Jacara BURNELL, Jason MARTIN, Cam Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Officials: Joey Richardson, Matt DiPiro, Chris Balunek Technical fouls: Alabama State-None. Jacksonville State-None. Attendance: 1769 Alabama State Jacksonville State Last FG - ALST 2nd-03:11, JSU 2nd-01:04. Largest lead - ALST by 4 1st-15:14, JSU by 29 2nd-12:16. ALST led for 06:07. JSU led for 30:57. Game was tied for 02:20. Game: % Game: % Game: % 2 ALST JSU Score tied - 4 times. Lead changed - 2 times. Samford vs Jacksonville State 12/3/17 2:00 p.m. at Jacksonville, Ala. (Pete Mathews Col.) Samford , 0-0 SoCon Total 3-Ptr 00 Christen Cunningham * Justin Coleman * Eric Adams * Alex Thompson * D. Denzel-Dyson * Kevion Nolan Josh Sharkey Triston Chambers Tanner Tapp Stefan Lakic Gerald Smith Alex Peters Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Jacksonville State , 0-0 OVC Total 3-Ptr 1 00 GREGORY, Jamall * GIGA, Norbertas * BURNELL, Jason * DRUMWRIGHT, Malcol * HUNTER, Marlon * DUNLAP, Maurice ABUARISHA, Mohamed EDWARDS, Tyrik CURRY, Des CROSS, Jacara MARTIN, Cam SPEARS, Ashton Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Officials: Craig Murley, Brian Crocker, Jemel Spearman Technical fouls: Samford-Alex Thompson; TEAM. Jacksonville State-BURNELL, Jason. Attendance: 2018 Samford Jacksonville State SAM JSU Last FG - SAM 2nd-01:04, JSU 2nd-00:09. Largest lead - SAM by 3 1st-16:48, JSU by 31 2nd-00:09. SAM led for 02:39. JSU led for 31:04. Game was tied for 06:17. Score tied - 5 times. Lead changed - 8 times. Page 14

15 GAME 9 ULM 56, Jacksonville State 75 Dec. 9, Pete Mathews Coliseum GAME 10 Jacksonville State 69, Oregon State 70 Dec. 12, Pete Mathews Coliseum JACKSONVILLE After trailing by two at the half, the Jacksonville State men s basketball team responded by holding the University of Louisiana at Monroe to 21 second-half points in route to a win Saturday afternoon at Pete Mathews Coliseum. Junior Christian Cunningham posted a double-double on 12 points and 12 rebounds, and senior Malcolm Drumwright recorded his sixth double-digit scoring contest of the season with a team-best 18 points in the 19-point victory. The Gamecocks (7-2) and Warhawks (3-5) went toe-to-toe in the first half. At the end of the period, both had 13 field goals and four successful free throws, but ULM s five 3-pointers compared to Jacksonville State s three gave the visitors a halftime advantage. Head coach Ray Harper called for some adjustments at the half, and the effect was felt immediately. After scoring just four points in the first, junior Jamall Gregory scored seven of the Gamecocks next 13 points to blow the contest open at the start of the second period. Just before the under-12 media timeout, the JSU defense had forced seven ULM turnovers, kept the Warhawks from sinking a field goal in over three minutes and held them to 2-for- 10 shooting from the floor. In total, ULM turned the ball over 13 times, and nine of those came in the second half. The JSU defense also blocked 10 shots the second most recorded in a game this season behind the Gamecocks 11 against Alabama State on Nov. 30. Following the half opening 13-point run, Jacksonville State s lead hit a game-high 19 at the 4:30 mark. ULM and JSU traded baskets for the final 4:51, but Jacksonville native Des Curry got the last word with a jumper in the closing seconds to push the Gamecocks lead back to 19 when the final horn sounded. Including Drumwright and Cunningham, four JSU scorers put up double-digit points. Gregory was 6-of-9 with a free throw for 14 points, and Marlon Hunter finished with 12. CORVALLIS, Ore. The Jacksonville State men s basketball team dropped a heartbreaking game Monday night at Oregon State, falling to the Pac-12 s Beavers at Gill Coliseum. The Gamecocks (7-3) were not able to upend the Power 5 program despite outscoring OSU (7-3) in the paint and snagging five additional rebounds. Senior Malcolm Drumwright tallied 20 points for the fourth time this season, while Jason Burnell (14) and Marlon Hunter (12) each recorded double-digit points. Hunter scored a half-best 12 points that helped the Gamecocks to a advantage at the break. Jacksonville State out-worked the Beavers in the paint, but lack of free throws kept the contest tight at the half. Oregon State was 10-for-14 from the line in the period, while JSU shot and made just four free throws. The Gamecocks out-rebounded the home team in the period, and their stout defense held the Beavers from hitting a field goal for a six-minute stretch halfway through the opening stanza. Drumwright posted 12 of his 20 points in the second half, but the Beavers out-scored JSU in the closing period to lay claim to the nail-biter. The Gamecocks had an opportunity at a game-winning basket in the final seconds, but the Oregon State defense was too strong in the end. The loss snaps a three-game winning streak that included victories over Alabama State, Samford and ULM. JSU falls to 2-3 on the road this season. ULM vs Jacksonville State 12/9/17 1:00 p.m. at Jacksonville, Ala. (Pete Mathews Col.) ULM ,0-0 Sun Belt Total 3-Ptr 01 Munnings, Travis * Ertel, Michael * Alabakis, Sam * Jean-Pierre, Marvin * McDaniel, Sam * Newman, Brandon Walker, Donovan Deng, Kiir Taylor, Roderick Richard, Lance Harris, Jordon Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: Game: % Game: % Game: Jacksonville State , 0-0 OVC Total 3-Ptr 0 00 GREGORY, Jamall * GIGA, Norbertas * BURNELL, Jason * DRUMWRIGHT, Malcol * HUNTER, Marlon * ABUARISHA, Mohamed EDWARDS, Tyrik CURRY, Des CROSS, Jacara MARTIN, Cam CUNNINGHAM,Christian SPEARS, Ashton Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: Officials: Mick Fieldbinder, James Hicks, Chris McCurry Technical fouls: ULM-TEAM. Jacksonville State-None. Attendance: 1154 Game: % Game: % Game: % 0 Jacksonville State vs Oregon State 12/12/17 7:00 PM at Corvallis, Ore. (Gill Coliseum) Jacksonville State Total 3-Ptr 14 BURNELL, Jason f GIGA, Norbertas c GREGORY, Jamall g DRUMWRIGHT, Malcol g HUNTER, Marlon g EDWARDS, Tyrik CROSS, Jacara MARTIN, Cam CUNNINGHAM,Christian SPEARS, Ashton Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: Oregon State nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Total 3-Ptr 1 03 Tinkle, Tres f Eubanks, Drew f Berger, Seth f Thompson Jr, Stephen g Thompson, Ethan g Hollins, Alfred Reichle, Zach Rakocevic, Gligorije Manuel, Kendal Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Officials: Verne Harris, Randy McCall, Rick Randall Technical fouls: Jacksonville State-None. Oregon State-None. Attendance: 3900 Jacksonville State Oregon State Game: % Game: % Game: % 4 JSU OSU ULM Jacksonville State ULM JSU Last FG - JSU 2nd-02:58, OSU 2nd-02:33. Largest lead - JSU by 7 1st-03:40, OSU by 6 2nd-10:19. JSU led for 19:40. OSU led for 18:22. Game was tied for 01:58. Score tied - 3 times. Lead changed - 3 times. Last FG - ULM 2nd-01:09, JSU 2nd-00:47. Largest lead - ULM by 8 1st-04:26, JSU by 19 2nd-04:30. ULM led for 13:40. JSU led for 21:27. Game was tied for 04:53. Score tied - 7 times. Lead changed - 10 times. Page 15

16 GAME 11 USC Upstate 61, Jacksonville State 77 Dec. 16, Pete Mathews Coliseum GAME 12 Howard 60, Jacksonville State 62 Dec. 18, Pete Mathews Coliseum JACKSONVILLE Six Gamecocks scored in double-figures Saturday afternoon in a victory over USC Upstate at Pete Mathews Coliseum. JSU (8-3) accomplished the feat for the third time this season as Malcolm Drumwright (13), Jamall Gregory (12), Jason Burnell (12), Norbertas Giga (11), Marlon Hunter (11) and Christian Cunningham (11) accounted for 70 of Jacksonville State s 77 points scored. The Gamecocks dished out 23 assists in helping to spread out the scoring effort, and eight of those belong to Gregory as he set a personal-best for helpers in a single game. Coach Harper always talks about making the extra pass, communicating and being unselfish, Gregory said. I think we did a good job of that and being selfless today. We have a lot of weapons on offense, and we want to utilize them all. Giga and Cunningham completed double-doubles with 10 rebounds each, in addition to their 11 points each. The two towers steered the Gamecocks to outscoring the Spartans (3-10) 43-25, limiting the visitors to just seven offensive boards the entire game. The Gamecocks improved to 5-0 with the win, marking the first time JSU has been perfect through five home games since the season. Ray Harper s squad took a to the locker room after jumping out to a quick 8-2 advantage to begin the game. Gregory scored 10 of his 12 points and five of his eight assists in the first period. An eight-point run carried over from the first half into the second half for the Gamecocks. Giga scored four during the run and pulled down his final three rebounds during the period to complete his double-double performance. Burnell led the JSU scoring effort in the half with 10 points. In total, Jacksonville State shot 50% (31-for-62) from the floor for the eighth time this season and held Upstate to 24 points in the paint. JACKSONVILLE The Gamecocks survived a late scare to improve to 6-0 at home with a win Monday over Howard at Pete Mathews Coliseum. Jacksonville State (9-3) rallied from a four-point deficit at the half to outscore the Bison (2-11) in the second. The contest came down to the last second with the Gamecocks leading by one. A contested Malcolm Drumwright fell to give JSU the lead, 61-60, and a free throw from the senior just moments later cushioned the lead to two points. With 23 seconds remaining, Howard s Michael Obindu snagged an offensive rebound and the Bison called timeout. Shooter Charles Williams, who had one 3-pointer in the game already, fired up a trey with two seconds on the clock. The shot banked off the back of the iron and JSU s Christian Cunningham pulled down the board to secure the win. We got one of their best shots tonight, head coach Ray Harper said. RJ Cole is one heck of a player, and he played like it tonight, but I thought Marlon Hunter did a good job of guarding him late. Cole finished the night with 27 points and was 6-for-11 from beyond the arc, but the JSU defense was able to keep the ball out of his hands in the dwindling seconds. You can learn from wins just like you can losses, Harper said. Hopefully we learned a lesson here tonight. We re 2-2 in these situations. We beat Chattanooga in overtime, but lost to Mississippi State and Oregon State late. We have to come back Thursday and be focused for UTC so we can go into the break on a positive note. The Gamecocks had four score in double-figures with Jason Burnell and Ashton Spears leading the way with 14 each. Drumwright posted 12 and Hunter pitched in 11. Despite being outrebounded 37-31, JSU forced 16 turnovers and totaled 14 assists. The Gamecocks won the battle in the paint and scored 18 points off turnovers. The difference in the game came at the free throw line as Jacksonville State hit 17 of 21 freebies while Howard was 6-for-9 from the line. USC Upstate vs Jacksonville State 12/16/17 3:00 p.m. at Jacksonville, Ala. (Pete Mathews Col.) USC Upstate , 0-0 A-Sun Total 3-Ptr 00 MOORE, Malik * SPAN, Jure * THOMPKINS, Ramel * HOLMES, Deion * SMITH, Carson * CUNNINGHAM, Mike DIGGS, Avery ANDERSON, Isaiah WELCH, Pat Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Jacksonville State , 0-0 OVC Total 3-Ptr 0,1 00 GREGORY, Jamall * GIGA, Norbertas * BURNELL, Jason * DRUMWRIGHT, Malcol * HUNTER, Marlon * DUNLAP, Maurice EDWARDS, Tyrik WRIGHT, Deon CURRY, Des CROSS, Jacara MARTIN, Cam CUNNINGHAM,Christian SPEARS, Ashton Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Officials: Brian Crocker, Joey Richardson, Keith Patterson Technical fouls: USC Upstate-None. Jacksonville State-None. Attendance: 1222 USC Upstate Jacksonville State Game: % Game: % Game: % 2 UPST JSU Howard vs Jacksonville State 12/18/17 7:00 p.m. at Jacksonville, Ala. (Pete Mathews Col.) Howard , 0-0 MEAC Total 3-Ptr 02 COLE,RJ * COUSINS,Zion * WILLIAMS,Charles * JONES,Jalen * LEWIS,Cameron * MINGO,Dalique GARVEY,Nate HALL,Marcus FOSTER,Kyle OBINDU,Michael Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Jacksonville State , 0-0 OVC Total 3-Ptr 1 12 GIGA, Norbertas * BURNELL, Jason * DRUMWRIGHT, Malcol * HUNTER, Marlon * SPEARS, Ashton * GREGORY, Jamall DUNLAP, Maurice EDWARDS, Tyrik CUNNINGHAM,Christian Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Officials: R - Jeb Hartness, U1 - Jemel Spearman, U2 - Jake Joyner Technical fouls: Howard-TEAM 2. Jacksonville State-None. Attendance: 1008 Howard Jacksonville State Last FG - HOWM 2nd-04:21, JSU 2nd-02:45. Largest lead - HOWM by 6 1st-12:48, JSU by 11 2nd-14:20. HOWM led for 21:51. JSU led for 12:22. Game was tied for 05:47. Game: % Game: % Game: % 1 HOWM JSU Score tied - 8 times. Lead changed - 15 times. Last FG - UPST 2nd-00:00, JSU 2nd-00:04. Largest lead - UPST None, JSU by 19 2nd-01:53. UPST led for 00:00. JSU led for 39:48. Game was tied for 00:12. Score tied - 0 times. Lead changed - 0 times. Page 16

17 GAME 13 Chattanooga 70, Jacksonville State 67 Dec. 21, Pete Mathews Coliseum GAME 14 Eastern Kentucky 58, Jacksonville State 76 Dec. 28, Pete Mathews Coliseum JACKSONVILLE The Jacksonville State men s basketball team dropped a hard-fought contest to Chattanooga Thursday afternoon at Pete Mathews Coliseum. The Gamecocks (9-4) took the Mocs (6-6) down to the wire, but a 3-pointer with 29 seconds left from UTC s Makale Foreman proved to be the difference in the game. Jacksonville State got the ball back with nine seconds remaining, but the Chattanooga defense was able to keep the ball out of the hands of the hot-shooting Malcolm Drumwright in the final moments to secure the win. Drumwright missed most of the first half due to foul trouble, but totaled a team-best 17 points in the second half. I thought we were very undisciplined and didn t communicate, head coach Ray Harper said. We were in the air on shot fakes and left guys open, and the last three of the game got drained because we left the ball-side corner open. We can t do that, and that s what happens when you re undisciplined. Christian Cunningham was nearly unstoppable the entire game. The junior recorded his team-best fifth double-double of the season by way of 14 points and 12 rebounds. He was 7-for-8 from the field and pulled down a game-high seven offensive rebounds. Jacksonville State led at the half following respectable defense performance in the half. JSU forced six turnovers, four coming within a four-minute window, and kept the Mocs scoreless during a five-minute window. Marlon Hunter hit a layup to push the Gamecocks lead to nine following the break, but the advantage dwindled and disappeared at the 12:28 mark. UTC s James Lewis hit backto-back free throws to give Chattanooga a lead its first since the beginning of the game. Jacksonville State regained the lead shortly after and managed a four-point cushion with five minutes to play, but more Chattanooga free throws tied the game at with 1:19 to go. Foreman s game-winning three followed less than a minute later. JACKSONVILLE The Jacksonville State Gamecocks topped Eastern Kentucky Thursday night to open their Ohio Valley Conference schedule with a win. Senior Norbertas Giga posted his fourth double-double of the year and 10th of his career, scoring 14 points with 13 rebounds, while junior Marlon Hunter scored a career-best 20 points in the 18-point victory. The Gamecocks (10-4, 1-0 OVC) held the Colonels (6-8, 0-1 OVC) 14.8 points below their season scoring average and nearly matched EKU s scoring defensive mark of 76.3 points per game. Jacksonville State allowed just 14 first-half points, outscoring EKU in the opening period. The Gamecocks jumped out to an 11-0 lead and did not allow the Colonels to get on the board until a successful foul shot fell at the 11:58 mark. Hunter tallied nine of his 20 points in the first half, while Giga pitched in a second-best eight. Nine of Eastern Kentucky s 14 points in the first came from DeAndre Dishman off the bench. Aside from the 6-foot-6 forward going 3-for-4 from the field, Jacksonville State s defense limited the EKU offense to 18.2% shooting and 0-for-11 from beyond the arc in the first. EKU picked up the pace in the second half, scoring 44 points, but JSU matched the Colonels total to hang onto the 18-point lead. Hunter finished out the second half with 11 points, while junior Christian Cunningham posted all eight of his points in the closing period. Jacksonville State matched it s 11-0 run in the first with another 11-0 run in the second, jumping from a advantage to a advantage in a three-minute span. Jacksonville State improved to 8-7 in OVC openers with the win, having claimed five of their last six openers. The victory also snapped an 0-5 skid against the Colonels, making the first win over Eastern Kentucky since Jan. 22, Head coach Ray Harper reached a historical milestone with the win, becoming the fastest head coach in JSU history to record 30 victories. Harper is in 49 games at the helm in Jacksonville. His career record now stands at in 19 seasons as a head coach. Chattanooga vs Jacksonville State 12/21/17 Noon at Jacksonville, Ala. (Pete Mathews Col.) Chattanooga , 0-0 SoCon Total 3-Ptr 00 Makale Foreman * Rodney Chatman * Nat Dixon * James Lewis, Jr. * Makinde London * David Jean-Baptiste A.J. Bowers Jonathan Bryant II Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Jacksonville State , 0-0 OVC Total 3-Ptr 0 00 GREGORY, Jamall * GIGA, Norbertas * BURNELL, Jason * DRUMWRIGHT, Malcol * HUNTER, Marlon * DUNLAP, Maurice EDWARDS, Tyrik CURRY, Des CROSS, Jacara CUNNINGHAM,Christian SPEARS, Ashton Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Officials: John Dillon, Barry Mathis, Mick Fieldbinder Technical fouls: Chattanooga-None. Jacksonville State-None. Attendance: 1002 Chattanooga Jacksonville State Game: % Game: % Game: % 3 UTC JSU Eastern Kentucky vs Jacksonville State 12/28/17 7:45 p.m. at Jacksonville, Ala. (Pete Mathews Col.) Eastern Kentucky , 0-1 OVC Total 3-Ptr 00 WEAVER, Dujuanta * HOBBS, JacQuess * MAYO, Nick * DAVIS, Jackson * BOYD, Dedric * DISHMAN, DeAndre BROUGHTON, Peyton AVARE, Dillon YOUNGMAN, A.J CHARLES, Zach Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Jacksonville State , 1-0 OVC Total 3-Ptr 4 00 GREGORY, Jamall * EDWARDS, Tyrik * GIGA, Norbertas * DRUMWRIGHT, Malcol * CUNNINGHAM,Christian * DUNLAP, Maurice ABUARISHA, Mohamed WRIGHT, Deon CURRY, Des CROSS, Jacara BURNELL, Jason HUNTER, Marlon SPEARS, Ashton Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Officials: Tim Gattis, Brian Crocker, Tommy Morrissey Technical fouls: Eastern Kentucky-MAYO, Nick. Jacksonville State-None. Attendance: 1137 Game: % Game: % Game: % 7 Last FG - UTC 2nd-00:29, JSU 2nd-01:38. Largest lead - UTC by 3 2nd-00:29, JSU by 12 1st-03:01. UTC led for 02:51. JSU led for 34:33. Game was tied for 02:36. Score tied - 6 times. Lead changed - 13 times. Eastern Kentucky Jacksonville State EKU JSU Last FG - EKU 2nd-00:41, JSU 2nd-04:24. Largest lead - EKU None, JSU by 28 2nd-10:09. EKU led for 00:00. JSU led for 39:41. Game was tied for 00:19. Score tied - 0 times. Lead changed - 0 times. Page 17

18 GAME 15 Morehead State 69, Jacksonville State 76 Dec. 30, Pete Mathews Coliseum GAME 16 Jacksonville State 58, Tennessee State 76 Jan. 4, Gentry Center JACKSONVILLE The Jacksonville State men s basketball team battled back from a ninepoint halftime deficit to upend Morehead State at Pete Mathews Coliseum Saturday night. Senior Norbertas Giga helped the Gamecocks (11-4, 2-0 OVC) to their second consecutive Ohio Valley Conference victory with his second double-double in as many games. The seven-foot forward deposited 17 points and pulled down a career-high 14 rebounds, tying junior Christian Cunningham for most double-doubles this season (5). Morehead State is probably one of the tougher teams in the conference, head coach Ray Harper said. They are very aggressive and physical on the glass. I thought they outtoughed us in the first half, but we played like there was one minute to go the rest of the game. We executed better and moved the ball really well in the second half. Despite the seven-point margin of victory in the end, Jacksonville State trailed at the half. Aside from nine points from Giga, who was 4-for-8 in the first period, Morehead State (4-9, 0-2 OVC) held the Gamecocks to 36.4% shooting in the opening half. Meanwhile, the Eagles were 15-for-31 (48.4%) and knocked down six 3-pointers. Jacksonville State rallied back in the second half, outscoring MSU a whopping Five Gamecocks posted more than five points in the closing period, led by Burnell s nine. JSU shot 51.9% in the second half, while the Gamecock defense limited the Eagles to just 30.0% in the second. We defended a lot better in the second half, Harper said. I think we have to do a better job of preparing. I don t think we were very well prepared for their offense and seemed confused. Along with Giga s 17 points, Burnell tallied 16 points and junior Maurice Dunlap scored 10 points off the bench. On the defensive end, Cunningham swatted three shots to bring his season total to 32 blocks. For the first time in the OVC history of the JSU men s and women s basketball programs, both teams are 2-0 to begin conference play. The last time the two programs were each 2-0 in conference action was as part of the Atlantic Sun Conference. Jacksonville State is now 3-1 in games they trail at the half, and improve to 9-1 when leading with five minutes to go. NASHVILLE, Tenn. The Jacksonville State men s basketball team dropped its first Ohio Valley Conference matchup of the season Thursday night, falling in a tight contest with the Tigers at Tennessee State. The Gamecocks (11-5, 2-1 OVC) were forced to turn the ball over 16 times, while the Tigers (6-8, 1-2 OVC) were a perfect 16-for-16 from the free-throw line. Jacksonville State was able to tie the game with just under five minutes to play, but TSU went on a 13-6 run to close out the final 4:18 of the contest. Despite the seven-point loss, three finished the night with double-digit scoring numbers. Junior Jason Burnell and freshman Cam Martin scored 16 and 11 points, respectively, and set career-high from beyond the arc. Burnell knocked down four 3-balls while Martin pitched in three. Senior Malcolm Drumwright ended the night with 10 points and a team-best six assists. For the first time this season, Jacksonville State went to the locker room with a tied score. The Gamecocks and Tigers were knotted at the break following a half that saw the lead change hands seven times. Of JSU s 25 points at the half, 14 came from the bench. Burnell shot 100% and knocked down three of his 3-pointers in the period, leading Gamecock scorers with nine points. The 6-foot-7 junior also totaled a half-best four rebounds. Martin was dominant in the second half, scoring all 11 of his points in the period. The freshman was 4-for-5 shooting, going 3-for-4 from long range, and tallied a half-best four defensive rebounds. In total, Jacksonville State shot 44.6% and Tennessee State shot 47.9% - nearly eight percent higher than its season average. The Gamecocks won the rebounding battle Morehead State vs Jacksonville State 12/30/17 4:30 PM at Jacksonville, Ala. (Pete Mathews Col.) Morehead State , 0-2 OVC Total 3-Ptr 01 KING, Londell * WALKER, Jordan * COOPER, De'von * CHATMAN, Alonzo * HENSON, Djimon * HICKS, A.J BAKER, James HARRIS, Lamontray Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Jacksonville State , 2-0 OVC Total 3-Ptr 1 00 GREGORY, Jamall * EDWARDS, Tyrik * GIGA, Norbertas * DRUMWRIGHT, Malcol * CUNNINGHAM,Christian * DUNLAP, Maurice BURNELL, Jason HUNTER, Marlon MARTIN, Cam SPEARS, Ashton Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Officials: James Hicks, Darnell Spann, Keith Patterson Technical fouls: Morehead State-None. Jacksonville State-None. Attendance: 1011 Game: % Game: % Game: % 2 Jacksonville State vs Tennessee State 01/04/18 7:30 p.m. at Nashville, Tenn. (Gentry Center) Jacksonville State , 2-1 OVC Total 3-Ptr 12 GIGA, Norbertas f CUNNINGHAM,Christian f GREGORY, Jamall g EDWARDS, Tyrik g DRUMWRIGHT, Malcol g DUNLAP, Maurice BURNELL, Jason HUNTER, Marlon MARTIN, Cam SPEARS, Ashton Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Tennessee State , 1-2 OVC Total 3-Ptr 1 04 HAMILTON, K. f MEKOWULU, Christian f CHANEY, Armani g SPENCER, Delano g REDDICK, Darreon g McKNIGHT, Kamar CUMMINGS, Daniel CHAFFEE JR., Stokley DUKE, Jalen Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: Officials: Alfred Smith, John St. Clair, Nate Green Technical fouls: Jacksonville State-None. Tennessee State-None. Attendance: 831 Game: % Game: % Game: Morehead State Jacksonville State MOR-M JSU Jacksonville State Tennessee State JSU TSUM Last FG - MOR-M 2nd-00:04, JSU 2nd-01:36. Largest lead - MOR-M by 11 1st-06:26, JSU by 10 2nd-00:09. MOR-M led for 27:30. JSU led for 10:02. Game was tied for 02:28. Score tied - 7 times. Lead changed - 8 times. Last FG - JSU 2nd-00:24, TSUM 2nd-00:34. Largest lead - JSU by 5 1st-01:28, TSUM by 7 1st-14:28. JSU led for 15:32. TSUM led for 16:18. Game was tied for 08:10. Score tied - 9 times. Lead changed - 13 times. Page 18

19 GAME 17 Jacksonville State 64, Belmont 60 Jan. 6, Curb Event Center GAME 18 Murray State 71, Jacksonville State 76 Jan. 11, Pete Mathews Coliseum NASHVILLE, Tenn. The Jacksonville State men s basketball team handed preseasonfavorite Belmont just its second ever home Ohio Valley Conference loss Saturday, upending the Bruins at Curb Event Center. Prior to Saturday s matchup, Belmont was 40-1 in home OVC games, falling last season to Eastern Kentucky. The JSU win is the second in as many meetings with BU, following last year s semifinals victory in the OVC Championships at Nashville s Municipal Auditorium. It s the Gamecocks first win at the Curb Center and just the second all-time road win over Belmont dating back to Feb. 4, 2002 before the construction of the Bruins home court. I thought we played really well and were really good defensively, head coach Ray Harper said. We forced them to go small late, and they were able to make a run, but we defended well. It s a really big win for us. Senior Malcolm Drumwright led the Gamecocks with 11 points, followed by nine each from freshman Cam Martin and junior Jason Burnell. Burnell also chipped in a career-best seven assists and pulled down a game-high seven rebounds. The game went to the break tied with the Gamecocks best lead reaching just seven, but the contest was blown open by the 8:52 mark in the second. Jacksonville State used an 18-5 run over six minutes to take a 17-point advantage. Martin, who played four scoreless minutes of the first half, was 3-for-4 from the field and 2-for-2 from 3-point range to score all nine of his points in the second half. The ninth was a free throw in the closing minutes of the contest. The Texas native also had two assists. The Gamecocks defense was strong in the first half, holding the Bruins to 36% shooting. JSU allowed just 10 of 28 shots to fall, and only three were from 3-point range. Belmont committed 11 turnovers while Jacksonville State totaled five steals. Drumwright picked the pocket of the Bruins twice in the period, and Gregory, Burnell and Dunlap each had one steal. In total, Jacksonville State shot 50% (27-for-54), while the defense held Belmont to 21-of-59 (35.6%) for the game. The Bruins average coming into the game was 47.7% and averaged pointers per game. Today, Belmont hit just seven from long range on 34 attempts. Jacksonville State vs Belmont 01/06/18 5:00 PM at Nashville, Tenn (Curb Event Center) Jacksonville State , 3-1 OVC Total 3-Ptr 14 BURNELL, Jason f CUNNINGHAM,Christian f GIGA, Norbertas c GREGORY, Jamall g DRUMWRIGHT, Malcol g DUNLAP, Maurice EDWARDS, Tyrik CROSS, Jacara HUNTER, Marlon MARTIN, Cam SPEARS, Ashton Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Belmont , 3-1 OVC Total 3-Ptr 2 25 MERCER, Mack f EGEKEZE, Amanze f LUKE, Austin g WINDLER, Dylan g MCCLAIN, Kevin g HOPKINS, Nick SAMPSON, Burton BENKERT, Michael HADDEN, Tyler ADELSPERGER, Seth Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Officials: Scott Johnson, Mick Fieldbinder, Coy Gammons Technical fouls: Jacksonville State-None. Belmont-None. Attendance: 1789 Jacksonville State Belmont Last FG - JSU 2nd-00:33, BEL 2nd-00:00. Largest lead - JSU by 17 2nd-08:52, BEL by 3 2nd-17:35. JSU led for 35:22. BEL led for 02:03. Game was tied for 02:35. Game: % Game: % Game: % 2 JSU BEL Score tied - 3 times. Lead changed - 4 times. JACKSONVILLE The Jacksonville State men s basketball team topped Murray State Thursday night at Pete Mathews Coliseum in front of a crowd of 3,004. The win draws the Gamecocks (13-5, 4-1 OVC) into a five-way tie for first place with Murray State (12-4, 4-1 OVC), Belmont, Tennessee Tech and Austin Peay in the Ohio Valley Conference standings. The victory was just the second over the Racers in program history, bringing the all-time record to It was a great game, all-around, head coach Ray Harper said. Our kids played extremely hard and competed. I thought we were absolutely terrific in the first half. They got a couple of 3-pointers, but we had very few breakdowns in the first half. But I thought they beat us with some 50/50 balls and we weren t as efficient in the second half. Junior Marlon Hunter scored a career-high 21 points, grabbed a career-best seven rebounds and tied his career-high in steals with four. The Memphis, Tenn., native was 9-for- 12 from the floor and 2-for-2 from long range. Malcolm Drumwright pocketed 20 points, and Jason Burnell and Christian Cunningham each tallied 12 points. Drumwright accounted for five assists. The JSU defense was outstanding, forcing 16 turnovers 10 of which came in the first half. Along with Hunter s four steals, Cunningham swatted four shots and had three steals and Jamall Gregory had three blocks. In total, JSU picked 10 passes and blocked eight shots. Jacksonville State outscored the Racers in the first half. The Gamecocks tallied 12 points off the half s 10 turnovers and outworked MSU 16-8 in the paint. Murray State got out to a 4-0 lead to start the game, but the Gamecocks hit an 8-0 run after three minutes to take an 11-7 advantage. The defense held MSU to a three-minute scoring drought near the middle of the period, which helped the JSU offense to a 10-point run and 12-point lead. Drumwright scored 13 and Hunter had 12 in the half. The Gamecocks led by as much as 19 at the 13:54 mark of the second half, but as mentioned by Harper, JSU struggled in the late minutes. The Racers outscored Jacksonville State in the closing half. In the last 1:25, Murray State s Jonathan Stark hit four 3-pointer to help the Racers to a bring the JSU lead to three with seven seconds to go. The Gamecocks were able to get the ball into the hands of Drumwright on the inbound, forcing the Racers to foul Jacksonville State s top free-throw shooter. Drumwright hit both freebies to put the game out of reach. Page 19 Murray State vs Jacksonville State 01/11/18 7:30 p.m. at Jacksonville, Ala. (Pete Mathews Col.) Murray State , 4-1 OVC Total 3-Ptr 00 MILLER, JR., Terrell * STARK, Jonathan * BUCHANAN, Shaq * MORANT, Ja * DUPREE, Jalen * SANCHIOUS, Brion SMITH, Anthony HAWKINS, Byron Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Jacksonville State , 4-1 OVC Total 3-Ptr 1 00 GREGORY, Jamall * GIGA, Norbertas * BURNELL, Jason * DRUMWRIGHT, Malcol * CUNNINGHAM,Christian * DUNLAP, Maurice EDWARDS, Tyrik CURRY, Des HUNTER, Marlon MARTIN, Cam SPEARS, Ashton Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Officials: Craig Murley, Bret Smith, David Carter Technical fouls: Murray State-MILLER, JR., Terrell. Jacksonville State-None. Attendance: 3004 Murray State Jacksonville State Last FG - MUR-M 2nd-00:07, JSU 2nd-02:20. Largest lead - MUR-M by 4 1st-18:49, JSU by 19 2nd-13:54. MUR-M led for 02:39. JSU led for 35:50. Game was tied for 01:31. 4 MUR-M JSU Score tied - 1 time. Lead changed - 1 time.

20 GAME 19 Austin Peay 64, Jacksonville State 60 Jan. 13, Pete Mathews Coliseum GAME 20 Jacksonville State 58, Morehead State 57 Jan. 18, Ellis T. Johnson Arena JACKSONVILLE The Jacksonville State men s basketball team dropped a hard-fought matchup with Austin Peay Saturday evening at Pete Mathews Coliseum. The Governors topped the Gamecocks to hand JSU just it s second Ohio Valley Conference loss of the season. We got out-toughed, head coach Ray Harper said. They out-toughed us every way possible. They rebounded, grabbed loose balls, had more 50/50 balls and had more energy. They were the tougher team and deserved to win the game. Jacksonville State (13-6, 4-2 OVC) was held to 32.4% shooting, hitting 22-of-68 shots over the contest, while Austin Peay (10-8, 5-1 OVC) was 33-for-54 (61.1%). The Govs won the rebounding battle 40-34, and scored 10 more points in the paint than the home team. Despite the loss, senior Malcolm Drumwright posted his second consecutive 20-point game, hitting four 3-pointers along the way and going a perfect 6-for-6 from the freethrow line. It was the sixth 20-point of the season for the guard, tying his season-high, and the 16th time in his career he s scored 20-or-more in a game. Junior Jason Burnell accounted for 14 of the Gamecocks points, shooting 6-for-11 from the floor. He also pitched in two assists, a steal and four boards. Austin Peay s Averyl Ugba scored 35 points, hitting 17 of 21 shots taken, and shooter Zach Glotta tallied 20 with four 3-pointers. Jacksonville State outscored APSU in the second half, but it was not enough to overcome a 23-point deficit at the half. The game got off to a promising start with the Gamecocks going up by three at the 17:32 mark, but the Governors would charge back and take a double-digit lead halfway through the period. The Govs lead swelled to 30 six minutes into the second half, prompting a 14-5 Gamecock run to pull within 21, but the two teams traded baskets near-even for the remaining 10 minutes. Austin Peay vs Jacksonville State 1/13/18 4:30 PM at Jacksonville, Ala. (Pete Mathews Col.) MOREHEAD, Ky. Sophomore Ashton Spears scored a season-high 13 points and knocked down the final two free throws of the game to lead Jacksonville State to a victory over Morehead State Thursday at Ellis T. Johnson Arena. Trailing with three seconds remaining, Spears drove to the basket and was fouled. The sophomore went to the line and hit both free throws, putting the Gamecocks by one. Morehead State s Jordan Walker fired up a last-second 3-pointer, but the shot was errant to give JSU its third win in Morehead in as many years. Ashton made some plays, head coach Ray Harper said. He had a big 3-pointer for us and gave us some screening action. He went and made a great play on the last play of the game to give us the win. The nationally-televised game was a whirlwind of lead changes and runs. Both the Gamecocks (14-6, 5-2 OVC) and Eagles (5-13, 1-6 OVC) held leads of nine points, and the lead exchanged hands 15 times. Junior Jason Burnell set a career-high with 20 points, topping his previous record of 16 scored against Morehead State Dec. 30 in Jacksonville. The DeLand, Fla., native was 8-for-11 and 3-for-6 from long range. Along with Malcolm Drumwright s back-to-back 20-point performances against Murray State and Austin Peay last week, Burnell extends the Gamecocks streak of at least one player scoring 20 points in a game to three. Fifteen of Burnell s 20 points came in the first half. The Gamecocks led the Eagles at the break with most numbers nearing even between the two squads. JSU outscored MSU 8-6 in the paint and 9-7 off turnovers, but Jacksonville State was out-rebounded and out-scored 7-4 on second-chance points. Jacksonville State jumped out to a 9-point lead to begin the second half, claiming its largest lead of the night at the 16:59 mark. Despite the advantage, Morehead State stormed back with a 10-point run to reclaim the lead. The Eagles would then go up by nine, 48-39, with 8:24 remaining in the game. The Gamecocks chipped away at the Morehead lead, whittling the Eagles advantage back to one with a 9-1 run. MSU retained the lead up until the final three seconds when a foul by Lamontray Harris sent Spears to the line for the final two foul shots of the game. Austin Peay , 5-1 OVC Total 3-Ptr 01 IVORY, Tre' * PORTER-BUNTON, Chri * GUMM, Dayton * TAYLOR, Terry * UGBA, Averyl * STEPHENS, Ed CUCAK, Ivan HENDERSON, Richard HARRIS, Steve GLOTTA, Zach Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Jacksonville State , 4-2 OVC Total 3-Ptr 1 00 GREGORY, Jamall * GIGA, Norbertas * BURNELL, Jason * DRUMWRIGHT, Malcol * CUNNINGHAM,Christian * DUNLAP, Maurice ABUARISHA, Mohamed EDWARDS, Tyrik WRIGHT, Deon CURRY, Des CROSS, Jacara HUNTER, Marlon MARTIN, Cam SPEARS, Ashton Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: Officials: Rick Shoulders, Chris Ford, Chris McCurry Technical fouls: Austin Peay-UGBA, Averyl. Jacksonville State-BURNELL, Jason; DRUMWRIGHT, Malcolm; TEAM. Attendance: 1933 Austin Peay Jacksonville State Game: % Game: % Game: % 0 APSUM JSU Jacksonville State vs Morehead State 1/18/18 7:00 p.m. at Morehead, Ky. / Johnson Arena Jacksonville State , 5-2 OVC Total 3-Ptr 12 GIGA, Norbertas f BURNELL, Jason f CUNNINGHAM,Christian f GREGORY, Jamall g DRUMWRIGHT, Malcol g DUNLAP, Maurice EDWARDS, Tyrik CROSS, Jacara HUNTER, Marlon MARTIN, Cam SPEARS, Ashton Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Morehead State , 1-6 OVC Total 3-Ptr 1 01 KING, Londell f HARRIS, Lamontray f HICKS, A.J. g WALKER, Jordan g COOPER, De'von g BAKER, James FEAGIN, Richard GREEN, Malek HENSON, Djimon Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Officials: Joey Richardson, Kevin Driver, Jimmy Dyehouse Technical fouls: Jacksonville State-GREGORY, Jamall. Morehead State-None. Attendance: 3673 Jacksonville State Morehead State JSU MOR-M Last FG - APSUM 2nd-00:44, JSU 2nd-00:33. Largest lead - APSUM by 30 2nd-14:17, JSU by 3 1st-17:32. APSUM led for 34:34. JSU led for 03:20. Game was tied for 02:06. Score tied - 3 times. Lead changed - 3 times. Last FG - JSU 2nd-01:01, MOR-M 2nd-03:11. Largest lead - JSU by 9 2nd-16:59, MOR-M by 9 2nd-08:24. JSU led for 16:05. MOR-M led for 19:41. Game was tied for 04:14. Score tied - 6 times. Lead changed - 15 times. Page 20

21 GAME 21 Jacksonville State 68, Eastern Kentucky 60 Jan. 20, Alumni Coliseum GAME 22 UT Martin 67, Jacksonville State 63 Jan. 25, Pete Mathews Coliseum RICHMOND, Ky. The Jacksonville State men s basketball team claimed the program s first win at Eastern Kentucky s Alumni Coliseum Saturday night, topping the Colonels for the season sweep. Prior to Saturday s victory, the Gamecocks (15-6, 6-2 OVC) were 0-13 against EKU (8-13, 2-6 OVC) in Richmond. It s the second time this season head coach Ray Harper has led JSU to a first on the road, recording the program s first win at Belmont s Curb Center on Jan. 6. We should have won a game in here last year, Harper said. But I thought our guys competed tonight. We re still a little bit out of sync offensively, but we were great defensively aside from fouls. We have to do a better job of getting away from drivers and putting our hands on guys. We have to be better. Malcolm Drumwright posted his third 20-point performance in four games, and extended a streak of at least one Gamecock with 20 points in a contest to four games. Junior Jason Burnell totaled 15 points, shooting 6-for-14 with a couple of free throws, and senior Norbertas Giga was good for 12 points off the bench. The 7-foot Giga was 4-for-5 from the floor, hit a 3-pointer and was 3-for-5 from the charity stripe. Jacksonville State took a lead into the locker room after the first period, battling back from what had been a half controlled mostly by Eastern Kentucky. The Colonels held the advantage for 11 minutes, trailing the Gamecocks for 6:16. Drumwright shot 50% in the half, firing up all six of his shots from beyond the arc. The senior led JSU with nine points and three 3-pointers, while Burnell was also 50% from the floor with a second-most eight points in the period. After leading 7-4, EKU went on an 11-0 run to put the Gamecocks down 15-7 after eight minutes. It wasn t until the last eight minutes of the half that Jacksonville State scored more than five points in a row. JSU rallied back from the 8-point deficit with a 16-7 run to go ahead by three, 25-22, with four minutes remaining in the half. Jason Burnell scored eight of JSU s 16 points during their longest run of the half, helping the Gamecocks to score nine consecutive points. Despite four stretches of four or more points at a time for EKU, Jacksonville State controlled the second half. The Gamecocks built their lead to as much as 13 halfway through the period and kept a cushion of no less than seven for the remainder of the game. All 12 of Giga s points came in the second half. He saw six minutes of action and was 0-for-1 in the first half, but was a perfect 4-for-4 in the last period. Jacksonville State vs Eastern Kentucky 01/20/18 7:00 PM at Richmond, Ky. (Paul S. McBrayer Arena) Jacksonville State , 6-2 OVC Total 3-Ptr 14 BURNELL, Jason f CUNNINGHAM,Christian f GREGORY, Jamall g DRUMWRIGHT, Malcol g HUNTER, Marlon g DUNLAP, Maurice EDWARDS, Tyrik GIGA, Norbertas SPEARS, Ashton Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Eastern Kentucky , 2-6 OVC Total 3-Ptr 2 02 DISHMAN, DeAndre f MAYO, Nick f WEAVER, Dujuanta g YOUNGMAN, A.J. g BOYD, Dedric g BROUGHTON, Peyton AVARE, Dillon CHARLES, Zach CARMICAL, Cameron Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Officials: Brett Miles, Brian Crocker, Matthew DiPiro Technical fouls: Jacksonville State-None. Eastern Kentucky-None. Attendance: 1610 Jacksonville State Eastern Kentucky Last FG - JSU 2nd-00:50, EKU 2nd-00:10. Largest lead - JSU by 13 2nd-09:40, EKU by 8 1st-11:52. JSU led for 26:15. EKU led for 11:00. Game was tied for 02:44. Game: % Game: % Game: % 3 JSU EKU Score tied - 2 times. Lead changed - 6 times. JACKSONVILLE Malcolm Drumwright s 22 points were not enough to carry the Jacksonville State men s basketball team Thursday night, dropping a decision to UT Martin at Pete Mathews Coliseum. For the fifth consecutive game, at least one Gamecocks bucketed 20-or-more points. Drumwright s 22 points tonight marks his fourth contest in five in which he has scored 20-or-more, as well. Despite outscoring the Skyhawks in the second half, it wasn t enough to overcome a 23-point first half. UT Martin s defense kept JSU to a 21.9 shooting percentage in the first period, hitting seven of 32 shots. Drumwright led the Gamecocks with six first-half points, hitting two of nine attempts. Jacksonville State began the second half with a 7-4 run, climbing within five points of the UT Martin lead. JSU continued to chip away at the advantage, eventually reclaiming the lead with five minutes remaining in the game. Junior Marlon Hunter picked off a pass, was fouled on a runner, hit the basket and knocked down the free throw to put the Gamecocks up their first lead since the early minutes of the first half. The lead changed hands six more times before the end of the game, and a loud Pete Mathews crowd was on its feet with less than a minute to go. With 37 seconds remaining in the game, Drumwright stepped back and drilled a go-ahead 3-pointer that put JSU up UT Martin immediately called a 30-second timeout, as momentum swung in the Gamecocks favor, but the Skyhawks dropped another 3-pointer with 29 seconds to go. Martin s Fatodd Lewis hit his only 3-pointer of the night to put the Skyhawks ahead JSU fouled twice in an attempt to regain possession and the advantage, but one of two fouls shot fell for Darius Thompson and Terrence Parker hit both is his free throws to put the game out of reach. Of the 12 Gamecocks to see playing time, 10 put points on the board. Jason Burnell was JSU s second leading scorer with seven points, while Ashton Spears, Jamall Gregory and Norbertas Giga each tallied six. Jacksonville State won the rebounding battle Giga led on the boards with 12, and Burnell pulled down a career-high 10 rebounds. Page 21 UT Martin vs Jacksonville State 1/25/18 7:30 PM at Jacksonville, Ala. (Pete Mathews Col.) UT Martin , 3-6 OVC Total 3-Ptr 01 BUTLER, Matthew * BOGAN, Delfincko * PARKER, Terrence * FOFANA, Mike * WILLIAMS, Dominique * HEWITT, Parrish THOMPSON, Darius LEWIS, Fatodd GILL, Jailen Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Jacksonville State , 6-3 OVC Total 3-Ptr 1 00 GREGORY, Jamall * GIGA, Norbertas * DRUMWRIGHT, Malcol * HUNTER, Marlon * CUNNINGHAM,Christian * DUNLAP, Maurice ABUARISHA, Mohamed EDWARDS, Tyrik CROSS, Jacara BURNELL, Jason MARTIN, Cam SPEARS, Ashton Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Officials: R-Jason Baker, U1-Craig Murley, U2-Mick Fieldbinder Technical fouls: UT Martin-PARKER, Terrence. Jacksonville State-BURNELL, Jason. Attendance: 1482 UT Martin Jacksonville State Last FG - UTM-M 2nd-00:29, JSU 2nd-00:37. Largest lead - UTM-M by 10 1st-00:24, JSU by 4 1st-17:59. UTM-M led for 34:01. JSU led for 03:28. Game was tied for 02:27. 4 UTM-M JSU Score tied - 5 times. Lead changed - 11 times.

22 GAME 23 Southeast Missouri 60, Jacksonville State 78 Jan. 27, Pete Mathews Coliseum GAME 24 Jacksonville State 75, Eastern Illinois 63 Feb. 1, Lantz Arena JACKSONVILLE Marlon Hunter scored a career-high 22 points and Christian Cunningham recorded his team-leading sixth double-double of the season en route to a win over Southeast Missouri at Pete Mathews Coliseum on Saturday. Hunter s 22 points eclipsed his previous high of 21, scored Jan. 11 against Murray State at home. For the sixth consecutive game, at least one Gamecock has scored 20 or more points in a contest. Meanwhile, Cunningham tallied 10 points and 15 rebounds for his team-best 13th double-double of his career. Along with Hunter s 22 points and Cunningham s 10, a total of five Gamecocks scored in double-digits. Jamall Gregory bucketed 12, and Jason Burnell and Malcolm Drumwright each posted 11. It s the first time since Dec. 16 that five JSU scorers tallied double-figures against USC Upstate, bringing an end to an 11-game drought. The Jacksonville State defense held the Redhawks (10-13, 4-6 OVC) to nearly 15 points below their scoring average (75.8), keeping SEMO to a 38.3 shooting percentage for the game. JSU forced 17 turnovers and out-rebounded the visitors from Cape Girardeau, Mo., The Gamecocks (16-7, 7-3 OVC) totaled 39 points in each of the game s two halves. Cunningham nearly claimed his double-double in one half, tallying nine points and nine rebounds in the first half alone. His nine points led JSU scorers in the period, followed by eight points each from Gregory and Hunter. Cunningham entered the game with 527 career boards. His 15 rebounds, pulling his career mark to 542, passed Amadou Mbodji (528) for third on the school s Division I career rebounding list. Second place is Rusty Brand (543) and first is Nick Murphy (679). Southeast Missouri held an advantage for just over three minutes the entire game, leading by as much as three points at the 12:29 mark in the opening half. That lead quickly fizzled as JSU jumped ahead two minutes later on a 7-0 run to take a permanent lead. The Gamecocks led by as much as 14 with 30 seconds to go in the half before a couple of SEMO free throws cut it to 12. Despite allowing five more points in the second half than the first, the Gamecocks outscored the Redhawks to keep the game out of reach. Jacksonville State was 14-for-29 shooting in the second half and kept SEMO to 10-for-24 in the period. Southeast Missouri vs Jacksonville State 1/27/18 7:30 PM at Jacksonville, Ala. (Pete Mathews Col.) Southeast Missouri ,4-6 OVC Total 3-Ptr 04 VRANES, Milos * DALTON, Jonathan * CARPENTER, Justin * BREWER, Ledarrius * MAHONEY, Denzel * KOWALSKI, Ray LEWIS, Donnie SIMMONS, Daniel LAROS, Mark Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Jacksonville State , 7-3 OVC Total 3-Ptr 4 00 GREGORY, Jamall * GIGA, Norbertas * BURNELL, Jason * DRUMWRIGHT, Malcol * CUNNINGHAM,Christian * DUNLAP, Maurice ABUARISHA, Mohamed EDWARDS, Tyrik WRIGHT, Deon CURRY, Des CROSS, Jacara HUNTER, Marlon MARTIN, Cam SPEARS, Ashton Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Officials: R - Blake Harris, U1 - James Hicks, U2 - Keith Patterson Technical fouls: Southeast Missouri-None. Jacksonville State-None. Attendance: 2688 Southeast Missouri Jacksonville State Game: % Game: % Game: % 0 SEMO-M JSU CHARLESTON, Ill. The Jacksonville State men s basketball team used a second-half surge to earn a runaway win over Eastern Illinois on Thursday at Lantz Arena. Junior Christian Cunningham tallied his second double-double in as many games with 12 points and 10 rebounds, while fellow junior Jason Burnell scored 11 of his team-high 17 points in the second half to secure the 19-point win. Cunningham s double-double was his seventh of the season and 14th of his career both team-bests among active Gamecocks. Jacksonville State outscored EIU in the second half and scored the half s first 11 consecutive points. JSU led by three at the half, but six consecutive points from Cunningham to begin the period helped push the Gamecocks lead to eight. The JSU defense limited the Panthers to 19-for-51 overall, a 37.3 shooting percentage, while the Gamecocks shot 50.8% for the game. Jacksonville State, led by Cunningham s 10 boards, outrebounded Eastern Illinois 37-30, while the defense forced 14 Panther turnovers. Despite scoring the game s first four points, the Gamecocks hit a scoring drought and saw the Panthers go on a 12-0, three-minute run. JSU trailed by as much as 10 at the 11:40 mark, down 18-8 nearly halfway through the first period, but the tides began turning just one minute later. Following EIU s 12-point run, the JSU defense tightened up and allowed just four field goals for the remainder of the half. From the 10:51 mark until the end of the half, Jacksonville State outscored the Panthers During the Gamecocks near 11-minute, run, Burnell totaled a team-best six points and Malcolm Drumwright tallied five. The offense was 8-for-13 during the stretch, while the defense came away with two steals and forced five EIU turnovers, helping Jacksonville State to a advantage at the half. Page 22 Jacksonville State vs Eastern Illinois 2/1/18 7:30 pm at Charleston, Ill. (Lantz Arena) Jacksonville State , 8-3 OVC Total 3-Ptr 12 GIGA, Norbertas f BURNELL, Jason f CUNNINGHAM,Christian f GREGORY, Jamall g DRUMWRIGHT, Malcol g DUNLAP, Maurice ABUARISHA, Mohamed EDWARDS, Tyrik WRIGHT, Deon CURRY, Des CROSS, Jacara HUNTER, Marlon MARTIN, Cam SPEARS, Ashton Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Eastern Illinois , 3-8 OVC Total 3-Ptr 1 05 CROSSLAND, Ray f STARKS, Jajuan f DAMA, Muusa f SMITH, Mack g GOODWIN, Montell g GREEN, Justice WILSON, Shawn PRICE, DeVantae' JONES, Lucas DIALLO, Aboubacar Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Officials: Ed Crenshaw, Jon Campbell, Kelly Davis Technical fouls: Jacksonville State-None. Eastern Illinois-None. Attendance: 1643 Jacksonville State Eastern Illinois Last FG - JSU 2nd-01:46, EIU 2nd-00:11. Largest lead - JSU by 26 2nd-01:46, EIU by 10 1st-11:40. JSU led for 26:57. EIU led for 11:48. Game was tied for 01:15. Game: % Game: % Game: % 4 JSU EIU Score tied - 1 time. Lead changed - 2 times.

23 GAME 25 Jacksonville State 67, SIU Edwardsville 75 Feb. 3, Valdalabene Center GAME 26 Tennessee Tech 65, Jacksonville State 82 Feb. 8, Pete Mathews Coliseum EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. A rally before the half and 37 second-period points were not enough to lift the Jacksonville State men s basketball team over SIU Edwardsville on Saturday afternoon, falling at the Vadalabene Center. Despite struggling to score early on, four Gamecocks ended the afternoon with doublefigure point totals. Junior Jason Burnell recorded his first career double-double, totaling 10 points and 12 rebounds, while Jamall Gregory led all JSU scorers with 14 points and four assists. Norbertas Giga and Malcolm Drumwright had 12 and 11 points, respectively. The Gamecocks got off to a slow start and found themselves in a 17-point hole after 15 minutes of play. Jacksonville State trailed at the 5:37 mark and was shooting just 30% prior to the under-8 media timeout. JSU began to right the ship within the final five minutes of the first half, hitting a 14-5 run to cut the deficit to eight, 38-30, at the break. Cam Martin pitched in five points during the run, followed by four from Jamall Gregory. During the stretch, the Gamecocks improved their half s shooting percentage to an even 50%, ending the period 11-for-22 from the floor. Gregory and Martin each tallied seven points in the half. Averaging nearly two points per minute in the first half, the Jacksonville State defense allowed just five points in the final five minutes. The Cougars began the half shooting 50% and were out-rebounding the Gamecocks 9-4 at the halfway mark, but the JSU defense allowed just two field goals in the last five minutes. Jacksonville State out-rebounded SIUE 9-7 for the final 12 minutes of the period. Jacksonville State came within three points of tying the contest in the second half, but SIUE kept the pedal down and outscored the Gamecocks to close out the game. A Cunningham layup put JSU within five, 64-59, with four minutes left, but an SIUE basket and 3-pointer extended the advantage back to 10 with 1:30 remaining. The Cougars were led by David McFarland who scored 15 points and was 6-for-11 shooting. He knocked down a team-high three 3-pointers. Keenan Simmons tallied 14 points and Jalen Henry had 13. Jacksonville State vs SIUE 02/03/18 1 pm at Edwardsville, Ill./Vadalabene Center Jacksonville State , 8-4 OVC Total 3-Ptr 00 GREGORY, Jamall * GIGA, Norbertas * BURNELL, Jason * DRUMWRIGHT, Malcol * CUNNINGHAM,Christian * DUNLAP, Maurice EDWARDS, Tyrik CROSS, Jacara HUNTER, Marlon MARTIN, Cam SPEARS, Ashton Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % SIUE , 4-8 OVC 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Total 3-Ptr 3 13 ELLIS, Christian * MCFARLAND, David * BENTON, Justin * HENRY, Jalen * SIMMONS, Keenan * JACKSON, D.J KINCHEN, Daniel AWET, Bill MCCOY, Jaylen JACKSON, Brandon Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % Officials: Greg Rennegarbe, Collin Dotson, Eric Lowe Technical fouls: Jacksonville State-BURNELL, Jason; CUNNINGHAM,Christian. SIUE-None. Attendance: ,1 JACKSONVILLE The Jacksonville State men s basketball team overcame a slow start to top Tennessee Tech Thursday night at Pete Mathews Coliseum. Junior Jason Burnell scored a career-high 22 points and snagged a career-high 12 rebounds en route to his second consecutive double-double. The Gamecocks (18-8, 9-4 OVC) showed out on ESPNU, turning in their highest-scoring game in conference play this season. JSU s 82 points against the Golden Eagles (16-10, 8-5 OVC) were the most scored since putting up 89 against Samford on Dec. 3 at The Pete. The game did not start with as much promise as the 17-point victory would seem as Jacksonville State found itself in a quick 10-0 hole after three minutes of play. TTU s Curtis Phillips and Shaq Calhoun each hit a couple of 3-pointers that helped put the Gamecocks down by 13 points JSU s largest deficit of the night. Trailing 15-5 at the first media timeout, the Gamecock offense hit another gear and went on to outscore TTU for the remainder of the first half. Christian Cunningham s lone two points Thursday came on a posterizing dunk that permanently swung the momentum Jacksonville State s way amidst a 6-0 run to pull within seven of the TTU lead. Following the Cunningham jam at 13:01, the Gamecocks went on the attack. All 10 of Burnell s first half points came in the final 11 minutes of the period, and junior Marlon Hunter scored a half-best 13. Hunter was 5-for-8 from the floor with a 3-pointer, while Burnell was 4-for-7 with a 3-ball, as well. Tennessee Tech responded in the second half with 38 points after trailing by 13 at the break, but Jacksonville State continued to pile on points with two more points in the second period than the first with 42. Burnell completed his second career double-double with 12 points and eight rebounds in the second, and junior Jamall Gregory tallied all 12 of his night s points in the half. Senior Malcolm Drumwright managed four points and led the Gamecocks with five assists while making his 94tth career start in a JSU uniform. The start ties former Gamecock Brian Williams ( ) for the most career Division I starts in program history. Drumwright will become the all-time DI leader with a start Saturday. Tennessee Tech vs Jacksonville State 2/8/18 8p.m. at Jacksonville, Ala. (Pete Mathews Col.) Tennessee Tech , 8-5 OVC Total 3-Ptr 00 CALHOUN, Shaq * MACK, Kajon * PHILLIPS, Curtis * ALEXANDER, Courtney * RAMSEY, Mason * TILLERY, Corey DURAN, Joan HENRY, Micaiah OMLADIC, Domen CROSLAND, Cade Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Game: % Game: % Game: % 5 Jacksonville State , 9-4 OVC Total 3-Ptr 00 GREGORY, Jamall * GIGA, Norbertas * BURNELL, Jason * DRUMWRIGHT, Malcol * CUNNINGHAM,Christian * DUNLAP, Maurice ABUARISHA, Mohamed EDWARDS, Tyrik WRIGHT, Deon CURRY, Des CROSS, Jacara HUNTER, Marlon MARTIN, Cam SPEARS, Ashton Team Totals FG % 1st Half: % 3FG % 1st Half: % FT % 1st Half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % 2nd half: % Officials: James Hicks, Mick Fieldbinder, Keith Patterson Technical fouls: Tennessee Tech-None. Jacksonville State-None. Attendance: 2009 Game: % Game: % Game: % 4 Jacksonville State SIUE JSU SIUE Tennessee Tech Jacksonville State TTU JSU Last FG - JSU 2nd-00:26, SIUE 2nd-01:31. Largest lead - JSU None, SIUE by 17 1st-05:37. JSU led for 00:00. SIUE led for 39:44. Game was tied for 00:16. Score tied - 0 times. Lead changed - 0 times. Page 23 Last FG - TTU 2nd-01:32, JSU 2nd-01:09. Largest lead - TTU by 13 1st-14:56, JSU by 26 2nd-03:12. TTU led for 10:27. JSU led for 29:29. Game was tied for 00:04. Score tied - 0 times. Lead changed - 1 time.

24 Ray Harper Head Coach April 6, 2016, Gamecocks athletics director Greg Seitz announced the hiring of Ray Harper as the program s 11th head coach and the fifth to run the Gamecocks at the Division I level. Harper inherited a team that was 8-23 the season prior and had not qualified for an OVC Tournament since The Gamecocks were picked to finish 12th out of 12 teams during preseason polling, and since joining the Division I ranks in 1993, JSU had never won a conference championship or appeared in the NCAA Tournament. Less than one year after his hire date, the first-year head coach completely changed the perception of Jacksonville State basketball. The Gamecocks completed the most successful season in the program s history in Harper led JSU to its first ever Ohio Valley Conference title, first appearance in the Division I NCAA Tournament and just the second 20-win season in the program s Division I history. JSU finished the campaign as the sixth-most improved team in the nation (+10.0 wins). The Gamecocks clinched a berth to just their fifth OVC Tournament since joining the league in with a road win over Morehead State to cap the regular season. JSU entered the conference tournament as the No. 3 seed, earning a first-round bye. Jacksonville State defeated No. 5 seeded Southeast Missouri in the first round, upset top-seeded Belmont in the second round and downed No. 2 seeded UT Martin to claim its first Division I title. Harper became only the second head coach in JSU history to lead the Gamecocks to a 20-win season as a Division I program. He is just the second Jacksonville State head coach to win 20 games in his first season at the helm, tying legendary head coach Bill Jones who began his tenure in 1974 with a 20-7 clip. Harper is one of three first-year head coaches to enjoy a.500+ record; Jones was the last to accomplish the feat in a premiere season 42 years ago. the harper file Career record: (19th season) record at Jacksonville state: (second Season) PERSONAL Born: October 11, 1961, Bremen, Ky. Hometown: Bremen, Ky. High School: Bremen (Ky.), 1980 College: Texas, ; Kentucky Wesleyan, (Bachelor of Science); Western Kentucky, (Master s) Wife: Shannon Playing career High School: Bremen (Ky.) (guard, four letters, first-team all-state, two-time district player of the year) College: Texas ( , guard, two letters, 1981 Southwest Conference Rookie of the Year); Kentucky Wesleyan ( , two letters, 1985 third-team All-American, 1985 all-conference) Milestone Victories No. Date Score 1 11/16/96 Ky. Wesleyan 68, Delta State /25/01 Ky. Wesleyan 96, SIUE /15/03 Ky. Wesleyan 71, Northern Ky /4/06 Okla. City 76, Okla. Christian /9/13 Western Ky. 62, South Alabama /3/17 Jacksonville State 65, Belmont 59 Continued on next page... Page 24

25 A veteran with over 30 years of coaching experience at the collegiate ranks, Harper boasts a career record in 18 years as a head coach. That career includes four national championships - two at the Division II level and two in NAIA. Harper came to Jacksonville after a five-year stint at Western Kentucky that saw him post an mark that included three 20-win seasons and two trips to the NCAA Tournament. After serving over two years as an assistant at WKU, he took over as the Hilltoppers interim coach in January of the season and was named the full-time head coach in early February. At WKU, he went to the NCAA Tournament in 2012 and 2013 and won 20 games in his first three full seasons, making him the first coach in WKU history to achieve the feat. After taking the helm at Western Kentucky, the Hilltoppers went 11-8 (interim) and 7-1 after he was named full-time head coach, which came after starting the season with a 5-11 record. His debut with the Hilltoppers saw him rally them to the Sun Belt Conference Tournament title and a win over Mississippi Valley State in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament in Dayton. A record in ended with the Hilltoppers second trip to the Big Dance in as many years. Prior to joining the WKU program as an assistant in 2009, Harper built a head coaching resume that included four national championships, five national runner-up finishes, eight conference titles, five national coach-of-the-year honors and a record over 12 years at Kentucky Wesleyan and Oklahoma City University. Harper was named the NCAA Division II National Coach of the Year four-straight years from , while earning the honor at the NAIA Division I level once with Oklahoma City following the 2008 title run. He was selected conference Ray Harper s Coaching Record : Kentucky Wesleyan : Kentucky Wesleyan : Kentucky Wesleyan * : Kentucky Wesleyan ^ : Kentucky Wesleyan * : Kentucky Wesleyan ^ : Kentucky Wesleyan ^ : Kentucky Wesleyan : Kentucky Wesleyan : Oklahoma City ^ : Oklahoma City * : Oklahoma City * : Western Kentucky : Western Kentucky : Western Kentucky : Western Kentucky : Western Kentucky : Jacksonville State : Jacksonville State Total: 19 Years (*) national championship (^) national runner-up Ray Harper Collegiate Head Coaching History School First Yr. Last Yr. W L Pct. KWU OKC WKU JSU Pres Total (19 seasons) coach of the year on seven occasions, as well as the region coach of the year twice. In nine years at his alma mater Kentucky Wesleyan in Owensboro, Ky., Harper laid claim to seven NCAA coaching records, surpassing Division I record-holders in all instances, including becoming the fastest to 200 wins (224 games), holding the most consecutive 30-win seasons (6) and compiling the most wins in each of the first four-through-eight seasons of his career. With NCAA Division II title game appearances each season from , he became the first NCAA head coach since John Wooden to appear in six-straight NCAA National Championship games. He won in 99 and 01. The NCAA requires a minimum of 10 seasons at the Division II level to officially qualify for its list of head coaching records, but Harper s nine-year record of at Kentucky Wesleyan would give him the best winning percentage in Division II history at.843. At Kentucky Wesleyan, he coached two National Players of the Year, seven All-Americans and nine NABC Great Lakes All- Region players. He had 11 players selected All-Great Lakes Valley Conference and two that were named the league s player of the year. Through seven seasons, he had more victories than any coach at the NCAA Division I and II levels (210). Harper reached 200 wins in 224 games, which was faster than NCAA Division I record holder and Hall of Famer Clair Bee, who won 200 in 231 games. On February 17, 2008, Harper s number 12 jersey was retired at Kentucky Wesleyan, and the floor at Jones Gymnasium was named Ray Harper Court. From Kentucky Wesleyan, Harper went to Oklahoma City, where in three seasons at the NAIA Division I institution, Harper put together a record that featured back-to-back national titles in 07 and 08. He has also coached on the international level, having led USA Basketball men s junior team to a 7-1 record and a fifth-place finish at the 2003 FIBA World Championships in Greece. The native of Bremen, Ky., and a 1985 graduate of Kentucky Wesleyan, Harper was a two-year starter for the Panthers after transferring from Texas. He became the school s first All- American as a senior, and he also earned most outstanding player in the regional as well as all-region and all-conference accolades. The 1981 Southwest Conference Rookie of the Year at Texas after averaging 9.8 points and 3.9 assists per outing, Harper finished his college career with 1,187 points and 605 assists at the two schools. In April of 2010, Harper was named to Kentucky Wesleyan s All-Century Team. Harper coached 12 of the 30 players on the All-Century Team Harper scored 3,033 points during his high school playing career, earning all-state honors as a senior and District Player of the Year acclaim twice. He earned his Master s degree from WKU in Page 25

26 jamall gregory Jr Guard Washington, D.C. Chipola College/Coolidge High School 0 PRIOR TO JSU : Appeared in 27 games at Chipola (FL) College averaged 10.3 points a game on 45.2 shooting also finished the season averaging 3.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists scored a season high 23 points at Florida Southwestern on Dec. 3, before matching the total on Feb. 7 against Northwest Florida State finish 12 games with a double-digit scoring total had a 14-point, 7-assist, 6-rebound game at Northwest Florida State on Jan : Scored 34 points in 20 games as a true freshman at South Carolina, where he averaged 6.7 minutes a game shot.500 from the floor and.333 from behind the 3-point arc. HIGH SCHOOL Played at Calvin Coolidge High School in Washington D.C. rated a three-star prospect by 247Sports and Rivals.com averaged 21 points per game as a senior selected to the DMVElite All-DC First Team participated in the National Prep Championship Tournament. PERSONAL Born Jan. 29, 1995 in Washington, D.C... son of Connie Gregory... majoring in Integrated Studies. CAREER HIGHS Points: 23, vs. Savannah State -- 11/20/17 : 8, Tennessee Wesleyan -- 11/10/17 Assists: 8, USC Upstate -- 11/16/17 Steals: 5, at SIUE -- 2/3/18 Blocks: 4, vs. Savannah State -- 11/20/17 FG made: 9, vs. Savannah State -- 11/20/17 FG attempts: 14, vs. Savannah State -- 11/20/17 3FG made: 3, vs. Savannah State -- 11/20/17 3FG attempts: 5, 2X FT made: 7, at SIUE -- 2/3/18 FT attempts: 9, at Buffalo -- 11/15/ GAME-BY-GAME Opponent GS FG 3FG FT Reb PF Pts Ast TO Blk Stl Min TN WESLEYAN 11/10/17 * at Richmond 11/13/17 * at Buffalo 11/15/17 * vs. Savannah State 11/20/17 * at Chattanooga 11/21/17 * at Mississippi State 11/16/17 * ALABAMA STATE 11/30/ SAMFORD 12/3/17 * ULM 12/9/17 * at Oregon State 12/12/17 * USC UPSTATE 12/16/17 * HOWARD 12/18/ CHATTANOOGA 12/21/17 * EASTERN KENTUCKY 12/28/18 * MOREHEAD STATE 12/30/18 * at Tennessee State 1/4/18 * at Belmont 1/6/18 * MURRAY STATE 1/11/18 * AUSTIN PEAY 11/13/18 * at Morehead State 1/18/18 * at Eastern Kentucky 1/20/18 * UT MARTIN 1/25/18 * SE MISSOURI 1/27/18 * at Eastern Illinois 2/1/18 * at SIU Edwardsville 2/3/18 * TENNESSEE TECH 2/8/18 * Total 3-Point F-Throws Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg / TOTAL / Page 26

27 maurice dunlap Jr Guard Greenwood, Miss. Jones County CC/Amanda Elzy High School 1 PRIOR TO JSU : Saw action in 31 games and helped lead Jones County to the second round of the NJCAA Tournament averaged 9.2 points, 3.6 assists and 2.5 rebounds in his second year in the program set a collegiate basketball career-high with 24 points scored on 61.5 percent (8-13) shooting, including 54.5 (6-11) from behind the 3-point arc, on Feb. 28 against Northwest Mississippi finished 13 games with a double-digit scoring figure : Averaged 11.1 points, 3.6 rebounds, 3.2 assists at Jones County (MS) Junior College shot 39.8 percent from the floor and behind the 3-point arc in 27.4 minutes of play a game recorded a 1.3 assist-to-turnover ratio adjusted scoring mark to a 40-minute game was 16.2 points per game scored in double-digits in 13 of the 25 games he played in : Appeared in seven games as a true freshman at Mississippi State totaled 20 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 assists before injuries ended his season in December scored 6 points in the Bulldogs season-opening game against Western Carolina had a 5-point, 2-rebound performance against Mississippi Valley State on Nov. 17. HIGH SCHOOL Prepped at Amanda Elzy High School helped Amanda Elzy to back-to-back Class 4A state titles in 2012 and 2013 named the Class 4A state tournament MVP in 2012 selected to play in the Mississippi-Alabama All-State Game named to Clarion Ledger Dandy Dozen teams in 2013 and 2014 rated a threestar prospect by 247Sports.com averaged 14.8 points, 3.4 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 1.8 steals as a senior set a career high in scoring with 27 points against LeFlore County in December of 2011 accumulated a overall recorded during a threeyear span at Amanda Elzy. CAREER HIGHS Points: 12, 2X : 4, 2X Assists: 5, Chattanooga -- 12/21/17 Steals: 1, 5X Blocks: FG made: 4, vs. Savannah State -- 11/20/17 FG attempts: 9, vs. Savannah State -- 11/20/17 3FG made: 3, 3X 3FG attempts: 7, vs. Savannah State -- 11/20/17 FT made: 6, Tennessee Wesleyan -- 11/10/17 FT attempts: 6, Tennessee Wesleyan -- 11/10/ GAME-BY-GAME Opponent GS FG 3FG FT Reb PF Pts Ast TO Blk Stl Min TN WESLEYAN 11/10/17 * at Richmond 11/13/ at Buffalo 11/15/ vs. Savannah State 11/20/ at Chattanooga 11/21/ at Mississippi State 11/16/ ALABAMA STATE 11/30/ SAMFORD 12/3/ ULM 12/9/17 at Oregon State 12/12/17 USC UPSTATE 12/16/ HOWARD 12/18/ CHATTANOOGA 12/21/ EASTERN KENTUCKY 12/28/ MOREHEAD STATE 12/30/ at Tennessee State 1/4/ at Belmont 1/6/ MURRAY STATE 1/11/ AUSTIN PEAY 11/13/ at Morehead State 1/18/ at Eastern Kentucky 1/20/ UT MARTIN 1/25/ SEMO 1/27/ at Eastern Illinois 2/1/ at SIU Edwardsville 2/3/ TENNESSEE TECH 2/8/ PERSONAL Full name is Maurice Dunlap II... born Dec. 10, 1995 son of Maurice and Patricia Dunlap... has three sisters: Maricia, Jennae and Tiara... majoring in Integrated Studies. Total 3-Point F-Throws Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg / TOTAL / Page 27

28 Mohamed Abuarisha R-Fr Forward/Guard Fureidis Village, Israel Elev8 Academy (Fla.) 2 JSU CAREER : Appeared in three games during his freshman season scored four points and grabbed two rebounds in 11 minutes of game action against Dalton State on Nov. 22, Missed remainder of season with an injury. HIGH SCHOOL Attended the Elev8 Academy in Delray Beach, Fla Attended high school in Hod Hasharon, Israel Was twice named a tournament MVP Once named team MVP Earned first team all-state, all-district and all-region honors played club ball with Wingate Basketball Academy Competed in the 2013 U16 European Championship, and 2014 & 2015 U18 European Championship. PERSONAL Mohamed Abuarisha was born Nov. 10, 1997 in Israel he is the son of Dalia and Khader Abuarisha has two brothers majoring in Sport Management with a minor in Marketing. CAREER HIGHS Points: 6, Tennessee Wesleyan -- 11/10/17 : 2, 2X Assists: 1, 2X Steals: Blocks: FG made: 2, 2X FG attempts: 6, Tennessee Wesleyan -- 11/10/17 3FG made: 2, Tennessee Wesleyan -- 11/10/17 3FG attempts: 4, Tennessee Wesleyan -- 11/10/17 FT made: FT attempts: 1, Dalton State -- 11/22/ GAME-BY-GAME Opponent GS FG 3FG FT Reb PF Pts Ast TO Blk Stl Min TN WESLEYAN 11/10/ at Richmond 11/13/ at Buffalo 11/15/17 vs. Savannah State 11/20/ at Chattanooga 11/21/17 at Mississippi State 11/16/17 ALABAMA STATE 11/30/ SAMFORD 12/3/ ULM 12/9/ at Oregon State 12/12/17 USC UPSTATE 12/16/17 HOWARD 12/18/17 CHATTANOOGA 12/21/17 EASTERN KENTUCKY 12/28/ MOREHEAD STATE 12/30/18 at Tennessee State 1/4/18 at Belmont 1/6/18 MURRAY STATE 1/11/18 AUSTIN PEAY 11/13/ at Morehead State 1/18/18 at Eastern Kentucky 1/20/18 UT MARTIN 1/25/ SEMO 1/27/ at Eastern Illinois 2/1/ at SIU Edwardsville 2/3/18 TENNESSEE TECH 2/8/ Total 3-Point F-Throws Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg / TOTAL / Page 28

29 Tyrik Edwards So Guard Hopkinsville, Ky. Christian County High School 3 JSU CAREER : Appeared in 33 games while starting four of them as a true freshman averaged 4.3 points, 2.0 assists, 1.5 rebounds and 0.4 steals in 14.2 minutes of game action scored in double figures in four games, including a career-high 19 points on 7-of-11 shooting at SIUE on Feb. 4, 2017 dished out a career-high nine assists at Howard on Dec. 14, 2016 scored four points, dished out four assists and brought down two rebounds in 15 minutes of action against Louisville in the NCAA Tournament. HIGH SCHOOL Played four years for head coaches Kyle Eades and Frankie Smith at Christian County High School in Hopkinsville, KY was awarded Team MVP his senior year.. Awarded All-State second team in 2016, first team All-District senior and junior year along with first team All-Region his senior and junior year was a part of the Kentucky-Indiana All-Stars, Tri-State All-Stars, and played in the All-Star game averaged 18 points per game during his time in high school also joined the 1,000 point club, was a Kentucky Mr. Basketball candidate, and Region 2 player of the year awarded by his local newspaper for play of the week..helped his team to the 2016 Regional Championships. PERSONAL Full name is Tyrik Odell Edwards born August 24, 1998 in Hopkinsville, Ky.the son Tamisha Edwards and Antoine Nance has one brother, Tywon Nance, and two sisters, Twonisha Nance and Twashawn Nance major is undecided. CAREER HIGHS Points: 19, at SIUE -- 2/4/17 : 6, 2X Assists: 9, Howard -- 12/14/16 Steals: 3, 2X Blocks: 1, at ULM -- 12/10/16 FG made: 7, 2X FG attempts: 11, at SIUE -- 2/4/17 3FG made: 1, 2X 3FG attempts: 2, at UT Martin -- 12/29/16 FT made: 8, Tennessee State -- 2/11/17 FT attempts: 8, 2X GAME-BY-GAME Opponent GS FG 3FG FT Reb PF Pts Ast TO Blk Stl Min TN WESLEYAN 11/10/ at Richmond 11/13/ at Buffalo 11/15/ vs. Savannah State 11/20/17 at Chattanooga 11/21/17 at Mississippi State 11/16/ ALABAMA STATE 11/30/ SAMFORD 12/3/ ULM 12/9/ at Oregon State 12/12/ USC UPSTATE 12/16/ HOWARD 12/18/ CHATTANOOGA 12/21/ EASTERN KENTUCKY 12/28/18 * MOREHEAD STATE 12/30/18 * at Tennessee State 1/4/18 * at Belmont 1/6/ MURRAY STATE 1/11/ AUSTIN PEAY 11/13/ at Morehead State 1/18/ at Eastern Kentucky 1/20/ UT MARTIN 1/25/ SEMO 1/27/ at Eastern Illinois 2/1/ at SIU Edwardsville 2/3/ TENNESSEE TECH 2/8/ Total 3-Point F-Throws Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg / / TOTAL / Page 29

30 Des Curry R-Sr Guard Jacksonville, Ala. Jacksonville High School 5 JSU CAREER : Appeared in eight games while averaging 3.5 minutes in those contests averaged 1.1 points, 0.5 assists and 0.3 rebounds a game scored his first points as a Gamecock when he set a career-high with a 3-point performance at Chattanooga on Dec. 21, 2016, the performance was matched at SIUE on Feb. 4, 2017 when he made three of four free throw attempts : Did not play - redshirt. PRIOR TO JSU Spent two seasons under head coach Jay Welborn at Snead State Community College. HIGH SCHOOL Played three years for head coach Anthony Kingston at Jacksonville High School where he scored over 1,000 points during his career He was named all-state and three times all-area made all-tournament team at Sandestin Blowout Tournament... Awarded Clutch Performer honor by The Anniston Star his senior season after hitting five game-winning shots during a season in which he averaged 20 points and four assists per game. PERSONAL Full name Desmond Torrez Curry son of Topaze Brockman and Benjamin Curry... majoring in Integrated Studies. CAREER HIGHS Points: 3, 2X : 2, at Eastern Kentucky -- 2/23/17 Assists: 1, 5X Steals: 1, 2X FG made: 1, 2X FG attempts: 2, 2X 3FG made: 3FG attempts: 1, 2X FT made: 3, at SIUE -- 2/4/17 FT attempts: 4, at SIUE -- 2/4/ GAME-BY-GAME Opponent GS FG 3FG FT Reb PF Pts Ast TO Blk Stl Min TN WESLEYAN 11/10/ at Richmond 11/13/ at Buffalo 11/15/17 vs. Savannah State 11/20/ at Chattanooga 11/21/17 at Mississippi State 11/16/17 ALABAMA STATE 11/30/17 SAMFORD 12/3/ ULM 12/9/ at Oregon State 12/12/17 USC UPSTATE 12/16/ HOWARD 12/18/17 CHATTANOOGA 12/21/ EASTERN KENTUCKY 12/28/ MOREHEAD STATE 12/30/18 at Tennessee State 1/4/18 at Belmont 1/6/18 MURRAY STATE 1/11/ AUSTIN PEAY 11/13/ at Morehead State 1/18/18 at Eastern Kentucky 1/20/18 UT MARTIN 1/25/18 SEMO 1/27/ at Eastern Illinois 2/1/ at SIU Edwardsville 2/3/18 TENNESSEE TECH 2/8/ Total 3-Point F-Throws Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg / / TOTAL / Page 30

31 Jacara cross So Forward Atlanta, Ga. Lithonia High School 11 JSU CAREER : Appeared in 33 games as a true freshman, starting 10 of those games earned OVC Freshman of the Week honors on Dec. 19 after posting back-to-back double-digit scoring performance against Howard and USC Upstate averaged 12.1 minutes a game, including playing 20-or-more five times averaged 5.5 points, 2.7 rebounds, 0.7 blocks per game scored in double figures eight times set a career-high with 14 points at Tennessee Tech on Jan. 14, 2017 brought down five-or-more rebounds six times, including a career-high eight against Dalton State on Nov. 22, 2016 and Tennessee Tech on Jan. 14, 2017 credited with two blocks in 10 minutes of game action against Louisville in the NCAA Tournament. HIGH SCHOOL Played two years for head coach Wallace Corker at Lithonia High School in Lithonia, GA... Finishing up his next two years at Cedar Grover High School in Lithonia, GA for head coach James Martin earning tournament MVP sophomore, junior, senior year All-State, All-District, All-Region, and All-Star Teams his senior year awarded Player of the Week by a local newspaper senior year awarded with the most double doubles and blocks. PERSONAL Full name Jacara Decarlos Cross born February 4, 1998 in Atlanta, Ga son of Octavia and Jawara Cross has three brothers: Dewayne, Dre, and Jawara... has five sisters: Jada, Jasmine, Samisha, Myesha and Quentavia. major is undecided. CAREER HIGHS Points: 14, at Tennessee Tech -- 1/14/17 : 8, 2X Assists: 3, 2X Steals: 1, 5X Blocks: 6, Tennessee Tech -- 2/18/17 FG made: 6, 2X FG attempts: 11, at Tennessee Tech -- 1/14/17 3FG made: 3FG attempts: FT made: 5, Murray State -- 1/5/17 FT attempts: 8, Murray State -- 1/5/ GAME-BY-GAME Opponent GS FG 3FG FT Reb PF Pts Ast TO Blk Stl Min TN WESLEYAN 11/10/ at Richmond 11/13/17 at Buffalo 11/15/ vs. Savannah State 11/20/ at Chattanooga 11/21/ at Mississippi State 11/16/17 ALABAMA STATE 11/30/ SAMFORD 12/3/ ULM 12/9/ at Oregon State 12/12/ USC UPSTATE 12/16/ HOWARD 12/18/17 CHATTANOOGA 12/21/ EASTERN KENTUCKY 12/28/ MOREHEAD STATE 12/30/18 at Tennessee State 1/4/18 at Belmont 1/6/ MURRAY STATE 1/11/18 AUSTIN PEAY 11/13/ at Morehead State 1/18/ at Eastern Kentucky 1/20/18 UT MARTIN 1/25/ SEMO 1/27/ at Eastern Illinois 2/1/ at SIU Edwardsville 2/3/ TENNESSEE TECH 2/8/ Total 3-Point F-Throws Scoring Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf fo ast to blk stl pts avg / / TOTAL / Page 31