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MOREHEAD, Ky. – Morehead State’s women’s basketball team ranks among the nation’s top teams in three-pointers and the Eagles proved that once again Thursday night against Jacksonville State at Johnson Arena. MSU hit a school record 17 treys and won handily over the Gamecocks, 80-53.
The Eagles improved to 17-6 and 10-2 in the Ohio Valley Conference. The 2009-10 team became just the fifth in school history to record at least 17 wins in a season. JSU fell to 6-16 and 3-9 in the OVC.
Sophomore Ashley Martin, one of four Eagles in double figures, scored a team high 16. Sophomore Abby Steel tallied a career high 15 points, including 12 in the second half, while junior Chynna Bozeman scored 14. Bozeman, who hit nine of her 13 triples at Austin Peay Sunday, was 4-for-4 tonight. Freshman Ashar Harris notched 12 points and nine rebounds.
Destine Lane led the JSU squad with 16 points, including four three-pointers. She also had seven boards. Danielle Vaughn scored 14.
Martin sparked a 10-1 run to begin the game for MSU as she scored eight of the first 10. She hit a pair of three-pointers and a layup off a pass from Bozeman.
After JSU climbed back to within 13-6, the Eagles went on a 7-2 run to push the first-half margin out to 20-8 with 12:35 left. MSU continued its barrage from beyond the arc, hitting seven of their first nine. The lead ballooned to 29-11 at the six-minute mark and went all the way to 37-15 with just more than two minutes left.
MSU ultimately led 40-20 at the half, shooting 48 percent overall and 77 percent (10-of-13) from three-point range. Martin was 4-of-5 from distance and scored 14 points in the opening 20 minutes. The Gamecocks were limited to 26 percent from the floor.
The Eagles went on to lead by as many 36 in the second half with 7:29 left.
MSU finished the game 17-of-31 from three-point range and out-rebounded the Gamecocks 45-37. MSU also dished out a season high 24 assists on its 28 made field goals. JSU shot 33 percent for the game.
The Eagles host Tennessee Tech Saturday at 5:07 p.m. The game will be shown live on the Wazoo Sports Television Network.
