MARTIN, Tenn. (AP) - Tarvin Gaines scored a season-high 23 points as Jacksonville State pulled away from Tennessee-Martin 64-54 Monday in Ohio Valley Conference action.
Gaines hit 13 of 15 from the foul line and combined with Darion Rackley's 8 of 10 showing to account for all of Jacksonville State's 21 free-throw makes in 29 attempts.
Myles Taylor had 22 points and 12 boards for the Skyhawks (3-11, 0-2) for his third double-double this year.
The only other time Jacksonville State (10-3, 2-0) won its first two OVC games was in 2005-06, when it started 3-0.
The Gamecocks entered fourth in the country in defensive 3-point percentage at 24.5, and held Tennessee-Martin to 2-of-10 shooting beyond the arc.
After the teams were tied 22-all at intermission, Gaines put Jacksonville State up 26-25 with two free throws and scored seven points during a 16-3 run that put the Gamecocks ahead 40-28 with 13:34 left.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Jacksonville State (10-3) « | 22 | 42 | 64 |
| Tennessee-Martin (3-11) | 22 | 32 | 54 |
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| Jacksonville State Gamecocks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Gaines, F | 32 | 5-11 | 13-15 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| R. Mafra, F | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Williams, G | 39 | 4-11 | 0-2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| R. Boggs, G | 36 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| D. Rackley, G | 29 | 2-6 | 8-10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| N. Cook | 23 | 4-5 | 0-2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| M. Leggett | 22 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Anderson | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Deanes | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Sanders | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-45 | 21-29 | 30 | 10 | 18 | 64 | |
| 42.2% | 72.4% | ||||||
| Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Taylor, F | 36 | 7-13 | 8-10 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 22 |
| J. Washington, F | 29 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| J. Childs, G | 27 | 4-8 | 3-4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| D. Richardson, G | 17 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| K. Taylor, G | 11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Smith | 24 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| M. Liabo | 19 | 1-7 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| O. Minor | 15 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| T. Dowdell | 9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| B. Jones | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| B. McLaughlin | 6 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Totals | 18-45 | 16-21 | 30 | 7 | 24 | 54 | |
| 40% | 76.2% | ||||||
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