JACKSONVILLE, Ala. (AP) - Patrick Miller scored 19 points, and Kellen Thornton and M.J. Rhett added double-doubles as Tennessee State won its fourth consecutive game, beating Jacksonville State 66-57 Saturday night to remain unbeaten in Ohio Valley Conference play.
The Tigers (9-7) are 3-0 in the OVC for the first time since the 1994-95 season, and they've won all four of their games since losing Robert Covington, their leading scorer, with a knee injury.
Rhett's 16 rebounds for the Tigers were a career best, and he scored 10 points. Thornton had 14 points and 14 rebounds.
Miller was 12-for-16 from the free-throw line, and the Tigers made 18 of 23 in the second half. They went more than 7 minutes without a basket until Thornton's dunk at the 2:01 mark, but stayed ahead with 12 free throws in that stretch.
Darion Rackley scored 22 points and Tarvin Gaines 17 for the Gamecocks (10-5, 2-2).
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Tennessee State (9-7) « | 24 | 42 | 66 |
| Jacksonville State (10-5) | 26 | 31 | 57 |
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| Tennessee State Tigers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Rhett, F | 35 | 4-7 | 2-3 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| K. Thornton, F | 35 | 7-13 | 0-2 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| P. Miller, G | 39 | 3-9 | 12-16 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 19 |
| J. Cyphers, G | 34 | 3-11 | 5-5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| T. Fredrick, G | 9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Dockery | 27 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| J. Harris | 12 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| M. Green | 7 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| J. Gaither | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-47 | 24-31 | 47 | 10 | 24 | 66 | |
| 42.6% | 77.4% | ||||||
| Jacksonville State Gamecocks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Gaines, F | 32 | 6-13 | 5-8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| D. Rackley, G | 36 | 6-13 | 7-10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 22 |
| B. Williams, G | 34 | 1-10 | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| R. Boggs, G | 31 | 2-8 | 3-4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| M. Leggett, G | 23 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| N. Cook | 30 | 0-2 | 2-4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| R. Mafra | 7 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| A. Anderson | 6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Deanes | 1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 17-52 | 19-34 | 28 | 7 | 24 | 57 | |
| 32.7% | 55.9% | ||||||
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