Jacksonville State

Official Name: 
Jacksonville State University
Nickname: 
Gamecocks
Mailing Address: 

700 Pelham Road North
Jacksonville, AL 36265

Telephone: 
(256) 782-5377
Fax: 
(256) 782-5958
Enrollment: 
9,030
Arena: 

Pete Mathews Coliseum
Capacity: 5,500
Year Opened: 1974

School Colors: 
Red and White
Conference: 

Ohio Valley (since 2004)
Former Member of Trans America Athletic/Atlantic Sun (1996-2003)

Final NCAA Division II Top 10 Rankings: 

(4) 1985, 1989, 1990, and 1992

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

None

NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 

(8) 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990, and 1992
16-9 record (.640)
Won championship in 1985 and finished 4th in 1989

NIT Appearances: 

None

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Bill Jones (24 years from 1975-98, 449-210 record, .661)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Robert Lee Sanders (1,974 points from 1988-90 when school was classified as a small college)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Buddy Cornelius (1,274 from 1966-69 when school was classified as a small college)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Trenton Marshall (37 points as junior at Southeast Missouri State on 1/4/10)

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Trenton Marshall* (37 at Southeast Missouri State)
January 4, 2010 (junior/17.7 ppg)
*School Division I record. All-time Jacksonville State mark set by Jerry James (53 at Florence, Ala., on 1-16-71).

1

2

Total

Jacksonville State

23

43

66

Southeast Missouri State

36

42

78

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Murphy

2-8

0-0

2-5

6

Thurston

1-4

0-0

1-1

3

Shellman

2-5

0-2

0-0

4

Bynum

0-2

0-0

0-0

0

Marshall

13-23

0-0

7-9

37

Hall

2-3

0-0

0-1

4

Strowbridge

2-7

0-0

0-0

6

Barnes

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

Mbodji

2-2

0-0

2-2

6

Totals

24-54

6-16

12-18

66

Percentages

.444

.375

.667

Name

FG

3PT

FT

PTS

Butler

2-3

0-0

12-21

16

Maxwell

5-8

0-0

0-0

10

Pearson

2-6

1-1

6-10

11

Allison

7-15

1-4

3-4

18

Hill

1-4

0-0

2-4

4

Miles

0-0

0-0

3-4

3

Smith

4-7

3-5

0-0

11

Banks

0-0

0-0

1-2

1

Russell

2-4

0-0

0-0

4

Totals

23-47

5-10

27-45

78

Percentages

.489

.500

.600

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

C.C. Bush

2

1926-27

12-14

.462

1927

9-6

Al Clemmons

1

1928

4-4

.500

1928

4-4

J.W. Stephenson

5

1947-51

111-34

.766

1947

26-5

Ray Wedgeworth

2

1952-53

32-14

.696

1952

17-7

Tom Roberson

17

1954-70

251-158

.614

1970

22-5

Mitchell Caldwell

3

1972-74

38-38

.500

1973

17-9

Bill E. Jones

24

1975-98

449-210

.661

1985

31-1

Mark Turgeon

2

1999-00

25-29

.463

2000

17-11

Mike LaPlante

8

2001-08

95-137

.409

2003

20-10

James Green

3

2009-11

27-61

.307

2009

11-17

  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,044-698 (.599) from 1926 through 2011.
  • NOTE: Jacksonville State (AL) moved up to major-college status in 1996.