Jacksonville State 17, Tennessee Tech 10 (OT)

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	14	10
Total Yards	231	169
Passing	164	117
Rushing	67	52
Penalties	8-69	3-30
3rd Down Conversions	4-16	1-13
4th Down Conversions	0-0	0-1
Turnovers	1	1
Possession	31:29	28:31

Individual Leaders

Jacksonville State Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Hardin 13/22 164 1 0	Tennessee Tech Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Sweeney 11/27 117 0 1
Jacksonville State Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Green 28 70 1 19 Griswold 1 3 0 3 Green 2 2 0 2	Tennessee Tech Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Ash 11 31 0 12 White 11 31 1 15 Coleman 4 1 0 4
Jacksonville State Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Rhetta 5 81 1 24 Thomas 3 29 0 17 Wilkerson 2 45 0 32 Moten 1 10 0 10	Tennessee Tech Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Jackson 2 40 0 25 Nichols 2 25 0 20 Shipp 2 17 0 14 McNeal 2 16 0 15

Scoring Summary
SECOND QUARTER				JVST	TNTC
	FG	14:13	NATE JOHNSON 36 YD FG Drive info: 7 plays, 45 yards.	0	3
	FG	2:16	GAVIN HALLFORD 29 YD FG Drive info: 4 plays, 5 yards.	3	3
THIRD QUARTER				JVST	TNTC
	TD	1:42	CLAY GREEN 1 YD RUN (GAVIN HALLFORD KICK) Drive info: 11 plays, 74 yards.	10	3
FOURTH QUARTER				JVST	TNTC
	TD	4:31	DEREK WHITE 6 YD RUN (NATE JOHNSON KICK) Drive info: 6 plays, 56 yards.	10	10
OVERTIME				JVST	TNTC
	TD	0:00	TAUREAN RHETTA 17 YD PASS FROM MATT HARDIN (GAVIN HALLFORD KICK) Drive info: 3 plays, 25 yards.	17	10

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Taurean Rhetta hauled in a 17-yard touchdown pass from Matt Hardin in overtime to propel Jacksonville State to a 17-10 victory over Tennessee Tech on Saturday at Tucker Stadium.

Hardin completed 13 of 22 passes for 164 yards for the Gamecocks (4-4, 4-2), who captured the first overtime win in the history of the program.

Tennessee Tech (2-6, 2-3 OVC) took a 3-0 lead early in the second quarter on a 36-yard field goal by Nate Johnson. Jacksonville State tied the game just before halftime on a Gavin Hallford 29-yard kick.

Clay Green, who rushed for 27 times for 70 yards, scored on a 1-yard run late in the third quarter for the Gamecocks to snap the 3-3 tie.

Tennessee Tech battled back to even the contest at 10 with 4:31 remaining. Derek White dove into the end zone on a 6-yard run, polishing off a six-play, 56-yard drive for the Golden Eagles.

Hallford, who hasn't hit a field goal longer than 37 yards all season, missed a 43-yard attempt as time expired to send the game to overtime.

Tennessee Tech's Lee Sweeney threw for 117 yards, completing 11 of 27 passes with an interception.

Rhetta caught five passes for 81 yards for Jacksonville State.