DECATUR – Trailing the entire first half and by as much as nine midway through the second, Jones rallied behind 51 percent shooting and SharDarrion Allen's game-high 22 points to defeat East Central, 80-76, Thursday night at Brackeen-Wood Gymnasium.

Jones snapped a two-game skid to improve to 10-2 overall and 2-2 in the south division. EC fell to 6-7 and 1-3 in division play.

Four of the Bobcats' five starters scored in double figures, led by Allen's 22 points, 16 from Tradavis Thompson, 13 from Kenneth Rogers and Zachariah Malone's first double-double of the year with 10 points and 14 boards.

Sayveon Bumpers was also huge off the bench for JC in the second half as part of a key Bobcat run, scoring eight straight points for JC and finishing with five boards.

Despite shooting 51 percent from the floor, Jones was just 9-of-23 from the charity stripe and turned it over 21 times.

Stats were not available for East Central.

Jones will return home on Tuesday, Jan. 21 to host Southwest (8-5, 2-2 south) at 7:30 p.m. on JCJC.TV.