POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. – No. 12 Jones used a 19-0 run in the opening half behind a season-high 69 percent shooting and rolled to a 91-64 win Friday night at Three Rivers (Mo.).

Jones improved to 11-2 and dropped TRCC to 10-6 in the first-ever meeting between the two.

It was also Newton Mealer's 100th game coaching the Bobcats as he improved to 72-28. 

LJ Hackman had as many points as the Raiders, 18, midway through the first half with Jones leading the Raiders 36-18.

He'd finish the half with 22 points and Malik Franklin added 10 off the bench as Jones led 59-35 at the break.

The hot shooting continued in the second half with Jones finishing at 52 percent.

All five Bobcat starters scored in double figures behind Hackman's 25. Avery Thomas II added 17, Ky Pernell, Dimp Pernell and Kylan Howze had 10 each and Franklin 12.

Three Rivers was led by 16 from Matt Hampton and 13 from Demetris White.

Jones closes out a two-game road trip in Missouri tomorrow at 3 p.m. at Mineral Area College. It will be the first-ever meeting.