Courtesy of Tennessee State Athletics The Ohio Valley Conference released its 2024-25 men’s and women’s basketball conference schedules on Tuesday morning. For the second straight year, the league membership includes 11 teams: Eastern Illinois, Lindenwood, Little Rock, Morehead State, Southeast Missouri, SIUE, Southern Indiana, Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech, UT Martin, and Western Illinois. This year, the conference schedule switches to a true round-robin slate of 20 games, up from 18 games last season. The OVC previously had a 20-game league schedule from 2005-06 through 2007-08 and again in 2020-21. The…
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Tennessee State Women’s hoops season ends in OVC quarters
title image via Tennesseee State Basketball Courtesy of Tennessee State Athletics 48 Tennessee St. 11-19,7-11 OVC 60 Winner Eastern Ill. 15-17,11-7 OVC Team 1 2 3 4 F Tennessee St. 12 16 14 6 48 Eastern Ill. 8 18 18 16 60 EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The Tennessee State women’s basketball team held Eastern Illinois to just 19 percent from 3-point range in a 4-for-21 shooting performance, but fell 60-48 to the Panthers in the quarterfinals of the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament at the Ford Center Thursday. The Tigers (11-19) had two players score in double…
Read MoreHot shooting from downtown power Tennessee State women’s hoops past Western Illinois
title image via Tennessee State Basketball Courtesy of Tennessee State Athletics 71 WIU 84 Winner TSU Team 1 2 3 4 F WIU 21 9 23 18 71 TSU 20 19 18 27 84 The Tennessee State women’s basketball team shot 55.6 percent from three-point range on the way to an 84-71 win over the Western Illinois Leathernecks at home Saturday. The Tigers (8-16, 5-9) had five players score in double figures, led by Zyion Shannon, who had 26 points, five assists and two steals. Lyric Coletacked on a double-double with 14 points…
Read MoreHot shooting from downtown powers Tennessee State past SEMO, 77-74
title image via Tennessee State Basketball Courtesy of Tennessee State Athletics 77 Winner TSU 74 SEMO Team 1 2 F TSU 38 39 77 SEMO 29 45 74 CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – The Tennessee State men’s basketball team shot 50 percent from beyond the arc on the way to a 77-74 win against the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks on the road Saturday. The Tigers (15-10, 8-4) had three players score in double figures, led by Kinyon Hodges, who had 18 points, seven rebounds and two steals. Jason Jitobohtacked on 13 points, seven rebounds and three…
Read MoreTennessee State Lady Tigers set to square off with Lindenwood Thursday
title image via Tennessee State Basketball Courtesy of Stephen Featherston, Director of Communications Story Links OPENING TIP — The Tennessee State women’s basketball team will hit the road to Missouri for two games this week after picking up two wins at home last week. The Lady Tigers will start their two-game road stretch in St. Charles as they will face Lindenwood tomorrow evening. The Matchup: Tennessee State (7-13, 5-6 OVC) vs. Lindenwood (5-15, 3-7 OVC)Date/Time: Thursday, February 8 at 5:00 PM CTLocation: Hyland Arena || St. Charles, Mo. TV: ESPN+ SERIES INFORMATION: This will be…
Read MoreTennesee State loses in OVC quarters to SEMO 91-83
91 Winner Southeast Mo. St. 17-16,10-8 OVC 83 Tennessee St. 18-14,10-8 OVC Team 1 2 F Southeast Mo. St. 35 56 91 Tennessee St. 31 52 83 The Tennessee State men’s basketball team looked less like the team that recently won 7 of 8 Ohio Valley Conference game and more like the squad that laid an egg in the season finales against Souther Indiana , as they fell to SEMO, 91-83 in the quarterfinal of the OVC Tournament, TSU was hampered bu turnovers, the 9 they committed turned into 14 SEMO points, and…
Read MoreTennessee State men’s hoops begins OVC Tournament play Thursday
Courtesy of Tennessee State Athletics OPENING TIP: Tennessee State is entering its 31st Ohio Valley Conference Tournament and the third time as the fourth seed on Thursday when it will face the winner of the first-round contest between 5th-seed SEMO and 8th-seed Lindenwood. TSU split with SEMO and swept Lindenwood who is making its first appearance in the eight-team, four-round, two-bracket extravaganza in Evansville, Indiana. WHERE TO WATCH & LISTEN: TSU expanded its partnership with Cromwell Media, naming 102.1 FM The Ville as the flagship TSU men’s basketball station. “The Voice of…
Read MoreTennessee State women’s hoops loses regular season finale to Southern Illinois, sets sight on OVC Tourney
Courtesy of Tennessee State Athletics 67 USI 61 TSU Team 1 2 3 4 F USI 21 16 10 20 67 TSU 12 18 14 17 61 NASHVILLE – Erica Haynes-Overton scored 20 points, but the Tennessee State women’s basketball team fell to the Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles 67-61 at home Saturday. The Lady Tigers (11-17, 6-11) had two players score in double figures, led by Haynes-Overton, who had 20 points. Gia Adams tacked on 14 points and Sierra McCullough added eight points, 11 rebounds, four steals and two blocks. Lyric Cole pulled down five offensive rebounds to…
Read MoreTennessee State defeats UT Martin 88-82, now in tie for second place in OVC
88 TSU 82 UTM Team 1 2 F TSU 41 47 88 UTM 33 49 82 Tennessee State picked up another conference win, handing UT Martin only their second home defeat of season, 88-82 Thursday night. UT Martin got out early, jumping on TSU 14-6 but Tennessee State responded with a 10-0 run to tie the game at 14 apiece and took their first lead of the night at 16-14 on a putback dunk from Adong Makuoi. Tennessee State would remain out front for the rest of the half, using a…
Read MoreTennessee State to face top-rated team in OVC on national televison Thursday night
Thursday evening the Tennessee State men’s basketball team hosts Morehead State, who currently sits atop the Ohio Valley Conference in a game that will garner national spotlight as the OVC’s ESPNU Game of the Week. Tennessee State enters this matchup winners of five straight, which has propelled the Tigers into a 5-way logjam for second place in the Ohio Valley Conference at 8-6. The Tigers last game, against Tennessee Tech, was ended with 3:04 left in the second half due to the unfortunate injury to TTU player Diante Wood; Tennessee…
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