Tag: Tennessee State Basketball

Tennessee State men’s hoops begins OVC Tournament play Thursday

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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…

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Tennessee State women’s hoops loses regular season finale to Southern Illinois, sets sight on OVC Tourney

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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…

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Tennessee State defeats UT Martin 88-82, now in tie for second place in OVC

Brandon King

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…

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Tennessee State softball comes up short against Chattanooga, 3-2

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Title image via Aaron Quinn Courtesy of Scott Wallace , Tennessee State Athletics 2 TSU 3  UTC Team R H E TSU 2 8 2 UTC 3 7 0 W: Taylor Long (2-0) L: Jean-Baptiste, Kailyn (0-1) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. —The Tennessee State Tigers fell 3-2 in a nine-inning matchup to the Chattanooga Mocs Wednesday. Freshman Holly Ayala (3-2) was a bright spot for the Tigers (6-3), starting the ballgame and throwing a complete game, giving up three runs, zero earned, on seven hits, with no walks and four strikeouts. In the batter’s box, the…

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Jr. Clay goes off for 40, leads TSU past SIUE, 100-85

Brandon King

85 SIUE 17-12,8-8 OVC 100  Tennessee St. 17-12,9-7 OVC Team 1 2 F SIUE 37  48  85 Tennessee St. 57  43  100 Jr. Clay exploded for 40 points in a virtuoso performance as Tennessee State defeated Southern Illinois Edwardsville, 100-85. The grad transfer connected on 8 of his 9 field goal attempts, including 3 of his four attempts from downtown in scoring 26 points in the first half. However TSU as a team was locked in offensively, shooting 63.3% ( 19-30) from the floor and 54.5% ( 6-11) from three. This hot…

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Tennessee State to face top-rated team in OVC on national televison Thursday night

Brandon King

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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Tennessee State’s Erica Haynes-Overton named

Brandon King

Continuing to make her presence felt, for the fifth time this season, Tennessee State guard Erica Haynes-Overton has earned conference honours, with the latest being her fourth time named the Ohio Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week. In games against Southeast Missouri and Tennessee Tech, the Kansas graduate transfer put up 22.5 points, 3.5 assists and 2.0 rebounds on .552/.750/.833 splits. The Nashvlle native, who scored 24 in the Tigers 90-86 loss to SEMO scoreless in the first half agaisnt Tennessee Tech on Saturday but came roaring back with 21…

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Tennessee State mauls SEMO, 85-65

Brandon King

65 Southeast Mo. St. 13-13,8-5 OVC 85  Tennessee St. 15-11,7-6 OVC Team 1 2 F Southeast Mo. St. 35  30  65 Tennessee St. 47  38  85 Tennessee State extended their win-streak to 4 and how have a winning record in conference play with a 85-65 win over Southeast Missouri Thursday night at the Gentry Center. The Redhawks took an early 5-0 lead before Tennessee State got on the with a Zion Griffin three-pointer at the 18:14 mark of the half and taking the lead a minute and seven seconds later when Marcus…

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Tennessee State drops home game to SEMO in OT, 90-86

Brandon King

90  Southeast Mo. St. 10-14,5-8 OVC 86 Tennessee St. 8-15,3-9 OVC Team 1 2 3 4 OT 1 F Southeast Mo. St. 14  25  25  11  15  90 Tennessee St. 22  14  13  26  11  86 After being behind by double figures in the fourth quarter, Tennessee State fought back to tie the game, but came up short in overtime 90-86. Tennessee State came out strong in the first quarter shooting 57.1% ( 4-7) from downtown and leading for for 8:53 of the ten minutes of the opening quarter. Erica Haynes-Overton scored…

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Thursday is Dick Barnett Night for Tennessee State Basketball

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Courtesy of Tennessee State Athletics OPENING TIP: Tennessee State picked up its first weekend road sweep defeating Southern Indiana on Thursday and escaping with a four-point win at Eastern Illinois. TSU will face its toughest paring this week when SEMO and Tennessee Tech arrive at the Gentry Center. TSU sits tied for sixth place with USI and has the potential to move up to fourth place with a pair of wins. SEMO SERIES INFORMATION: Thursday is the 57th all-time meeting between TSU and SEMO. TSU leads the series by a narrow margin, 29-27.…

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