Tag: Tennessee State Basketball

Erica Haynes-Overton earns second OVC Newcomer of the Week honours

Brandon King

Featured image via Aaron Quinn For her performances last week, in which she averaged 17.0 points, 3.0 assists, 2.5 rebounds and 1.5 steals , Tennessee State University guard Erica Haynes-Overton was named Ohio Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week for the second time this season. Against Morehead State the Nashville-native put in 12 points, 3 rebounds and 3 rebounds and against Little Rock she scored 22 points ( which was the third time Haynes-Overton broke the 20-point barrier on the season) 2 rebounds and 1 assist. On the season, the…

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Tennessee State Lady Tigers come up short against Little Rock, 64-57

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Courtesy of Tennessee State Athletics 64  LR 57 TSU Team 1 2 3 4 F LR 13  14  20  17  64 TSU 10  17  13  17  57 NASHVILLE – Erica Haynes-Overton, Gia Adams, and Saniah Parker combined to score 43 of Tennessee State’s 57 total points, but the Lady Tigers fell to the Little Rock Trojans 64-57 at home Saturday. Haynes-Overton led the Lady Tigers (5-8, 0-2) with 22 points and two steals. Adams added 11 points and three steals and Parker helped out with 10 points and two steals. Tennessee State forced 22…

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Hot shooting propels TSU past Little Rock, 94-69

Brandon King

69 LR 94  TSU Team 1 2 F LR 26  43  69 TSU 45  49  94 Spurred by shooting from downtown the Tennessee State University was able to end 2022 on positive note, handily defeat the Trojans of Little Rock, 94-65. TSU shot 56% from distance, knocking down 14 of their 25 attempts and shot 59% overall from the field in the wire-to-wire victory. The Tigers got off to a 7-0 start before the Trojans broke the seal on their side of the scoreboard, coming on a jumper from D.J…

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Morehead too much for TSU, goes down in OVC opener

Brandon King

83  More 75 TSU Team 1 2 F More 40  43  83 TSU 33  42  75 For Tennessee State, Morehead was a bad thing, as the Tigers dropped their conference opener to the Eagles, 83-75. The Tigers took an early 3-2 lead off a Dedric Boyd three=pointer; Morehead State responded with nine straight points to seize an 11-3 advantage. Tennessee State would spend the remaining balance of the first half playing uphill, falling behind by as much as fifteen points before ultimately finding themselves in a seven-point deficit at 40-33.…

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Tennessee State women’s basketball smacked down in OVC home opener, 81-58

Brandon King

81  More 58 TSU Team 1 2 3 4 F More 19  20  23  19  81 TSU 10  16  16  16  58 The Tennessee State women’s basketball team got off to an inauspicious start to Ohio Valley Conference play, suffering an 81-58 spanking at the hands of Morehead state Thursday evening in wire-to-wire fashion. The Tigers stumbled out of the gate , only scoring 10 points and shooting 5-16 (31.25%) and finding themselves down 19-10 at the end of the period. Things did not improve in the second quarter with…

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Tennessee State basketball to begin conference play against Morehead State

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Courtesy of Tennessee State Athletics After finishing the nonconference slate with an 8-5 record, the Tennessee State men’s basketball team has one thing on its mind and it’s the road to Evansville, Indiana, and the Ford Center where the OVC Trophy will be hoisted above Center Court just past 9 PM on March 4 with the victor headed to the NCAA Tournament. We begin season two in Nashville as the Tigers open league play against Morehead State (Thursday) and Little Rock (Saturday) before the start of the New Year.  WHERE…

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Tennessee State women’s hoops lays smackdown on Wilberforce, 105-54

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54 Wilb 105  TSU Team 1 2 3 4 F Wilb 13  16  9  16  54 TSU 25  32  35  13  105 After getting it handed to them , 93-27 ,by Baylor in their last outing , the Tennessee State women’s basketball team bounced back in a big way as they had their way with Wilberforce in a wire to wire 105-54 victory. Courtesy of Tennessee State University Athletics: The Tennessee State women’s basketball team shot 50 percent from deep on the way to a 105-54 win against the Wilberforce…

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Dedric Boyd has record-tying game in win over Bryant

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Courtesy of Tennessee State Athletics: 78 BRC 99  TSU Team 1 2 F BRC 37  41  78 TSU 53  46  99 NASHVILLE — Dedric Boyd scored 29 points and tied the Tennessee State University single-game record with nine made 3-pointer in a 99-78 win over Bryan at the Gentry Center on Saturday afternoon,  The Tigers (7-5) had four players score in double figures. Fitzgerald Jr. tacked on 21 points, six assists, and three steals and Christian Brownhelped out with 16 points. The Tennessee State offense made hay from beyond the arc, making 15…

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Beatdown at Baylor: Tigers mauled by Bears, 93-27

Brandon King

To say it was a rough day at the office for the Tennessee State women’s basketball team would be a gross understatement. In a game whose competitive portion didn’t last as long as took the reader to peruse this sentence, the TSU squad was decimated by the no. 18 Baylor Bears,93-27. Tennessee State got off to a good start, taking a 3-0 lead on Gia Adams’ with 9:43 left in the first quarter. They would never lead in the contest again. Baylor jumped on TSU, running off ten straight points…

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Tennessee State falls short in 91-87 loss to Charleston Southern

Brandon King

91  ChaSou 87 TSU Team 1 2 F ChaSou 50  41  91 TSU 42  45  87 Tennessee State came up short 91-87 in a home matchup against Charleston Southern Wednesday evening. It looked like Charleston Southern was going to ran off with the contest, taking a 40-18 lead on Cheikh Faye’s three-pointer with 6:12 left in the first half. Tennessee State showed resolve, going on a 17-0 run to shave the deficit down to five at 40-35. The Buccaneers responded, pushing the lead to 12 on Claudell Harris Jr’s three…

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