Morehead too much for TSU, goes down in OVC opener

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Tennessee State’s Erica Haynes-Overton named OVC Newcomer of the Week

Tennessee State guard Erica Haynes-Overton was named Ohio Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week. Although the Tigers came up empty in their games last week, losing a 67-65 nail biter at home to Stetson and a decisive 100-72 beatdown at Southern Illinois, Haynes-Overton averaged 17.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.5 steals in the two matchups. The 22 points she put in against Stetson was her fourth time topping the 20-point barrier on the season. On the season the grad transfer from Kansas is averaging 14.4 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.4…

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Poor second-half shooting downs Tennessee State, 77-61 to Austin Peay

61 TSU 77  APSU Team 1 2 F TSU 36  25  61 APSU 30  47  77 Sputtering offense in the second half proved to be the Tigers undoing as they fell to the Governors of Austin Peay 77-61 in Clarksville, Tennessee on Saturday. Tennessee State, who shot 51.9% from the floor in the first half, was able to battle back after falling behind 20-12 on Sean Durugurdon’s three-pointer with 10:32 left in the half. The Tigers scored 8 consecutive points over the next 3 minutes to tie the game at…

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Haynes-Overton’s 22 points helps to push Tennessee State past Lipscomb, 74-64

Courtesy of Tennessee State Athletics 64 Lips 74  TSU Team 1 2 3 4 F Lips 20  15  12  17  64 TSU 15  23  18  18  74 Erica Haynes-Overton scored 22 points to lead the Tennessee State women’s basketball team \with a 74-64 win over Lipscomb on Saturday. The Lady Tigers (4-3) had four players score in double figures, led by Haynes-Overton, who had 22 points and two steals. Gia Adams tacked on 17 points and three steals and Lyric Cole chipped in as well with a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds. Tennessee State…

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