Tag: Tennessee State Basketball

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

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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

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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

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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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Tennessee State gets past Omaha 74-72 behind Haynes-Overton’s 32

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72 UNO 74  TSU Team 1 2 3 4 F UNO 21  12  19  20  72 TSU 23  10  23  18  74 In a game that saw 14 lead changes, The Tennessee State women’s basketball team evened their record at 3-3,getting a 74-72 win over the University of Nebraska Omaha on Sunday afternoon. The Tigers only shot 41.9% from the field including a frigid 21.4% from downtown but were able to mitigate those shooting woes by forcing 27 Mavericks turnovers which they were able to translate into 33 points. The…

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Tennessee State comes up short against High Point in SoCal Challenge Finals

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Courtesy of Tennessee State Athletics 72 TSU 77  HP Team 1 2 F TSU 37  35  72 HP 38  39  77 The Tennessee State men’s basketball team got a 28-point showing from the bench, but fell 77-72 to the High Point Panthers at The Pavilion at Jserra Wednesday in the championship game of the SoCal Challenge.  The Tigers (4-2) had four players score in double figures, led by Dedric Boyd, who had 12 points. Adong Makuoi tacked on 12 points and Christian Brown helped out with 12 points off the bench. The Tennessee State offense…

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Tennessee State women’s hoops spanked by Butler, 72-55

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Courtesy of Tennessee State Athlefics INDIANAPOLIS, IN – The Tennessee State women’s basketball team got a 22-point showing from the bench, but fell 72-55 to the Butler Bulldogs on the road Monday. The Lady Tigers (2-3) had two players score in double figures, led by Gia Adams, who had 14 points. Ashley Malone added 10 points and two steals off of the bench and Saniah Parker added nine points and two steals. Tennessee State forced 22 Butler turnovers while committing 19 themselves in Monday’s game. The Lady Tigers turned those takeaways into 19 points on the other…

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Tennessee State Men’s hoops opens up SoCal Challenge against CSUN today

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Courtesy of Tennessee State Athletics TSU men’s basketball is California Dreamin’ looking for its first MTE Tournament Championship under Penny Collins at the SoCal Challenge this week. The Tigers will open the event on Monday against Cal State Northridge at noon local time. High Point and Central Michigan will conclude the Sand Division opening round at 2 pm on Monday. The event will conclude Wednesday afternoon with the consolation game at noon and the championship game at 2 pm. All games will be played at the  Pavilion at JSerra in San…

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Tennessee State women’s hoops set to take on Butler Monday night

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Courtesy of Stephen Featherston, Assistant Director of Communications NASHVILLE — The Tennessee State University women’s basketball team will continue their two-game road stand as they head to Indianapolis to take on Butler. This will be the first meeting between the two schools in 15 years. Monday night’s contest marks the final game for TSU before the Thanksgiving break. The Matchup: Tennessee State Tigers (2-2, 0-0 OVC) vs. Butler Bulldogs (1-2, 0-0 Big East)Date/Time: Monday, November 21 at 7:00 p.m. ET./ 6 p.m. CT.Location:  Hinkle Fieldhouse || Indianapolis, IN.TV: FloSports/Butler+Live Stats SERIES INFORMATION: This will be just…

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Turnovers and brick-laying sinks TSU against Salukis

Brandon King

The Tennessee State men’s basketball team tasted defeat for the first time this season, falling on the road 57-44 to Southern Illinois on Thursday evening. Tennessee State brought their chops on the defensive side of the ball, holding SIU to 38% from the field and a frigid 14% from downtown , but turnovers and their own misfires from the field proved to be the Tigers’ undoing, as they had 17 turnovers. The Tigers left their shooting eye in Nashville, connecting on just 28.3% of their field goal attempts, 21.1% from…

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November 14, 2022 OVC Women’s Basketball Recap

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Courtesy of the Ohio Valley Conference MONDAY’S SCORES@Tennessee State 84, Trevecca 80Eastern Illinois 64, @Western Illinois 62@UT Martin 73, Arkansas State 54@Tennessee Tech 75, Samford 70 TENNESSEE STATE 84, TREVECCA 80NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee State defeated visiting Trevecca, 84-80, on Monday night.  TSU had four players reach double figures in scoring with Gia Adams leading the way with 20. Adams went 7-for-8 from the line while tallying two assists and two steals.  Lyric Cole added 19 points and nine rebounts while Erica Haynes-Overton had 17 points and Zyion Shannon had 13. Saniah…

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