Tag: Tennessee State Basketball

Tennessee State Lady Tigers defeat UT Southern 86-79 in OT

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Title image via TSU Athletics Courtesy of Tennessee State Athletics 79 MMA 86 Winner TSU Team 1 2 3 4 OT 1 F MMA 15  21  15  20  8  79 TSU 18  27  13  13  15  86 NASHVILLE – Eboni Williams put the Tennessee State women’s basketball team ahead for good with 4:08 to go the extra period to give the Tigers an 86-79 win over the UT Southern Firehawks at home Thursday. The Tigers (3-7) had six players score in double figures, led by Zyion Shannon, who had 13 points and two steals. Saniah…

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Tennessee State Lady Tigers to round out non-conference schedule with UT Southern

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title image via TSU Athletics Courtesy of Stephen Featherston, Director of Communications, Tennessee State Athletics The Tennessee State women’s basketball team will take the court one more time before Christmas break as they are set to host UT Southern tomorrow afternoon inside the Gentry Center. This will be TSU’s final non-conference game with OVC play will start December 28. The Matchup: Tennessee State Tigers (2-5, 0-0 OVC) vs. UT Southern (3-6, 2-3 SSAC)Date/Time: Thursday, December 21 at noon CTLocation: Gentry Center || NashvilleTV: ESPN+ — Greg Pogue (pxp), Albert Dawson (analyst)LIVE STATS SERIES INFORMATION: This…

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Tennessee State hoops to close out non-conference schedule against Indiana State

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title image via Tennessee State Athletics Courtesy of Stephen Featherston, Director of Communications, Tennessee State Athletics The Tennessee State men’s basketball team will play their final non-conference game of the season tomorrow night as they will take on a red-hot Indianan State team. The Tigers will take on ISU before having nine days off for Christmas break. The Matchup: Tennessee State Tigers (7-5, 0-0 OVC) vs. Indiana State (10-1, 2-0 The Valley)Date/Time: Tuesday, December 19 at 6:00 PM CTLocation: Hulman Center || Terre Haute, Ind.TV: ESPN+Radio: WNSR — Greg Pogue (play-by-play), Albert Dawson (analyst) WHERE TO WATCH &…

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Tennessee State spanks Boyce 117-59

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title image via TSU Athletics Courtesy of Tennessee State Athletics 59 Boyce 117 Winner TSU Team 1 2 F Boyce 36  23  59 TSU 58  59  117 The Tennessee State men’s basketball team shot 54.2 percent from deep on the way to a 117-59 win over the Boyce Bulldogs at home Saturday. The Tigers (7-5) had six players score in double figures, led by Michael Shanks, who had a career-high 31 points and seven rebounds. Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. tacked on 16 points and Kinyon Hodges chipped in as well with 13 points. Tennessee State out-rebounded Boyce…

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Tennessee State hoops drops matchup with Lipscomb, 78-71

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title image via TSU Athletics Courtesy of Tennessee State Athletics 71 Tennessee St. 6-4,0-0 OVC 78 Winner Lipscomb 7-5,0-0 ASUN Team 1 2 F Tennessee St. 43  28  71 Lipscomb 36  42  78 The Tennessee State men’s basketball team came up short in a 78-71 loss to the Lipscomb Bisons on the road Sunday. The Tigers (6-4) had four players score in double figures, led by Christian Brown, who had 17 points. Ej Bellinger tacked on 12 points, two steals, and two blocks and Jaylen Joneschipped in as well with 12 points and two steals.…

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Tennessee State’s Caitlyn Anderson named OVC Newcomer of the Week

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title image via TSU Athletics Courtesy of Stephen Featherston, Assistant Director of Communications, Tennessee State Athletics NASHVILLE – For the second straight week, the Tennessee State women’s basketball team has had a player named as the OVC Newcomer of the Week after the league announced Caitlin Anderson as this week’s Newcomer on Tuesday morning. The Graduate transfer guard averaged 12.5 points, 4.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists, and 1.0 steals throughout two games last week against Cincinnati and Akron. Anderson finished with a season-high 14 points against UC, along with five boards, and three assists.…

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Tennessee State’s Jaylen Jones claims second straight OVC Freshman of the Week

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title image via TSU Athletics Courtesy of Stephen Featherston, Assistant Director of Communications  Jaylen Jones earned his second straight Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Week award after he was named Co-Freshman of the Week on Monday afternoon. Jones repeated as Freshman of the Week after averaging 12.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists, and 1.0 steals per game in a pair of contests against Alabama A&M and Austin Peay. The Nashville native made his second and third start of the season and tallied 13 points, six rebounds, six assists and a steal in…

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Tennessee State women’s hoops comes up short against Akron, 55-49

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title image via Tennessee State Athletics Courtesy of Tennessee State Athletics 49 TSU 55 Winner UA Team 1 2 3 4 F TSU 6  15  17  11  49 UA 14  13  14  14  55 AKRON, Ohio – The Tennessee State women’s basketball team kept Akron to just 16.7 percent from deep in a 3-for-18 shooting performance, but fell 55-49 to the Zips on the road Sunday. The Tigers (2-6) had two players score in double figures, led by Sanaa’ St. Andre, who had 17 points. Caitlin Anderson added 11 points, four assists, and two steals and Eboni…

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Trouble in the second and third quarter sinks TSU against Cincinnati, 76-52

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title image via Tennessee State Athletics Courtesy of TSU Athletics 52 Tennessee St. 2-5,0-0 OVC 76 Cincinnati 4-3,0-0 Big 12 Team 1 2 3 4 F Tennessee St. 17  4  15  16  52 Cincinnati 19  19  25  13  76 Zyion Shannon, Sanaa’ St. Andre and Caitlin Anderson combined to score 42 of Tennessee State’s 52 total points, but the Tigers fell to the Cincinnati Bearcats 76-52 on the road Friday. The Tigers (2-5) had three players score in double figures, led by Shannon, who had 14 points and two steals. St. Andre and Anderson also tacked…

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Tennessee State hoops hosting Austin Peay Saturday night

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title image via Tennessee State Athletics Courtesy of Stephen Featherston, Assistant Director of Communications, Tennessee State Athletics The Tennessee State men’s basketball team returns home as they will face Austin Peay in the Battle of I-24. Tomorrow’s contest marks the first time the Tigers have hosted a DI team this season as the Governors come to town.   The Matchup: Tennessee State Tigers (5-3, 0-0 OVC) vs. Austin Peay (3-5, 0-0 ASUN)Date/Time: Saturday, December 2 at 6:00 PM CTLocation: Gentry Center || Nashville, Tenn.TV: ESPN+Radio: WNSR — Greg Pogue (play-by-play), Albert Dawson (analyst)LIVE STATS WHERE TO WATCH &…

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