Game Notes TSU OVC 2011 MBB Tournament

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2010-11 MEN’S BASKETBALL

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2011 OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT | MARCH 2-5, 2011 | TIME: TBA CT | NASHVILLE, TENN. | MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM

TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY..... vs..... OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE TIGERS..................................................................NICKNAME.......................................................................OVC NASHVILLE, TENN................................................ LOCATION...........................................BRENTWOOD, TENN. 1912....................................................................... FOUNDED....................................................................... 1948

2010-11 REGULAR SEASON Record............................................................................................ 14-15 (10-8 OVC) Conference Standing............................................................................................. 5th Streak....................................................................................................................W-3 Last Game...................................................... W, 66-62, Eastern Illinois - 02/26/2011 Head Coach.............................................................. John Cooper (Wichita State’91) Record at School..................................................................................23-38 (2nd yr.) Overall Career Record.........................................................................23-38 (2nd yr.) • Tennessee State will make their 23rd appearance, eighth consecutive, in the OVC Tournament since joining the Ohio Valley Conference in 1986. TSU made their first appearance in 1988 and has missed making the tournament once (2003)

• Tennessee State holds a 10-20 record in OVC Tournament play losing their last three, which includes a loss to Austin Peay State in the final round of the 2008 tourney

TSU IN THE OVC TOURNAMENT Record.....................................................................................................................10-20 OVC Tournament Championships........................................................... 2 (1993 | 1994) Conference Seed....................................................................................................... 5th Streak..........................................................................................................................L-3 Last Game.........................................L, 84-52, Murray State - 03/02/2010 (First Round) Last Win............................................... W, 83-75, Murray State - 03/03/08 (Semi Finals) Record at Municipal Auditorium (OVC Tournament)...................................................5-4 • Tennessee State last played in the Municipal Auditorium in 2008. It was the last time the Tigers played for the championship, losing to Austin Peay, 82-64, in the finals

• Leading up to this year, Tennessee State has never faced Tennessee Martin, Jacksonville State or Southeast Missouri State in the OVC Tournament

MEDIA FACTS

Radio..............................................................................Big Blue Sports Network (www.tsuradio.com - WVOL 1470 AM Nashville - WMRB 910 AM Columbia - WOJG 94.7 FM Jackson) Play-by-Play.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Barry Gresham Color Analyst...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Al Dawson Website / Live Stats........................................................................................................................................................................................................ tsutigers.com / ovcsports.com Web Video Stream.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................OVCSports.TV Television...............................................................................................................................................................................................................March 4 (ESPNU) | March (ESPN2)

SCHEDULE / RESULTS NOVEMBER

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TENNESSEE STATE PROBABLE STARTERS

PATRICK MILLER

Chicago, Ill. 2 TREVECCA NAZARENE (EXH) W, 84-77 (Hales Franciscan HS) 8 CARSON-NEWMAN (EXH) W, 81-65 12 at Mississippi State L, 75-65 PTS REB APG SPG MIN FG% FT% 15 FISK W, 85-50 11.4 3.2 3.0 1.4 34.4 .380 .671 17 at Illinois State L, 73-68 WIL PETERS 20 at Air Force Academy L, 87-72 Nashville, Tenn. 23 at St. Louis L, 78-50 (Whites Creek HS) 29 BELMONT L, 87-72 PTS REB APG SPG MIN FG% FT% DECEMBER 2 at Eastern Illinois * L, 68-67 10.5 2.6 4.2 0.8 34.8 .414 .856 4 at Southeast Missouri State * W, 77-67 KENNY MOORE 7 at Alabama A&M W, 74-68 Philadelphia, Pa. 12 LEMOYNE-OWEN W, 84-48 (Midland CC) 19 MOREHEAD STATE * WOT, 70-64 21 EASTERN KENTUCKY * W, 62-49 PTS REB APG SPG MIN FG% FT% 29 at Middle Tennessee State L, 65-58 14.4 6.8 1.8 1.4 29.0 .461 .769

JANUARY 2011 2 6 8 15 20 22 27 29

at Memphis L, 91-86 at Murray State * L, 64-53 at Tennessee Martin * W, 67-64 AUSTIN PEAY STATE * (ESPNU) WOT, 76-74 PTS REB JACKSONVILLE STATE * W, 68-63 13.5 7.6 TENNESSEE TECH * W, 71-65 at Morehead State * L, 72-65 at Eastern Kentucky * L, 86-72

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G • 6-0 • Freshman • HS

3FG% .298

NOTES - Named OVC Freshman of the Year and selected to the Newcomer team. Led all freshmen in scoring in the OVC for the season. Named OVC Freshman of the week three times this season tying UT Martin’s Troy King & Mike Liabo in receiving the honor more than any other freshman in the conference. Senior year of high school voted Chicago Catholic League Player of the Year.

G • 6-1 • R-Junior • 2L

3FG% .417

NOTES - Leads team in assists (122) and free-throw percentage (.856). Ranks third in the OVC in assists (4.3), minutes played (34.8), and assist/turnover ratio (1.7). He was named OVC Player of the Week (1/17). Former walk-on (2yrs), now on scholarship.

F • 6-7 • Junior • TR

3FG% .419

ROBERT COVINGTON

NOTES - Named to All-OVC Second and Newcomer Teams. Finished regular season as team leading scorer (14.5 ppg) and is second in rebounds (6.8 rpg). Tallied five doubles-doubles on the year. Named OVC Newcomer three times this season. Helped lead Johnson County CC to a national championship.

F • 6-9 • Sophomore • 1L

APG BPG MIN FG% FT% 3FG% 1.2 1.0 30.8 .498 .776 .452

NOTES - Named to All-OVC Second Team. Recorded eight double-doubles on the season, ten career. Leads team in rebounds (7.6 rpg), FG (.497) and 3FG, OVC best, (.452). Named OVC Player of the Week (12/27). In 2009-10, led team in points (11.5 ppg) and rebounds (7.0 rpg). He was named to two All-America and the OVC Newcomer teams last year.

MICHAEL GREEN

F • 6-9 • Freshman • HS

Bellwood, Ill. (Proviso West HS)

NOTES - Led team with 51 blocks this season averaging 1.8 Columbia, S.C. FEBRUARY per game. Currently second in the league in blocks and the (Ridgeview HS) 3 MURRAY STATE * (ESPNU) L, 74-65 PTS REB APG BPG MIN FG% FT% 3FG% only freshman ranked in the OVC in the category. Named to 5 TENNESSEE MARTIN * W, 56-47 South Carolina 3A HS All-State First Team. 7 at Jacksonville State * (CSS) LOT, 76-73 4.3 4.2 0.4 1.8 23.2 .462 .650 .000 • Tennessee State has won 3-of-4 match• Tennessee State has four players on 12 at Austin Peay State* L, 79-65 • Tennessee State met Austin Peay in their ups in the OVC Tournament finals. They the current roster who have played in the 14 at Tennessee Tech* L, 61-59 first apperance of the OVC Tournament in are 2-1 versus Murray State and 0-1 verOVC Tournament (Robert Covington, Wil 19 DELAWARE STATE W, 78-63 1988 losing, 81-78. sus Austin Peay State in the championPeters, Tashan Fredrick, and Jacquan ESPN Bracket Buster It would take the Tigers four more years ship game Nobles) 24 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE* W, 57-52 to pick up their first tournament win. The 26 EASTERN ILLINOIS * W, 66-62 win was over Tennessee Tech, 77-71, in • Tennessee State has never defeated • Tennessee State’s Wil Peters has the MARCH 1993. The same year, TSU captured their Austin Peay State or Eastern Kentucky in most tournament experience among the the OVC Tournament current players on the roster. Peters has 2-5 OVC Tournament 6:00 p.m. first OVC Tournament title with a win over (*) denotes Ohio Valley Conference games Home games in CAPS All times listed Central Time

Murray State, 82-68.

• Tennessee State did not play on a neutral court during the 2010-11 regular season

played in the first round of the 2009 and 2010 OVC Tournaments with the Tigers losing both games to Murray State. He is averaging 4.0 ppg, 2.5 rpg, and 2.5 apg. in the tourney


TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY • GAME NOTES TS U v s . O V C TOU R N A M EN T OP P O NE NT S B R E AK D OW N

vs. TENNESSEE MARTIN MARCH 2 - 6 P. M .

ALL-TIME SERIES RECORD......... TSU, 29- 21 TOURNAMENT RECORD vs... ....... Fir st M eeting L A S T ME E T IN G..............................W, 56- 47 LAST TOURNAMENT MEETING....... Fir st M eeting

vs. TENNESSEE TECH* MARCH 3 - 6 P. M .

ALL-TIME SERIES RECORD......... TTU, 27- 25 TOURNAMENT RECORD vs... ..............TSU, 2- 0 L A S T ME E T IN G.............................. L, 61- 59 LAST TOURNAMENT MEETING... W, 91-74 (1994)

vs. MURRAY STATE* MARCH 4 - 7 P. M .

ALL-TIME SERIES RECORD........ M UR, 45- 15 TOURNAMENT RECORD vs... ............. M UR, 7- 3 L A S T ME E T IN G............................... L,74- 65 LAST TOURNAMENT MEETING.... L, 84-51 (2010)

T S U O V C TOURNAM ENT R E C O R D S B Y OPPONENTS

AUSTIN PEAY STATE..................................0-6 EASTERN ILLINOIS.....................................1-0 EASTERN KENTUCKY................................0-3 MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE%..................2-1 MOREHEAD STATE.....................................2-2 MURRAY STATE..........................................3-7 SAMFORD%................................................0-1 TENNESSEE TECH.....................................2-0 TOTAL......................................................10-20 T S U O V C TOURNAM ENT

F IR S T R D . R E C O RDS BY OPPONENTS

AUSTIN PEAY STATE..................................0-3 MURRAY STATE..........................................0-6 MOREHEAD STATE.....................................2-2 EASTERN KENTUCKY................................0-3 MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE%..................1-1 EASTERN ILLINOIS.....................................1-0 SAMFORD%................................................0-1 TOTAL........................................................4-16

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TENNESSEE STATE RESERVES

JACQUAN NOBLES

Greenville, N.C. (South Central HS) PTS REB APG SPG MIN FG% FT% 3FG% 7.5 2.1 0.8 0.6 22.9 .410 .842 .386

1 4 20 22 23

BLAKE KIRBY

PTS REB APG BPG MIN FG% FT% 3FG% 0.8 0.3 0.5 0.0 5.8 .000 .750 .000

JERRET TOWNS

PTS REB APG BPG MIN FG% FT% 3FG% 2.8 2.2 0.8 0.2 8.5 .357 .800 .273

CHRIS CONNER

PTS REB APG SPG MIN FG% FT% 3FG% 2.9 1.7 0.4 0.3 12.2 .364 .778 .289

TASHAN FREDRICK

Hemmingway, S.C. (Hemmingway HS)

PTS REB APG BPG MIN FG% FT% 3FG% 4.0 1.8 0.2 0.0 14.8 .408 .783 .333

VERKENEO MANN Decatur, Ala. (Austin HS)

PTS REB APG SPG MIN FG% FT% 3FG% 2.0 0.8 0.4 0.2 9.3 .262 .800 .278

NOTES - Scored double figures twice this season. Walk-on, sat out last season after transferring from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore where he competed as full scholarship player.

F • 6-4 • Sophomore • 1L NOTES - Returned to the line-up in the first meeting against Murray State from an injury suffered a week before the season opener. He has been active in 15 straight games missing 14 this year. One of four players returning from last year’s squad.

G • 6-2 • R-Freshman • RS NOTES - One-of-two reserves to start this season maiking first career start against Austin Peay State. On the season, saw action in 21 games, including five of the last seven. Most recent action was in the ESPN BracketBusters. Redshirted after joining the team during the spring semester last year.

2011 Ohio Valley Conference Basketball Championship March 2-5 Municipal Auditorium Nashville, Tennessee

Men’s Bracket

T S U O V C TOURNAM ENT

F IN A L R D . R E C O R DS BY OPPONENTS

FIRST ROUND...........................................4-16 SECOND ROUND........................................4-2 FINAL ROUND.............................................2-2 TOTAL......................................................10-20

NOTES - Listed as probable. Suffered an injury a day before the Tennessee Martin match-up in January and has not played since then. He sat out nine games prior due to an injury suffered in the first game of the year. Played in six games on the season missing 23. One of two junior college transfers.

G/F • 6-4 • R-Sophomore • RS

Powell, Tenn. (Maryland Eastern Shore)

AUSTIN PEAY STATE..................................0-2 MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE.....................1-0 MURRAY STATE..........................................1-0 TENNESSEE TECH.....................................2-0 TOTAL..........................................................4-2

R E C O R D S BY ROUND

NOTES - Played in a total of four games this season. Recently seen action in the ESPN Sears BracketBusters game. Recorded season high in minutes played against Fisk with 14 and career high, two points, against LeMoyneOwen. He was named All-Area Sumner County senior year of high school.

G • 6-5 • Junior • TR

Dolomite, Ala. (Moberly Area CC)

T S U O V C TOURNAM ENT

T S U O V C TOURNAM ENT

G • 5-7 • Freshman • HS

Hendersonville, Tenn. (Station Camp HS)

SE C O N D R D . R E C ORDS BY OPPONENTS

AUSTIN PEAY STATE..................................0-1 MURRAY STATE..........................................2-1 TOTAL..........................................................2-2

G • 6-4 • Sophomore • 1L

NOTES - Leading scorer off the bench with 7.5 ppg. He has scored in double digits in the last three games including 10 games this season. Last year, was second on the team in scoring (11.2 ppg) and top shooter in FG (.444), 3FG (.439) and FT (.864). Selected to the All-OVC Newcomer team last season.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2

THURSDAY, MARCH 3

FRIDAY, MARCH 4

SATURDAY, MARCH 5

(First Round)

(Quarterfinals)

(Semifinals)

(Championship)

#5 Tennessee State GAME 1 - 6:00 p.m. (OVCSports.TV)

#8 UT Martin

Game 1 Winner GAME 3 - 6:00 p.m. (OVCSports.TV)

#4 Tennessee Tech

Game 3 Winner GAME 5 - 7:00 p.m. (TV - ESPNU)

#1 Murray State

T S U O V C TOURNAM ENT F IR S T MEETINGS

AUSTIN PEAY STATE............. L, 81-78, (1988) MURRAY STATE...................... L, 90-71 (1989) MOREHEAD STATE................. L, 92-89 (1990) EASTERN KENTUCKY............ L, 91-70 (1991) TENNESSEE TECH................ W, 77-71 (1993) MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE..... W, 61-60 (1994) EASTERN ILLINOIS................ W, 84-79 (1998) SAMFORD............................... L, 78-67, (2006) TOTAL..........................................................3-5 * indicates probable teams if advance to the next round % indicates no longer in the OVC

Game 5 Winner

GAME 7 - 7:00 p.m. (TV - ESPN2)

#2 Morehead State

#6 Eastern Kentucky GAME 2 - 8:00 p.m. (OVCSports.TV)

#7 Southeast Missouri All Times Central

#3 Austin Peay

GAME 6 - 9:00 p.m. (TV - ESPNU)

GAME 4 - 8:00 p.m. (OVCSports.TV)

Game 4 Winner

Game 2 Winner

Game 6 Winner

NCAA Automatic Qualifier


TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY • GAME NOTES LAST TIME OUT

The Tigers wrapped up the 2010-11 season carrying Tennessee State University over Eastern Illinois in conference play, 66-62, at the Gentry Center on Saturday night. TSU (14-15, 10-8 OVC) ends a three-game drought to the Panthers and remains the fifth seed for the upcoming 2011 OVC Basketball Tournament next week. The Tigers picked up their third straight victory to close out the regular season. Despite shooting a season-low, 32 percent from the floor, four players managed to score in double figures. Robert Covington posted his eighth doubledouble of the season, tenth of his career, with 22 points and 11 boards. Wil Peters and Kenny Moore added 11 points and three assists each. Patrick Miller chipped in 10 points and two steals. Moore also finished with nine rebounds. TSU trailed 35-32 at the break but took their first lead in the second half with 5:09 remaining, 56-52. With the score tied at 58 with 3:53 left, TSU outscored EIU, 8-4, scoring all their remaining points from the line in the final three minutes of the game.

COOPER MAKES PROGRESS

During this time last year, the Tigers were 9-22 (6-12 OVC) in Coach Cooper’s first season going into the OVC Tournament as the eighth seed. The Tigers have already surpassed their overall and conference win total from a year ago.

COVINGTON, MOORE & MILLER NAMED ALL-OVC

Robert Covington, Kenny Moore and Patrick Miller were named to the All-Ohio Valley Conference teams respetcively at the end of the regular season. Covington earns his second All-OVC honor after being named to the newcomer squad last year. He and Moore were both named to the All-OVC Second Team with Moore joining Miller on the this year’s OVC Newcomer team. Miller was also voted Freshman of the Year becoming the fifth TSU freshman to win the honor.

MUNICIPAL MAGIC

In 2008 under head coach Cy Alexander, the Tigers entered the OVC Tournament as the 6th seed. In the first round, they defeated No. 3 seed Morehead State, 68-61. In the second round, the Tigers pulled off the upset against No. 2 Murray State in the semi-finals, 83-75. One of TSU’s two tournament championships was won inside the Municipal Auditorium.

NEUTRAL GROUND BREAKING

This will be TSU’s first time this season playing at a neutral site. Since the 2002-03 season, TSU is 6-4 on neutral gorund. In four of the last eight years, the Tigers did not play at a neutral site.

PLANTING A NEW SEED

This will be TSU’s first time entering the Ohio Valley Conference Basketball Tournament as the 5th seed. It’s the highest they have been ranked entering the post season since 1996 when the were No. 2. They were ranked No. 1 (2x), 2 (2x), 6 (5x), 7 (8x), and 8 (5x).

HOME SWEET HOME

TSU finished 11-2 at home in the Gentry Center suffering a losses in non conference and OVC play. The Tigers lost to Belmont, 87-72 (11/29), and Murray State, 64-53 (2/3).

DOWN THE SEASON STRETCH

Since 2008, in February of each year, the Tigers have averaged playing five games. TSU has combined for a 13-6 record down the crucial stretch of the season the last three years. They have won the season finale five of the last seven years.

THREE’S COMPANY

Kenny Moore, Wil Peters and Robert Covington are ranked in the top five in 3-point percentage in the league. Covington (1) is averaging .452, Moore (3) is connecting .419 and Moore follows (4) at .417. In scoring, Moore (7T), Covington (10), and Pat Miller (17) are ranked in the top 20.

vs. TENNESSEE MARTIN

This will be the Tigers’ first meeting against Tennessee Martin in the OVC Tournament. During the regular season, TSU swept the series picking up their third and fourth straight victory over the Skyhawks. Robert Covington scored a double-double to lead TSU to a, 56-47, win. He finished with 18 points and 13 rebounds. He posted a double-double against UT Martin in their first meeting earlier this season. Patrick Miller added 14 points and a career-high seven rebounds. Wil Peters chipped in nine points to compliment a game-high four assists.

vs. TENNESSEE TECH

If TSU advances to the quarterfinals, they will meet Tennessee Tech for the third time in the OVC Tournament. The Tigers are 2-0 versus the Golden Eagles in post season play. The teams split the regular season with each team winning on their home court. The teams have split the regular season the last four years. In their last meeting, TSU ended their final road stretch with a, 61-59, loss at TTU. Jacquan Nobles led TSU with a season high, 17 points and Wil Peters added 12.

vs. MURRAY STATE

If TSU wins makes the semi-finals, they will face Murray State. The Tigers have played Murray State in the OVC Tournament more than any other school in the league. The Tigers were swept by the Racers for the third straight year. TSU’s last win over MUR was in the semi-finals of the 2008 OVC Tournament at the Municipal Auditorium. In their last meeting this season, TSU fell, 74-65, with Kenny Moore (17 pts), Robert Covington (14 pts), and Patrick Miller (13 pts) posted double digits in scoring to lead TSU.

TSU TIGERS’ RECORD WHEN... At Home................................................11-2 On the Road..........................................3-13 At Neutral Site.............................................. TSU Scores First.....................................7-7 Opponent Scores First............................7-8 Winning the tip.....................................10-11 Opponent wins the tip..............................4-4 Scoring 80+.............................................2-1 Scoring 70-79..........................................6-4 Scoring 60-69..........................................4-6 Scoring fewer than 60.............................2-4 Opponent scores 80+..............................0-4 Opponent scores 70-79...........................1-7 Opponent scores 60-69...........................8-4 Opponent scores less than 60.................5-0 Outrebounding opponent.........................8-1 Outrebounded by opponent...................5-14 Rebounds Even.......................................1-0 Shooting 50% or better............................3-4 Shooting 40%-50%..................................6-5 Shooting less than 40%...........................5-6 Opponent shoots at least 50%................0-7 Opponents Shooting 40%-50%...............9-7 Opponent shoots less than 40%.............5-1 Making 7 or more three-pointers...........9-11 Making 6 or less three-pointers...............5-4 Opponent makes 7 threes or more..........5-7 Opponent makes less than 7 threes........9-8 Leading at halftime..................................9-3 Trailing at halftime...................................4-9 Tied at halftime........................................1-3 Game goes into overtime........................2-1 Leading with 5:00 to play.......................11-1 Trailing with 5:00 to play........................2-13 Tied with 5:00 to play...............................1-1 Leading with 1:00 to play.......................13-2 Trailing with 1:00 to play........................1-13 Tied with 1:00 to play.................................... No players in score double figures............... 1 player scores in double figures.............1-0 2 players score in double figures.............1-5 3 players score in double figures.............6-7 4 players score in double figures.............4-1 5+ players score in double figures...........2-2 Forcing 15 + turnovers............................4-7 Forcing less than 15 turnovers..............10-8 Committing 15 or more turnovers............8-8 Committing less than 15 turnovers..........6-7 TSU’s Record On: Monday . .................................................1-3 Tuesday...................................................2-2 Wednesday..............................................0-1 Thursday.................................................2-4 Friday......................................................0-1 Saturday..................................................7-3 Sunday....................................................2-1 November................................................1-5 December................................................5-2 January . .................................................4-4 February..................................................4-4 March........................................................... Day..........................................................2-1 Night....................................................12-14 Overtime..................................................2-1


TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY • GAME NOTES COVINGTON DOUBLE

Robert Covington posted his eighth double-double this year, in the Tigers season finale over Eastern Illinois. He posted doubles against, Fisk, Eastern Kentucky, and two each versus UT Martin and Austin Peay. He has ten in his career, the most on TSU’s active roster. Covington was named OVC Player of the Week at the end of December, the first TSU player to be named since Dec. 15, 2008 (Jerrell Houston). He currently leads the team in shooting in FG (.502), 3FG (.438) and rebounds (7.4 rpg).

MILLER TIME

Patrick Miller has scored in double figures in 20-of-29 games. He was named OVC Freshman of the week for the third time this season after posting a game and career-high of 22 points in TSU’s win over Tennessee Tech. Currently, he has been named more than any other freshman after receiving the honor in back-to-back weeks to open the season. Miller curently is the leading freshman scorer in the OVC. It’s starting to become a familiar sight during the second half as Miller has been able to hit from the field in the closing minutes of a game. He scored 16 of his 22 points in the second versus TTU. Against Murray State, Middle Tennessee State, Illinois State, and Air Force, he was held scoreless in the first half only to return to score double digits in the second. For the third time this season, he tied then a career high in points with 16 against MTSU. He previously scored 16 points in the same fashion versus Air Force.

GIVE ME MOORE

JUCO transfer Kenny Moore leads the Tigers in scoring (14.4 ppg) and is second in rebounds (6.8 rpg). He was named OVC Newcomer of the Week three times this season. Moore’s top moment this year is a career high, 25 points, versus Eastern Kentucky. He hit another career mark against Memphis, hitting 5-of-6 from the three-point arc to help finish with 22 points in the game. Moore gathered his first newcomer honor for his performance in the Tigers’ upset over Morehead State. He recorded 19 points and 11 boards for a consecutive double-double performance versus Morehead State. He transfers in after help leading Johnson County CC to a NJCAA Division II National Championship in 2009 before transferring to Midland CC for the 2009-10 season.

WHERE THERE’S A WIL THERE’S A WAY

Wil Peters received his first league weekly award of his career when he was tagged OVC Player of the Week for his performance against Austin Peay State (01/15/11). He scored 16 points, hauled in a season high, seven rebounds, and tied a career high in assists with nine. Peters hit the game winner in overtime to lead the Tigers over rivals, Austin Peay State. His most memorable performance this year was against Eastern Illinois. He was perfect from the floor scoring a game and career high 21 points. He shot 7-of-7 from the floor, 4-of-4 from threepoint range and 3-of-3 from the line. Against Middle Tennessee State, he recorded a career high in assists with nine.

GREEN DAY

Michael Green leads TSU in blocks with 51, averaging 1.8 per game. He is second in the OVC behind Morehead State’s Kenneth Faried. Green has blocked a shot in 25-of-29 games. Out of his 51 blocks, 31 has led to 51 points for the Tigers. He tied a career-high with five in the first meeting against Tennessee Tech after posting the same number versus Middle Tennessee State.

THE “FRESH” CONNECTION

Freshmen, Patrick Miller and Michael Green, have combined for 54 starts. Miller has started every game this season and Green has started in 24 consecutively. They both lead the league’s freshmen class in several OVC categories. Miller is the top leading freshman scorer in the conference with 11.4 points per game. He is fourth in the conference in minutes played per game (34.4), leading all freshman in the OVC with time on the floor. Green is the only freshman ranked in blocked shots and is second in the OVC with 51 (1.8 bpg).

A NOBLE EFFORT

Jacquan Nobles has been productive off the bench as the Tigers’ sixth man. He leads all scorers off the bench 7.5 ppg. Nobles holds the team’s second best free-throw shooting percentage with .842 and has scored in double figures nine times this year, including a season high, 17 points, (5-of-6) against Tennessee Tech on Feb. 14. Nobles is one of four Tigers who returned from last season finishing as the team’s second leading scorer. At the end of the year, he joined teammate Robert Covington on the 2010 OVC Newcomer Team.

TEAM STATISTICS (HOME)... Record.........................................................11-2 Conference Record...................................... 8-1 Points Per Game.........................................70.0 Scoring Margin............................................+8.6 Field Goal PCT............................................ .411 3-Point FG PCT............................................340 Free-Throw PCT...........................................742 Rebounds....................................................39.0 Rebounding Margin.....................................+5.5 Assists.........................................................12.4 Turnovers....................................................15.6 Turnover Margin..........................................+0.9 Steals............................................................6.8 Blocks Per Game..........................................4.2 TEAM STATISTICS (AWAY)... Record........................................................ 3-13 Conference Record...................................... 2-7 Points Per Game.........................................66.9 Scoring Margin............................................ -6.5 Field Goal PCT.............................................439 3-Point FG PCT............................................403 Free-Throw PCT...........................................773 Rebounds....................................................28.5 Rebounding Margin..................................... -5.2 Assists.........................................................12.5 Turnovers....................................................14.8 Turnover Margin.......................................... -2.2 Steals............................................................6.4 Blocks Per Game..........................................2.9 TEAM SEASON HIGHS... Scoring............................ 86 points at Memphis Field Goal PCT............ 59% vs. Delaware State Free-Throw PCT...................94.4% vs. Belmont 3-Point FG PCT............63.6% at Alabama A&M Rebounds......................................... 64 vs. Fisk Steals.....................................11 at Illinois State Assists.......................... 18 at Tennessee Martin Blocks.............................. 7 vs. Tennessee Tech Turnovers.....................25 vs Austin Peay State Points Gained TO...........37 vs. LeMoyne-Owen Fastbreak Points................... 13 at Illinois State Bench Scoring......29 points vs. Delaware State Points in Paint........................38 points vs. Fisk TEAM SEASON LOWS... Scoring......................... 50 points at Saint Louis Field Goal PCT.......... 32.1% vs. Eastern Illinois Free-Throw PCT................. 40% at Illinois State 3-Point FG PCT.......................... 24.1% vs. Fisk Rebounds............................. 24 at Murray State Steals......................................... 5 at Saint louis Assists.......................................7 at Saint Louis Blocks..................0 at Southeast Missouri State Turnovers..............10(2x) vs. Tennessee Martin Points Gained TO.............0 at Mississippi State Fastbreak Points.... 0 (3x) last at Middle Tennessee State Bench Scoring................ 0 points at Saint Louis Points in Paint...... 12 points at Middle Tennessee State


TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY • GAME NOTES TIGERS PICKED 7th in OVC PRESEASON

In a vote of Ohio Valley Conference head men’s basketball coaches and sports information directors, Tennessee State University men’s basketball was predicted to finish seventh in this year’s preseason poll. The Tigers received 81 points finishing ahead of three conference teams. The announcement came during the 2010 OVC Basketball Media at the Municipal Auditorium on October 25th. 2010-11 Preseason Predicted Order of Finish 1. Murray State (18 first-place votes) - 162 2. Morehead State (2) - 146 3. Eastern Illinois - 123 4. Austin Peay - 107 5. Eastern Kentucky - 92 6. Tennessee Tech - 85 7. Tennessee State - 81 8. Jacksonville State - 51 9. Southeast Missouri - 41 10. UT Martin - 20 TSU did not have a player named to the AllOVC Preseason Team. It’s the first time since 2007 the Tigers did not post a player on the preseason squad.

ALL-AMERICAN COVINGTON

At the end of last season, Covington was selected to the BoxToRow.com/BASN HBCU Division I All-America Second Team and the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Freshmen AllAmerica Team.

WALK THIS WAY

With four players sitting out this season and two injured, the Tigers picked up a pair of walk-ons in Chris Conner and Blake Kirby. Conner, who sat out last season after transferring in from Maryland Eastern Shore, scored in double fiigures in two of the last three games. Before UMES, Conner helped lead Hargrave Military Academy to a Prep School National Championship. Kirby joins the team after receiving Sumner County All-Area honors. During his junior season at Station Camp HS, he played along side Vanderbilt’s John Jenkins.

WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR

With 15 players on the Tigers’ roster, four players will sit out this season, three of which are complying with NCAA transfer Division I rules. Kellen Thornton, Jordan Cyphers and Muniru Bawa transferred in from highly reputable Division I schools. Freshman Malcolm Rhett will redshirt in his first year. Thornton enters after two seasons at Illinois State where he shot 47 percent from the floor for 2.6 points per game. Cyphers spent two seasons at Utah averaging 3.1 points per game from 38 percent shooting.

Bawa joins TSU after one season with Indiana scoring a total of 11 points in19 games played. Rhett graded out at 86 on ESPN College Basketball Recruiting and was named to the 3A South Carolina All-State First Team.

COOPER AND THE BCS CHAMPIONSHIP

TSU Basketball head coach John Cooper served as an assistant at Oregon and Auburn. No. 1 Auburn defeated No. 2 Oregon in the BCS Football National Championship in January.

WIL PETERS NAMED TO THE OVC COMISSIONER’S HONOR ROLL

At the end of the academic year, junior guard Will Peter’s was among 35 TSU and 145 OVC student-athletes to receive academic honors. Peters receives the academic honor for the first time in his career. TSU ADDS THREE MORE HOOPSTERS TO THE HALL OF FAME

Three former members of the TSU men’s basketball team were among ten athletes inducted into the Tennessee State University Athletic Hall of Fame on Nov. 5, 2010. Frank Lewis, Sr., Carlos Rogers and Anthony Mason joined this year’s inductees that entered after a 14-year absence since the last induction.

QUICK HITS • TSU Basketball posts an overall record of 1061-747 since 1944 • TSU is 162-214 all-time versus the Ohio Valley Conference • John Cooper became the 15th men’s basketball head coach • Cooper picked up his first career win as a head coach against Kennesaw State, Nov. 27, 2009, in the Chicago Invitational Challenge. The Tigers defeated the Owls, 73-67. • TSU returns four players from last season • TSU signed nine players which includes three Division I transfers, two junior college players, three freshmen and walk-on from last season • TSU was picked to finish seventh in the OVC Preseason Poll • Last season, TSU posted a 9-23 overall and 6-12 OVC record • TSU’s last winning season was in 1995-96 (15-13) under head coach Frankie Allen

Lewis led the Tigers in scoring while leading them to their first national championship and only undefeated season in school history.

• TSU won back-to-back OVC tournament championship from 1993- and were the regular season champs in 1993 and 1995

Mason is among the top ten in scoring and rebounding before being named the NBA Sixth Man of the Year with the N.Y. Knicks.

• TSU won three consecutive NAIA National Championship from 1957-1959.

Rogers led the Tigers to back-to-back OVC regular season and tournament championships. Rogers is also known as one of the original Toronto Raptors who started the first games during the inaugural season.

CONGRATULATIONS RICHARD DENT

TSU legendary defensive end and Super Bowl XX MVP, Richard Dent, was inducted into this year’s NFL Hall of Fame. He becomes the first player in TSU history to receive the honor

CONFERENCE PLAY

TSU is 162-214 when facing teams in the Ohio Valley Conference since joining the league in 1988. TSU has won 12 of their last 18 OVC games dating back to February 2010.

FOUR-FOR-FOUR

The Tigers return four players from last year’s roster after dismissing four players midway through the 2009-10 season. At the start of last year, John Cooper inherited four players from the 2008-09 team to begin his first season at the helm.

• 21 players from TSU were selected in the NBA draft • Carlos Rogers was the last Tiger drafted in the NBA (1995) • John McLendon court is named after former TSU head basketball coach and Naismith Hall of Famer, John B. McLendon • TSU joined the Ohio Valley Conference in 1986 (24 yrs.)

TSU in the NBA - NOTABLE PLAYERS Leonard ”Truck” Robinson (New Orleans Jazz, Phoenix Suns, Knicks) Ted “Hound” McClain (Nets, 76ers, Nuggets) John Barnhill (Hawks, Pistons, Bullets, Rockets, Pacers,) Anthony Mason (Knicks, Heat, Hornets, Bucks) Lloyd Neal (Trailblazers) Dick Barnett (Knicks, Lakers) Carlos Rogers (Pacers, Raptors, Rockets, Warriors)


TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY • GAME NOTES QUICK FACTS

Name of School......Tennessee State University City, ZIP......................... Nashville, Tenn. 37209 Founded.................................................... 1912 Enrollment............................................... 8, 824 Nickname.................................................Tigers Colors................................ Reflex Blue & White Arena............................... Gentry Sports Center Home Court................John B. McLendon Court Capacity................................................. 10,500 Affiliation................................... NCAA Division I Conference........................... Ohio Valley (1988) President................. Dr. Portia Sheilds (Interim) Athletic Director...................... Teresa L. Phillips Athletic Department Phone.......(615) 963-5034 Athletic Department Fax............ (615) 963-5911 Ticket Office Phone...................(615) 963-5841 SWA.......................................... Valencia Jordan Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance....................................Jennifer Bell Academic Services................ Dr. Johnnie Smith Athletic Trainer...........................Monroe Abram Faculty Representative................. Jesse James Strength and Conditioning.............Chuck Losey Notable Alumni........................... Oprah Winfrey .................................................. Wilma Rudolph ................................................. Dr. Dick Barnett .....................................................Ralph Boston ..................................................... Richard Dent ............................................ Ed “Too Tall” Jones ..........................Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie ..........................................................Ed Temple ......................................................Bobby Jones

BASKETBALL HISTORY

All-Time Record............ 1,061-747 (since 1944) ALL-Time OVC Record......................... 162-214 OVC Tournament Record..........................11-17 OVC Tournament Championships..... 2 (93 / 94) OVC Regular Season CHampionships..... 2 (93 / 94) OVC Tournament Appearances..................... 20 NCAA Tournament Record........................... 0-2 First NCAA Tournament Appearances....... 1993 National Championships....3 (NAIA - 57/58/ 59) 20 Win Seasons............................................ 20 30 Win Seasons.............................................. 3 Undefeated Seasons............................ 1 (1949)

TIGERS AT A GLANCE

Head Coach..................................John Cooper ............................................... Wichita State ‘91 Assistant Coach........................ Travis Williams .............................................. Georgia State ‘95 Assistant Coach.......................Sheldon Everett ..........................................South Carolina 2004 Assistant Coach............................... Dana Ford .............................................. Illinois State 2006 Graduate Assistant.........................Trey Meyers ................................................... Clemson 2009 Manager....................................... Miguel Brady Letterman Returning........................................ 4 Letterman Lost................................................ 6 Starters Returning............................................. Robert Covington/Jacquan Nobles/Wil Peters Starters Lost...................................................... Jeremiah Crutcher/Lonnie Funderburke Jr. 2009-10 Record.......................................... 9-23 Home............................................................ 5-6 Away........................................................... 3-13 Neutral.......................................................... 1-1 OVC Record (Finish)..........................6-12 (8th)

JOHN COOPER • HEAD COACH

ALMA MATER.............................................................. WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY ‘91 RECORD AT TENNESSEE STATE............................................................................ 23-38 CAREER RECORD................................................................................................... 23-38 OVC RECORD........................................................................................................... 16-19 OVC TOURNAMENT RECORD.................................................................................... 0-1 TSU RECORD AT HOME............................................................................................ 16-8 OVC RECORD AT HOME............................................................................................ 11-6 RECORD AWAY........................................................................................................... 6-29 OVC RECORD AWAY.................................................................................................. 4-14 LONGEST WINNING STREAK.......................................................................... 5 GAMES LONGEST LOSING STREAK............................................................................. 7 GAMES OVERTIME RECORD.................................................................................................. 3-2 NON CONFERENCE RECORD................................................................................ 7-18 NON CONFERENCE RECORD HOME...................................................................... 4-2 NON CONFERENCE RECORD AWAY..................................................................... 2-15 NEUTRAL.................................................................................................................... 1-1

John Cooper was named the 15th men’s basketball head coach at Tennessee State University on March 27, 2009. Cooper comes to Tennessee State from Auburn University where he served as associate head men’s basketball coach with Jeff Lebo. He has over 15 years of basketball coaching experience having coached at Oregon, South Carolina and Fayetteville State. This is Cooper’s first post as a head coach. Cooper is a native of Kansas City, Mo. and played collegiately at Wichita State, under Eddie Fogler, he led the Shockers in scoring and rebounding during his junior and senior seasons. He was a team captain his final two years and a Rhodes Scholar candidate in his senior season. Cooper spent five years at Auburn (2004-2009) and played a vital role in the revitalization of the Auburn basketball program with the Tigers recording their first winning season in four years (2003). That season, Auburn posted a 24-12 record and advanced to the quarterfinals of the NIT Tournament.

Prior to his arrival at Auburn, Cooper spent two seasons at Oregon where he helped the Ducks to a 41-23 mark. Oregon went 23-10 with a NCAA Tournament appearance in 2002-03 and had an 18-13 record in 2003-04, losing in the NIT semifinals.He coached a pair of All-Americans in PAC-10 Player of the Year Luke Ridnour of the NBA’s Seattle Supersonics and Luke Jackson, formerly of the Cleveland Cavaliers. He spent six years as an assistant at South Carolina under his former college coach Eddie Fogler, from 1995-2001, helping lead the Gamecocks to the SEC Championship with a 24-8 record in 1996-97. Before his stint at South Carolina, Cooper spent two seasons as an assistant to Rick Duckett at Division II Fayetteville (NC) State in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association. The Broncos went 18-10 in 1993-94 and 15-10 in 1994-95. Cooper is married to the former Melissa Mathis of Greenwood, S.C. They have two children, a daughter Kennedy and a son Kameron.

JOHN COOPER FILE vs. Alabama A&M............................................ 2-0 vs. Alabama..................................................... 0-1 vs. Air Force.................................................... 0-1 vs. Austin Peay State...................................... 2-1 vs. Belmont...................................................... 0-2 vs. Carson-Newman........................................ 1-0 vs. Central Michigan........................................ 0-1 vs. Detroit-Mercy............................................. 1-0 vs. Delaware State.......................................... 1-0 vs. Eastern Illinois........................................... 1-3 vs. Eastern Kentucky....................................... 1-3 vs. Fisk............................................................ 1-0 vs. Illinois State............................................... 0-1 vs. Iowa........................................................... 0-1 vs. Iowa State.................................................. 0-1 vs. Jacksonville State...................................... 2-2 vs. Kennesaw State......................................... 1-0 vs. LeMoyne-Owen......................................... 1-0 vs. Liberty University....................................... 0-1 vs. Memphis.................................................... 0-1 vs. Mississippi State........................................ 0-1 vs. Middle Tennessee State............................. 0-1 vs. Morehead State......................................... 1-3 vs. Murray State.............................................. 0-5 vs. Northern Illinois.......................................... 0-1 vs. Northwestern............................................. 0-1 vs. Saint Louis................................................. 0-1 vs. Siena.......................................................... 0-1 vs. Southeast Missouri State........................... 3-1 vs. Tennessee Martin....................................... 4-0 vs. Tennessee Tech......................................... 2-2 vs. Trevecca Nazarene.................................... 2-0 vs. Vanderbilt................................................... 0-1

vs. SEC........................................................... 0-3 vs. OVC....................................................... 16-19 vs. BigTen........................................................ 0-2 vs. Big 12......................................................... 0-1 vs. Horizon League......................................... 1-0 vs. MAC........................................................... 0-2 vs. Big South................................................... 0-1 vs. SWAC........................................................ 2-0 vs. Atlantic Sun................................................ 1-2 vs. MEAC......................................................... 1-0 vs. MAAC......................................................... 0-1 vs. Mountain West........................................... 0-1 2010-11 Season vs. Atlantic 10.................................................. 0-1 vs. SEC........................................................... 0-1 vs. Gulf Coast Conference (NAIA).................. 1-0 vs. Missouri Valley........................................... 0-1 vs. Mountain West........................................... 0-1 vs. Atlantic Sun................................................ 0-1 vs. SIAC.......................................................... 1-0 vs. SWAC........................................................ 1-0 vs. Sun Belt..................................................... 0-1 vs. C-USA........................................................ 0-1


TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY • GAME NOTES

JACQUAN NOBLES

BLAKE KIRBY

0

1

Guard Freshman • 5-7 • 145 Hometown: Hendersonville, Tenn. Previous School: (Station Camp HS) Major: Radiology

Guard Sophomore • 6-4 • 180 Hometown: Greenville, N.C. Previous School: (South Central HS) Major: Human Performances & Sports Sciences 2009-10: Named to the 2010 Ohio Valley Conference All-Newcomer Team... Started 15-of-32 games played... Played a total of 776 minutes averaging 24.3 mpg... Managed 11.2 points per game... Recorded a career high 21 points at Northern Illinois (11/20/09)... Earned a shooting average of 44 percent while shooting 126-of-284 from the field... Led team in shooting with an average of 43 percent from 3-point range while connecting on 68-of-155... Connected five three point shots in one game twice with the last at Eastern Illinois (02/27/10)... Hit 38-of-44 from the free-throw line averaging 86 percent to lead the team in the category... Pulled down a total of 60 rebounds averaging 1.9 a game... Posted a career high against Tennessee Tech (02/15/09)... Recorded 25 assists for the season notching a career high of three at Jacksonville State (01/21/10)...

Station Camp HS: Senior season started 29-of-29 games played helping team to a 15-14 record... Named to All-Area Sumner County Team... Selected to the Martion Lions Club Boys All-Tournament Team... Scored 286 points averaging 9.8 per game... Shot 38 percent from the floor (84-of-216), 30 percent from three-point range (22-of71), and 76 percent from the free-throw line (96-of-126)... Tallied 75 rebounds (25 offense / 50 defense) for 2,5 per game... Recorded 46 assists (1.5 apg) and 36 steals (1.2 spg)...

SEASON.................................... HIGHS...................................... CAREER

SEASON..................................... HIGHS..................................... CAREER

Opponent

Opponent

17 at Tennessee Tech (02/14/11)...........PTS............. 21 at Northern Illinois (11/20/09) 5 (2x) last vs. Alabama A&M (12/07/10)....... REBS.............. 6 vs Tennessee Tech (2/15/10) 5 vs. Tennessee Tech (01/22/11)........ ASSTS...........5 vs. Tennessee Tech (01/22/11) 2 (3x) last at Tennessee Tech (02/14/11)....STLS..... 2 (3x) last at Tennessee Tech (02/14/11) 1 at Mississippi State (11/12/10).......... BLKS... 1 (2x) last at Mississippi State (11/12/10) 6 (2x) last at Tennessee Tech (02/14/11)....FGS..........8 (2x) last vs UT Martin (02/06/10) 15 vs. Fisk (11/15/10)............................FGA................ 15 (2x) last vs. Fisk (11/15/10) 5 at Tennessee Tech (02/14/11).............3FG..... 5 (2x) last at Tennessee Tech (02/14/11) 12 vs. Fisk (11/15/10)...........................3FGA.............................12 vs. Fisk (11/15/10) 3 at Middle Tennessee State (12/29/10).... FT...........4 vs. Austin Peay State (02/13/10) 4 at Middle Tennessee State (12/29/10)... FTA................ 5 at Tennessee Tech (1/23/19) 39 at Mississippi State (11/12/10).......... MIN........... 39 at Mississippi State (11/12/10) 10.......................................... DOUBLE FIGURE PTS............................................. 25 0........................................... DOUBLE FIGURE REBS......................................... N/A 0.............................................. DOUBLE-DOUBLES............................................. N/A Min

FG-A 3FG-A FT-A

Mississippi State 39 1-7 1-3 Fisk 20 4-15 3-12 Illinois State 23 2-5 1-4 Air Force 23 4-9 3-8 Saint Louis 6 0-1 0-1 Belmont Eastern Illlinois 4 0-1 0-1 Southeast Missouri State 31 6-9 2-4 Alabama A&M 24 2-5 0-0 LeMoyne-Owen 23 4-7 3-4 Morehead State 28 4-7 4-6 Eastern Kentucky 21 0-6 0-4 Middle Tennessee State 28 3-11 3-9 Memphis 26 4-8 1-5 Murray State 2 1-2 1-1 Tennessee Martin 20 2-5 2-5 Austin Peay State 21 2-5 1-4 Jacksonville State 25 3-4 1-2 Tennessee Tech 24 3-7 3-6 Morehead State 15 2-5 2-4 Eastern Kentucky 24 2-5 1-4 Murray State 24 2-7 1-4 Tennessee Martin 22 1-6 0-3 Jacksonville State 26 3-10 3-10 Austin Peay State 25 4-8 3-6 Tennessee Tech 30 6-7 5-6 Delaware State 26 5-7 3-4 Southeast Missouri State 30 1-5 0-2 Eastern Illinois 19 2-5 2-5

O-D-T A TO Blk Stl Pts

0-0 0-5-5 1 2 1 1 3 0-0 2-2-4 3 0 0 2 11 0-0 0-0-0 1 1 0 0 5 0-0 2-1-3 0 3 0 0 11 0-0 0-1-1 0 3 0 0 0 DNP 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1-0-1 0 1 0 0 14 0-0 0-5-5 1 4 0 0 4 2-2 1-0-1 0 1 0 1 13 2-2 0-3-3 0 1 0 2 14 0-0 2-0-2 3 1 0 1 0 3-4 1-3-4 1 0 0 2 12 2-2 0-3-3 0 2 0 0 11 0-0 0-1-1 0 1 0 0 3 0-0 0-3-3 0 5 0 0 6 0-0 0-1-1 0 2 0 0 5 0-0 0-0-0 0 3 0 0 7 0-0 0-5-5 5 1 0 1 9 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 6 0-0 0-2-2 1 3 0 0 8 1-2 0-0-0 2 1 0 0 6 0-0 0-3-3 0 4 0 0 2 0-0 1-0-1 0 2 0 0 9 0-0 1-3-4 0 3 0 0 11 0-0 1-0-1 0 2 0 2 17 2-2 0-4-4 1 2 0 1 15 0-0 0-1-1 1 4 0 1 2 1-2 1-0-1 1 0 0 0 7

2 vs. LeMoyne-Owen (12/12/10))...............PTS...............2 vs. LeMoyne-Owen (12/12/10)) ............................................................. REBS.............................................................. 2 vs. Fisk (11/15/10)............................ ASSTS.............................2 vs. Fisk (11/15/10) 1 vs. Fisk (11/15/10)..............................STLS..............................1 vs. Fisk (11/15/10) ............................................................. BLKS.............................................................. ...............................................................FGS............................................................... 6 vs. Fisk (11/15/10)...............................FGA...............................6 vs. Fisk (11/15/10) ...............................................................3FG............................................................... 2 vs. Fisk (11/15/10)..............................3FGA..............................2 vs. Fisk (11/15/10) 2 vs. LeMoyne-Owen (12/12/10)................. FT.................2 vs. LeMoyne-Owen (12/12/10) 2 (2x) last vs. LeMoyne-Owen (12/12/10).. FTA..2 (2x) last vs. LeMoyne-Owen (12/12/10) ............................................................... MIN............................................................... ............................................... DOUBLE FIGURE PTS................................................ .............................................. DOUBLE FIGURE REBS.............................................. ................................................. DOUBLE-DOUBLES.................................................. Min

FG-A 3FG-A FT-A

Mississippi State Fisk 14 0-6 0-2 Illinois State Air Force 1 0-0 0-0 Saint Louis Belmont Eastern Illinois Southeast Missouri State Alabama A&M LeMoyne-Owen 7 0-3 0-1 Morehead State Eastern Kentucky Middle Tennessee State Memphis Murray State Tennessee Martin Austin Peay State Jacksonville State Tennessee Tech Morehead State Eastern Kentucky Murray State Tennessee Martin Jacksonville State Austin Peay State Tennessee Tech Delaware State 1 0-0 0-0 Southeast Missouri State Eastern Illinois

O-D-T A TO Blk Stl Pts

DNP 1-2 0-0-0 2 1 0 1 1 DNP 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 2-2 0-1-1 0 1 0 0 2 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 0 0 0 DNP DNP


TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY • GAME NOTES

PAT R I C K M I L L E R Guard Freshman • 6-0 • 185 Hometown: Chicago, Ill. Previous School: (Hales Franciscan HS) Major: Business Administration

JERRET TOWNS

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Guard Junior • 6-5• 205 Hometown: Dolomite, Ala. Previous School: (Moberly Area CC) Major: Interdisciplinary Studies

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Hales Franciscan HS: Voted 2009-2010 Chicago Catholic League Player of the Year... Named two-time Chicago All-Area... Selected to IBCA, Journal Star, and Associated Press Class 2A All-State First Team... Chicago Sun-Times Top 50 Player... Rated 73 on ESPN College Basketball Recruiting... Helped team to a 28-4 record winning the Regional and Sectional Championships... Senior season averaged 22.6 points and 3.8 assists per game in 27 games played... Team leading scorer with 614 points... Scored 20 or more points in 17 games, 30 or more in four games and posted a career high of 42 poins against Bishop McNamara (12/09/09)... Listed as the game’s leading scorer in 20-of-30 games played... Collected 93 rebounds for a 3.3 average also averaging 3.3 steals per game and .5 blocks... Shot 48 percent from the field, 44 percent from the three-point range and 79.5 from the free-throw line... Named two-time IBS All-State... Voted ESPNChicago.com Athlete of the Week (3/11/10)... Nominated for McDonald’s All-American Team...

2009-10 at Moberly Area CC: Transferred from Los Angeles City College... Named to All-Region Team... Scored 310 points averaging 10.7 per game... Shot 65 percent (77-of-119) from the free-throw line, 47 percent (101-of-215) from the floor... Hit 39 percent from three-point range... Collected 176 rebounds (62 offense / 114 defense) averaging 6.1 per game... Recorded 108 assists averaging 3.7 per game... Tallied 44 steals (1.5 spg.) and three blocks...

SEASON.................................... HIGHS...................................... CAREER

SEASON..................................... HIGHS..................................... CAREER

Opponent

Opponent

22 vs. Tennessee Tech (01/22/11).........PTS...........22 vs. Tennessee Tech (01/22/11) 7 (2x) last at Tennessee Tech (02/14/11).. REBS.... 7 (2x) last at Tennessee Tech (02/14/11) 7 vs. Murray State (02/03/11).............. ASSTS.................7 vs. Murray State (02/03/11) 6 vs. Murray State (02/03/11)................STLS..................6 vs. Murray State (02/03/11) 1 vs. Tennessee Martin (01/08/11)....... BLKS..........1 vs. Tennessee Martin (01/08/11) 7 vs. Austin Peay State (01/15/11)........FGS.......... 7 vs. Austin Peay State (01/15/11) 16 at Illinois State (11/17/10).................FGA...................16 at Illinois State (11/17/10) 3 (2x) last vs. Tennessee Martin (01/08/10)....3FG...... 3 (2x) last vs. Tennessee Martin (01/08/10) 6 (2x) last at Memphis (01/03/11).........3FGA...........6 (2x) last at Memphis (01/03/11) 12 vs. Tennessee Tech (01/22/11).......... FT............12 vs. Tennessee Tech (01/22/11) 19 vs. Tennessee Tech (01/22/11)......... FTA...........19 vs. Tennessee Tech (01/22/11) 41 vs. Austin Peay State (01/15/11)...... MIN........ 41 vs. Austin Peay State (01/15/11) 20.......................................... DOUBLE FIGURE PTS............................................. 20 ............................................. DOUBLE FIGURE REBS............................................... ................................................ DOUBLE-DOUBLES...................................................

Mississippi State Fisk Illinois State Air Force Saint Louis Belmont Eastern Illinois Southeast Missouri State Alabama A&M LeMoyne-Owen Morehead State Eastern Kentucky Middle Tennessee State Memphis Murray State Tennessee Martin Austin Peay State Jacksonville State Tennessee Tech Morehead State Eastern Kentucky Murray State Tennessee Martin Jacksonville State Austin Peay State Tennessee Tech Delaware State Southeast Missouri State Eastern Illinois

Min 38 26 36 34 35 35 37 32 36 30 36 36 38 32 38 33 41 27 36 38 29 34 33 38 39 30 32 31 37

FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 4-12 5-9 6-16 3-12 3-10 5-10 2-7 1-3 4-11 2-7 1-7 2-11 6-10 4-11 3-9 4-8 7-11 3-7 5-10 4-10 2-5 4-10 4-11 5-11 3-12 2-8 2-5 5-13 4-10

0-2 3-4 1-4 1-6 0-2 2-5 2-3 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-5 0-2 1-2 2-6 1-3 3-5 1-3 0-1 0-2 1-2 0-2 1-3 1-2 1-3 1-2 1-3 0-2 1-3 1-4

5-8 3-4 1-1 9-10 2-3 2-2 5-8 1-2 1-4 10-12 5-6 1-2 3-3 2-2 3-3 0-0 0-3 3-3 12-19 2-5 1-2 4-8 5-12 4-4 8-9 1-2 2-3 0-0 1-3

O-D-T A TO Blk Stl Pts 2-2-4 3-3-6 2-1-3 0-0-0 2-1-3 2-2-4 1-0-1 1-5-6 0-1-1 1-5-6 0-2-2 2-1-3 0-4-4 1-2-3 0-0-0 0-2-2 2-2-4 0-0-0 1-5-6 0-2-2 0-2-2 3-2-5 2-5-7 0-3-3 4-0-4 4-2-7 1-3-4 0-0-0 0-1-1

2 3 5 4 2 3 3 1 4 5 2 2 0 4 4 6 1 0 2 4 3 7 2 4 3 4 5 1 0

1 2 0 2 6 4 1 1 2 3 2 2 3 1 3 2 4 4 0 3 3 5 1 3 5 5 1 4 3

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 4 2 0 3 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 6 3 0 4 0 1 4 2

13 16 14 16 8 14 11 3 9 14 7 5 16 12 10 11 15 9 22 11 5 13 14 15 15 6 6 11 10

9 vs Eastern Kentucky (12/21/10)..........PTS.......... 9 vs Eastern Kentucky (12/21/10) 4 (3x) last Eastern Kentucky (12/21/10).... REBS.....4 (3x) last Eastern Kentucky (12/21/10) 3 vs Eastern Kentucky (12/21/10)....... ASSTS........ 3 vs Eastern Kentucky (12/21/10) ..............................................................STLS.............................................................. 1 at Mississippi State (11/12/10) ......... BLKS........... 1 at Mississippi State (11/12/10) 3 vs Eastern Kentucky (12/21/10)..........FGS.......... 3 vs Eastern Kentucky (12/21/10) 5 vs Eastern Kentucky (12/21/10)..........FGA.......... 5 vs Eastern Kentucky (12/21/10) 3 vs Eastern Kentucky (12/21/10)..........3FG.......... 3 vs Eastern Kentucky (12/21/10) 5 vs Eastern Kentucky (12/21/10).........3FGA......... 5 vs Eastern Kentucky (12/21/10) 3 vs. Morehead State (12/12/10)............. FT.............3 vs. Morehead State (12/12/10) 4 vs. Morehead State (12/12/10)............ FTA............4 vs. Morehead State (12/12/10) 14 (2x) last Eastern Kentucky (12/21/10).... MIN....14 (2x) last Eastern Kentucky (12/21/10) ............................................... DOUBLE FIGURE PTS................................................ .............................................. DOUBLE FIGURE REBS.............................................. ................................................. DOUBLE-DOUBLES.................................................. Min

FG-A 3FG-A FT-A

Mississippi State 11 2-4 0-2 Fisk Illinois State Air Force Saint Louis Belmont Eastern Illinois Southeast Missouri State Alabama A&M LeMoyne-Owen Morehead State 14 0-3 0-2 Eastern Kentucky 14 3-5 3-5 Middle Tennessee State 6 0-1 0-1 Memphis 2 0-0 0-0 Murray State 11 0-1 0-1 Tennessee Martin Austin Peay State Jacksonville State Tennessee Tech Morehead State Eastern Kentucky Murray State Tennessee Martin Jacksonville State Austin Peay State Tennessee Tech Delaware State Southeast Missouri State Eastern Illinois

O-D-T A TO Blk Stl Pts

1-1 1-3-4 2 0 0 0 5 DNP (INJ) DNP (INJ) DNP (INJ) DNP (INJ) DNP (INJ) DNP (INJ) DNP (INJ) DNP (INJ) DNP (INJ) 3-4 0-4-4 0 0 1 0 3 0-0 0-4-4 3 2 0 0 9 0-0 0-1-1 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 0 0 0 DNP (INJ) DNP (INJ) DNP (INJ) DNP (INJ) DNP (INJ) DNP (INJ) DNP (INJ) DNP (INJ) DNP (INJ) DNP (INJ) DNP (INJ) DNP (INJ) DNP (INJ) DNP (INJ)


TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY • GAME NOTES

WIL PETERS

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KENNY MOORE

Guard Junior • 6-1 • 180 Hometown: Nashville, Tenn. Previous School: (Whites Creek HS) Major: Human Performance & Sports Sciences

Forward Junior • 6-7 • 220 Hometown: Philadelphia, Pa. Previous School: (Midland CC) Major: Social Sciences

15

2009-10: Started 28-of-32 games played... Led team in minutes played on the court with a total of 963 minutes, averaging 30.1 mpg... Averaged 9.6 points per game scoring a career high, 19 points, twice last coming at Central Michigan (02/20/10)... Connected on 98-of-246 field goals while shooting 39 percent from the field... Hit 42-of-97 shots from 3-point range for an average of 43 percent... Hit 69-of-96 from the free throw line for a 72 percent average... Pulled in a total of 79 rebounds averaging 2.5 boards per game posting a career high with nine against Tennessee Martin (01/09/10)... Recorded out a total of 99 assists for an average of 3.1 assists per contest recording a career high of eight against Tennessee Tech (02/15/10)...

2009-10 at Midland CC: Transferred from Johnson County CC... Played in 29 games totaling 289 points averaging 9.9 points per game... Connected 70-of-113 free throws (62 percent), 104-of-221 from the floor (47 percent) including 11-of-43 three pointers (27 percent)... Recorded 169 rebounds (48 offensive, 121 defensive) for a 5.8 average... Tallied 67 assists (2.3 apg.) and five blocks...

SEASON.................................... HIGHS....................................... CAREER

SEASON..................................... HIGHS..................................... CAREER

Opponent

Opponent

21 at Eastern Illinois (12/02/10)............ PTS............... 21 at Eastern Illinois (12/02/10) 7 vs. Austin Peay State (01/15/11)......REBS..........9 vs Tennessee Martin (01/09/10) 9 (2x) last vs. Austin Peay State (01/15/11)...ASSTS...... 9 (2x) last vs. Austin Peay State (01/15/11) 3 (3x) last vs. Jacksonville State (01/20/11). STLS.................. 4 (2x) last at Iowa (01/12/10) 1 (4x) last at Austin Peay State (02/12/11).BLKS.... 1 (4x) last at Austin Peay State (02/12/11) 7 at Eastern Illinois (12/02/10).............. FGS................ 7 at Eastern Illinois (12/02/10) 15 at Middle Tennessee State (12/29/10)..... FGA. 15 (2x) last at Middle Tennessee State (12/29/10) 4 (3x) last at Alabama A&M (12/07/10)...... 3FG......... 4 (3x) last at Alabama A&M (12/07/10) 6 at Middle Tennessee State (12/29/10)...... 3FGA..........8 vs Tennessee Martin (01/09/10) 10 at Southeast Missouri State (12/04/10).......FT.......10 at Southeast Missouri State (12/04/10) 11 vs. Jacksonville State (01/20/11)......FTA..... 11 (2x) last vs. Jacksonville State (01/20/11) 44 vs. Austin Peay State (01/15/11)......MIN........... 45 vs. Tennessee Tech (02/15/10) 15.......................................... DOUBLE FIGURE PTS............................................. 30 ............................................ DOUBLE FIGURE REBS................................................ ................................................DOUBLE-DOUBLES...................................................

Mississippi State Fisk Illinois State Air Force Saint Louis Belmont Eastern Illinois Southeast Missouri State Alabama A&M LeMoyne-Owen Morehead State Eastern Kentucky Middle Tennessee State Memphis Murray State Tennessee Martin Austin Peay State Jacksonville State Tennessee Tech Morehead State Eastern Kentucky Murray State Tennessee Martin Jacksonville State Austin Peay State Tennessee Tech Delaware State Southeast Missouri State Eastern Illinois

Min 25 21 38 37 35 36 40 32 36 20 38 36 39 34 31 36 44 33 37 35 38 32 37 39 38 32 34 38 37

FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 3-5 1-7 5-8 3-7 3-5 5-10 7-7 3-11 5-7 3-5 2-8 2-11 3-15 3-8 0-5 1-3 6-9 1-3 5-14 3-5 3-7 2-8 2-8 1-3 5-14 4-7 3-6 4-10 2-9

1-2 0-2 4-5 2-5 2-2 1-3 4-4 0-2 4-4 1-2 1-5 0-2 1-6 2-4 0-1 1-3 1-2 0-0 1-5 1-2 1-4 1-4 2-3 0-1 2-7 2-3 1-2 2-4 2-7

2-2 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 4-4 3-3 10-10 2-2 3-4 5-6 1-2 2-2 9-10 4-4 2-2 3-5 9-11 1-2 0-0 2-3 1-1 3-5 2-2 0-0 2-2 2-2 4-4 5-6

O-D-T A TO Blk Stl Pts 0-2-2 2-0-2 1-2-3 3-2-5 0-0-0 0-3-3 0-3-3 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-1-1 0-1-1 2-1-3 0-4-4 2-1-3 0-0-0 0-3-3 3-4-7 0-1-1 1-4-5 0-2-2 0-2-2 0-2-2 0-3-3 0-0-0 1-2-3 0-1-1 0-4-4 2-6-8 1-1-2

2 3 4 5 2 5 6 2 1 4 8 2 9 7 3 3 9 6 5 6 3 1 4 7 3 2 5 2 3

3 0 1 3 3 2 3 2 4 0 4 2 3 4 5 2 6 4 1 3 2 3 0 2 3 1 6 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

9 2 14 8 8 15 21 16 16 10 10 9 9 17 4 5 16 11 12 7 9 6 9 4 12 12 9 14 11

25 at Eastern Kentucky (01/29/11).........PTS.........25 at Eastern Kentucky (01/29/11) 13 vs. Fisk (11/15/10)........................... REBS............................13 vs. Fisk (11/15/10) 5 at Tennessee Martin (01/08/11)........ ASSTS.........5 at Tennessee Martin (01/08/11) 3 (2x) last vs. Jacksonville State (01/20/11).....STLS.... 3 (2x) last vs. Jacksonville State (01/20/11) 3 vs. LeMoyne-Owen (12/12/10).......... BLKS...........3 vs. LeMoyne-Owen (12/12/10) 7 (2x) last at Memphis (01/02/11)...........FGS...........7 (2x) last at Memphis (01/02/11) 16 vs. Austin Peay State (01/15/11).......FGA....... 16 vs. Austin Peay State (01/15/11) 5 at Memphis (01/02/11).........................3FG........................ 5 at Memphis (01/02/11) 4 (2x) last at Eastern Illinois (12/02/10)...3FGA.. 4 (2x) last at Eastern Illinois (12/02/10) 9 at Air Force (11/20/10).......................... FT..........................9 at Air Force (11/20/10) 17 at Eastern Kentucky (01/29/11)......... FTA.........17 at Eastern Kentucky (01/29/11) 37 vs. Austin Peay State (01/15/11)....... MIN....... 37 vs. Austin Peay State (01/15/11) 23........................................... DOUBLE FIGURE PTS............................................ 23 5............................................ DOUBLE FIGURE REBS............................................ 5 5............................................... DOUBLE-DOUBLES................................................ 5

Mississippi State Fisk Illinois State Air Force Saint Louis Belmont Eastern Illinois Southeast Missouri State Alabama A&M LeMoyne-Owen Morehead State Eastern Kentucky Middle Tennessee State Memphis Murray State Tennessee Martin Austin Peay State Jacksonville State Tennessee Tech Morehead State Eastern Kentucky Murray State Tennessee Martin Jacksonville State Austin Peay State Tennessee Tech Delaware State Southeast Missouri State Eastern Illinois

Min 30 24 32 32 23 33 31 34 29 31 38 19 24 27 26 32 37 31 29 34 33 31 14 31 29 27 24 23 32

FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 5-14 6-13 5-9 4-8 4-11 4-8 4-10 7-12 6-12 4-5 6-9 3-6 1-4 7-11 5-10 4-11 6-16 5-9 5-12 5-9 5-10 3-10 3-6 5-8 3-7 2-11 7-10 4-10 3-13

1-3 0-1 1-3 1-4 0-1 2-3 1-4 1-2 0-0 1-1 2-3 1-3 1-1 5-6 2-3 2-4 3-5 1-2 0-5 2-2 0-2 3-7 1-1 1-3 0-3 0-2 1-2 2-4 1-4

2-4 6-6 0-0 9-9 3-3 5-6 0-0 7-9 5-6 4-4 5-6 2-2 0-0 3-4 2-2 5-8 1-2 4-6 6-10 4-6 15-17 8-13 0-0 7-11 1-1 5-5 2-2 0-0 4-6

O-D-T A TO Blk Stl Pts 3-4-7 8-5-13 2-4-6 3-6-9 1-6-7 3-2-5 2-3-5 4-5-9 3-4-7 3-9-12 2-9-11 3-5-8 1-1-2 3-1-4 2-6-8 3-3-6 4-6-10 1-6-7 3-7-10 1-3-4 3-4-7 3-3-6 0-2-2 1-8-9 0-2-2 1-3-4 2-3-5 2-1-3 2-7-9

1 1 1 1 2 3 3 0 2 4 1 1 1 3 2 5 2 0 0 4 2 2 0 2 0 1 2 3 3

5 3 3 3 3 6 4 2 0 3 4 4 4 3 1 5 4 1 3 4 2 0 2 4 3 5 1 1 4

0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

2 0 2 3 1 2 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 2 1 2 3 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2

13 18 11 18 11 15 9 22 17 13 19 9 3 22 14 15 20 15 16 16 25 17 7 18 7 9 18 10 11


TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY • GAME NOTES

CHRIS CONNER Forward R-Sophomore • 6-4 • 210 Hometown: Powell, Tenn. Previous School: (Maryland Eastern Shore) Major: Undecided

TA S H A N F R E D R I C K

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20

2009-19: Transferred from the University of Maryland Eastern Shores... Redshirted...

Forward Sophomore • 6-4 • 200 Hometown: Hemmingway, S.C. Previous School: (Hemmingway HS) Major: Human Performance & Sports Sciences

2008-09 at Maryland Eastern-Shores: Started 8-of-30games played... Averaged 25.6 minutes per game... Totaled 197 points for 6.6 points per game average... Shot .335 from the field from 56-of-167 shooting... Hit 32-of-105 three pointers for a .305 average... Connected 53-of-71 from the free-throw line for .746 average...Posted an average of 2.5 rebounds per game from a total of 75 (offense-21 / defense-54)... Recorded .6 assist per game, one block and 14 steals...

2009-010: Started 12-of-30 games played, made his first start against Eastern Illinois (12/03/09)... Played 488 minutes averaging 16 minutes per game... Scored 102 points for the season averaging 3.4 per game... Posted a career high 13 points vs. Tennessee Tech (02/15/10)...Shot 33-of-50 free throws for 66 percent...Connected 1-of-6 3-point field goals for 16 percent.. Hit 34-of-82 field goals for 41 percent...Tallied 17 steals with a season and career high of 4 vs. Austin Peay State (02/13/10)... Hauled in 99 rebounds with a season high of 10 vs. Tennessee Tech (02/15/10) averaging 3.3 per game... Recorded first double-double against Tennessee Tech (02/15/10)...

SEASON..................................... HIGHS..................................... CAREER

SEASON................................... HIGHS........................................ CAREER

Opponent

Opponent

12 vs. Fisk (11/15/10).............................PTS.............................12 vs. Fisk (11/15/10) 5 vs. LeMoyne-Owen (12/12/10).......... REBS...........5 vs. LeMoyne-Owen (12/12/10) 2 (3x) last at Southeast Missouri State (12/04/10)... ASSTS.... 2 (3x) last at Southeast Missouri State (12/04/10) 3 at Tennessee Tech (02/14/11)............STLS...... 3 at Tennessee Tech (02/14/11)1 at Eastern Illinois (12/02/10)....................... BLKS................. 1 at Eastern Illinois (12/02/10) 5 vs. Fisk (11/15/10)...............................FGS...............................5 vs. Fisk (11/15/10) 10 vs. Fisk (11/15/10).............................FGA.............................10 vs. Fisk (11/15/10) 2 at Illinois State (11/17/10)....................3FG....................2 at Illinois State (11/17/10) 4 vs. Fisk (11/15/10)..............................3FGA..............................4 vs. Fisk (11/15/10) 4 (2x) vs. LeMoyne-Owen (12/12/10)...... FT......4 (2x) vs. LeMoyne-Owen (12/12/10) 5 at Eastern Illinois (12/02/10)................... FTA.................. 5 at Eastern Illinois (12/02/10) 23 (2x) at Air Force (11/20/10)................ MIN............... 23 (2x) at Air Force (11/20/10) 2............................................. DOUBLE FIGURE PTS.............................................. 2 .............................................. DOUBLE FIGURE REBS.............................................. ................................................. DOUBLE-DOUBLES.................................................. Min

FG-A 3FG-A FT-A

O-D-T A TO Blk Stl Pts

Mississippi State 5 1-1 1-1 1-2 1-3-4 2 0 0 1 5 Fisk 23 5-10 1-4 1-2 1-2-3 1 1 0 1 12 Illinois State 22 4-7 2-4 0-2 1-3-4 2 0 0 0 10 Air Force 23 2-6 1-4 2-2 1-2-3 0 0 0 1 7 Saint Louis 24 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 1 0 0 0 Belmont 22 0-3 0-2 0-0 0-1-1 0 1 0 1 0 Eastern Illinois 20 1-3 1-3 4-5 2-2-4 1 4 1 1 7 Southeast Missouri State 22 1-4 1-3 3-4 0-2-2 2 1 0 0 6 Alabama A&M 17 1-4 1-2 0-0 1-1-2 1 1 0 0 3 LeMoyne-Owen 20 1-4 0-3 4-4 2-3-5 0 2 0 0 6 Morehead State 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Eastern Kentucky 13 0-3 0-1 2-2 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 2 Middle Tennessee State 21 3-4 1-1 0-0 0-1-1 0 1 0 0 9 Memphis 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 Murray State 11 1-3 0-1 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 2 Tennessee Martin 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Austin Peay State 6 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 2 Jacksonville State 8 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 0 0 0 Tennessee Tech 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Morehead State 4 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 0 0 3 Murray State 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Tennessee Martin 9 0-2 0-1 0-0 1-1-2 2 0 0 0 0 Jacksonville State DNP (INJ) Austin Peay State 5 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 Tennessee Tech 9 1-2 0-1 0-0 1-1-2 1 0 0 3 2 Delaware State 15 2-2 1-1 0-0 0-5-5 0 3 0 0 5 Southeast Missouri State 8 0-3 0-1 0-0 0-2-2 0 1 0 0 0 Eastern Illinois 5 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 0 1 0 0 0

8 at Tennessee Martin (01/08/11)........ PTS............ 13 vs. Tennessee Tech (02/15/10) 6 vs. Tennessee Martin (02/05/11).....REBS.......... 10 vs. Tennessee Tech (02/15/10) ..........................................................ASSTS......... 2 (3x) last at UT Martin (02/06/10) 1 vs. Austin Peay State (01/15/11)..... STLS...........4 vs. Austin Peay State (02/13/10) ...........................................................BLKS............................................................N/A 4 at Tennessee Martin (01/08/11)........ FGS...4 (3x) last at Tennessee Martin (01/08/11) 7 vs. Murray State (01/03/11).............. FGA.......... 10 vs Eastern Kentucky (01/31/10) ............................................................ 3FG............. 1 vs Eastern Kentucky (01/31/10) ........................................................... 3FGA.......... 2 vs. Eastern Kentucky (01/31/10) 4 at Morehead State (01/27/11).............FT............... 5 vs. Tennessee Tech (02/15/10) 6 at Morehead State (01/27/11)............FTA.............. 9 vs. Tennessee Tech (02/15/10) 22 vs. Murray State (01/03/11).............MIN............. 38 vs Tennessee Tech (02/15/10) .............................................DOUBLE FIGURE PTS................................................ 2 ........................................... DOUBLE FIGURE REBS............................................... 1 ...............................................DOUBLE-DOUBLES.................................................. 1 Min

FG-A 3FG-A FT-A

Mississippi State Fisk Illinois State Air Force Saint Louis Belmont Eastern Illinois Southeast Missouri State Alabama A&M LeMoyne-Owen Morehead State Eastern Kentucky Middle Tennessee State Mermphis Murray State 16 2-5 0-0 Tennessee Martin 12 4-6 0-1 Austin Peay State 18 2-4 0-0 Jacksonville State 20 2-4 0-0 Tennessee Tech 13 2-3 1-1 Morehead State 11 1-3 0-0 Murary State 22 2-7 1-3 Tennessee Martin 18 1-5 0-0 Jacksonville State 18 1-3 0-0 Austin Peay State 11 0-2 0-1 Tennessee Tech 10 0-0 0-0 Delaware State 18 2-3 0-0 Southeast Missouri State 12 0-2 0-0 Eastern Illinois 11 0-0 0-0

O-D-T A TO Blk Stl Pts

DNP (INJ) DNP (INJ) DNP (INJ) DNP (INJ) DNP (INJ) DNP (INJ) DNP (INJ) DNP(INJ) DNP (INJ) DNP(INJ) DNP (INJ) DNP (INJ) DNP (INJ) DNP (INJ) 0-0 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 4 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 8 0-0 1-1-2 0 3 0 1 4 0-1 0-0-0 0 3 0 0 4 0-0 1-1-2 0 2 0 0 5 4-6 1-1-2 0 1 0 0 6 2-2 1-1-2 0 1 0 0 7 0-0 3-3-6 0 0 0 0 2 0-0 2-0-2 0 1 0 0 2 4-4 1-2-3 0 1 0 0 4 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 0 0 0 2-4 0-1-1 1 2 0 1 6 4-4 1-1-2 1 0 0 1 4 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0


TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY • GAME NOTES

ROBERT COVINGTON

VERKENEO MANN Guard R-Freshman • 6-2 • 160 Hometown: Decatur, Ala. Previous School: (Austin HS) Major: Undecided

33

23

2009-10: Redshirted... Austin HS: Named to ASWA Class 6A All-State Honorable Mention and Decatur Daily 4A-6A All-Area Second Team...

Forward Sophomore • 6-9 • 210 Hometown: Bellwood, Ill. Previous School: (Proviso West HS) Major: Human Performance & Sports Sciences

2009-10: Started 28-of-32 games played making his first start against Siena (11/13/09)... Named CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major All-American... Selected to BoxtoRow.com/ BASN All-America Second Team... Selected to Ohio Valley Conference Newcomer Team... Named OVC Freshman of the Week twice... Named FoxSports.com MidMajor Stud of the Night... Played 873 minutes averaging 27.3 minutes per game... Led the team in scoring with 368 points for the season with an average of 11.5 per game... Posted a career high 27 points at Southeast Missouri State (02/25/10)... Shot 63-of-79 free throws for 79 percent...Connected 37-of-96 3-point field goals for 39 percent... Hit 134-of-313 field goals for 43 percent...Tallied a team high 34 steals with a season and career high of three vs. Liberty (11/28/09)... Led team in rebounding by hauling in 208 rebounds setting a career high of 16 vs. Southeast Missouri (02/25/10) averaging seven per game...Also led in blocks with 35 and a season high of four against Murray State (03/02/10)... Recorded two double-double performances with the first against Tennessee Tech (02/15/10)...

SEASON..................................... HIGHS..................................... CAREER

SEASON...................................HIGHS.......................................... CAREER

Opponent

Opponent

8 at Jacksonville State (02/07/11)...........PTS.......... 8 at Jacksonville State (02/07/11) 5 vs. Fisk (11/15/10)............................. REBS..............................5 vs. Fisk (11/15/10) 2 vs. Delaware State (02/19/11).............ASSTS.............2 vs. Delaware State (02/19/11) 2 vs. Fisk (11/15/10)..............................STLS..............................2 vs. Fisk (11/15/10) ............................................................. BLKS.............................................................. 3 at Jacksonville State (02/07/11)...........FGS.......... 3 at Jacksonville State (02/07/11) 6 (2x) at Jacksonville State (02/07/11)...FGA... 6 (2x) at Jacksonville State (02/07/11) 1 at Air Force (11/20/10).........................3FG.........................1 at Air Force (11/20/10) 3 vs. Fisk (11/15/10)..............................3FGA..............................3 vs. Fisk (11/15/10) 4 vs. Fisk (11/15/10)................................ FT................................4 vs. Fisk (11/15/10) 4 vs. Fisk (11/15/10)............................... FTA...............................4 vs. Fisk (11/15/10) 26 vs. Fisk (11/15/10)............................. MIN.............................26 vs. Fisk (11/15/10) ............................................... DOUBLE FIGURE PTS................................................ .............................................. DOUBLE FIGURE REBS.............................................. ................................................. DOUBLE-DOUBLES.................................................. Min

FG-A 3FG-A FT-A

Mississippi State 3 0-1 0-0 Fisk 26 0-4 0-3 Illinois State 2 0-0 0-0 Air Force 9 1-2 1-2 Saint Louis 6 0-2 0-2 Belmont 17 2-6 2-6 Eastern Illinois 6 0-0 0-0 Southeast Missouri State 9 1-2 1-2 Alabama A&M 11 1-2 1-2 LeMoyne-Owen 19 1-5 1-4 Morehead State 1 0-0 0-0 Eastern Kentucky 4 0-1 0-1 Middle Tennessee State Memphis Murray State Tennessee Martin 3 0-0 0-0 Austin Peay State Jacksonville State 5 0-2 0-1 Tennessee Tech 2 0-0 0-0 Morehead State Murray State Tennessee Martin 16 0-4 0-3 Jacksonville State 20 3-6 2-4 Austin Peay State 15 1-4 1-4 Tennessee Tech 6 0-0 0-0 Delaware State 5 1-1 1-1 Southeast Missouri State Eastern Illinois

O-D-T A TO Blk Stl Pts

0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 4-4 3-2-5 0 1 0 2 4 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 1-2-3 1 1 0 0 3 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-1-1 0 1 0 1 6 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 3 0-1 0-0-0 0 1 0 0 3 2-2 1-3-4 0 1 0 0 5 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 DNP 0-0 1-0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 DNP DNP 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1-0-1 1 0 0 1 8 2-3 0-0-0 0 2 0 0 5 0-0 1-1-2 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0-0 2 0 0 0 3 DNP DNP

22 vs. Eastern Kentucky (12/21/10)....PTS.........27 at Southeast Missouri State (02/25/10) 17 vs. Fisk (11/15/10)........................ REBS................................. 17 vs. Fisk (11/15/10) 4 at Tennessee Martin (01/08/11)..... ASSTS.... 4 (2x) last at Tennessee Martin (01/08/11) 5 (2x) last at Tennessee Martin (01/08/11)...STLS.......... 5 (2x) last at Tennessee Martin (01/08/11) 3 at Alabama A&M (12/07/10).......... BLKS.............. 3 (3x) last at Alabama A&M (12/07/10) 9 at Saint Louis (11/23/10)...................FGS............................9 at Saint Louis (11/23/10 14 at Alabama A&M (12/07/10)..........FGA.............. 18 vs. Tennessee Tech (02/15/10) 3 (3x) last vs. Eastern Kentucky (12/21/10)....3FG................................. 5 vs. Siena (11/13/09) 6 (2x) last at Eastern Illinois (12/02/10)...3FGA................................ 9 vs. Siena (11/13/09) 7 last vs. Jacksonville State (01/20/11).... FT...........13 at Southeast Missouri State (02/25/10) 7 (2x) last vs. Jacksonville State (01/20/11)... FTA.........13 at Southeast Missouri State (02/25/10) 39 at Saint Louis (11/23/10)................. MIN.............. 45 vs. Tennessee Tech (02/15/10) 22........................................ DOUBLE FIGURE PTS................................................. 40 8.........................................DOUBLE FIGURE REBS............................................... 10 8............................................ DOUBLE-DOUBLES................................................... 10

Mississippi State Fisk Illinois State Air Force Saint Louis Belmont Eastern Illinois Southeast Missouri State Alabama A&M LeMoyne-Owen Morehead State Eastern Kentucky Middle Tennessee State Memphis Murray State Tennessee Martin Austin Peay State Jacksonville State Tennessee Tech Morehead State Murray State Tennessee Martin Jacksonville State Austin Peay State Tennessee Tech Delaware State Southeast Missouri State Eastern Illinois

Min 22 19 32 22 39 30 37 23 33 27 29 30 24 38 36 35 28 34 24 37 36 32 35 31 36 24 31 36

FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 5-13 4-11 4-10 4-10 9-12 5-13 6-13 4-7 8-14 5-12 4-8 9-13 2-5 7-12 3-9 7-13 5-10 6-10 3-9 4-7 5-7 7-9 5-8 4-9 2-9 5-11 4-8 6-15

2-5 0-1 1-4 0-6 3-4 2-3 3-6 1-2 1-2 1-4 0-2 3-4 1-2 2-3 1-2 2-3 1-2 1-1 1-3 2-3 2-4 0-1 1-2 1-2 0-3 0-2 0-0 3-4

1-2 4-7 1-2 0-0 0-0 5-6 0-2 2-2 3-4 2-2 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-1 0-0 2-3 2-2 7-7 0-0 0-0 2-2 4-4 6-7 1-2 3-3 2-3 2-2 7-8

O-D-T A TO Blk Stl Pts

3-4-7 10-7-17 0-0-8 3-2-5 1-6-7 2-1-3 2-7-9 0-4-4 2-3-5 2-3-5 1-3-4 3-9-12 1-1-2 2-4-6 0-4-4 4-11-15 6-8-14 2-8-10 3-3-6 2-4-6 2-5-7 4-9-13 3-5-8 4-7-11 0-2-2 4-5-9 2-4-6 2-9-11

0 1 3 1 1 0 2 1 3 2 2 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 2

1 3 5 3 4 1 3 3 3 4 2 4 1 0 3 0 1 3 4 1 2 3 1 4 2 4 1 2

0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 3 1 1 0

3 2 5 0 3 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 3 5 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 3 3

13 12 10 8 21 18 15 11 20 13 9 22 5 16 7 18 13 20 7 10 14 18 17 10 7 12 10 22


TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY • GAME NOTES

MICHAEL GREEN Forward Freshman • 6-9 • 210 Hometown: Columbia, S.C. Previous School: (Ridgeview HS) Major: Political Science

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Ridgeview HS: Rated 70 on ESPN College Basketball Recruiting and received a position ranking of 305... Selected to South Carolina All-Star Team for the Carolina’s (North Carolina vs. South Carolina) All-Star Classic... Named to Class 3A All-State First Team... Selected to play in the Chick-Fil-A Classic... McDonald’s All-American nominee... Averaged 13 points, 1.4 rebounds and .6 blocks per game during his senior year... Selected to the Region IV-AAAA All-Region Team...

SEASON.................................... HIGHS...................................... CAREER

9 (2x) last at Murray State (01/06/11)....PTS......9 (2x) last at Murray State (01/06/11) 11 vs. Fisk (11/15/10).......................... REBS............................. 11 vs. Fisk (11/15/10) 2 at Mississippi State (11/12/10)......... ASSTS........... 2 at Mississippi State (11/12/10) 4 at Memphis (01/02/11).......................STLS........................ 4 at Memphis (01/02/11) 5 (2x) last at Tennessee Tech (01/22/11)... BLKS...... 5 (2x) last at Tennessee Tech (01/22/11) 4 Morehead State (12/19/10)................FGS.................. 4 Morehead State (12/19/10) 10 vs. Fisk (11/15/10)............................FGA..............................10 vs. Fisk (11/15/10) ..............................................................3FG................................................................ .............................................................3FGA............................................................... 4 vs. Memphis (01/02/11)....................... FT.........................4 vs. Memphis (01/02/11) 4 (3x) last at Murray State (01/06/11).... FTA......4 (3x) last at Murray State (01/06/11) 32 at Saint Louis (11/23/10)................... MIN.................... 32 at Saint Louis (11/23/10) .............................................. DOUBLE FIGURE PTS................................................. 1........................................... DOUBLE FIGURE REBS............................................. 1 ................................................ DOUBLE-DOUBLES................................................... Opponent

Mississippi State Fisk Illinois State Air Force Saint Louis Belmont Eastern Illinois Southeast Missouri State Alabama A&M LeMoyne-Owen Morehead State Eastern Kentucky Middle Tennessee State Memphis Murray State Tennessee Martin Austin Peay State Jacksonville State Tennessee Tech Morehead State Eastern Kentucky Murray State Tennessee Martin Jacksonville State Austin Peay State Tennessee Tech Delaware State Southeast Missouri State Eastern Illinois

Min 27 27 15 19 32 27 25 17 14 23 28 27 20 38 27 25 30 17 28 26 25 19 19 18 7 20 21 27 23

FG-A 3FG-A FT-A 2-7 3-10 1-1 0-3 0-2 2-3 2-3 1-4 1-4 3-7 4-5 3-3 2-2 2-4 3-3 2-4 0-4 0-3 0-3 3-5 4-6 1-2 2-4 0-1 0-0 3-5 2-4 3-4 0-0

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

1-2 3-4 0-0 1-2 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-3 0-2 0-1 0-2 4-4 3-4 0-0 1-2 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 5-6

O-D-T A TO Blk Stl Pts 2-1-3 7-4-11 2-1-3 1-2-3 1-2-3 0-2-2 0-5-5 0-3-3 1-3-4 6-2-8 2-1-3 2-3-5 0-2-2 2-3-5 3-3-6 1-3-4 4-3-7 1-1-2 1-4-5 1-2-3 1-1-2 0-3-3 3-1-4 0-5-5 0-0-0 1-0-1 3-3-6 2-2-4 3-6-9

2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3

0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 2 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 1

1 2 3 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 2 2 5 2 2 1 3 3 5 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 2 3

0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

5 9 4 1 2 4 4 3 2 8 8 6 4 8 9 4 1 2 0 6 8 2 4 0 0 6 4 6 5

OVC STANDINGS ............................. CONFERENCE............ OVERALL 1.Murray State-x.......................................... 14-4..........................23-7 2. Morehead State-x ................................... 13-5..........................22-9 3. Austin Peay State-x................................. 13-5.........................19-12 4. Tennessee Tech-x.................................... 12-6.........................18-11 5. Tennessee State-x................................. 10-8.........................14-15 6. Eastern Kentucky-x.................................. 9-9..........................15-15 7. Southeast Missouri State-x..................... 6-12..........................9-21 8. Tennessee Martin-x................................. 6-12.........................11-20 9. Eastern Illinois-z...................................... 4-14..........................9-20 10. Jacksonville State-z............................... 3-15..........................5-25 *SIU Edwardsville......................................... 0-0...........................8-21 * denotes team is not eligible for conference championship x-denotes team has ckinched a spot in the 2011 OVC Championship Tournament z-denotes team has been eliminated from the 2011 OVc Championship Tournament

TIGERS IN THE OVC TOP THREE TEAM FREE THROW PCT 1. .757 3FG PCT 3. .375 3FG PCT DEFENSE 3. .338 3PT FG MADE 2. 7.2 INDIVIDUAL REBOUNDS 3. Robert Covington 7.6 rpg ASSISTS 3. Wil Peters 4.2 apg 3-POINT FG PCT 1. Robert Covington .452 3. Kenny Moore .419 BLOCKED SHOTS 2. Michael Green 1.8 bpg ASSIST/TURNOVER RATIO 3. Wil Peters 1.7 pg DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS 2. Robert Covington 5.1 pg MINUTES PLAYED 3. Wil Peters 34.8 pg 2011 ALL-OVC HONORS FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR Patrick Miller SECOND TEAM Robert Covington Kenny Moore NEWCOMER TEAM Kenny Moore Patrick Miller OVC WEEKLY HONORS PLAYER OF THE WEEK..............................Name .............................Date ......................................................................Robert Covington.......... 12/27 ......................................................................Wil Peters...................... 01/17 NEWCOMER OF THE WEEK.......................Name...............................Date ......................................................................Kenny Moore................. 12/20 ......................................................................Kenny Moore................. 01/03 ......................................................................Kenny Moore................. 01/17 FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK........................Name...............................Date ......................................................................Patrick Miller . ............... 10/15 ......................................................................Patrick Miller . ............... 10/22 ......................................................................Patrick Miller . ............... 01/24


Individual Career History

TENNESSEE STATEvsUNIVERSITY • GAME NOTES UT Martin PLAYER CAREER STATS vs. TENNESSEE MARTIN

0 J A C Q U A N N O B L E S NOBLES,Jacquan Season

gp-gs

2009-10 2010-11 TOTAL

2-2 2-0 4-2

min/avg

Total fg-fga

pct

3-Point fg-fga

F-Throws ft-fta pct

pct

off

Rebounds def tot

avg

pf

fo

ast

stl

Scoring pts avg

stl

pts

stl

Scoring pts avg

a t/o blk

stl

pts

avg

a t/o blk

stl

pts

avg

stl

Scoring pts avg

to

blk

Tennessee State Individual Game-by-Game (as of Mar 01, 2011)

41/20.5 42/21.0 83/20.8

10-17 3-11 13-28

.588 .273 .464

4-9 2-8 6-17

.444 .250 .353

2-3 0-0 2-3

.667 .000 .667

3 0 3

1 6 7

#02 MILLER,Patrick

4 6 10

2.0 3.0 2.5

5 4 9

0 0 0

1 0 1

6 9 15

0 0 0

2 0 2

26 13.0 8 4.0 34 8.5

2 PAT R I C K M I L L E R Total Opponent

Date

at UT Martin UT MARTIN Totals

gs

1-8-11 * 02/05/11 * 2

min

33 33 66

fg-fga

4-8 4-11 8-19

3-Pointers

Free throws

Individual History pct 3fg-fga Career pct ft-fta pct vs UT.6Martin .500 3-5 00 0-0 .000 .364 .421

1-2 4-7

.500 .571

PETERS,Wil

10 WIL PETERS

5-12 5-12

.417 .417

Rebounds off

0 2 2

Games played: 2 Rebounds/game: 4.5 Total 3-Point F-ThrowsAssists/game:Rebounds Minutes/game: 33.0 4.0 Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta Turnovers/game: pct off def 1.5 tot Points/game: 12.5 2008-09 35/17.5 2-4 .5State 00 0-2 .000 0-0 Assist/turnover .000 1 2ratio:(as 3 Tennessee Individual Game-by-Game FG Pct: 42.1 2-1 2.7 2009-10 2-2 60/30.0 10-22 .455 7-16 .438 8-10 .800 4 6 10 3FG Pct: 57.1 Steals/game: 1.5 2010-11 2-2 73/36.5 3-11 .273 3-6 .500 5-7 .714 0 6 6 FT Pct: 41.7 6-5 168/28.0 0.5 19 TOTAL 15-37 .405 10-24 .417 13-17 Blocks/game: .765 5 14

#15 MOORE,Kenny

15 KENNY MOORE Total

Opponent

Date

gs

min

fg-fga

3-Pointers

pct

3fg-fga

Free throws pct

ft-fta

pct

def

tot

avg

pf

avg

pf

fo

ast

to

5.0 3.0 3.2

2 3 10

0 0 0

4 7 15

2 2 8

2 5 7

2 7 9

2.0 4.5 4.5

0 1 1

a t/o blk

6 2 8

2 1 3

1-8-11 * 02/05/11 * 2

32 14 46

4-11 3-6 7-17

.364 .500 .412

20 CHRIS CONNER

Games played: 2 Minutes/game: 23.0 Opponent Points/game: 11.0 at UT Martin FG Pct: 41.2 UT MARTIN 3FG Pct: 60.0 Totals FT Pct: 62.5

Total

Date

gs

1-8-11 02/05/11

0

min

4 9 13

fg-fga

0-0 0-2 0-2

2-4 1-1 3-5

.500 1.000 .600

5-8 0-0 5-8

.625 .000 .625

#20 CONNER,Chris

3 0 3

def

3 2 5

tot

6 2 8

Rebounds/game: 4.0 Free throws Rebounds Assists/game: 2.5 pct 3fg-fga Career pct ft-fta pct off def tot Individual History Turnovers/game: 3.5 .000 0-0 00 0-0 .000 0 0 0 vs UT.0Martin Assist/turnover ratio: 0.7 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 Steals/game: 1.0 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2

avg

pf

avg

pf

36/18.0 30/15.0 66/16.5

2-6 5-11 7-17

.333 .455 .412

0-2 0-1 0-3

.000 .000 .000

7-9 0-0 7-9

Date

1-8-11 02/05/11

gs

0

min

3 16 19

fg-fga

0-0 0-4 0-4

.778 .000 .778

1 3 4

3 4 7

#23 MANN,Verkeneo 3-Pointers

.000 .000

0-3 0-3

4 7 11

Free throws

Individual History pct 3fg-fga Career pct ft-fta pct vs UT.0Martin .000 0-0 00 0-0 .000 .000 .000

0-0 0-0

3 3 R O B E R T C O V I N G T OCOVINGTON,Robert N

Games played: 2 Minutes/game: 9.5 Season FG Pct: 0.0 gp-gs 2009-10 3FG Pct: 0.0 2-2 2010-11 2-2 TOTAL 4-4

6.0 4.0 4.0

2 4 6

5 0 5

5 2 7

0 0 0

1 1 2

0.0 1.0 1.0

0 1 1

0 2 2

0 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

Rebounds/game: 1.0

Total 3-Point F-ThrowsAssists/game:Rebounds 1.0 min/avg fg-fga pct pct ft-fta Assist/turnover pct off defratio:(as tot avgMar pf Tennessee State fg-fga Individual Game-by-Game 99.9 of

Total

at UT Martin UT MARTIN Totals

1 4 1 6

.000 .000

2.0 3.5 2.8

3 2 5

6-19 14-22 20-41

.316 .636 .488

2-6 2-4 4-10

4 35 14 53

2.0 17.5 7.0 8.8

15 15.0 7 11.0 22 11.0

.333 .500 .400

2-2 1.000 6-7 .857 8-9 .889

3 8 11

6 20 26

#44 GREEN,Michael

fo 2011) ast to blk 01,

0 0 0

2 0 2

avg

pf

0 0 0

0 0 0

1 0 1

0 0 0

0.0 0.0 0.0

11 5.5 10 5.0 21 5.3

Rebounds off

0 0 0

def

0 0 0

tot

0 0 0

Total 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def (as tot of avgMar pf Tennessee State Individual Game-by-Game

57/28.5 67/33.5 124/31.0

avg

11 11.0 14 12.5 25 12.5

3-Pointers

23 VERKENEO MANN Opponent

0 0 2 2

0 3 3

Rebounds off

FREDRICK,Tashan 2 2 TA S H A N F R E D R I C K

Games played: 2 Minutes/game: 6.5 Season FG Pct: 0.0 gp-gs 2009-10 3FG Pct: 0.0 2-1 2010-11 2-0 TOTAL 4-1

blk

1.5Mar 5 01, 0 2011) 4 4 of

Tennessee State Individual Game-by-Game (as of Mar 01, 2011)

at UT Martin UT MARTIN Totals

1 0 1

9 28 37

4.5 14.0 9.3

5 7 12

0.0 0.0 0.0

1 1 2

a t/o blk

0 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

fo 2011) ast to blk 01,

0 0 0

1 4 5

4 3 7

stl

0 0 0

stl

1 2 3

3 5 8

pts

0 0 0

avg

0.0 0.0 0.0

Scoring pts avg

16 8.0 36 18.0 52 13.0

44 MICHAEL GREEN Total Opponent

at UT Martin UT MARTIN Totals Games played: 2 Minutes/game: 22.0 Points/game: 4.0 FG Pct: 50.0

Date

gs

1-8-11 * 02/05/11 * 2

min

25 19 44

fg-fga

2-4 2-4 4-8

3-Pointers pct

.500 .500 .500

3fg-fga

0-0 0-0 0-0

Free throws pct

.000 .000 .000

ft-fta

0-0 0-0 0-0

pct

.000 .000 .000

Rebounds off

1 3 4

Rebounds/game: 4.0 Assists/game: 0.5 Turnovers/game: 0.5 Assist/turnover ratio: 1.0

def

3 1 4

tot

4 4 8

avg

4.0 4.0 4.0

pf

2 4 6

a t/o blk

0 1 1

1 0 1

1 0 1

stl

1 0 1

pts

4 4 8

avg

4.0 4.0 4.0


Individual Career History

TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY vs Tennessee Tech • GAME NOTES PLAYER CAREER STATS vs. TENNESSEE TECH

0 J A C Q U A N N O B L E S NOBLES,Jacquan Season

gp-gs

2009-10 2010-11 TOTAL

2-2 2-0 4-2

min/avg

Total fg-fga

pct

3-Point fg-fga

F-Throws ft-fta pct

pct

off

Rebounds def tot

avg

pf

fo

ast

stl

Scoring pts avg

stl

pts

stl

Scoring pts avg

a t/o blk

stl

pts

avg

a t/o blk

stl

pts

avg

stl

Scoring pts avg

to

blk

Tennessee State Individual Game-by-Game (as of Mar 01, 2011)

67/33.5 54/27.0 121/30.3

9-22 9-14 18-36

.409 .643 .500

4-12 8-12 12-24

.333 .667 .500

6-8 0-0 6-8

.750 .000 .750

2 1 3

4 5 9

#02 MILLER,Patrick

6 6 12

3.0 3.0 3.0

3 3 6

0 0 0

1 5 6

2 3 5

0 0 0

2 3 5

28 14.0 26 13.0 54 13.5

2 PAT R I C K M I L L E R Total Opponent

TENNESSEE TECH at Tennessee Tech Totals

Date

gs

01/22/11 * 02/14/11 * 2

min

36 30 66

fg-fga

5-10 2-8 7-18

3-Pointers

Free throws

Individual History pct 3fg-fga Career pct ft-fta pct Tech .632 .500vs Tennessee 0-2 .000 12-19 .250 .389

1-3 1-5

.333 .200

1-2 13-21

PETERS,Wil

10 WIL PETERS

.500 .619

Rebounds off

1 4 5

Games played: 2 Rebounds/game: 6.5 Total 3-Point F-ThrowsAssists/game:Rebounds Minutes/game: 33.0 3.0 Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta Turnovers/game: pct off def 2.5 tot Points/game: 14.0 2009-10 77/38.5 6-17 .3State 53 3-5 .600 13-17 .765 2 5ratio:(as 7 Tennessee Individual Game-by-Game FG Pct: 38.9 2-2 Assist/turnover 1.2 2010-11 2-2 69/34.5 9-21 .429 3-8 .375 3-4 .750 1 5 6 3FG Pct: 20.0 Steals/game: 0.5 TOTAL 4-4 146/36.5 15-38 .395 6-13 .462 16-21 .762 3 10 13 FT Pct: 61.9 Total

TENNESSEE TECH at Tennessee Tech Totals

Date

gs

min

fg-fga

3-Pointers

pct

tot

6 7 13

avg

pf

avg

pf

fo

ast

to

3.0 3.3

6 12

0 0

7 18

2 7

3fg-fga

01/22/11 * 02/14/11 * 2

29 27 56

5-12 2-11 7-23

.417 .182 .304

Total

Date

gs

01/22/11 02/14/11

0

min

7 9 16

fg-fga

0-0 1-2 1-2

0-5 0-2 0-7

Free throws pct

ft-fta

pct

.000 .000 .000

6-10 5-5 11-15

.600 1.000 .733

#20 CONNER,Chris

3 1 4

def

7 3 10

tot

Season

2009-10 2010-11 TOTAL

gp-gs

2-2 2-2 4-4

avg

pf

avg

pf

10 10.0 4 7.0 14 7.0

Rebounds/game: 7.0 Free throws Rebounds Assists/game: 0.5 pct 3fg-fga Career pct ft-fta pct off def tot Individual History Turnovers/game: 4.0 .000 vs 0-0Murray .000 State 0-0 .000 0 0 0 Assist/turnover ratio: 0.1 .500 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 Steals/game: 0.5 .500 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 Blocks/game: 0.5

0 0 0

blk

0 0 0

1 0 1

2 1 3

1 2 3

0 1 1

3 5 8

1 0 1

0 1 1

0.0 1.0 1.0

1 0 1

0 1 1

0 0 0

0 0 0

0 3 3

Rebounds/game: 1.0

52/17.3 38/19.0 90/18.0

5-15 4-12 9-27

.333 .333 .333

0-0 1-3 1-3

.000 .333 .333

2-3 Steals/game: .667 7 1.5 4 2-2 1.000 2 2 4-5 .800 9 6

#23 MANN,Verkeneo

Date

01/22/11 02/14/11

gs

0

min

2 6 8

fg-fga

0-0 0-0 0-0

3-Pointers

.000 .000

0-0 0-0

11 4 15

Free throws

Individual History pct 3fg-fga Career pct ft-fta pct Tech .000 .000vs Tennessee 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 .000

0-0 0-0

3 3 R O B E R T C O V I N G T OCOVINGTON,Robert N

Games played: 2 Minutes/game: 4.0

0 5 5

.000 .000

3.7 2.0 3.0

3 3 6

fo 2011) ast to blk 01,

0 0 0

1 0 1

avg

pf

4 1 5

0 0 0

0 0 0

0 1 1

def

0 1 1

tot

0 2 2

0.0 1.0 1.0

0 0 0

a t/o blk

0 1 1

0 0 0

0 0 0

stl

0 0 0

Rebounds/game: 1.0

11-31 5-18 16-49

.355 .278 .327

1-8 1-6 2-14

28 14.0 24 12.0 52 13.0

16 16.0 9 12.5 25 12.5

.125 .167 .143

10-12 .833 3-3 1.000 13-15 .867

11 3 14

12 5 17

#44 GREEN,Michael

0 2 2

0.0 1.0 1.0

12 4.0 11 5.5 23 4.6

Rebounds off

Total 3-Point F-ThrowsAssists/game:Rebounds 0.5 min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta Assist/turnover pct off defratio:(as tot avgMar pf Tennessee State Individual Game-by-Game 99.9 of

74/37.0 60/30.0 134/33.5

avg

22 22.0 6 14.0 28 14.0

Rebounds off

Total 3-Point F-ThrowsAssists/game:Rebounds 0.5 min/avg fg-fga pct pct ft-fta Assist/turnover pct off defratio:(as tot avgMar pf Tennessee State fg-fga Individual Game-by-Game 99.9 of

Total

TENNESSEE TECH at Tennessee Tech Totals

a t/o blk

2 4 6

3-Pointers

23 VERKENEO MANN Opponent

2 3 5

3.5Mar 6 01, 0 2011) 11 5 of

FREDRICK,Tashan 2 2 TA S H A N F R E D R I C K

Games played: 2 Minutes/game: 8.0 Season gp-gs Points/game: 1.0 2009-10 FG Pct: 50.0 3-2 2010-11 2-0 3FG Pct: 0.0 TOTAL 5-2

6.0 6.5 6.5

Tennessee State Individual Game-by-Game (as of Mar 01, 2011)

20 CHRIS CONNER

Games played: 2 Minutes/game: 28.0 Opponent Points/game: 12.5 TENNESSEE TECH FG Pct: 30.4 at Tennessee Tech 3FG Pct: 0.0 Totals FT Pct: 73.3

5 3 8

#15 MOORE,Kenny

15 KENNY MOORE Opponent

def

23 8 31

11.5 4.0 7.8

6 6 12

fo 2011) ast to blk 01,

0 1 1

3 3 6

4 6 10

stl

3 4 7

1 2 3

pts

0 0 0

avg

0.0 0.0 0.0

Scoring pts avg

33 16.5 14 7.0 47 11.8

44 MICHAEL GREEN Total Opponent

TENNESSEE TECH at Tennessee Tech Totals Games played: 2 Minutes/game: 24.0 Points/game: 3.0 FG Pct: 37.5

Date

gs

01/22/11 * 02/14/11 * 2

min

28 20 48

fg-fga

0-3 3-5 3-8

3-Pointers pct

.000 .600 .375

3fg-fga

0-0 0-0 0-0

Free throws pct

.000 .000 .000

ft-fta

0-0 0-0 0-0

pct

.000 .000 .000

Rebounds/game: 3.0 Turnovers/game: 0.5 Blocks/game: 3.5

Rebounds off

1 1 2

def

4 0 4

tot

5 1 6

avg

5.0 3.0 3.0

pf

3 3 6

a t/o blk

0 0 0

1 0 1

5 2 7

stl

0 0 0

pts

0 6 6

avg

0.0 3.0 3.0


Individual Career History

TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY vs Murray State • GAME NOTES PLAYER CAREER STATS vs. MURRAY STATE

0 J A C Q U A N N O B L E S NOBLES,Jacquan Season

gp-gs

2009-10 2010-11 TOTAL

3-2 2-0 5-2

Total fg-fga

min/avg

pct

3-Point fg-fga

F-Throws ft-fta pct

pct

off

Rebounds def tot

avg

pf

stl

Scoring pts avg

stl

pts

stl

Scoring pts avg

a t/o blk

stl

pts

avg

a t/o blk

stl

pts

avg

blk

stl

Scoring pts avg

fo 2011) ast to blk 01,

stl

Scoring pts avg

fo

ast

to

blk

Tennessee State Individual Game-by-Game (as of Mar 01, 2011)

86/28.7 37/18.5 123/24.6

9-23 3-9 12-32

.391 .333 .375

5-12 2-5 7-17

.417 .400 .412

3-3 1.000 1-2 .500 4-5 .800

3 0 3

2 1 3

#02 MILLER,Patrick

5 1 6

1.7 0.5 1.2

6 4 10

0 0 0

1 3 4

4 1 5

0 0 0

3 1 4

26 8.7 9 4.5 35 7.0

2 PAT R I C K M I L L E R Total Opponent

Date

at Murray State MURRAY STATE Totals

gs

1/6/11 * 02/03/11 * 2

min

38 34 72

fg-fga

3-9 4-10 7-19

3-Pointers

Free throws

Individual History pct 3fg-fga Career pct ft-fta pct .333 vs 1-3Murray .333 State 3-3 1.000 .400 .368

10 WIL PETERS

1-3 2-6

.333 .333

PETERS,Wil

4-8 7-11

.500 .636

Rebounds off

0 3 3

Games played: 2 Rebounds/game: 2.5 Total 3-Point F-ThrowsAssists/game:Rebounds Minutes/game: 36.0 5.5 Season gp-gs min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta Turnovers/game: pct off def 4.0 tot Points/game: 11.5 2008-09 39/13.0 5-8 .6State 25 4-5 .800 2-2 1.000 0 1ratio:(as 1 Tennessee Individual Game-by-Game FG Pct: 36.8 3-1 Assist/turnover 1.4 2009-10 3-3 85/28.3 5-20 .250 3-7 .429 3-5 .600 2 7 9 3FG Pct: 33.3 Steals/game: 3.0 2010-11 2-2 63/31.5 2-13 .154 1-5 .200 5-5 1.000 0 2 2 FT Pct: 63.6 8-6 187/23.4 TOTAL 12-41 .293 8-17 .471 10-12 .833 2 10 12

#15 MOORE,Kenny

15 KENNY MOORE Total

Opponent

at Murray State MURRAY STATE Totals

Date

gs

min

fg-fga

3-Pointers

pct

Free throws pct

ft-fta

pct

tot

avg

pf

avg

pf

fo

ast

to

3.0 1.0 1.5

6 5 21

0 0 1

9 4 20

7 8 18

0 2 2

0 5 5

a t/o blk

2 4 4 7 6 11

3 5 8

1/6/11 * 02/03/11 * 2

26 31 57

6-11 3-10 9-21

.545 .300 .429

Total

Date

1/6/11 02/03/11

gs

0

min

11 2 13

fg-fga

1-3 0-0 1-3

2-3 3-7 5-10

.667 .429 .500

2-2 8-13 10-15

1.000 .615 .667

#20 CONNER,Chris

min/avg

52/17.3 38/19.0 90/18.0

Total fg-fga

5-15 4-12 9-27

pct

.333 .333 .333

2 3 5

3 6 0 9

avg

10 10.0 13 11.5 23 11.5

16 16 10 42

5.3 5.3 5.0 5.3

def

6 3 9

tot

8 6 14

avg

pf

avg

pf

fo

ast

8.0 7.0 7.0

3 3 6

2 2 4

1 0 1

0 0 0

2 1 3

16 16.0 17 16.5 33 16.5

3-Pointers

1.0 0.5 0.5

1 0 1

0 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0

Rebounds/game: 0.5

pct

F-Throws ft-fta pct

off

.333 .333

2-2 1.000 4-5 .800

2 9

Rebounds def tot

Individual Career History .000vs Murray 2-3 .66State 7 7 4 11

0-0 1-3 1-3

0 0 0 0

0 6 6

Rebounds off

Rebounds/game: 7.0 Free throws Rebounds Assists/game: 2.0 pct 3fg-fga Career pct ft-fta pct off def tot Individual History Turnovers/game: 0.5 .333 vs 0-1Murray .000 State 0-0 .000 1 0 1 Assist/turnover ratio: 4.0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 Steals/game: 1.5 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1

3-Point fg-fga

0 0 0

blk

0.3Mar 10 01, 1 2011) 7 3 of

FREDRICK,Tashan 2 2 TA S H A N F R E D R I C K

Games played: 2 Minutes/game: 6.5 Season gp-gs Points/game: 1.0 2009-10 FG Pct: 33.3 3-2 2010-11 2-0 3FG Pct: 0.0 TOTAL 5-2

0.0 2.5 2.5

Tennessee State Individual Game-by-Game (as of Mar 01, 2011)

20 CHRIS CONNER

Games played: 2 Minutes/game: 28.5 Opponent Points/game: 16.5 at Murray State FG Pct: 42.9 MURRAY STATE 3FG Pct: 50.0 Totals FT Pct: 66.7

3fg-fga

def

2 6

4 15

avg

3.7 2.0 3.0

pf

3 3 6

0 0 0

to

1 0 1

4 1 5

0 0 0

0 0 0

2 0 2

2.0 1.0 1.0

12 4.0 11 5.5 23 4.6

3 3 R O B E R T C O V I N G T OCOVINGTON,Robert N Season

2009-10 2010-11 TOTAL

gp-gs

3-3 2-2 5-5

Total 3-Point F-Throws Rebounds min/avg fg-fga pct fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def (as tot of avgMar pf Tennessee State Individual Game-by-Game

89/29.7 72/36.0 161/32.2

17-33 8-16 25-49

.515 .500 .510

3-8 3-6 6-14

.375 .500 .429

1-2 .500 2-2 1.000 3-4 .750

7 2 9

11 9 20

#44 GREEN,Michael

18 11 29

6.0 5.5 5.8

7 4 11

0 0 0

2 1 3

4 5 9

5 3 8

5 4 9

38 12.7 21 10.5 59 11.8

44 MICHAEL GREEN Total Opponent

at Murray State MURRAY STATE Totals Games played: 2 Minutes/game: 23.0 Points/game: 5.5 FG Pct: 80.0 FT Pct: 75.0

Date

gs

1/6/11 * 02/03/11 * 2

min

27 19 46

fg-fga

3-3 1-2 4-5

3-Pointers pct

1.000 .500 .800

3fg-fga

0-0 0-0 0-0

Free throws pct

.000 .000 .000

ft-fta

3-4 0-0 3-4

pct

.750 .000 .750

Rebounds/game: 4.5 Turnovers/game: 1.5 Blocks/game: 2.0

Rebounds off

3 0 3

def

3 3 6

tot

6 3 9

avg

6.0 4.5 4.5

pf

3 4 7

a t/o blk

0 0 0

2 1 3

2 2 4

stl

0 0 0

pts

9 2 11

avg

9.0 5.5 5.5


TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY • GAME NOTES

DATE

Nov. 12 Nov. 15 Nov. 17 Nov. 20 Nov. 23 Nov. 29 Dec. 2 Dec. 4 Dec. 7 Dec. 12 Dec. 19 Dec. 21 Dec. 29 Jan. 2 Jan. 6 Jan. 8 Jan. 15 Jan. 20 Jan. 22 Jan. 27 Jan. 29 Feb. 3 Feb. 5 Feb. 7 Feb. 12 Feb. 14 Feb. 19 Feb. 24 Feb. 26

OPPONENT

2 0 1 0 - 11 R E S U LT S & C AT E G O R Y L E A D E R S TIME/RESULT RECORD HIGH SCORER HIGH REBOUNDER HIGH ASSISTS

at Mississippi St. L, 65-75 Fisk W, 85-50 Illinois St. L, 73-68 Air Force L, 87-72 Saint Louis L, 78-50 Belmont L, 87-72 Eastern Illinois L, 68-67 Southeast Missouri State W, 77-67 Alabama A&M W, 74-68 LeMoyne-Owen W, 84-48 Morehead State W, 70-64 OT Eastern Kentucky W, 69-42 Middle Tennessee State L, 65-58 Memphis L, 91-86 Murray State L, 64-53 Tennessee Martin W, 67-64 Austin Peay State W, 76-74 OT Jacksonville State W, 68-63 Tennessee Tech W, 71-65 Morehead State L, 72-65 Eastern Kentucky L, 86-72 Murray State L, 74-65 Tennessee Martin W, 56-47 Jacksonville State L, 76-73 OT Austin Peay State L, 79-64 Tennessee Tech L, 61-59 Delaware State W, 78-63 Southeast Missouri State W, 57-52 Eastern Illinois W, 66-62

0-1 1-1 1-2 1-3 1-4 1-5 1-6 2-6 3-6 4-6 5-6 6-6 6-7 6-8 6-9 7-9 8-9 9-9 10-9 10-10 10-11 10-12 11-12 11-13 11-14 11-15 12-15 13-15 14-15

Home games in Bold and played at Gentry Center

13, Covington, Moore, Miller 18, Moore 14, Miller, Peters 18, Moore 21, Covington 18, Covington 21, Peters 22, Moore 20, Covington 14, Miller 19, Moore 22, Covington 16, Miller 22, Moore 14, Moore 18, Covington 20, Moore 20, Covington 22, Miller 16, Moore 25, Moore 17, Moore 18, Covington 18, Moore 15, Miller 17, Nobles 18, Moore 14, Peters 22, Covington

7, Covington, Moore 17, Covington 8, Covington 9, Moore 7, Covington, Moore 5, Moore 9, Covington 9, Moore 7, Moore 12, Moore 11, Moore 12, Covington 5, 3 Players 6, Covington 8, Moore 15, Covington 14, Covington 10, Covington 10, Moore 6, Covington 7, Moore 7, Covington 13, Covington 9, Moore 11, Covington 7, Miller 9, Covington 8, Peters 11, Covington

HIGH STEALS

7, Peters 3, Covington 3, 3 Players 3, 3 Players 5, Miller 5, Covington 5, Peters 3, Moore 2, 3 Players 3, Covington 5, Peters 3, Miller 6, Peters 2, Moore 2, Peters, Conner 2, Covington 4, Miller 3, Peters 5, Miller 2, 2 Players 8, Peters 3, Peters 3, Nobles, Towns 2, Peters, Nobles 9, Peters 3, Green 7, Peters 4, Green 4, Miller 3, Covington 6, Miller 5, Covington 9, Peters 2, Moore 6, Peters 3, Peters, Moore 5, Peters, Nobles 3, 3 Players 6, Peters 2, Peters 3, Three Players 2, Moore 7, Miller 6, Miller 4, Peters 3, Miller 7, Peters 2, Moore, Covington 3, Miller, Peters 4, Miller 4, Miller 3, Conner 5, Miller, Peters 1, Three Players 3, Moore 3, Miller 3, Three Players 3, Covington


TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY • GAME NOTES TENNESSEE STATE STARTING LINE-UPS OPPONENT SCORE LINEUP DATE Nov. 12 MISSISSIPPI STATE L,65-75 Peters (9), Miller (13), Covington (13), Moore (12), Nobles (3) Nov. 15 FISK W, 85-50 Peters (2), Miller (16), Covington (12), Moore (18), Nobles (11) Nov. 17 ILLINOIS STATE L, 73-68 Peters (14), Miller (14), Covington (10), Moore (11), Nobles (5) Nov. 20 AIR FORCE L, 87-72 Peters (8), Miller (16), Covington (8), Moore (18), Nobles (11) Nov. 23 SAINT LOUIS L, 78-50 Peters (8), Miller (8), Covington (21), Moore (11), Green (2) Nov. 29 BELMONT L, 87-72 Peters (15), Miller (14), Covington (18), Moore (15), Green (4) Dec. 2 EASTERN IILINOIS L, 68-67 Peters (21), Miller (11), Covington (15), Moore (9), Green (4) Dec. 4 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE W, 77-67 Peters (16), Miller (3), Covington (11), Moore (22), Green (2) Dec. 7 ALABAMA A&M W, 74-68 Peters (16), Miller (9), Covington (20), Moore (17), Green (4) D ec. 12 LEMOYNE-OWEN W, 84-48 Peters (10), Miller (14), Covington (13), Moore (13), Green (8) Dec. 19 MOREHEAD STATE W, 70-64(OT) Peters (10), Miller (7), Covington (9), Moore (19), Green (8) Dec. 22 EASTERN KENTUCKY W, 69-42 Peters (9), Miller (5), Covington (22), Moore (9), Green (6) Dec. 29 MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE L, 65-58 Peters (9), Miller (16), Covington (5), Moore (3), Green (4) Jan. 2 MEMPHIS L, 91-86 Peters (17), Miller (12), Covington (16), Moore (22), Green (8) Jan. 6 MURRAY STATE L, 64-53 Peters (4), Miller (10), Covington (7), Moore (14), Green (9) Jan. 8 TENNESSEE MARTIN W, 67-64 Peters (5), Miller (11), Covington (18), Moore (15), Green (4) Jan. 15 AUSTIN PEAY STATE W, 76-74 (OT) Peters (16), Miller (15), Covington (13), Moore (20), Green (1) Jan. 20 JACKSONVILLE STATE W, 68-63 Peters (11), Miller (9), Covington (20), Moore (15), Green (2) Jan. 22 TENNESSEE TECH W, 71-65 Peters (12), Miller (22), Covington (7), Moore (16), Green (0) Jan. 27 MOREHEAD STATE L, 72-65 Peters (7), Miller (11), Covington (10), Moore (16), Green (6) Jan. 29 EASTERN KENTUCKY L, 86-72 Peters (9), Miller (5), Covington (13), Moore (25), Green (8) Feb. 3 MURRAY STATE L, 74-65 Peters (6), Miller (13), Covington (14), Moore (17), Green (2) Feb. 5 TENNESSEE MARTIN W, 56-47 Peters (9), Miller (14), Covington (18), Moore (7), Green (4) F eb. 7 JACKSONVILLE STATE L, 76-73 (OT) Peters (4), Miller (15), Covington (17), Moore (18), Green (0) Feb. 12 AUSTIN PEAY STATE L, 79-64 Peters (12), Miller (15), Covington (10), Mann (5), Green (0) Feb. 14 TENNESSEE TECH L, 61-59 Peters (12), Miller (6), Covington (7), Moore (9), Green (6) Feb. 19 DELAWARE STATE W, 78-63 Peters (9), Miller (6), Covington (12), Moore (18), Green (4) Feb. 24 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE W, 57-52 Peters (14), Miller (11), Covington (10), Moore (10), Green (6) Feb. 26 EASTERN ILLINOIS W, 66-62 Peters (11), Miller (10), Covington (22), Moore (11), Green (5)

TENNESSEE STATE RECORD WITH STARTING LINE-UPS 1. Covington, Miller, Moore, Nobles, Peters.....................................................................................................................................1-3 2. Covington, Green, Miller, Moore, Peters..................................................................................................................................13-11 3. Covington, Green, Miller, Mann, Peters.......................................................................................................................................0-1


GAME 1 Tennessee State...................................................................................................................................................................................................65 Mississippi State...................................................................................................................................................................................................75 Starkville, Miss. - To open the 2010-11 basketball season, Tennessee State University dropped a hard fought contest to Mississippi State, 75-65, in Humphrey Coliseum on Friday night. The Tigers shot 35.9 percent from the floor with three players posting double digits. Robert Covington, Kenny Moore and Patrick Miller each scored 13 points. Covington and Moore each hauled in a team-high seven rebounds. The Tigers trailed by as much as six in the first half but rattled off a 9-2 run with under five minutes to play in the half to post their largest lead of the night 26-21. The Bulldogs answered with an 11-5 spurt tying it up before the break on a three-pointer at the horn, 31-31. In the second, MSU opened up on a 9-4 run to recapture the lead, 40-33, but the Tigers led again outscoring the Bulldogs, 13-4, with 9:14 remaining, 46-44. Late in the half, TSU trailed by 10 points with 1:14 left, but scrapped their way back in to narrow the lead from a 9-4 run, 70-65, with 25 seconds left.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Tennessee State vs Mississippi State 11-12-10 7 p.m. at Starkville, Miss. (Humphrey Coliseum) Tennessee State 65 • 0-1 ## 15 33 00 02 10 04 20 23 44

34.4% 25.0% 63.6%

f f g g g

5-14 5-13 1-7 4-12 3-5 2-4 1-1 0-1 2-7

1-3 2-5 1-3 0-2 1-2 0-2 1-1 0-1 0-0

2-4 1-2 0-0 5-8 2-2 1-1 1-2 0-0 1-2

23-64

6-19

13-21

2nd half: 12-32 37.5% 2nd half: 4-11 36.4% 2nd half: 6-10 60.0%

PF

TP

A TO Blk Stl

3 4 7 1 3 4 7 5 0 5 5 1 2 2 4 1 0 2 2 5 1 3 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 2 2 1 3 14 22 36 19

13 13 3 13 9 5 4 0 5

1 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 2

Min

5 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 0

0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0

65 10 12

2

8 200

Game: 23-64 35.9% Game: 6-19 31.6% Game: 13-21 61.9%

30 22 39 38 25 11 5 3 27

Deadball Rebounds 5,1

Mississippi State 75 • 1-0 ## 24 02 04 15 00 10 12 20

Kodi Augustus recorded the only double-double with 14 points (5-of-9) and a game-high 14 rebounds.

MOORE,Kenny COVINGTON,Robert NOBLES,Jacquan MILLER,Patrick PETERS,Wil TOWNS,Jerret CONNER,Chris MANN,Verkeneo GREEN,Michael Team Totals

FG % 1st Half: 11-32 3FG % 1st Half: 2-8 FT % 1st Half: 7-11

45

The Bulldogs hit five straight free throws down the stretch to survive the scare. For MSU, Ravern Johnson led all scorers with a career-high, 32 points, including 13-of-14 from the free-throw line netting his 1, 000th career point in the process.

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot

Player

21 22 30 33 50

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot

Player Kodi Augustus Elgin Bailey Ravern Johnson Twany Beckham Riley Benock Jalen Steele Shaun Smith Charles Parker Taylor Luczak Baxter Price Brian Bryant Wendell Lewis Brandon Bolen John Riek Team Totals

FG % 1st Half: 10-25 3FG % 1st Half: 4-11 FT % 1st Half: 7-10

f f g g g *

40.0% 36.4% 70.0%

5-9 1-5 7-17 0-4 1-4 2-6 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-5 2-4 0-0 0-0

1-3 0-0 5-9 0-1 1-3 2-6 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

3-3 0-0 13-14 0-0 1-2 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-4 1-3 0-0 0-0

21-56

10-23

23-28

2nd half: 11-31 35.5% 2nd half: 6-12 50.0% 2nd half: 16-18 88.9%

PF

TP

A TO Blk Stl

Min

4 10 14 4 1 4 5 3 2 3 5 1 0 4 4 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 4 4 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 30 43 17

14 2 32 0 4 8 3 0 0 0 7 5 0 0

2 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0

24 16 35 13 34 13 12 1 1 1 26 22 2 0+

5 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0

2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

75 15 15

6

4 200

Game: 21-56 37.5% Game: 10-23 43.5% Game: 23-28 82.1%

Deadball Rebounds 4

Officials: Antinio Petty, Tim Gattis, Kevin Scott Technical fouls: Tennessee State-None. Mississippi State-None. Attendance: 4771 Ravern Johnson becomes 32nd player in MSU history to reach 1000 career points MSU improves to 77-22 all-time in season openers Score by periods Tennessee State Mississippi State

1st

2nd

Total

31 31

34 44

65 75

Last FG - TSU 2nd-00:26, MS 2nd-02:08. Largest lead - TSU by 5 1st-04:19, MS by 11 2nd-04:00.

Points TSU MS

In Paint 26 20

Off T/O 14 6

2nd Chance 11 15

Fast Break 0 0

Bench 14 15

Score tied - 3 times. Lead changed - 4 times.

GAME 2 Tennessee State...................................................................................................................................................................................................85 Fisk.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................50 Nashville, Tenn. - Five Tigers scored in double figures to lead Tennessee State University over Fisk, 85-50, at the Gentry Center on Monday night in front of a crowd of 4, 147.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Fisk vs Tennessee State 11/15/10 7:00p at Nashville,Tn.(Gentry Center)

The Tigers (1-1) capture their first win of the season with their largest margin of victory in regular season play in 20 years. In 1990, TSU defeated Carson-Newman, 108-35.

Fisk 50 • 1-5 ## 20 24 33 34 40 12 22 25 30 32

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player GRAYSON,Bradley JOHNSON,D'Andre WILLIAMS,Devardo BROADNAX,,Michael GREER,Chris CARROLL,Myles VANLIER,Anatwan JENKINS,Harold SECREST,Pernell CAIN,Jauwon Team Totals

FG % 1st Half: 6-25 3FG % 1st Half: 1-8 FT % 1st Half: 9-13

* * * * *

1-2 1-2 4-12 0-0 0-4 2-5 2-9 3-8 0-2 0-1

0-1 0-1 1-3 0-0 0-0 2-4 1-4 0-2 0-0 0-0

2-4 0-0 6-8 0-0 3-6 0-0 3-3 6-8 0-0 0-0

13-45

4-15

20-29

24.0% 2nd half: 7-20 35.0% 12.5% 2nd half: 3-7 42.9% 69.2% 2nd half: 11-16 68.8%

1 3 4 3 1 0 1 5 1 6 7 2 0 1 1 0 2 4 6 4 0 1 1 1 1 3 4 1 2 4 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 8 24 32 23

TP

A TO Blk Stl

4 2 15 0 3 6 8 12 0 0

3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

50

5 23 10

7 1 4 0 1 1 7 2 0 0

0 0 2 0 6 0 0 1 0 1

0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0

Min

24 8 39 18 36 11 22 24 2 16

5 200

Game: 13-45 28.9% Game: 4-15 26.7% Game: 20-29 69.0%

Deadball Rebounds 5

Tennessee State 85 • 1-1 ## 00 02 10 15 33 01 20 23 44

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player NOBLES,Jacquan MILLER,Patrick PETERS,Wil MOORE,Kenny COVINGTON,Robert KIRBY,Blake CONNER,Chris MANN,Verkeneo GREEN,Michael Team Totals

* * * * *

4-15 5-9 1-7 6-13 4-11 0-6 5-10 0-4 3-10

3-12 3-4 0-2 0-1 0-1 0-2 1-4 0-3 0-0

28-85

7-29

2 2 3 3 2 0 8 5 10 7 0 0 1 2 3 2 7 4 0 3 22-29 36 28

FG % 1st Half: 16-46 34.8% 2nd half: 12-39 30.8% 3FG % 1st Half: 3-16 18.8% 2nd half: 4-13 30.8% FT % 1st Half: 8-13 61.5% 2nd half: 14-16 87.5%

0-0 3-4 0-0 6-6 4-7 1-2 1-2 4-4 3-4

4 4 6 1 2 0 13 4 17 3 0 2 3 3 5 3 11 2 3 64 22

TP

A TO Blk Stl

11 16 2 18 12 1 12 4 9

3 3 3 1 1 2 1 0 1

Min

0 2 0 3 3 1 1 1 1

0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2

2 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 1

85 15 12

5

9 200

Game: 28-85 32.9% Game: 7-29 24.1% Game: 22-29 75.9%

20 26 21 24 19 14 23 26 27

Deadball Rebounds 4

Officials: Kevin Mathis R1,Archibald Whaley U1, Tyler Kumpf,U2 Technical fouls: Fisk-None. Tennessee State-None. Attendance: 4147 TSU Home Opener Score by periods Fisk Tennessee State

1st

2nd

Total

22 43

28 42

50 85

Last FG - FISK 2nd-01:30, TSU 2nd-01:47. Largest lead - FISK by 5 1st-19:10, TSU by 36 2nd-09:54.

Points FISK TSU

In Paint 14 38

Off T/O 7 26

2nd Fast Chance Break 8 2 32 4

Score tied - 1 time. Lead changed - 1 time.

Bench 26 26

TSU shot 32.9 percent from the floor and dominated the boards, 64-32, with seven players finishing with either career or season highs. Kenny Moore and Robert Covington each posted a double-double. Moore finished recording career highs with 18 points (6-of-13) and 13 rebounds. Covington captures his fifth career double-double with 12 points and a career-high 17 boards. Patrick Miller notched a career-high 16 points, hitting 5-of-9 from the floor, including 3-of-4 from three-point range. Chris Conner followed netting 5-of-10 for 12 points. Jacquan Nobles added 11 points and Michael Green posted nine points and 11 rebounds. The Tigers trailed in the opening minute, 5-0, but rattled a 32-5 run, before the Bulldogs scored consecutive baskets. TSU led at the break 43-22 and would carry a double-digit lead for the remainder of the game. The Bulldogs (1-5) were led in scoring by Devardo Williams’ team-high 15 points and seven rebounds. Harold Jenkins chipped in 12 points to compliment six rebounds. Fisk shot 28.9 percent from the floor and despite the size difference in the low post, Chris Greer finished with a game-high six blocks.


GAME 3 Tennessee State...................................................................................................................................................................................................68 Illinois State..........................................................................................................................................................................................................73 Normal, Ill. - The Tigers cut into a 17-point halftime deficit to trail by three with 18 seconds on the clock, but, missed an opportunity to tie as Tennessee State University dropped a 73-68 decision to Illinois State on Wednesday night. The Tigers (1-2) shot a season-high 48.2 percent including 41.7 percent from behind the arc.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Tennessee State vs Illinois State 11-17-10 7:05 p.m. at Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena Tennessee State 68 • 1-2 ## 15 33 00

After trailing 43-26 at the break, TSU outscored ISU 42-30 in the second half for a chance to pull off the come from behind win. The Tigers jumped on a 15-3 run early in the half and used a 17-9 run to give the Redbirds a scare after trailing by as much as 22 points. ISU shot 2-of-4 from the free-throw line in the final seconds to secure the win. The Redbirds scored 45.3 percent from the floor, 47.8 percent from three-point range, and 50 percent from the free-throw line. ISU outrebounded TSU, 41-29, with both teams scoring 28 points in the paint. For the second straight game, the Tigers finished with five players in double figures. Wil Peters and Patrick Miller each scored 14 points to lead the team. Peters hit 5-of-8 from the field, 4-of-5 three pointers and handed out four assists. Miller scored all of his points in the second half including three big buckets down the stretch while dishing out five assists.

02 10 20 23 44

For ISU (2-0), Justin Clark scored a game-high 20 points (7-of-14) and Jackie Carmichael added 11 points and seven rebounds. Anthony Cousin had a game-high six assists.

MOORE,Kenny COVINGTON,Robert NOBLES,Jacquan MILLER,Patrick PETERS,Wil CONNER,Chris MANN,Verkeneo GREEN,Michael Team Totals

FG % 1st Half: 10-25 3FG % 1st Half: 5-12 FT % 1st Half: 1-2

40.0% 41.7% 50.0%

f f g g g

5-9 4-10 2-5 6-16 5-8 4-7 0-0 1-1

1-3 1-4 1-4 1-4 4-5 2-4 0-0 0-0

0-0 1-2 0-0 1-1 0-1 0-2 0-0 2-4

27-56

10-24

4-10

2nd half: 17-31 54.8% 2nd half: 5-12 41.7% 2nd half: 3-8 37.5%

PF

TP

A TO Blk Stl

2 4 6 2 0 8 8 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 3 1 2 3 2 1 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 1 1 2 9 20 29 15

11 10 5 14 14 10 0 4

1 3 1 5 4 2 1 0

3 5 1 0 1 0 0 0

68 17 10

1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3

2 5 0 4 0 0 0 0

Min

32 32 23 36 38 22 2 15

5 11 200

Game: 27-56 48.2% Game: 10-24 41.7% Game: 4-10 40.0%

Deadball Rebounds 3

Illinois State 73 • 2-0 ## 22 32 05 10 33 03 34 43 50

Kenny Moore shot 5-of-9 for 11 points to go with six boards. Robert Covington and Chris Conner chipped in 10 points apiece. Covington pulled in a team-high, eight rebounds, and Conner shot 4-of-7 including 2-of-4 from the arc.

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot

Player

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot

Player EKEY,Jon CARMICHAEL,Jackie COUSIN,Anthony RUBIN,Alex CLARK,Justin BLUE,Trey LEWIS,Tony HILL,Austin MISHLER,Blake Team Totals

FG % 1st Half: 18-32 3FG % 1st Half: 6-9 FT % 1st Half: 1-1

56.3% 66.7% 100.0

f f g g g

3-5 5-12 2-8 2-3 7-14 2-3 4-7 3-6 1-6

0-1 0-1 2-3 2-3 6-12 0-0 0-1 1-2 0-0

1-3 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-2 0-0

29-64

11-23

4-8

2nd half: 11-32 34.4% 2nd half: 5-14 35.7% 2nd half: 3-7 42.9%

PF

TP

A TO Blk Stl

3 3 6 2 2 5 7 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 3 0 4 4 2 1 2 3 1 4 2 6 1 2 3 5 1 2 0 2 0 4 2 6 18 23 41 12

7 11 6 6 20 5 8 8 2

5 0 6 2 1 2 1 3 0

Min

2 0 3 1 1 2 2 2 0

2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0

73 20 13

2

4 200

Game: 29-64 45.3% Game: 11-23 47.8% Game: 4-8 50.0%

25 28 27 27 34 11 18 20 10

Deadball Rebounds 1

Officials: Ed Hightower, Steve Welmer, Mike Litzelfeiner Technical fouls: Tennessee State-None. Illinois State-None. Attendance: 4401 TN State #33 Covington fouls out with 4.4 sec left in game Score by periods Tennessee State Illinois State

1st

2nd

Total

26 43

42 30

68 73

Last FG - TSU 2nd-00:18, ILS 2nd-00:52. Largest lead - TSU None, ILS by 22 2nd-18:21.

Points TSU ILS

In Paint 28 28

Off T/O 17 10

2nd Chance 12 10

Fast Break 13 6

Bench 14 23

Score tied - 0 times. Lead changed - 0 times.

GAME 4 Tennessee State...................................................................................................................................................................................................72 Air Force...............................................................................................................................................................................................................87 USAFA Colorado Springs, Colo. - The Tennessee State University Tigers dropped their second straight with an, 87-72, loss at Air Force in Clune Arena on Saturday night.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Tennessee State Univ vs Air Force 11/20/10 7:00 p.m. at USAFA, Colo. (Clune Arena) Tennessee State Univ 72 • 1-3 ## 15 33 00 02 10 01 20 23 44

Total 3-Ptr FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA

Player

MOORE,Kenny COVINGTON,Robert NOBLES,Jacquan MILLER,Patrick PETERS,Wil KIRBY,Blake CONNER,Chris MANN,Verkeneo GREEN,Michael Team Totals FG % 1st Half: 3FG % 1st Half: FT % 1st Half:

8-23 5-16 1-2

f f g g g

34.8% 31.3% 50.0%

4-8 4-10 4-9 3-12 3-7 0-0 2-6 1-2 0-3

1-4 0-6 3-8 1-6 2-5 0-0 1-4 1-2 0-0

9-9 0-0 0-0 9-10 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 1-2

21-57

9-35

21-23

2nd half: 13-34 2nd half: 4-19 2nd half: 20-21

38.2% 21.1% 95.2%

Rebounds Off Def Tot PF

3 6 9 4 3 2 5 4 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 3 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 3 3 0 3 3 13 18 31 24

Game: 21-57 Game: 9-35 Game: 21-23

TP

A TO Blk Stl

18 8 11 16 8 0 7 3 1

1 1 0 4 5 0 0 1 0

Min

3 3 3 2 3 0 0 1 0

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

3 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1

32 22 23 34 37 1 23 9 19

In the second, The Tigers trailed by the largest margin of the night, 56-36, with 12:16 remaining. Quick fouls by the Falcons put TSU in the double bonus early. In the second half, the Tigers shot 19-of-20 from the free-throw line, 21-of-23 overall, to finish at 91.3 percent from the charity stripe.The effort from free-throw line only chipped away at the lead as TSU would come within 11 points of the lead three times, never cutting into single digits for the remainder of the game.

72 12 15

2

7 200

Kenny Moore led all scorers with 18 points (4-of-8) while hauling in nine rebounds and shooting a perfect, 9-of-9, from the charity stripe.

36.8% 25.7% 91.3%

Deadball Rebounds 1

Air Force 87 • 2-1 ## 20 34 10 14 35 05 15 21 24

Total 3-Ptr FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA

Player

FOW, Tom BROEKHUIS, Taylor FLETCHER, Todd LYONS, Michael WASHINGTON, Evan FITZGERALD, Mike STEWART, Taylor JERRETT, Myles BROOKS, Derek Team Totals FG % 1st Half: 12-25 3FG % 1st Half: 3-10 FT % 1st Half: 2-5

f c g g g

48.0% 30.0% 40.0%

6-9 5-6 1-4 5-8 7-11 1-1 1-4 1-1 4-6

3-6 0-0 1-4 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 1-1

2-2 3-5 6-6 6-8 0-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-3

31-50

6-15

19-29

2nd half: 19-25 2nd half: 3-5 2nd half: 17-24

76.0% 60.0% 70.8%

Rebounds Off Def Tot PF

1 4 5 3 1 2 3 5 0 0 0 3 3 5 8 2 1 8 9 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 3 4 3 1 0 1 8 24 32 22

Game: 31-50 Game: 6-15 Game: 19-29

TP

A TO Blk Stl

17 13 9 17 14 2 2 2 11

2 3 4 4 5 0 3 0 3

Min

3 0 3 2 4 0 2 0 2

0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

0 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 2

87 24 16

3

8 200

62.0% 40.0% 65.5%

26 30 26 34 35 6 18 2 23

Deadball Rebounds 3

Officials: Dan Chrisman, Winston Stith, Rick O'Neill Technical fouls: Tennessee State Univ-TEAM. Air Force-None. Attendance: 1378 Score by periods Tennessee State Univ Air Force

1st

22 29

2nd

50 58

Last FG - TSU 2nd-00:39, AF 2nd-00:48. Largest lead - TSU by 6 1st-14:08, AF by 20 2nd-12:16.

Total

72 87

Points TSU AF

In Paint 18 46

TSU (1-3) took their largest lead early in the first half at the 14:08 mark, 12-6, but would lose the lead in less than two minutes. With 5:25 remaining before halftime, AFA used a 9-3 run to close out the half and take a 29-22 lead into the locker room.

Off T/O 23 15

2nd Chance 14 13

Fast Break 4 2

Score tied - 0 times. Lead changed - 4 times.

Bench 11 17

Patrick Miller, in back-to-back games, scored all of his points in the second half. He finished with 16 points going 9-of-10 at the line. Jacquan Nobles added 11 points as the Tigers finished shooting 37.8 percent from the floor. The Falcons (2-1) finished with five players in double figures while hitting 62 percent from the field including 40 percent from the arc. Tom Fow and Michael Lyons tied a team-high with 17 points with Fow hitting 6-of-9 while Lyons recorded nine boards. Evan Washington scored 14 points and pulled in a team-high, nine rebounds. Taylor Broekhius added a career-high 13 points and Derek Brooks shot 4-of-6 for 11 points.


GAME 5 Tennessee State...................................................................................................................................................................................................50 Saint Louis............................................................................................................................................................................................................78 St. Louis, Mo. - After shooting 58 percent in the first half, the Tigers hit 33 percent (8-of-24) from the field in the second as Tennessee State University dropped their third straight with a 78-50 loss to Saint Louis on Tuesday night in the Chaifetz Arena. The Tigers (1-4) recorded 21 turnovers that led to SLU capitalizing on the mistakes for 29 points. The Billikens were fueled by the play from their bench, outscoring the Tiger reserves, 48-0. All SLU players that checked in scored with only five Tigers registering points. For TSU, Robert Covington scored a game and season-high 21 points (9-of-12) hitting 3-of-4 from three-point range. He hauled in seven rebounds and tallied one block. Kenny Moore registered 11 points and six boards. In the first half, the Tigers led out the gate, 11-2, before the Billikens tied it up twice. SLU knotted the score at 27 and used a 6-2 run including a shot with 10 seconds remaining to lead at the break, 33-29. After taking a 36-33 lead in the opening minutes of the second, the Tigers were outscored, 33-8, falling behind, 66-44. TSU scored only six more points in the final five minutes to tally the outcome.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Tennessee State vs Saint Louis 11/23/10 7 p.m. at St. Louis, Mo. Tennessee State 50 • 1-4 ## 15 33 44 02 10 00 20 23

MOORE,Kenny COVINGTON,Robert GREEN,Michael MILLER,Patrick PETERS,Wil NOBLES,Jacquan CONNER,Chris MANN,Verkeneo Team Totals

FG % 1st Half: 11-19 3FG % 1st Half: 5-7 FT % 1st Half: 2-2

57.9% 71.4% 100.0

f f f g g

4-11 9-12 0-2 3-10 3-5 0-1 0-0 0-2 19-43

2nd half: 2nd half: 2nd half:

0-1 3-4 0-0 0-2 2-2 0-1 0-0 0-2

3-3 0-0 2-2 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

5-12

7-8

8-24 0-5 5-6

33.3% 0.0% 83.3%

PF

TP

A TO Blk Stl

1 6 7 2 1 6 7 4 1 2 3 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 6 19 25 15

11 21 2 8 8 0 0 0

2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0

3 4 1 6 3 3 1 0

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0

50

7 21

1

5 200

Game: 19-43 44.2% Game: 5-12 41.7% Game: 7-8 87.5%

Min

23 39 32 35 35 6 24 6

Deadball Rebounds 0

Saint Louis 78 • 2-2 ## 32 51 05 15 23 10 11

For SLU (2-2), Mike McCall came off the bench and posted 15 points, six assists and three steals. Jordair Jett and Cody Ellis each chipped in 11 points to help the Billikens shoot 52 percent from the floor including 56 percent from three-point range.

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot

Player

14 21 24

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot

Player REMEKUN, Cory LOE, Rob JETT, Jordair SALECICH, Christian CASSITY, Kyle ECKERLE, Paul McCALL, Mike CONKLIN, Brian EVANS, Dwayne ELLIS, Cody Team Totals

FG % 1st Half: 13-29 3FG % 1st Half: 3-8 FT % 1st Half: 4-6

44.8% 37.5% 66.7%

f f g g g

1-5 1-6 5-8 1-3 4-6 3-3 5-8 3-5 3-6 3-5

0-0 0-1 0-0 1-3 1-2 3-3 1-2 0-0 0-0 3-5

0-0 3-4 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-5 0-0 1-2 2-4

29-55

9-16

11-16

2nd half: 16-26 61.5% 2nd half: 6-8 75.0% 2nd half: 7-10 70.0%

PF

TP

A TO Blk Stl

1 0 1 2 2 4 6 1 1 2 3 1 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 4 8 2 1 6 7 2 1 0 1 10 19 29 16

2 5 11 3 9 9 15 6 7 11

0 1 3 1 3 0 6 0 1 0

1 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 2

78 15 10

0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 1

Min

15 22 21 17 27 14 29 8 25 22

1 10 200

Game: 29-55 52.7% Game: 9-16 56.3% Game: 11-16 68.8%

Deadball Rebounds 2

Officials: Frank Spencer, Jeff Albright, Damon Williams Technical fouls: Tennessee State-None. Saint Louis-None. Attendance: 5384 Score by periods Tennessee State Saint Louis

1st

2nd

Total

29 33

21 45

50 78

Last FG - TSU 2nd-01:17, SLU 2nd-00:17. Largest lead - TSU by 9 1st-14:44, SLU by 28 2nd-00:17.

Points TSU SLU

In Paint 20 32

Off T/O 10 29

2nd Chance 5 11

Fast Break 2 8

Bench 0 48

Score tied - 5 times. Lead changed - 3 times.

GAME 6 Tennessee State...................................................................................................................................................................................................72 Belmont................................................................................................................................................................................................................87 Nashville, Tenn. - Four players scored in double figures but it was not enough to maintain the comeback effort for Tennessee State University’s second-half surge. TSU dropped their fourth straight with an, 87-72, loss to Belmont on Monday night in the Gentry Center.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Belmont vs Tennessee State Univ 11/29/10 7:00p at Nashville, TN - Gentry Center Belmont 87 • 4-1 ## 01 13 21 34 45 02 03 14 23 24 30 32

Total 3-Ptr FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA

Player

HANLEN, Drew HOUSE, Jon CLARK, Ian HEDGEPETH, Mick BAKER, Brandon JENKINS, Blake JOHNSON, Kerron MANN, JJ SAUNDERS, Scott BARNES, Adam NOACK, Trevor CAMPBELL, Jordan Team Totals FG % 1st Half: 15-29 3FG % 1st Half: 7-17 FT % 1st Half: 12-12

* * * * *

51.7% 41.2% 100.0%

2-3 0-1 2-5 5-9 0-3 1-1 2-4 5-9 4-5 0-0 2-5 2-4

2-3 0-1 1-3 0-0 0-3 1-1 1-2 3-5 0-0 0-0 1-4 2-4

2-2 0-0 4-4 5-5 1-2 2-2 6-6 0-0 6-6 0-0 0-0 0-0

25-49

11-26

26-27

2nd half: 10-20 2nd half: 4-9 2nd half: 14-15

50.0% 44.4% 93.3%

Rebounds Off Def Tot PF

0 3 3 0 1 3 4 2 0 4 4 1 4 4 8 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 2 1 3 2 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 2 0 4 4 10 22 32 20

Game: 25-49 Game: 11-26 Game: 26-27

TP

A TO Blk Stl

8 0 9 15 1 5 11 13 14 0 5 6

2 2 3 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 4

Min

3 2 2 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 4 2

0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1

0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0

87 17 20

4

4 200

51.0% 42.3% 96.3%

26 18 26 21 9 4 16 22 19 2 16 21

Deadball Rebounds 0

Tennessee State Univ 72 • 1-4 ## 02 10 15 33 44 20 23

Total 3-Ptr FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA

Player

MILLER,Patrick PETERS,Wil MOORE,Kenny COVINGTON,Robert GREEN,Michael CONNER,Chris MANN,Verkeneo Team Totals FG % 1st Half: 3FG % 1st Half: FT % 1st Half:

8-21 1-7 6-6

* * * * *

38.1% 14.3% 100.0%

5-10 5-10 4-8 5-13 2-3 0-3 2-6

2-5 1-3 2-3 2-3 0-0 0-2 2-6

2-2 4-4 5-6 6-6 0-0 0-0 0-0

23-53

9-22

17-18

2nd half: 15-32 2nd half: 8-15 2nd half: 11-12

46.9% 53.3% 91.7%

Rebounds Off Def Tot PF

2 2 4 2 0 3 3 3 3 2 5 4 2 1 3 5 0 2 2 5 0 2 2 3 0 1 1 1 1 2 3 8 15 23 23

Game: 23-53 Game: 9-22 Game: 17-18

TP

A TO Blk Stl

14 15 15 18 4 0 6

3 5 3 0 0 0 0

4 2 6 1 1 1 1 1 72 11 17

Min

0 0 0 0 3 0 0

3 1 2 1 0 0 1

3

8 200

43.4% 40.9% 94.4%

35 36 33 30 27 22 17

Deadball Rebounds 1

Officials: Steve Pyatt-R, Quinton Reece-U1,Robert Alan Cosby-U2 Technical fouls: Belmont-None. Tennessee State Univ-None. Attendance: 2197 Score by periods Belmont Tennessee State Univ

1st

49 23

2nd

38 49

Last FG - BEL 2nd-00:34, TSU 2nd-00:22. Largest lead - BEL by 26 1st-00:53, TSU by 4 1st-19:13.

Total

87 72

Points BEL TSU

In Paint 26 22

Off T/O 24 26

2nd Chance 13 10

Score tied - 0 times. Lead changed - 1 time.

Fast Break 2 6

Bench 54 6

Robert Covington finished with a game-high in consecutive games with 18 points from 5-of-13 shooting. Wil Peters and Kenny Moore each pitched in 15 points. Peters hit 5-of-10 from the floor for a season high while dishing out five assists. Moore hauled in a team-high five rebounds. Patrick Miller added 14 points (5-of-10) and three assists. The Tigers (1-5) shot 43 percent overall after hitting 38 percent in the first half. From the line, TSU hit a season-high 94 percent. After opening the game with the first two buckets, the Tigers fell behind on a 23-6 run by the Bruins at the 10:17 mark and would trail, 49-23, at the break. In the second half, TSU trailed, 61-38, with 14:50 remaining. Verkeneo Mann sparked a TSU 17-5 run with two three-pointers for a career-high six points. TSU cut the deficit with 7:41 left, 66-55, shooting 47 percent in the half. Belmont answered back increasing the lead to 20 points, 76-56. TSU climbed back out the hole to close the gap to within 11 points (79-65) but Belmont would knock down six straight free-throws to close out the game. The Bruins (4-1) shot 51 percent from the floor including 42 percent from behind the arc. They hit 26-of-27 from the charity stripe for 96 percent. Belmont’s Mick Hedgepeth scored 15 points from 5-of-9 shooting, 5-of-5 from the line, while recording a game-high eight rebounds. Scott Saunders went 4-of-5 for 14 points, J.J. Mann posted 13 (5-of-9), and Kerron Johnson chipped in 11, getting most of his scoring done from the free-throw line hitting 6-of-6. The Tigers will open Ohio Valley Conference play next when they head to Charleston, Ill. to face Eastern Illinois. The game is scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 2, at 7:30 p.m. at Lantz Arena.


GAME 7 Tennessee State...................................................................................................................................................................................................67 Eastern Illinois......................................................................................................................................................................................................68 Charleston, Ill. - The Tennessee State University Tigers missed an opportunity to send the game into overtime suffering an OVC loss to Eastern Illinois, 68-67, in Lantz Arena on Monday night. With five seconds remaining, Chris Conner was fouled on a three-point attempt hitting the first two before EIU called a timeout. Conner missed the third but the Tigers committed the quick foul leaving 4.9 seconds on the clock. EIU’s Shaun Pratl missed the first shot in the bonus. On the scramble for the rebound, the ball fell loose and was batted around starting the clock. TSU gathered the loose ball but had run out of time and couldn’t get off a last second shot. Wil Peters scored a career and game-high 21 points. He was flawless from the field shooting 7-of-7, including 4-of-4 from three-point range, and 3-of-3 from the line. Peters also tacked on three boards and tied a game-high for a season best six assists.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Tennessee State vs Eastern Illinois 12/02/10 7:40 pm at Charleston, Ill. (Lantz Arena) Tennessee State 67 • 1-6 (0-1 OVC) ## 15 33 44 02 10 00 20 23

TSU (1-6, 0-1 OVC) shot a season high from the floor, 50 percent, and 52 percent from threepoint range. The Tigers shot 64 percent in the first half and tied the game at the buzzer when Miller nailed a three from the corner for a 40-40 deadlock at the break. With 20 lead changes, the Tigers jumped on a 50-46 lead with 12:40 left. EIU replied with a 7-0 run for a 53-50 advantage. TSU led twice down the stretch with their last coming off a Covington three-pointer with 5:03 remaining. From there, EIU outscored TSU, 9-6, for the final outcome. For the Panthers (3-4, 1-0 OVC), four players finished in double figures. James Hollowell and Shaun Pratl each scored a team-high, 14 points. Tyler Laser added 13 and Jeremy Granger posted 12 points. Curry McKinney scored seven points but recorded a game-high 10 boards and six assists. EIU outscored the Tigers in the paint, 34-22, scoring 22 points from TSU turnovers. They also added 18 points from second chance shots on the offensive end.

MOORE,Kenny COVINGTON,Robert GREEN,Michael MILLER,Patrick PETERS,Wil NOBLES,Jacquan CONNER,Chris MANN,Verkeneo Team Totals FG % 1st Half: 3FG % 1st Half: FT % 1st Half:

14-22 8-13 4-6

f f f g g

4-10 6-13 2-3 2-7 7-7 0-1 1-3 0-0 22-44

63.6% 61.5% 66.7%

2nd half: 2nd half: 2nd half:

1-4 3-6 0-0 2-3 4-4 0-1 1-3 0-0

0-0 0-2 0-0 5-8 3-3 0-0 4-5 0-0

11-21

12-18

8-22 3-8 8-12

36.4% 37.5% 66.7%

Rebounds Off Def Tot

Game: Game: Game:

PF

TP

A TO Blk

2 3 5 4 2 7 9 2 0 5 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 4 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 20 27 12

9 15 4 11 21 0 7 0

3 2 1 3 6 0 1 0

22-44 11-21 12-18

Stl

Min

4 3 1 1 3 0 4 0

1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0

2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0

31 37 25 37 404 20 6

67 16 16

4

5

200

50.0% 52.4% 66.7%

Deadball Rebounds 3

Eastern Illinois 68 • 3-4 (1-0 OVC) ##

Robert Covington scored 15 points and hauled in a team-high nine boards, hitting 3-of-6 from the arc. Patrick Miller followed adding 11 points and three assists.

Total 3-Ptr FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA

Player

15 21 02 12 24 05 11 13 31 34

Total 3-Ptr FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA

Player

HOLLOWELL, James PRATL, Shaun LASER, Tyler GRANGER, Jeremy McKINNEY, Curry JONES, Taylor NOEL, Levi SMITH, Isaac McFARLIN, Nick SANDERS, Zavier Team Totals FG % 1st Half: 3FG % 1st Half: FT % 1st Half:

17-28 2-6 4-4

f f g g g

5-13 6-9 5-11 6-9 3-11 0-1 0-2 0-0 1-3 2-2 28-61

60.7% 33.3% 100.0%

2nd half: 2nd half: 2nd half:

0-0 0-0 3-8 0-0 1-4 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0

4-4 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-2

4-14

8-10

11-33 2-8 4-6

33.3% 25.0% 66.7%

Rebounds Off Def Tot

PF

TP

A TO Blk

5 1 6 1 3 1 4 2 0 6 6 2 0 2 2 3 3 7 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 3 15 18 33 12

14 14 13 12 7 0 0 0 2 6

2 5 2 5 6 0 0 0 0 0

2 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0

0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

68 20

9

Game: Game: Game:

28-61 4-14 8-10

Stl

Min

2 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 1 1

30 31 4039 36 0+ 5 0+ 9 10

1 11

200

45.9% 28.6% 80.0%

Deadball Rebounds 0

Officials: Brett Miles, Bill Forehand, Jason Baker Technical fouls: Tennessee State-None. Eastern Illinois-None. Attendance: 1030 2010-11 Ohio Valley Conference opener for both squads Score by periods Tennessee State Eastern Illinois

1st

40 40

2nd

27 28

Last FG - TSU 2nd-02:26, EIU 2nd-01:40. Largest lead - TSU by 7 1st-17:13, EIU by 4 1st-10:12.

Total

67 68

Points TSU EIU

In Paint 22 34

Off T/O 6 22

2nd Chance 5 18

Fast Break 0 10

Bench 7 8

Score tied - 13 times. Lead changed - 20 times.

GAME 8 Tennessee State...................................................................................................................................................................................................77 Southeast Missouri State.....................................................................................................................................................................................67 Cape Girardeau, Mo. - Tennessee State University cracked a five game losing streak picking up an OVC win at Southeast Missouri State, 77-67, Saturday night inside the Show Me Center.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Tennessee State University vs Southeast Missouri 12/04/10 7:30 p.m. at Cape Girardeau, Mo - Show Me Center Tennessee State University 77 • 2-6, 1-1 OVC ## 15 33 44 02 10 00 20 23

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player MOORE,Kenny COVINGTON,Robert GREEN,Michael MILLER,Patrick PETERS,Wil NOBLES,Jacquan CONNER,Chris MANN,Verkeneo Team Totals

FG % 1st Half: 15-32 46.9% 3FG % 1st Half: 5-12 41.7% FT % 1st Half: 2-3 66.7%

f f f g g

7-12 4-7 1-4 1-3 3-11 6-9 1-4 1-2

1-2 1-2 0-0 0-1 0-2 2-4 1-3 1-2

7-9 2-2 0-0 1-2 10-10 0-0 3-4 0-0

24-52

6-16

23-27

2nd half: 9-20 45.0% 2nd half: 1-4 25.0% 2nd half: 21-24 87.5%

4 5 9 3 0 4 4 5 0 3 3 4 1 5 6 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 4 7 22 29 21

TP

A TO Blk Stl

22 11 2 3 16 14 6 3

0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0

2 3 1 1 2 1 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0

77

7 11

0

4 200

Game: 24-52 46.2% Game: 6-16 37.5% Game: 23-27 85.2%

Min

34 23 17 32 32 31 22 9

Deadball Rebounds 3

Southeast Missouri 67 • 0-8, 0-2 OVC ## 24 42 40 13 20 02 15 23 31

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player SCHULTE, Nate POWELL, Leon HOUSE, Zach NUTT, Lucas ALLISON, Anthony BRISTER, Marcus JONES, Waylon SMITH, Marland BANKS, Rae-Vonn Team Totals

FG % 1st Half: 6-18 33.3% 3FG % 1st Half: 0-7 0.0% FT % 1st Half: 11-18 61.1%

f f c g g

2-6 7-11 0-0 5-5 5-14 0-3 1-1 2-10 0-1

0-2 0-0 0-0 1-1 1-6 0-0 0-0 1-7 0-0

22-51

3-16

2 3 5 4 2 3 5 3 1 3 4 1 1 4 5 1 0 4 4 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 3 3 1 4 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 20-28 12 21 33 20

2nd half: 16-33 48.5% 2nd half: 3-9 33.3% 2nd half: 9-10 90.0%

2-4 4-8 0-0 6-7 6-7 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0

TP

A TO Blk Stl

6 18 0 17 17 0 2 7 0

1 0 0 5 3 0 1 2 0

Min

2 2 0 5 1 0 1 1 0

0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

67 12 12

4

4 200

Game: 22-51 43.1% Game: 3-16 18.8% Game: 20-28 71.4%

30 36 19 32 33 11 9 21 9

Deadball Rebounds 4

Officials: Gene Menees, Tim Fitzgerald, Mike Litzenfelner Technical fouls: Tennessee State University-None. Southeast Missouri-HOUSE, Zach. Attendance: 1751 Score by periods Tennessee State University Southeast Missouri

1st

2nd

Total

37 23

40 44

77 67

Last FG - TSU 2nd-01:49, SEMO 2nd-00:17. Largest lead - TSU by 19 1st-06:51, SEMO None.

Points TSU SEMO

In Paint 24 34

Off T/O 11 12

2nd Fast Chance Break 8 2 11 2

Score tied - 0 times. Lead changed - 0 times.

Bench 23 9

Kenny Moore led all scorers with a career high, 22 points, from 7-of-12 shooting, while hauling in a game best, nine rebounds. Wil Peters chipped in 16 points hitting all 10 free throws. Jacquan Nobles added a season high, 14 points, from 6-of-9 shooting and Robert Covington pitched in 11. TSU (2-6, 1-1 OVC) shot 46 percent from the field with the reserves pitching in 23 points. The Tigers led from the tip-off holding their largest lead of the night, 31-12, with 6:51 left in the first half. Moore paced the offense with 12 points to help TSU lead at the break, 37-23. In the second half, TSU held off the scare, as the Redhawks closed the gap, 56-41. TSU responded with a 17-6 run and would hold off SEMO’s effort for the final score. SEMO (0-8, 0-2) suffered their 16th straight loss, 12th in Ohio Valley Conference play, while shooting 43 percent from the floor. Three players finished in double figures for the Redhawks with Leon Powell recording a team-high 18 points. He also finished with five rebounds and shot 7-of-11 from the field. Lucas Nutt and Anthony Allison each finished with 17 points. Lucas dished out a gamehigh, five assists to go with five rebounds. He shot 5-of-5 from the floor and 6-of-7 from the line.


GAME 9 Tennessee State...................................................................................................................................................................................................74 Alabama A&M.......................................................................................................................................................................................................68 Huntsville, Ala. - Tennessee State University picked up their second straight win on the road with a 74-68 victory over Alabama A&M at Elmore Gymnasium on Tuesday night. TSU (3-6) wins their second straight over AAMU shooting 48 percent from the floor and a season high from three-point range, 64 percent. Three players finished in double digits to help guide the offense.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Tennessee State vs Alabama A&M 12/07/10 7:30pm at Normal, AL Tennessee State 74 • 3-6

MILLER,Patrick PETERS,Wil MOORE,Kenny COVINGTON,Robert GREEN,Michael NOBLES,Jacquan CONNER,Chris MANN,Verkeneo Team Totals

02 10

Robert Covington shot 8-of-14 for a game high 20 points. He recorded five boards, three blocks and three assists.

Total 3-Ptr FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA

Player

##

15 33 44 00 20

Kenny Moore added 17 points (6-of-12) including 13 in the second half. He also posted a game best, seven rebounds. Wil Peters hit 5-of-7, tacking on 4-of-4 from behind the arc, for 16 points.

23

TSU jumped out to their largest lead of the night in the first half at the 11:16 mark, 27-12. The Bulldogs answered with a 9-0 run outscoring the Tigers, 22-9, into the break, cutting TSU’s lead to 36-34 at the half.

Alabama A&M 68 • 3-3

FG % 1st Half: 3FG % 1st Half: FT % 1st Half:

Cornelius Hester and DeMarquelle Tabb finished as the Bulldogs (3-3) leading scorers. Hester had a team high 15 points and Tabb registered 13 points (6-of-10) and a team high, six rebounds.

2nd half: 2nd half: 2nd half:

10 42 55 12 22 30 44 54

FG % 1st Half: 3FG % 1st Half: FT % 1st Half:

0-1 4-4 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-2

1-4 2-2 5-6 3-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1

7-11

11-17

15-36 3-6 5-6

41.7% 50.0% 83.3%

13-25 2-6 6-11

* * * * *

2-7 2-6 6-15 2-3 1-1 2-3 3-6 6-10 3-4 0-0 27-55

52.0% 33.3% 54.5%

2nd half: 2nd half: 2nd half:

0-1 0-2 3-9 0-0 0-0 0-1 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-0

5-8 0-0 0-0 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 1-3 0-0

5-16

9-16

14-30 3-10 3-5

46.7% 30.0% 60.0%

Rebounds Off Def Tot

PF

TP

A TO Blk

0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 4 7 2 2 3 5 3 1 3 4 2 0 5 5 2 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 1 4 0 4 11 18 29 18

9 16 17 20 2 4 3 3

4 1 2 3 0 1 1 0

Game: Game: Game:

Total 3-Ptr FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA

CANTEY,Casey CRUTCHER,Jeremy HESTER,Cornelius AMUSA,Bo HUNTER,Jerome DESHIELDS,Jabari JACKSON,Desmond TABB,DeMarquelle INMAN,Jonathan ALEXANDER,Diamon Team Totals

04

4-11 5-7 6-12 8-14 1-4 2-5 1-4 1-2 28-59

56.5% 80.0% 54.5%

Player

##

11

In the second half, AAMU crept within three points of the lead with 7:24 on the clock, 54-51. TSU then extended their lead back to double figures from a 17-2 run, 68-56. Patrick Miller scored six of his nine total points down the stretch for the Tigers to hold off AAMU.

13-23 4-5 6-11

* * * * *

28-59 7-11 11-17

Stl

Min

2 4 0 3 0 4 1 1

0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0

36 36 29 33 14 24 17 11

74 12 15

2

5

200

47.5% 63.6% 64.7%

Rebounds Off Def Tot

Deadball Rebounds 7,4

PF

TP

A TO Blk

2 0 2 3 0 2 2 1 0 2 2 3 2 1 3 3 0 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 1 3 3 6 1 0 4 4 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 5 13 19 32 17

9 4 15 6 2 4 8 13 7 0

2 4 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 0

Game: Game: Game:

27-55 5-16 9-16

Stl

Min

1 2 0 2 0 2 1 2 1 0

0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

1 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0

23 25 30 18 16 18 23 26 19 2

68 14 11

2

7

200

49.1% 31.3% 56.3%

Deadball Rebounds 0

Officials: A. Jordan (R), K. Washington (U), C.Lang (U) Technical fouls: Tennessee State-None. Alabama A&M-None. Attendance: 1322 Score by periods Tennessee State Alabama A&M

1st

36 34

2nd

38 34

Last FG - TSU 2nd-00:24, AAMU-M 2nd-00:06. Largest lead - TSU by 15 1st-11:16, AAMU-M None.

Total

74 68

Points TSU AAMU-M

In Paint 28 32

Off T/O 9 15

2nd Chance 12 13

Fast Break 6 6

Bench 12 29

Score tied - 1 time. Lead changed - 0 times.

GAME 10 Tennessee State...................................................................................................................................................................................................84 LeMoyne-Owen....................................................................................................................................................................................................48 Nashville, Tenn. - The Tennessee State University Tigers picked up their third straight win defeating LeMoyne-Owen inside the Gentry Center this afternoon, 84-48.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics LeMoyne-Owen vs Tennessee State 12/12/10 3:00p at Nashville, TN (Gentry Center)

The Tigers led by as much as 44 points while the final score gives them their largest margin of victory since 1997 when they beat Fisk, 97-52.

LeMoyne-Owen 48 • 1-5 Total 3-Ptr FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA

##

Player

01

McKINNIE,David NESBIT,Dequan NANCE, A.J. WILSON,Jeremy STOUDENIRE,Calvin HOPSON,Brandon EVANS,Kenyale ROBERTSON,Gerald HAMPTON,Jerry LAWSON,Deon THOMPSON,Travis Team Totals

05 22 30 42 10 20 21 31 33 40

FG % 1st Half: 3FG % 1st Half: FT % 1st Half:

9-31 1-7 3-6

* * * * *

29.0% 14.3% 50.0%

2-10 1-2 2-8 1-4 3-8 3-7 4-10 1-6 0-1 2-5 0-0

0-3 0-0 0-4 0-0 0-0 3-7 1-4 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-0

0-0 1-4 0-0 0-0 5-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

19-61

4-21

6-10

2nd half: 10-30 2nd half: 3-14 2nd half: 3-4

33.3% 21.4% 75.0%

Rebounds Off Def Tot PF

0 2 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 6 2 8 4 4 1 5 3 0 1 1 1 2 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 7 16 15 31 21

Game: 19-61 Game: 4-21 Game: 6-10

TP

A TO Blk Stl

4 3 4 2 11 9 9 2 0 4 0

2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0

48

7 23

5 6 2 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 0

0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0

0 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 0

Min

32 17 16 15 29 23 17 16 16 16 3

Total 3-Ptr FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA

Player

Deadball Rebounds 1

02

MILLER,Patrick PETERS,Wil MOORE,Kenny COVINGTON,Robert GREEN,Michael NOBLES,Jacquan KIRBY,Blake CONNER,Chris MANN,Verkeneo Team Totals

10 15 33 44 00 01 20 23

FG % 1st Half: 17-36 3FG % 1st Half: 5-11 FT % 1st Half: 16-17

* * * * *

47.2% 45.5% 94.1%

2-7 3-5 4-5 5-12 3-7 4-7 0-3 1-4 1-5

0-1 1-2 1-1 1-4 0-0 3-4 0-1 0-3 1-4

10-12 3-4 4-4 2-2 2-3 2-2 2-2 4-4 2-2

23-55

7-20

31-35

2nd half: 6-19 2nd half: 2-9 2nd half: 15-18

31.6% 22.2% 83.3%

Rebounds Off Def Tot PF

1 5 6 1 0 1 1 2 3 9 12 2 2 3 5 2 6 2 8 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 5 2 1 3 4 3 2 2 4 18 29 47 13

Game: 23-55 Game: 7-20 Game: 31-35

TP

A TO Blk Stl

14 10 13 13 8 13 2 6 5

5 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0

Min

3 0 3 4 3 1 1 2 1

0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0

2 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0

84 15 18

6

7 200

41.8% 35.0% 88.6%

30 20 31 27 23 23 7 20 19

Deadball Rebounds 3

Officials: Tim Gattis-R, Alfred Smtih-U1, Keith Bennett-U2 Technical fouls: LeMoyne-Owen-TEAM. Tennessee State-None. Attendance: 415 Score by periods LeMoyne-Owen Tennessee State

1st

2nd

Total

22 55

26 29

48 84

Last FG - LOC 2nd-01:20, TSU 2nd-04:53. Largest lead - LOC None, TSU by 44 2nd-08:39.

Points LOC TSU

In Paint 16 26

Off T/O 10 37

2nd Chance 12 21

Everyone on the active roster scored with five players recording double figures. Patrick Miller hit 10-of-12 from the free-throw line finishing with game-highs, 14 points and five assists. Kenny Moore (4-of-5), Robert Covington (5-of-12), and Jacquan Nobles (4-of-7) scored 13 points each. Moore posted his second double-double of the season with a game-high 12 boards to go along with three blocks and four assists.

4 10 200

31.1% 19.0% 60.0%

Tennessee State 84 • 4-6 ##

TSU (4-6) shot 42 percent from the floor, 89 percent from the line, while leading the rebounding effort over the Magicians, 47-31.

Fast Break 0 2

Score tied - 0 times. Lead changed - 0 times.

Bench 24 26

Nobles racked up most of his points from long range draining 3-of-4 from behind the arc. Wil Peters tacked on 10 points from 3-of-5 shooting from the field to compliment four assists. The Tigers hexed the Magicians from the opening tip holding them scoreless until the 12:27 mark for a score of 27-2. TSU outscored LOC into the break, 28-20, to lead 55-22 at halftime.The Tigers held their largest lead of the night, 77-33, in the second half and managed a huge lead for the entire game. The Magicians (1-5) shot 31 percent overall while committing 23 turnovers. Calvin Stoudemire posted the team-high, 11 points, hitting 5-f-6 from the line. Jeremy Wilson posted a team best, nine boards. Brandon Hopson and Kenyale Evans each added nine points.


GAME 11 Tennessee State.............................................................................................................................................................................................70 OT Morehead State..............................................................................................................................................................................................64 Nashville, Tenn. - The Tennessee State University Tigers extended their win-streak to four games, upsetting Morehead State at home in overtime, 70-64. It was the first time TSU defeated MOR since Jan. 5, 2009, 71-64, inside the Gentry Center. With the win, TSU currently holds the longest win streak in the OVC. The Tigers move to 5-6 overall and 2-1 in the conference picking up their second straight victory against league opponents. For the game, TSU shot 45 percent from the floor but lost the rebound battle, 46-30. Defensively, they forced 22 turnovers that led to 26 points. In overtime, TSU outscored MOR, 13-7. Kenny Moore led the team in extra play, scoring six points to finish with a team-high, 19 points. Moore notched a consecutive double-double performance adding 11 rebounds while shooting 6-of-9 overall, 2-of-3 from three-point range, and 5-of-6 from the line. Jacquan Nobles drained 4-of-6 from behind the arc including a three-pointer to open overtime to close out the game with 14 points. Wil Peters followed with 10 points and a game-high eight assists.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Morehead State vs Tennessee State 12/19/10 5:35p at Nashville, TN (Gentry Center) Morehead State 64 • 6-5, 2-1 OVC

HILL, Terrance PROFFITT, Ty HARPER, Demonte GOODMAN, Sam FARIED, Kenneth KELLY, Drew WILLIAMS, Reggie AUSTIN, Lamont McMILLAN, Arthur Team Totals

11 13 22 34 35 00 05 10 23

FG % 1st Half: 3FG % 1st Half: FT % 1st Half:

In the second, TSU opened a 14-5 run to take their first lead of the game, 37-35. They would only hold a seven-point difference, tying their largest advantage of the night, 46-39, with 9:21 on the clock. The Eagles recaptured the lead, holding it with 1:27 remaining, 57-53. TSU tied the score up behind two free-throws by Peters, and a shot by Patrick Miller, with 52 seconds remaining, knotting the score at the end of regulation. Miller closed out the game with seven points before fouling out. The Eagles (6-5, 2-1 OVC), entering the at the top of the OVC standings, suffer their first OVC loss of the season while shooting 37 percent from the floor. They were led in scoring by Demonte Harper’s 19 points from 7-of-15 shooting. Kenneth Faried posted a double-double going 7-of-14 for 15 points and a game-high, 17 boards. Terrance Hill chipped in 12 points and seven rebounds.

12-31 4-11 2-7

* * * * *

4-15 3-7 7-15 0-5 7-14 0-2 1-2 2-4 0-1 24-65

38.7% 36.4% 28.6%

2nd half: 2nd half: 2nd half:

4-12 1-4 3-8 0-2 0-0 0-0 1-1 1-3 0-0

0-0 0-0 2-5 0-1 1-5 3-4 0-0 0-0 0-0

10-30

6-15

10-27 5-15 2-4

37.0% 33.3% 50.0%

OT: OT: OT:

Rebounds Off Def Tot

PF

TP

A TO Blk

3 4 7 2 3 0 3 5 0 2 2 4 3 3 6 1 8 9 17 5 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 6 22 24 46 21

12 7 19 0 15 3 3 5 0

3 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0

2-7 1-4 2-4

28.6% 25.0% 50.0%

1 2 8 5 5 1 0 0 0

64 13 22 Game: Game: Game:

24-65 10-30 6-15

Stl

Min

0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0

3 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0

36 36 30 37 40 19 2 22 3

2

8

225

36.9% 33.3% 40.0%

Deadball Rebounds 3

Tennessee State 70 • 5-6, 2-1 OVC Total 3-Ptr FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA

Player

##

MILLER,Patrick PETERS,Wil MOORE,Kenny COVINGTON,Robert GREEN,Michael NOBLES,Jacquan TOWNS,Jerret CONNER,Chris MANN,Verkeneo Team Totals

02 10 15 33 44

In the early minutes of the first half, the Tigers trailed by their largest deficit, 12-1, at the 14:17 mark but outscored the Eagles, 22-18, to narrow the gap at the break, 30-23.

Total 3-Ptr FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA

Player

##

00 04 20 23

FG % 1st Half: 3FG % 1st Half: FT % 1st Half:

6-22 2-11 9-12

* * * * *

1-7 2-8 6-9 4-8 4-5 4-7 0-3 0-0 0-0 21-47

27.3% 18.2% 75.0%

2nd half: 2nd half: 2nd half:

0-5 1-5 2-3 0-2 0-0 4-6 0-2 0-0 0-0

5-6 5-6 5-6 1-2 0-2 2-2 3-4 0-0 0-0

7-23

21-28

13-21 3-9 5-8

61.9% 33.3% 62.5%

OT: OT: OT:

Rebounds Off Def Tot

PF

TP

A TO Blk

0 2 2 5 0 1 1 3 2 9 11 4 1 3 4 4 2 1 3 0 0 3 3 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 25 30 18

7 10 19 9 8 14 3 0 0

2 8 1 2 1 0 0 0 0

2-4 2-3 7-8

50.0% 66.7% 87.5%

2 4 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 70 14 15 Game: Game: Game:

21-47 7-23 21-28

Stl

Min

0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0

2 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0

36 38 38 29 29 30 16 8 1

5

9

225

44.7% 30.4% 75.0%

Deadball Rebounds 4

Officials: James Breeding-R, James Hicks-1, Mark Morrison-U Technical fouls: Morehead State-None. Tennessee State-None. Attendance: 619 Score by periods Morehead State Tennessee State

1st

30 23

2nd

27 34

OT

7 13

Total

64 70

Points MOR TSU

Last FG - MOR OT-02:37, TSU OT-01:36. Largest lead - MOR by 11 1st-14:17, TSU by 7 2nd-11:31.

In Paint 20 16

Off T/O 13 26

2nd Chance 12 4

Fast Break 2 0

Bench 11 17

Score tied - 6 times. Lead changed - 5 times.

GAME 12 Tennessee State...................................................................................................................................................................................................62 Eastern Kentucky.................................................................................................................................................................................................49 Nashville, Tenn. - The Tennessee State University Tigers were able to hold off Eastern Kentucky’s second-half assault, notching their fifth straight win, with a 62-49 victory on Tuesday night in the Gentry Center.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Eastern Kentucky vs Tennessee State 12/21/10 7:50p at Nashville, TN (Gentry Center)

The win streak is the longest under head coach John Cooper.

Eastern Kentucky 49 • 5-7 (1-3 OVC) ## 01 05 22 24 31 10 15 20 41

Total 3-Ptr FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA

Player

CRUZ, Willie JONES, Joshua DANIEL, Josh JOHNSON, Jeff STOMMES, Justin McDONALD, Devin JONES, Jaron ALLGOOD, Jeff FILIPEK, Taylor Team Totals FG % 1st Half: 3FG % 1st Half: FT % 1st Half:

6-24 2-11 3-6

* * * * *

25.0% 18.2% 50.0%

4-7 5-14 3-7 0-3 3-12 0-0 0-2 0-1 0-3

0-0 3-9 3-6 0-3 2-8 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0

1-2 2-4 5-6 2-2 0-1 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0

15-49

8-27

11-17

2nd half: 2nd half: 2nd half:

9-25 6-16 8-11

36.0% 37.5% 72.7%

Rebounds Off Def Tot PF

1 2 3 4 1 3 4 3 0 1 1 0 1 2 3 2 1 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 3 1 5 6 7 20 27 16

Game: 15-49 Game: 8-27 Game: 11-17

TP

A TO Blk Stl

9 15 14 2 8 0 1 0 0

4 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

49

1 1 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 9 12

Min

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0

1

4 200

30.6% 29.6% 64.7%

34 35 37 27 30 7 8 3 19

Deadball Rebounds 3

Tennessee State 62 • 6-6 (3-1 OVC) ## 02 10 15 33 44 00 04 20 23

Total 3-Ptr FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA

Player

MILLER,Patrick PETERS,Wil MOORE,Kenny COVINGTON,Robert GREEN,Michael NOBLES,Jacquan TOWNS,Jerret CONNER,Chris MANN,Verkeneo Team Totals FG % 1st Half: 15-27 3FG % 1st Half: 7-12 FT % 1st Half: 4-6

* * * * *

55.6% 58.3% 66.7%

2-11 3-6 3-6 9-13 3-3 0-6 3-5 0-3 0-1

0-2 0-2 1-3 3-4 0-0 0-4 3-5 0-1 0-1

1-2 3-4 2-2 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0

23-54

7-22

9-13

2nd half: 2nd half: 2nd half:

8-27 0-10 5-7

29.6% 0.0% 71.4%

Rebounds Off Def Tot PF

2 1 3 1 0 5 5 2 3 5 8 4 3 9 12 2 2 3 5 0 2 0 2 4 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 3 14 30 44 15

Game: 23-54 Game: 7-22 Game: 9-13

TP

A TO Blk Stl

5 9 9 22 6 0 9 2 0

2 2 1 1 0 3 3 0 0

Min

2 2 4 4 1 1 2 0 0

0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0

0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0

62 12 16

3

4 200

42.6% 31.8% 69.2%

36 36 19 30 27 21 14 13 4

Deadball Rebounds 1

Officials: Jeb Hartness-R, Byron Evans-U1, Robert Alan Cody-U2 Technical fouls: Eastern Kentucky-None. Tennessee State-TEAM. Attendance: 598 Score by periods Eastern Kentucky Tennessee State

1st

17 41

Last FG - EKU 2nd-00:55, TSU 2nd-00:07. Largest lead - EKU None, TSU by 26 1st-01:39.

2nd

32 21

Total

49 62

Points EKU TSU

In Paint 6 20

Off T/O 12 10

2nd Chance 7 10

Fast Break 0 2

Score tied - 0 times. Lead changed - 0 times.

Bench 1 11

It was strong shooting in the first half that gave TSU (6-6, 3-1 OVC) enough leverage to outlast the Colonels’ charge in the second. The Tigers shot 56 percent overall while torching 58 percent from three-point range in the first half. However, they ran into some cold spurts and EKU’s zone defense in the second, shooting 30 percent in the half. Overall, they finished hitting 43 percent from the floor while winning the rebounding effort over EKU, 44-27. Robert Covington posted a double-double, his second on the season, leading all scorers with a season-high, 22 points, and a game-best 12 rebounds. He shot 9-of-13 from the field and 3-of-4 from the arc, scoring 15 points in the first half. Wil Peters, Kenny Moore, and Jerret Towns each chipped in nine points. Peters and Moore each shot 3-of-6 from the floor with Moore adding eight boards on the night. In his second game back from an injury suffered in the first game of the season, Towns shot 3-of-5 from the outside and tied a team-high three assists. In the first half, TSU jumped out in front courtesy of unanswered runs of 6-0, 11-0 and 8-0, while holding the Colonels scoreless for over seven minutes to hold the largest lead of the game, 41-15, with 1:39 left. The Colonels broke their drought scoring the final basket of the half to trail the Tigers at the break, 41-17. In the second, EKU cut the deficit with a 22-8 run to bring the score, 49-39, with 6:09 remaining. They would come as close as nine points twice with their last coming under a minute remaining. With less than three minutes of play and the score 54-43, TSU outscored EKU, 8-6, hitting 3-of-4 from the field and 4-of-5 from the line down the stretch. For EKU (5-7, 1-3 OVC), Joshua Jones and Josh Daniel scored in double figures. Jones netted 15 points with four assists and Daniel shot 3-of-6 from the arc, 5-of-6 from the line, to add 14 more. Justin Stommes and Taylor Filipek each pulled in a team-high five rebounds. The Colonels drop their third straight while shooting 31 percent from the field as a unit.


GAME 13 Tennessee State...................................................................................................................................................................................................58 Middle Tennessee State.......................................................................................................................................................................................65 Murfreesboro, Tenn. - The Tennessee State University Tigers’ five-game win streak ended after a 65-58 loss to Middle Tennessee State on Wednesday night at the Murphy Center. TSU (6-7) shot 39 percent from the floor with their competition underneath the rim playing a major factor in the loss. The Tigers were outrebounded, 40-26, with guards Patrick Miller, Jacquan Nobles and Wil Peters tying a team-high in rebounds with four apiece.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Tennessee State vs Middle Tennessee 12/29/10 7 p.m. at Murphy Center (Murfreesboro, Tenn.) Tennessee State 58 • 6-7 ## 02 10 15

The points in the paint favored MTSU, 30-12, along with second chance opportunities, doubling TSU’s effort, 18-9.

33 44 00 04 20

Miller led the Tigers tying a career-high, 16 points, shooting 6-of-10 from the floor. Nobles added 12 points hitting 3-of-9 from three-point range. Peters recorded a career-high, nine assists, to lead the game, while finishing with nine points. TSU fell behind early, 11-3, before tying the game up at 15 with 6:01 remaining in the first half. TSU then fell behind from the Blue Raiders’ 12-6 run to trail, 27-21, at the break.

James Gallman added 15 points on 5-of-6 shooting from behind the arc to help MTSU snap a four-game skid.

8-21 3-6 2-4

38.1% 50.0% 50.0%

* * * * *

6-10 3-15 1-4 2-5 2-2 3-11 0-1 3-4

1-2 1-6 1-1 1-2 0-0 3-9 0-1 1-1

3-3 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 3-4 0-0 2-2

20-52

8-22

10-13

2nd half: 12-31 38.7% 2nd half: 5-16 31.3% 2nd half: 8-9 88.9%

PF

TP

A TO Blk Stl

0 4 4 2 0 4 4 2 1 1 2 4 1 1 2 5 0 2 2 0 1 3 4 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 2 5 7 19 26 18

16 9 3 5 4 12 0 9

0 9 1 0 0 1 0 0

3 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 58 11 15

Min

0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0

1 0 2 1 2 2 0 1

6

9 200

Game: 20-52 38.5% Game: 8-22 36.4% Game: 10-13 76.9%

38 39 24 24 20 28 6 21

Deadball Rebounds 2

Middle Tennessee 65 • 5-8 ## 03 22 30 32 05 12 20 24

MTSU (5-8) shot 52 percent in the second half after hitting 38 percent in the first. Overall, MTSU shot 45 percent behind Jason Jones’ career highs in points, rebounds and field goals. Jones led all scorers shooting 10-of-15 for 23 points and hauled in a game-high, nine rebounds.

MILLER,Patrick PETERS,Wil MOORE,Kenny COVINGTON,Robert GREEN,Michael NOBLES,Jacquan TOWNS,Jerret CONNER,Chris Team Totals

FG % 1st Half: 3FG % 1st Half: FT % 1st Half:

15

In the second, the Tigers were down by the largest deficit of the night, 43-32, midway through the half. TSU cut the lead, 58-54, with 1:14 remaining, but MTSU was able to hold off the Tigers with a 7-4 edge to close out the game.

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot

Player

35

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot

Player Gallman, James Washington, James Jones, Jason Sulton, JT Ottley, Trevor Emanuel, Rod Jones, Shawn Oden, Jimmy Hammonds, Kerry Hunt, Kyle Team Totals

FG % 1st Half: 11-29 3FG % 1st Half: 4-11 FT % 1st Half: 1-2

37.9% 36.4% 50.0%

* 5-9 * 2-10 * 10-16 * 3-6 * 0-2 0-1 0-1 0-1 3-8 2-3 25-57

5-6 0-5 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-3 0-0

0-0 4-6 2-2 2-2 0-1 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

6-17

9-13

2nd half: 14-28 50.0% 2nd half: 2-6 33.3% 2nd half: 8-11 72.7%

PF

TP

A TO Blk Stl

1 2 3 1 1 4 5 1 4 5 9 1 1 4 5 2 2 1 3 1 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 3 2 2 1 3 1 1 5 6 15 26 41 13

15 8 23 8 0 1 0 0 6 4

2 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 0

Min

1 4 5 1 1 0 1 2 1 0

0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0

2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0

65 11 16

6

7 200

Game: 25-57 43.9% Game: 6-17 35.3% Game: 9-13 69.2%

32 32 34 33 15 10 3 11 20 10

Deadball Rebounds 2

Officials: Raymond Natilli, Rick Pate, Timothy Hall Technical fouls: Tennessee State-None. Middle Tennessee-None. Attendance: 2560 Score by periods Tennessee State Middle Tennessee

1st

2nd

Total

21 27

37 38

58 65

Last FG - TSU 2nd-00:09, MTSU 2nd-00:13. Largest lead - TSU by 3 1st-19:00, MTSU by 11 2nd-10:04.

Points TSU MTSU

In Paint 12 30

Off T/O 8 13

2nd Chance 9 18

Fast Break 0 4

Bench 21 11

Score tied - 2 times. Lead changed - 1 time.

GAME 14 Tennessee State...................................................................................................................................................................................................86 Memphis...............................................................................................................................................................................................................91 Memphis, Tenn. - In a tale of two Tigers that featured 10 lead changes, Tennessee State University dropped a tough, 91-86, loss at No. 21 (AP) Memphis on Sunday afternoon at the FedEx Forum.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Tennessee State vs Memphis 1/2/11 2:00 p.m. at Memphis, Tenn. (FedExForum) Tennessee State 86 • 6-8 ## 15 33 44 02 10 00 04 20

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player MOORE,Kenny COVINGTON,Robert GREEN,Michael MILLER,Patrick PETERS,Wil NOBLES,Jacquan TOWNS,Jerret CONNER,Chris Team Totals

f f f g g

7-11 7-12 2-4 4-11 3-8 4-8 0-0 0-0

5-6 2-3 0-0 2-6 2-4 1-5 0-0 0-0

3-4 0-1 4-4 2-2 9-10 2-2 0-0 0-0

3 1 4 3 2 4 6 3 2 3 5 4 1 2 3 5 2 1 3 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 27-54 12-24 20-23 12 16 28 23

FG % 1st Half: 13-26 50.0% 2nd half: 14-28 50.0% 3FG % 1st Half: 7-12 58.3% 2nd half: 5-12 41.7% FT % 1st Half: 10-11 90.9% 2nd half: 10-12 83.3%

TP

A TO Blk Stl

22 16 8 12 17 11 0 0

3 0 1 4 7 0 0 0

3 0 1 1 4 2 0 1 1 86 15 13

Min

1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0

1 0 4 2 1 0 0 0

4

8 200

Game: 27-54 50.0% Game: 12-24 50.0% Game: 20-23 87.0%

27 38 38 32 34 26 2 3

Deadball Rebounds 2

Memphis 91 • 11-2 ## 00 11 01 03 05 02 10 30

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player COLEMAN, Will WITHERSPOON, Wesley JACKSON, Joe CRAWFORD, Chris BARTON, Will BARTON, Antonio BLACK, Tarik STEPHENS, D.J. Team Totals

f f g g g

1-2 1-2 2-10 2-7 8-16 6-8 9-11 4-6

0-0 0-1 1-3 1-5 0-4 5-6 0-0 0-0

33-62

7-19

0 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 2 0 2 0 0 6 6 1 4 4 8 4 1 2 3 1 5 0 5 3 2 2 4 3 2 0 2 1 18-26 17 16 33 17

FG % 1st Half: 18-32 56.3% 2nd half: 15-30 50.0% 3FG % 1st Half: 2-8 25.0% 2nd half: 5-11 45.5% FT % 1st Half: 5-9 55.6% 2nd half: 13-17 76.5%

0-1 1-1 1-2 2-2 3-3 7-9 4-8 0-0

TP

A TO Blk Stl

2 3 6 7 19 24 22 8

0 1 8 9 4 2 0 1

Min

1st

2nd

Total

43 43

43 48

86 91

Last FG - TSU 2nd-00:22, MEM 2nd-00:05. Largest lead - TSU by 8 1st-16:50, MEM by 6 2nd-00:54.

TSU held their largest lead of the game at the 16:50 mark, 14-6, in the first half. Memphis would have one lead in the first, 28-26, with 9:07 on the clock. TSU recaptured the lead for the remainder of the half, before MEM’s Tariq Black executed a three-point play to post a tie score at the break, 43-43.

0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0

13 22 26 33 38 26 25 17

For Memphis (11-2), Antonio Barton hit 6-of-8 from the floor and 5-of-6 from three-point range to lead all scorers with 24 points. Black scored 22 points from 9-of-11 shooting.

91 25 11

4

4 200

In the second half, TSU built their advantage back up to largest lead, 69-61. With 3:02 left and the score knotted up at 79, Memphis built an, 87-81, lead with 54 seconds left.

Deadball Rebounds 4

In Paint 26 50

Wil Peters notched 17 points and a team-high seven assists. Robert Covington followed, hitting 7-of-12 overall, to finish with 16 points. Patrick Miller added 12 points and Jacquan Nobles hit 4-of-8 to chip in 11 points off the bench.

0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2

Game: 33-62 53.2% Game: 7-19 36.8% Game: 18-26 69.2%

Points TSU MEM

Kenny Moore tied a career-high, 22 points, hitting 7-of-11 from the floor, while helping the Tigers shoot 50 percent (12-of-24) from behind the arc, nailing 5-of-6 of his own.

0 1 3 2 2 1 2 0

Officials: Mark Whitehead, Patrick Evans, Jeb Hartness Technical fouls: Tennessee State-GREEN,Michael; TEAM. Memphis-BARTON, Will; TEAM. Attendance: 15831 Memphis #10 Tarik Black ejected at 53.8 in 2nd for leaving bench area. Score by periods Tennessee State Memphis

In front of a crowd of more than 15, 000, TSU (6-8) tied a season-high shooting from the floor, 50 percent, with five players scoring in double figures.

Off T/O 15 18

2nd Fast Chance Break 19 12 21 21

Score tied - 9 times. Lead changed - 10 times.

Bench 11 54

Wil Barton recorded nine points while hauling in a game-high eight rebounds. Memphis shot 53 percent from the floor and pulled in 33 rebounds to TSU’s 28. They scored 50 points in the paint with the reserves coming in to combine for 54 points.

A pair of free-throws from Peters and a three-point shot by Moore clipped the lead to 8786 with 22 seconds remaining. The Tigers fouled on the inbound play and MEM extended the lead with Barton’s free-throws. TSU missed the game tying shot a MEM responded as time expired.


GAME 15 Tennessee State...................................................................................................................................................................................................53 Murray State.........................................................................................................................................................................................................64 Murray, Ky. - The Tennessee State University Tigers dropped their third straight on the road with a 64-53 OVC loss to Murray State at the CFSB Center on Thursday night. TSU (6-9, 3-2 OVC) got off to a slow start in the first half shooting 29 percent from the floor. TSU trailed 25-15 with 4:49 on the clock before falling victim to a 10-4 run by the Racers to trail at the break, 35-19.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Tennessee State vs Murray State 01/06/11 7:30 p.m. at Murray, Ky. (CFSB Center) Tennessee State 53 • 6-9, 3-2

MOORE,Kenny COVINGTON,Robert GREEN,Michael MILLER,Patrick PETERS,Wil NOBLES,Jacquan TOWNS,Jerret CONNER,Chris FREDRICK,Tashan Team Totals

15 33

The Tigers shot 38 percent overall while hitting 42 percent from the arc and 92 percent from the charity stripe. Kenny Moore led TSU with 14 points, connecting 5-of-10 from the floor and 2-of-3 from three-point range. Moore also pulled in a game-high eight boards. Patrick Miller added 10 points, all scored in the second half; and Michael Green tied a career high, nine points, to go along with six rebounds and two blocks. In the second, the Tigers trailed by double digits the entire half. They fell behind by the largest margin with 4:30 left to play, 60-37. With clock winding down, TSU outscored MUR, 16-4, but it was not enough to climb out of the early deficit.

44 02 10 00 04 20 22

FG % 1st Half: 3FG % 1st Half: FT % 1st Half:

5-10 3-9 3-3 3-9 0-5 1-2 0-1 1-3 2-5 18-47

29.4% 28.6% 87.5%

2nd half: 2nd half: 2nd half:

2-3 1-2 0-0 1-3 0-1 1-1 0-1 0-1 0-0

2-2 0-0 3-4 3-3 4-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

5-12

12-13

13-30 3-5 5-5

43.3% 60.0% 100.0%

Rebounds Off Def Tot

Game: Game: Game:

Total 3-Ptr FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA

Player

##

DANIEL, Ed MILES, Isacc JENKINS, B.J. CANAAN, Isaiah MCCLAIN, Jeffery POOLE, Donte JACKSON, Shawn GARRETT, Brandon LONG, Jewuan ASKA, Ivan Team Totals

02 01 03 22 11 12 13 33 42

Murray State keeps their home win streak alive at 25 games. The Racers pulled in 32 rebounds to TSU’s 24, outscored the Tigers in the paint, 30-20, while scoring 17 points from turnovers. Murray State was able to get a lift from their reserves recording 37 bench points to TSU’s seven.

5-17 2-7 7-8

f f f g g

PF

TP

A TO Blk

2 6 8 3 0 4 4 2 3 3 6 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 8 16 24 18

14 7 9 10 4 3 0 2 4

2 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 0

18-47 5-12 12-13

1 3 2 3 5 0 1 0 0 1 53 11 16

Stl

Min

0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

26 36 27 38 31 13 2 11 16

2

6

200

38.3% 41.7% 92.3%

Deadball Rebounds 2

Murray State 64 • 10-4, 3-1

00

Murray State (10-4, 3-1 OVC) picks up their sixth straight win on the season and seventh straight over TSU. Donte Poole shot 6-of-7 from the floor, including 4-of-4 from the arc, for a game-high 16 points. Isacc Miles chipped in 12 points to help the Racers shoot 50 percent overall including 57 percent in the second half.

Total 3-Ptr FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA

Player

##

FG % 1st Half: 3FG % 1st Half: FT % 1st Half:

10-23 4-9 11-13

f g g g g

0-3 4-10 1-6 2-5 1-1 6-7 3-5 0-1 3-4 3-4 23-46

43.5% 44.4% 84.6%

2nd half: 2nd half: 2nd half:

0-0 2-5 0-4 0-1 0-0 4-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

5-6 2-7 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 3-4 0-1 0-0 0-0

6-14

12-20

13-23 2-5 1-7

56.5% 40.0% 14.3%

Rebounds Off Def Tot

PF

TP

A TO Blk

1 3 4 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 4 6 3 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 4 4 1 2 2 4 1 2 1 3 12 20 32 14

5 12 2 4 4 16 9 0 6 6

1 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 3 1

Game: Game: Game:

23-46 6-14 12-20

Stl

Min

1 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 1

3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1

0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0

23 22 27 28 17 24 14 3 19 23

64 15 15

6

8

200

50.0% 42.9% 60.0%

Deadball Rebounds 3

Officials: Steve Pyatt, Quinton Reece, John Dillon Technical fouls: Tennessee State-None. Murray State-None. Attendance: 3203 Score by periods Tennessee State Murray State

1st

19 35

2nd

34 29

Last FG - TSU 2nd-00:20, MUR 2nd-00:48. Largest lead - TSU by 2 1st-17:05, MUR by 23 2nd-04:30.

Total

53 64

Points TSU MUR

In Paint 20 30

Off T/O 4 17

2nd Chance 8 15

Fast Break 2 6

Bench 9 37

Score tied - 0 times. Lead changed - 2 times.

GAME 16 Tennessee State...................................................................................................................................................................................................67 Tennessee Martin.................................................................................................................................................................................................64 Martin, Tenn. - With five minutes remaining, the Tennessee State University Tigers were able to outlast a 10-2 run by UT Martin for a 67-64 OVC win at the Elam Center on Saturday.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Tennessee State vs UT Martin 1-8-11 6:15 p.m. at Elam Center - Martin, Tenn. Tennessee State 67 • 7-9 (4-2 OVC) ## 15 33 44 02 10 00 20 22 23

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player MOORE,Kenny COVINGTON,Robert GREEN,Michael MILLER,Patrick PETERS,Wil NOBLES,Jacquan CONNER,Chris FREDRICK,Tashan MANN,Verkeneo Team Totals

f f f g g

4-11 7-13 2-4 4-8 1-3 2-5 0-0 4-6 0-0

2-4 2-3 0-0 3-5 1-3 2-5 0-0 0-1 0-0

24-50 10-21

5-8 2-3 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 9-13

FG % 1st Half: 14-26 53.8% 2nd half: 10-24 41.7% 3FG % 1st Half: 6-10 60.0% 2nd half: 4-11 36.4% FT % 1st Half: 4-6 66.7% 2nd half: 5-7 71.4%

3 3 6 2 4 11 15 3 1 3 4 2 0 2 2 0 0 3 3 3 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 9 26 35 12

TP

A TO Blk Stl

15 18 4 11 5 6 0 8 0

5 4 0 6 3 0 0 0 0

Min

5 0 1 2 2 5 0 0 0

0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0

1 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0

67 18 15

5

8 200

Game: 24-50 48.0% Game: 10-21 47.6% Game: 9-13 69.2%

32 35 25 33 36 20 4 12 3

Deadball Rebounds 0,2

UT Martin 64 • 4-12 (0-5 OVC) ## 12 25 03 15 31 00 01 10 11

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player KING, Troy IRARRAZABAL, Andres SMITH, Terence CLAYTON, Reuben SMITH, Dane RICHARDSON, Chris SIMMONS, Benzor LIABO, Mike MINOR, Omari Team Totals

f f g g g

4-12 6-8 3-9 4-8 1-2 0-1 4-8 4-10 0-1

1-2 0-0 0-2 2-5 0-0 0-1 0-2 3-8 0-0

0-0 0-0 0-0 4-5 1-2 0-0 1-1 0-2 0-0

26-59

6-20

6-10

FG % 1st Half: 12-30 40.0% 2nd half: 14-29 48.3% 3FG % 1st Half: 4-12 33.3% 2nd half: 2-8 25.0% FT % 1st Half: 3-4 75.0% 2nd half: 3-6 50.0%

1 1 2 3 5 4 9 4 0 5 5 5 0 1 1 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 9 19 28 14

TP

A TO Blk Stl

9 12 6 14 3 0 9 11 0

1 1 6 2 4 0 0 0 1

0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2

30 32 37 30 24 6 15 21 5

64 15 10

2

4 200 Deadball Rebounds 0,2

Officials: Steve Divine (r), Anthony May, Rusty Phillips Technical fouls: Tennessee State-None. UT Martin-None. Attendance: 1819 Score by periods Tennessee State UT Martin

1st

2nd

Total

38 31

29 33

67 64

Last FG - TSU 2nd-05:25, UTM 2nd-00:18. Largest lead - TSU by 16 1st-07:02, UTM by 4 1st-13:02.

Points TSU UTM

In Paint 26 36

Off T/O 10 16

2nd Fast Chance Break 12 8 12 10

Score tied - 5 times. Lead changed - 3 times.

Robert Covington finished with game-highs, notching his fifth career double-double, with 18 points; 14 coming in the first half, and 15 rebounds. He shot 7-of-13 from the floor, dished out four assists while tacking on five steals and two blocks. Kenny Moore added 15 points, six rebounds and a career high, five assists. Patrick Miller scored 11 points from 4-of-8 shooting, posting a career and tying a game-high with six assists. For the game, TSU (7-9, 4-2 OVC) shot 48 percent from the floor and three-point range, winning the rebounding effort, 35-28. The Tigers held their largest lead in the first half, 31-15, from a 17-2 run.

Min

2 0 3 2 1 1 1 0 0

Game: 26-59 44.1% Game: 6-20 30.0% Game: 6-10 60.0%

Holding on to a one-point lead with seven seconds left, Wil Peters knocked down two free throws and UTM missed a desperation three-point attempt to help TSU snap a three-game skid.

Bench 14 20

UTM answered back to close out the half, outscoring the Tigers 16-7, but continued to trail at the break, 38-31. The Tigers only increased their lead back to eight points in the second but was able to answer the Skyhawks’ short runs for the final outcome. UTM (4-12, 0-5 OVC) drops their fifth straight, tenth in OVC play, shooting 44 percent from the floor on the night. Reuben Clayton led the Skyhawks with 14 points from 4-of-8 shooting. Andres Irarrazabel shot 6-of-8 for 12 points, finishing with a team high nine rebounds.


GAME 17 Tennessee State.............................................................................................................................................................................................76 Austin Peay State...........................................................................................................................................................................................74 OT Nashville, Tenn. - Wil Peters knocked down a floater in the paint, leaving two seconds on the clock, to help Tennessee State to a 76-74 overtime win against Austin Peay State in the White Out at the Gentry Center on Saturday. At home in front of a crowd of nearly 6, 000, the Tigers (8-9, 5-2 OVC) pick up their second straight win giving the Governors (12-7, 6-1 OVC) their first loss in conference play this season while snapping APSU’s six-game win streak. Peters finished with 16 points, scoring seven of TSU’s 11 points in overtime. He tied a careerhigh nine assists shooting 6-of-9 from the floor while hauling in a season high seven rebounds. Kenny Moore and Robert Covington each recorded a double-double. Moore led the Tigers in scoring with 20 points, posting 16 in the first half, to go with 10 boards. Covington finished with 13 points and 14 rebounds hitting 5-of-10 from the floor. Patrick Miller added 15 points, making 7-of-11, scoring 11 points in the second. TSU shot 48 percent overall, including 5-of-7 (71%) in overtime, and dominated APSU on the glass, 52-35.The Tigers held their largest lead in the first half, 28-12, with 6:04 on the clock with Moore contributing 12 points. The Governors responded outscoring TSU 11-6, but still trailed at the break, 34-28. For APSU, Tyshwan Edmondson tied a career-high with a game best, 33 points, hitting 7-of-14 from the outside. Melvin Baker shot 6-of-12 chipping in 14 points. Josh Terry and Caleb Brown each added nine points with Brown serving the team high six assists. The Governors shot 40 percent from the field and outscored TSU in the paint, 34-32. In a game that experienced 10 ties and seven lead changes, APSU grabbed their largest lead of the night after an Edmondson three-pointer, 61-54, with 3:25 remaining. With TSU trailing 6560, Miller knocked down a three-pointer and Moore tipped it in to tie it up after APSU’s Terry missed the one-and-one with 26 seconds left. Moore’s shot tied the game up at 65 with Brown missing a three-point shot as time expired for APSU. In overtime, TSU opened a six-point lead but Edmondson tied it up for the Govs with a three-point basket followed by two free throws on the next possession. With 43 seconds left, Peters answered for TSU and APSU’s Melvin Baker replied to knot the score at 74. Peters grabbed the ball on the inbound and went the distance for the win. APSU’s last second shot fell off the mark.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Austin Peay vs Tennessee State 01/15/11 3:05p at Nashville, TN (Gentry Center) Austin Peay 74 ¥ 12-7 (6-1) Total 3-Ptr FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA

Player

##

BROWN, Caleb EDMONDSON, TyShwan BAKER, Melvin FRALEY, John TERRY, Josh WILLIAMS, Marcel CALDWELL, Tyrone TRIGGS, Will BLAKE, Justin Team Totals

03 12 20 21 23 04 05 10 32

FG % 1st Half: 3FG % 1st Half: FT % 1st Half:

10-31 3-12 5-8

* * * * *

32.3% 25.0% 62.5%

3-9 12-26 6-12 2-5 4-9 0-1 0-1 1-4 0-3

0-2 7-14 1-3 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-3

3-4 2-5 1-1 2-3 1-3 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0

28-70

8-23

10-18

2nd half: 2nd half: 2nd half:

15-33 4-8 3-5

45.5% 50.0% 60.0%

OT: OT: OT:

Rebounds Off Def Tot

PF

TP

A TO Blk

0 2 2 1 2 1 3 2 2 2 4 4 2 2 4 2 3 3 6 3 0 3 3 4 0 0 0 1 4 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 4 4 8 17 18 35 19

9 33 14 6 9 0 0 3 0

6 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 0

3-6 1-3 2-5

50.0% 33.3% 40.0%

2 3 3 1 2 0 0 1 1

74 13 13 Game: Game: Game:

28-70 8-23 10-18

Stl

Min

0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 3 0 0 2 1 1 0 0

37 4027 29 39 13 8 20 12

1

8

225

40.0% 34.8% 55.6%

Deadball Rebounds 2

Tennessee State 76 ¥ 8-9 (5-2) Total 3-Ptr FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA

Player

##

MILLER,Patrick PETERS,Wil MOORE,Kenny COVINGTON,Robert GREEN,Michael NOBLES,Jacquan CONNER,Chris FREDRICK,Tashan Team Totals

02 10 15 33 44 00 20 22

FG % 1st Half: 3FG % 1st Half: FT % 1st Half:

12-25 4-10 6-14

* * * * *

7-11 6-9 6-16 5-10 0-4 2-5 0-0 2-4 28-59

48.0% 40.0% 42.9%

2nd half: 2nd half: 2nd half:

1-3 1-2 3-7 1-2 0-0 1-4 0-0 0-0

0-3 3-5 5-9 2-2 1-2 0-0 2-2 0-0

7-18

13-23

11-27 2-6 7-9

40.7% 33.3% 77.8%

OT: OT: OT:

Rebounds Off Def Tot

PF

TP

A TO Blk

2 2 4 4 3 4 7 3 4 6 10 2 6 8 14 3 4 3 7 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 6 6 20 32 52 19

15 16 20 13 1 5 2 4

1 9 2 0 2 0 0 0

5-7 1-2 0-0

71.4% 50.0% 0.0%

4 6 4 1 4 2 0 3 1 76 14 25 Game: Game: Game:

28-59 7-18 13-23

Stl

Min

0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0

1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1

41 44 37 28 30 21 6 18

5

6

225

47.5% 38.9% 56.5%

Deadball Rebounds 4

Officials: Scott Johnson-R, Jason Baker-U1, Quinton Reece-U2 Technical fouls: Austin Peay-None. Tennessee State-None. Attendance: 5817 Score by periods Austin Peay Tennessee State

1st

28 34

2nd

37 31

OT

9 11

Last FG - APSU OT-00:23, TSU OT-00:02. Largest lead - APSU by 7 2nd-03:25, TSU by 16 1st-06:04.

Total

74 76

Points APSU TSU

In Paint 34 32

Off T/O 25 13

2nd Chance 13 17

Fast Break 4 6

Bench 3 11

Score tied - 10 times. Lead changed - 7 times.

GAME 18 Tennessee State...................................................................................................................................................................................................68 Jacksonville State.................................................................................................................................................................................................63 Nashville, Tenn. - The Tennessee State University Tigers dug their way out of an 18-point second half hole to rally a, 68-63, win over Jacksonville State on Thursday night at the Gentry Center.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Jacksonville State vs Tennessee State 01/20/11 7:30p at Nashville, TN - Gentry Center Jacksonville State 63 • 2-16 (0-8) ## 01 02 13 14 32 00 04 05 21 22

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player MILLER, B.J. HALL, Stephen MURPHY, Nick BYNUM, Jeremy THURSTON, Sean BYNUM, DeAndre' SHELLMAN, Dominique JENKINS, Brice WILLIAMS, Brian GRAY, Leventrice Team Totals

* * * * *

1-3 3-7 5-13 6-10 1-3 0-0 2-4 0-0 3-6 1-1

1-3 0-1 3-5 5-9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0

22-47

9-20

0-0 2-2 5-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 2-2 1-2

0 0 0 3 0 1 1 4 0 4 4 4 0 1 1 3 4 4 8 3 0 1 1 0 3 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 4 2 2 4 1 10-14 10 17 27 25

FG % 1st Half: 10-23 43.5% 2nd half: 12-24 50.0% 3FG % 1st Half: 3-8 37.5% 2nd half: 6-12 50.0% FT % 1st Half: 5-6 83.3% 2nd half: 5-8 62.5%

TP

A TO Blk Stl

Min

3 8 18 17 2 0 4 0 8 3

2 0 4 1 0 0 4 0 1 1

11 25 38 30 33 6 22 0+ 24 11

1 2 5 4 2 1 6 0 1 1

0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1

0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

63 13 23

3

3 200

Game: 22-47 46.8% Game: 9-20 45.0% Game: 10-14 71.4%

Deadball Rebounds 1

Tennessee State 68 • 9-9 (6-2) ## 02 10 15 33 44 00 20 22 23

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player MILLER,Patrick PETERS,Wil MOORE,Kenny COVINGTON,Robert GREEN,Michael NOBLES,Jacquan CONNER,Chris FREDRICK,Tashan MANN,Verkeneo Team Totals

FG % 1st Half: 6-19 3FG % 1st Half: 1-4 FT % 1st Half: 5-7

* * * * *

3-7 1-3 5-9 6-10 0-3 3-4 0-1 2-4 0-2

0-1 0-0 1-2 1-1 0-0 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-1

3-3 9-11 4-6 7-7 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0

20-43

3-8

25-30

31.6% 2nd half: 14-24 58.3% 25.0% 2nd half: 2-4 50.0% 71.4% 2nd half: 20-23 87.0%

0 0 0 4 0 1 1 3 1 6 7 3 2 8 10 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 3 1 4 8 18 26 20

TP

A TO Blk Stl

9 11 15 20 2 7 0 4 0

0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

4 4 1 3 1 3 0 3 0

0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0

0 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0

68

8 19

4

8 200

Game: 20-43 46.5% Game: 3-8 37.5% Game: 25-30 83.3%

Min

27 33 31 34 17 25 8 20 5

Deadball Rebounds 3

Officials: Kevin Mathis-R, Archibald Whaley-U1, Coy Gammon-U2 Technical fouls: Jacksonville State-None. Tennessee State-TEAM. Attendance: 867 Score by periods Jacksonville State Tennessee State

1st

2nd

Total

28 18

35 50

63 68

Last FG - JSU 2nd-00:13, TSU 2nd-00:37. Largest lead - JSU by 18 2nd-17:58, TSU by 8 2nd-00:14.

Points JSU TSU

In Paint 14 26

Off T/O 22 27

2nd Fast Chance Break 8 2 18 0

Score tied - 2 times. Lead changed - 3 times.

Bench 15 11

TSU (9-9, 6-2 OVC) picks up their third straight win; all in conference play, and now ties Austin Peay State for first in the conference. Robert Covington recorded his third straight double-double finishing with a game-high, 20 points, and 10 rebounds. Covington scored 17 points in the second half, connecting 6-of-10 for the game. His double-double for the game is his fifth of the season and seventh career. Kenny Moore added 15 points, from 5-of-9 shooting while hauling in seven rebounds. Wil Peters chipped in 11 points, hitting 9-of-11 from the stripe, finishing with a game-high six assists. For the game, TSU outscored JSU in the paint, 26-14, scored 27 points off turnovers and knocked in 18 second-chance points. The Tigers shot 47 percent from the floor and 83 percent from the free-throw line. After trailing, 28-18, at the break, TSU, opened up the second half falling victim to JSU’s 10-2 run. With the Gamecocks holding a 38-20 lead with 17:58 remaining, the Tigers brewed an 11-0 run within the next 14 minutes of play, outscoring JSU, 33-15, to tie the game at 53. TSU took the lead on a JSU turnover and led for the remainder of the game outscoring the Gamecocks, 15-10, down the stretch to complete the comeback. In the second half, TSU outscored JSU 50-35 and shot 58 percent after hitting 32 percent in the first. The Tigers connected 25-of-30 free-throws in the half which included seven straight points from the line during their run. JSU (2-17, 0-8 OVC) has lost 13 straight and has gone 12 games without winning in OVC play. The Gamecocks shot 47 percent from the field and 45 percent from three-point range on the night. Nick Murphy led the Gamecocks with 18 points hitting 3-of-5 from long range and Jeremy Bynum drained 6-of-10 for 17 points. Sean Thurston posted the team-high, eight rebounds. The Tigers will return to action on Saturday, Jan. 22, at home in the Gentry Center when play Tennessee Tech. The OVC match-up is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.


GAME 19 Tennessee State...................................................................................................................................................................................................71 Tennessee Tech...................................................................................................................................................................................................65 Nashville, Tenn. - The Tigers outscored the Golden Eagles in the second-half, 42-36, as Tennessee State University picked up another victory at the Gentry Center with a, 71-65, conference win over Tennessee Tech on Saturday night. The Tigers (10-9, 7-2 OVC) moved to 7-1 at home and are currently undefeated at the Gentry Center in league play this season. The win gives TSU four straight with the Tigers off to their best start in OVC play since the 1995-96 season.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Tennessee Tech vs Tennessee State 01/22/11 7:45p at Nashville, TN - Gentry Center Tennessee Tech 65 • 9-9 (5-4 OVC) ## 02 11 34 42 55

Patrick Miller provided the lift for TSU scoring a career-high, 22 points, to lead all scorers. Miller shot 5-of-10 overall while hitting 12-of-18 from the line in the second half. He ties a career-best, six rebounds, while finishing with two assists. Kenny Moore added a double-double, his fifth on the year, with 16 points and 10 boards. Wil Peters chalked up 12 points and tied a game-high, five assists, with teammate Jacquan Nobles. Nobles’ five assists is a career best. He also added nine points off the bench from 3-of-6 shooting from long range.

04 21 24 32 33

TSU shot 40 percent from the floor overall and lost the battle on the glass to TTU, 46-42. Defensively, the Tigers outscored TTU 13-12 from turnovers with Michael Green posting a game-high, while tying a career best, with five blocks. The Golden Eagles (9-9, 5-4 OVC) shot 36 percent from the floor and missed four three-point attempts with under a minute left in the game. TTU was led by Kevin Murphy’s double-double, 16 points and 10 boards. Zac Swansey added 13 points and a team-high four assists. Zach Bailey chipped in 11 points to go with three rebounds.

33.3% 36.4% 33.3%

* * * * *

5-12 1-3 3-6 4-14 6-17 1-2 2-3 1-5 0-2 1-2

2-7 0-0 0-0 2-7 2-5 0-0 0-0 1-3 0-0 0-0

1-2 1-7 0-2 1-3 2-2 0-1 2-2 2-2 0-0 1-1

24-66

7-22

10-22

2nd half: 13-33 39.4% 2nd half: 3-11 27.3% 2nd half: 7-13 53.8%

PF

TP

A TO Blk Stl

0 4 4 3 6 1 7 1 3 4 7 5 0 3 3 3 1 9 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 1 1 1 2 2 4 0 2 2 4 2 2 2 4 16 30 46 21

13 3 6 11 16 2 6 5 0 3

4 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0

65

2 2 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 13

Min

0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

2

2 200

Game: 24-66 36.4% Game: 7-22 31.8% Game: 10-22 45.5%

37 17 26 31 37 6 14 15 6 11

Deadball Rebounds 7

Tennessee State 71 • 10-9 (7-2 OVC)

02 10 15 33 44 00 20

A 15-0 run fueled by baskets from Miller, Moore, Nobles, Peters and Robert Covington, gave TSU a 57-49 advantage with 6:53 remaining for their largest lead of the night. The Tigers never relinquished the lead from that point on. With 2:10 left in the game, TSU led 64-60,but Miller’s 5-of-8 shooting from the free-throw line down the stretch defended TTU’s comeback effort.

SWANSEY,Zac BARNES,Terrell JONES,Alfred BAILEY,Zach MURPHY,Kevin McMORROW,Liam MARSEILLE,Matt DUNN,Chase INAMETI,Bassey OGBE,Dennis Team Totals

FG % 1st Half: 11-33 3FG % 1st Half: 4-11 FT % 1st Half: 3-9

##

There were 13 lead changes and the game was tied four times with TTU holding the lead midway through the first half. After the score was tied, 29-29, at the break, TSU was down by their largest deficit in the second half, 49-42, at the 10:24 mark.

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot

Player

22 23

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot

Player MILLER,Patrick PETERS,Wil MOORE,Kenny COVINGTON,Robert GREEN,Michael NOBLES,Jacquan CONNER,Chris FREDRICK,Tashan MANN,Verkeneo Team Totals

FG % 1st Half: 12-30 3FG % 1st Half: 4-11 FT % 1st Half: 1-3

40.0% 36.4% 33.3%

* * * * *

5-10 5-14 5-12 3-9 0-3 3-7 0-0 2-3 0-0

0-2 1-5 0-5 1-3 0-0 3-6 0-0 1-1 0-0

12-19 1-2 6-10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

23-58

6-22

19-31

2nd half: 11-28 39.3% 2nd half: 2-11 18.2% 2nd half: 18-28 64.3%

PF

TP

A TO Blk Stl

1 5 6 2 1 4 5 4 3 7 10 1 3 3 6 5 1 4 5 3 0 5 5 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 11 31 42 20

22 12 16 7 0 9 0 5 0

2 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0

Min

0 1 3 4 1 1 0 2 0

0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0

1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

71 12 12

7

4 200

Game: 23-58 39.7% Game: 6-22 27.3% Game: 19-31 61.3%

36 37 29 24 28 24 7 13 2

Deadball Rebounds 6

Officials: Henry Menees-R, James Hicks-U1, Kenneth Ballenge-U2 Technical fouls: Tennessee Tech-None. Tennessee State-None. Attendance: 3861 TSU's #33 Covington fouled out at 1:37 Score by periods Tennessee Tech Tennessee State

1st

2nd

Total

29 29

36 42

65 71

Last FG - TTU 2nd-00:06, TSU 2nd-01:04. Largest lead - TTU by 7 2nd-10:41, TSU by 8 2nd-06:40.

Points TTU TSU

In Paint 24 28

Off T/O 12 13

2nd Chance 11 8

Fast Break 2 10

Bench 16 14

Score tied - 4 times. Lead changed - 13 times.

GAME 20 Tennessee State...................................................................................................................................................................................................72 Morehead State....................................................................................................................................................................................................65 Morehead, Ky. - A season-high shooting night was not enough as Tennessee State University dropped an OVC match-up to Morehead State, 72-65, at the Johnson Arena on Thursday night.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Tennessee State vs Morehead State 01/27/11 7:45 pm at Morehead, Ky. -- Johnson Arena

TSU (10-10, 7-3) shot 51 percent from the floor including 60 percent from three-point range. The loss ends TSU’s four-game win streak.

Tennessee State 65 • 10-10;7-3 OVC Total 3-Ptr FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA

##

Player

15

MOORE,Kenny COVINGTON,Robert GREEN,Michael MILLER,Patrick PETERS,Wil NOBLES,Jacquan CONNER,Chris FREDRICK,Tashan Team Totals

33 44 02 10 00 20 22

FG % 1st Half: 14-25 3FG % 1st Half: 6-8 FT % 1st Half: 8-8

f f f g g

5-9 4-7 3-5 4-10 3-5 2-4 1-2 1-3 23-45

56.0% 75.0% 100.0%

2nd half: 2nd half: 2nd half:

2-2 2-3 0-0 1-2 1-2 2-4 1-2 0-0

4-6 0-0 0-0 2-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-6

9-15

10-17

9-20 3-7 2-9

45.0% 42.9% 22.2%

Rebounds Off Def Tot PF

1 3 4 5 2 4 6 4 1 2 3 2 0 2 2 3 0 2 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 6 17 23 22

Game: 23-45 Game: 9-15 Game: 10-17

TP

A TO Blk Stl

16 10 6 11 7 6 3 6

4 2 0 4 6 1 1 0

4 1 0 3 3 0 0 1 1 65 18 13

Min

0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0

1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0

3

5 200

51.1% 60.0% 58.8%

34 37 26 38 35 15 4 11

Deadball Rebounds 2

Morehead State 72 • 14-8; 6-4 OVC ##

Player

00

KELLY, Drew FARIED, Kenneth HILL, Terrance PROFFITT, Ty HARPER, Demonte AUSTIN, Lamont GOODMAN, Sam Team Totals

35 11 13 22 10 34

FG % 1st Half: 12-30 3FG % 1st Half: 2-9 FT % 1st Half: 7-14

Total 3-Ptr FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA

f c g g g

40.0% 22.2% 50.0%

3-8 8-11 0-1 5-12 6-13 0-2 3-10

1-3 0-0 0-1 3-7 2-5 0-1 1-4

1-2 7-10 0-0 2-4 0-3 3-4 2-2

25-57

7-21

15-25

2nd half: 13-27 2nd half: 5-12 2nd half: 8-11

48.1% 41.7% 72.7%

Rebounds Off Def Tot PF

2 3 5 3 10 13 23 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 3 4 0 0 0 2 5 3 8 1 1 0 1 21 21 42 17

Game: 25-57 Game: 7-21 Game: 15-25

TP

A TO Blk Stl

8 23 0 15 14 3 9

3 2 0 1 2 3 0

Min

2 1 0 0 6 1 1

0 3 0 0 0 0 0

0 1 1 2 2 0 0

72 11 11

3

6 200

43.9% 33.3% 60.0%

33 39 15 39 27 20 27

Deadball Rebounds 4

1st

2nd

Total

42 33

23 39

65 72

Last FG - TSU 2nd-00:41, MOR 2nd-01:48. Largest lead - TSU by 14 2nd-12:55, MOR by 7 2nd-00:16.

Points TSU MOR

MOR took their first lead of the night with under three minutes left and never gave it back. TSU trailed, 64-63, and looked for a chance to comeback but turned the ball over four times down the stretch. The miscues led to eight points for the Eagles in the final minutes. For the Tigers, Kenny Moore posted a team-high 16 points from 5-of-9 shooting. Robert Covington shot 4-of-7 from the field and 2-of-3 from three-point range to finish with 10 points and team-high six boards. Patrick Miller added 11 points and Wil Peters dished out a game-high six assists while scoring seven points. MOR (14-8, 6-4 OVC) outrebounded TSU, 42-23, and scored 34 points to TSU’s 20 in the paint. Kenneth Faried recorded game highs in points and rebounds. He shot 8-of-11 and went 7-of-10 from the line for 23 points. He also matched his score with 23 rebounds to go with three blocks. Ty Proffitt chipped in 15 points and DeMonte Harper added 14 as the Eagles finished shooting 44 percent overall.

Officials: Brent Hampton, Alfred Smith, Anthony May Technical fouls: Tennessee State-None. Morehead State-None. Attendance: 3380 TSU #10 fouled out at 00:26.9 TSU #15 fouled out at 00:16.6 Score by periods Tennessee State Morehead State

The Tigers loss hold of a double-digit lead nearly midway through the second half. With their largest lead of the game, 56-42, at the 12:55 mark of the second half, the Tigers fell victim to the Eagles’ 30-to-9 run to close the game.

In Paint 20 34

Off T/O 12 9

2nd Chance 5 13

Score tied - 0 times. Lead changed - 1 time.

Fast Break 0 0

Bench 15 12


GAME 21 Tennessee State...................................................................................................................................................................................................72 Eastern Kentucky.................................................................................................................................................................................................86 Richmond, Ky. - For the second night this week, the Tigers ran cold late in the second half to lose in conference play. Tennessee State University dropped their second straight with an, 86-72, loss at Eastern Kentucky on Saturday night at the McBrayer Arena. The teams split the season series with each winning their match-ups at home. There were six lead changes and the game was tied five times. The Tigers largest lead of the night was early in the second half, 47-45. With the game tied at 55 with 10:54 remaining, TSU was outscored 31-17 while giving up baskets on two technical foul calls in the half.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Tennessee State vs Eastern Kentucky 01/29/11 7:00 p.m. at Richmond, Ky. -- McBrayer Arena Tennessee State 72 • 10-11, 7-4 OVC ## 15 33 44 02 10 00

The Tigers (10-11, 7-4 OVC) shot a season high from the floor in consecutive games with 51 percent behind Kenny Moore’s game highs in points and rebounds. He scored a career best, 25 points, from 5-of-10 shooting, including 15-of-17 from the line. He pulled in seven rebounds while scoring 17 points in the first half. Robert Covington was the only other Tiger to score in double digits. He scored 13 points hitting 5-of-8 from the floor and 3-of-4 from three-point range.

20 22

Josh Daniel hit 4-of-8 from the floor, 3-of-6 from long range and was perfect from the line hitting all eight of his shots for 19 points. The Colonels pick up their fifth win in six games. Joshua Jones chipped in 10 points from 4-of-5 shooting.

55.6% 42.9% 91.7%

f f f g g

5-10 5-8 4-6 2-5 3-7 2-5 0-0 1-2

0-2 3-4 0-0 0-2 1-4 1-4 0-0 0-0

15-17 0-1 0-0 1-2 2-3 3-3 0-0 2-2

22-43

5-16

23-28

2nd half: 12-25 48.0% 2nd half: 2-9 22.2% 2nd half: 12-16 75.0%

PF

TP

A TO Blk Stl

3 4 7 4 1 2 3 4 1 1 2 3 0 2 2 3 0 2 2 3 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 6 15 21 22

25 13 8 5 9 8 0 4

2 3 0 3 3 1 0 1

Min

2 1 0 3 2 3 0 0

0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

72 13 11

1

2 200

Game: 22-43 51.2% Game: 5-16 31.3% Game: 23-28 82.1%

33 34 25 29 38 24 5 12

Deadball Rebounds 2

Eastern Kentucky 86 • 12-10, 6-5 OVC ## 24 32 05 31 01 12 15 20

For the Colonels, Spencer Perrin and Justin Stommes scored 22 points each. Perrin connected 7-of-9 from the floor, 8-of-11 from the stripe, and hauled in a team-high six boards. Stommes was 7-of-11 overall while dishing out five assists.

MOORE,Kenny COVINGTON,Robert GREEN,Michael MILLER,Patrick PETERS,Wil NOBLES,Jacquan CONNER,Chris FREDRICK,Tashan Team Totals

FG % 1st Half: 10-18 3FG % 1st Half: 3-7 FT % 1st Half: 11-12

22

EKU (12-10, 6-5 OVC) had four players in double-digits shooting 61 percent from the floor and 47 percent from behind the arc.

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot

Player

33 41

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot

Player JOHNSON, Jeff PERRIN, Spencer JONES, Joshua DANIEL, Josh STOMMES, Justin CRUZ, Willie NEWBY, Jabs JONES, Jaron ALLGOOD, Jeff MUFF, Deverin FILIPEK, Taylor Team Totals

FG % 1st Half: 14-25 3FG % 1st Half: 5-12 FT % 1st Half: 3-4

56.0% 41.7% 75.0%

f f g g g

1-4 7-9 4-5 4-8 7-11 2-3 0-1 1-1 1-2 0-0 0-0

0-1 0-0 2-2 3-6 3-7 0-0 0-1 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0

2-4 8-11 0-0 8-8 5-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

27-44

9-19

23-29

2nd half: 13-19 68.4% 2nd half: 4-7 57.1% 2nd half: 20-25 80.0%

PF

TP

A TO Blk Stl

Min

1 3 4 2 0 6 6 2 1 0 1 5 0 3 3 4 0 2 2 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 18 22 22

4 22 10 19 22 4 0 2 3 0 0

1 2 2 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 1

1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0

22 32 31 37 34 15 9 6 3 0+ 11

86 14

7

1

4 200

Game: 27-44 61.4% Game: 9-19 47.4% Game: 23-29 79.3%

Deadball Rebounds 4

Officials: Brett Miles, John Campbell, Darnell Spann Technical fouls: Tennessee State-TEAM. Eastern Kentucky-None. Attendance: 1900 Score by periods Tennessee State Eastern Kentucky

1st

2nd

Total

34 36

38 50

72 86

Last FG - TSU 2nd-02:08, EKU 2nd-01:35. Largest lead - TSU by 2 2nd-14:14, EKU by 14 2nd-00:29.

Points TSU EKU

In Paint 30 36

Off T/O 12 14

2nd Chance 6 6

Fast Break 0 0

Bench 12 9

Score tied - 5 times. Lead changed - 6 times.

GAME 22 Tennessee State...................................................................................................................................................................................................74 Murray State.........................................................................................................................................................................................................65 Nashville, Tenn. - The Tigers ran out of steam down the stretch as Tennessee State University fell to Murray State in conference play, 74-65, at the Gentry Center on Thursday night.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Murray State vs Tennessee State 02/03/11 8:05p CT at Nashville, TN - Gentry Center Murray State 74 • 16-6 (8-3 OVC) ## 00 01 02 22 33 03 11 12 32 42

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player MILES, Isacc JENKINS, B.J. DANIEL, Ed MCCLAIN, Jeffery LONG, Jewuan CANAAN, Isaiah POOLE, Donte JACKSON, Shawn GRIFFIN, Chris ASKA, Ivan Team Totals

* * * * *

5-11 3-8 8-10 2-3 1-3 2-5 1-2 0-2 1-3 3-4

3-7 1-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

26-51

5-14

0-0 3-4 5-5 0-0 1-5 6-8 0-0 1-2 1-1 0-0

1 1 2 1 0 6 6 4 5 1 6 2 0 0 0 4 2 2 4 1 0 2 2 4 0 4 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 1 2 3 5 4 2 3 5 17-25 12 26 38 23

FG % 1st Half: 10-24 41.7% 2nd half: 16-27 59.3% 3FG % 1st Half: 2-5 40.0% 2nd half: 3-9 33.3% FT % 1st Half: 8-13 61.5% 2nd half: 9-12 75.0%

TP

A TO Blk Stl

13 10 21 4 3 11 2 1 3 6

5 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1

Min

4 2 1 2 2 2 1 0 3 2

0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

74 13 19

2

2 200

Game: 26-51 51.0% Game: 5-14 35.7% Game: 17-25 68.0%

32 31 28 19 22 21 15 4 12 16

Deadball Rebounds 4,1

Tennessee State 65 • 10-12 (7-5 OVC) ## 02 10 15 33 44 00 20 22

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player MILLER,Patrick PETERS,Wil MOORE,Kenny COVINGTON,Robert GREEN,Michael NOBLES,Jacquan CONNER,Chris FREDRICK,Tashan Team Totals

* * * * *

4-10 2-8 3-10 5-7 1-2 2-7 0-0 2-7

1-3 1-4 3-7 2-4 0-0 1-4 0-0 1-3

19-51

9-25

4-8 1-1 8-13 2-2 0-0 1-2 0-0 2-2

3 2 5 4 0 2 2 2 3 3 6 3 2 5 7 2 0 3 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 18-28 10 17 27 19

FG % 1st Half: 8-24 33.3% 2nd half: 11-27 40.7% 3FG % 1st Half: 2-11 18.2% 2nd half: 7-14 50.0% FT % 1st Half: 10-13 76.9% 2nd half: 8-15 53.3%

TP

A TO Blk Stl

13 6 17 14 2 6 0 7

7 1 2 0 0 2 0 0

Min

5 3 0 2 1 1 0 1

0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0

6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

65 12 13

5

8 200

Game: 19-51 37.3% Game: 9-25 36.0% Game: 18-28 64.3%

34 32 31 36 19 24 2 22

Deadball Rebounds 5

Officials: Tim Gattis-R, Jeb Hartness-U1, Quinton Reece-U2 Technical fouls: Murray State-None. Tennessee State-MOORE,Kenny; TEAM. Attendance: 6183 Score by periods Murray State Tennessee State

1st

2nd

Total

30 28

44 37

74 65

Last FG - MUR 2nd-02:04, TSU 2nd-01:42. Largest lead - MUR by 12 2nd-06:38, TSU by 4 1st-17:50.

Points MUR TSU

In Paint 34 14

Off T/O 18 17

2nd Fast Chance Break 16 2 11 4

Score tied - 6 times. Lead changed - 5 times.

Bench 23 13

TSU (10-12, 7-5 OVC) drops their third consecutive game while picking up their first OVC loss at home. The Tigers struggled from the floor hitting 37 percent overall. Kenny Moore, Robert Covington, and Patrick Miller posted double digits in scoring to lead TSU. After a cold start, Moore finished with a team-high 17 points. Covington added 14 points from 5-of-7 shooting, including 2-of-4 from three-point range, and a game high 7 rebounds. Miller tacked on 13 points and handed out a career and game-high seven assists. After trailing 30-28 at the break, TSU found themselves down by Murray State’s largest lead of the night, 65-53. The Tigers jumped on a 9-0 run to narrow the gap, 65-62, with 2:16 remaining. However, down the stretch Murray State hit 2-of-3 from the floor and 5-of-8 from the line while holding TSU to three points in the final two minutes. Ed Daniel scored six of the Racers’ last nine points to finish with a career and game-high 21 points. Daniel shot 8-of-10 from the floor and connected all five free throws to help MUR shoot 51 percent overall. He also tied a team high, six rebounds, to go with two blocks. Isacc Miles, Isaiah Canaan, and B.J. Jenkins also scored in double figures. Miles added 13 points, Canaan, 11, and Jenkins posted 10 to compliment six rebounds. Miles and Jenkins each dished out a team high five assists. Murray State (16-6, 8-3 OVC) ruled the paint outscoring the Tigers, 34-14 while pulling in 38 rebounds to TSU’s 37.


GAME 23 Tennessee State...................................................................................................................................................................................................56 Tennessee Martin.................................................................................................................................................................................................47 Nashville, Tenn. - The Tennessee State University Tigers were able to gut out a, 56-47, conference win over Tennessee Martin at the Gentry Center on Saturday night. TSU (11-12, 8-5 OVC) jumps back in the win column ending a three-game slide. For the second straight night, the Tigers ran into tough defense, shooting below their average. They hit 36 percent from the field including 29 percent from tree-point range.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics UT Martin vs Tennessee State 02/05/11 7:45p at Nashville, TN - Gentry Center UT Martin 47 • 8-17 (3-10 OVC) ## 03 10 12

However, they were able to pace their way behind Robert Covington’s double-double and a 30-20 advantage in points delivered in the paint. The Tigers also won the battle on the boards, 41-32, which help lead to 19-second chance points. Covington records his sixth season double-double, eighth career, finishing with game highs, 18 points and 13 rebounds. He shot 7-of-9 from the floor and connected all four free throws. He posted a double-double against UT Martin in their first meeting earlier this season. Patrick Miller added 14 points and a career-high seven rebounds. Wil Peters chipped in nine points to compliment a game-high four assists.

15 25 00 01 31

TSU extended their lead into the largest margin of the night, outscoring the Skyhawks, 20-9, with 6:36 remaining. With the score, 47-36, UTM scored seven unanswered points to crawl within contention, 47-43, at the 4:31 mark. With 2:49 left, TSU held off the Skyhawks with a 9-4 advantage behind shots from Miller, Covington, and Peters’ three free throws. UTM (8-17, 3-10 OVC) also suffered shooting woes hitting 13 percent from behind the arc and 36 percent overall. They tack on their third straight loss on the season and fourth to TSU. Mike Liabo’s 11 points and seven rebounds led the Skyhawks. Terence Smith and Reuben Clayton each added nine points with Andres Irarrazabal posting a team-high, eight boards.

SMITH, Terence LIABO, Mike KING, Troy CLAYTON, Reuben IRARRAZABAL, Andres RICHARDSON, Chris SIMMONS, Benzor SMITH, Dane Team Totals

FG % 1st Half: 11-25 3FG % 1st Half: 2-10 FT % 1st Half: 3-5

44.0% 20.0% 60.0%

* * * * *

2-8 4-11 0-3 2-10 3-6 1-1 2-4 2-2

0-2 1-5 0-2 1-6 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0

5-6 2-3 2-4 4-7 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0

16-45

2-16

13-21

2nd half: 5-20 25.0% 2nd half: 0-6 0.0% 2nd half: 10-16 62.5%

PF

TP

A TO Blk Stl

1 1 2 3 0 7 7 3 0 3 3 3 0 3 3 4 1 7 8 1 1 2 3 5 0 2 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 2 3 5 27 32 23

9 11 2 9 6 2 4 4

0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0

4 2 1 0 1 0 2 0

0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

47

3 10

2

1 200

Game: 16-45 35.6% Game: 2-16 12.5% Game: 13-21 61.9%

Min

38 33 23 37 34 17 13 5

Deadball Rebounds 4

Tennessee State 56 • 11-12 (8-5 OVC) ## 02 10 15 33

The Tigers trailed by seven with a little under two minutes in the first half and were down, 27-23, at the break. They picked up the lead in the opening minutes of the second half scoring on a 5-0 run.

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot

Player

44 00 20 22 23

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot

Player MILLER,Patrick PETERS,Wil MOORE,Kenny COVINGTON,Robert GREEN,Michael NOBLES,Jacquan CONNER,Chris FREDRICK,Tashan MANN,Verkeneo Team Totals

FG % 1st Half: 3FG % 1st Half: FT % 1st Half:

8-28 2-7 5-7

28.6% 28.6% 71.4%

* * * * *

4-11 2-8 3-6 7-9 2-4 1-6 0-2 1-5 0-4

1-2 2-3 1-1 0-1 0-0 0-3 0-1 0-0 0-3

5-12 3-5 0-0 4-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

20-55

4-14

12-21

2nd half: 12-27 44.4% 2nd half: 2-7 28.6% 2nd half: 7-14 50.0%

PF

TP

A TO Blk Stl

2 5 7 1 0 3 3 0 0 2 2 4 4 9 13 4 3 1 4 4 0 3 3 3 1 1 2 1 3 3 6 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 14 27 41 20

14 9 7 18 4 2 0 2 0

2 4 0 0 1 0 2 0 0

1 0 2 3 0 4 0 0 0

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

56

9 10

1

4 200

Game: 20-55 36.4% Game: 4-14 28.6% Game: 12-21 57.1%

Min

33 37 14 32 19 22 9 18 16

Deadball Rebounds 3,1

Officials: Jason Baker-R, Coy Gammon-U1, Craig Murley-U2 Technical fouls: UT Martin-None. Tennessee State-None. Attendance: 978 Score by periods UT Martin Tennessee State

1st

2nd

Total

27 23

20 33

47 56

Last FG - UTM 2nd-01:25, TSU 2nd-02:18. Largest lead - UTM by 7 1st-01:58, TSU by 11 2nd-06:36.

Points UTM TSU

In Paint 20 30

Off T/O 5 11

2nd Chance 6 19

Fast Break 0 0

Bench 10 4

Score tied - 3 times. Lead changed - 2 times.

GAME 24 Tennessee State.............................................................................................................................................................................................73 Jacksonville State...........................................................................................................................................................................................76 OT Jacksonville, Ala. - The Tennessee State University men’s basketball team’s road woes continued with a, 76-73 overtime, loss at Jacksonville State on Monday night.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Tennessee State vs Jacksonville State 2/7/11 8 p.m. at Jacksonville, Ala. (Pete Mathews Col.) Tennessee State 73 • 11-13, 8-6 OVC ## 02 10 15 33 44 00 22 23

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player MILLER,Patrick PETERS,Wil MOORE,Kenny COVINGTON,Robert GREEN,Michael NOBLES,Jacquan FREDRICK,Tashan MANN,Verkeneo Team Totals

* * * * *

5-11 1-3 5-8 5-8 0-1 3-10 1-3 3-6

1-3 0-1 1-3 1-2 0-0 3-10 0-0 2-4

23-50

FG % 1st Half: 10-23 43.5% 2nd half: 3FG % 1st Half: 5-12 41.7% 2nd half: FT % 1st Half: 7-8 87.5% 2nd half:

8-23

9-19 2-7 8-12

4-4 2-2 7-11 6-7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

0 3 3 3 0 0 0 2 1 8 9 5 3 5 8 5 0 5 5 1 1 0 1 3 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 5 2 4 6 19-24 10 25 35 25

47.4% 28.6% 66.7%

OT: OT: OT:

4-8 1-4 4-4

50.0% 25.0% 100.0

TP

A TO Blk Stl

15 4 18 17 0 9 2 8

4 7 2 0 0 0 0 1

3 2 4 1 2 2 1 0 1 73 14 16

Min

0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1

1

6 225

Game: 23-50 46.0% Game: 8-23 34.8% Game: 19-24 79.2%

38 39 31 35 18 26 18 20

Deadball Rebounds 3

Jacksonville State 76 • 5-20, 3-11 OVC ## 01 02 13 14 21 00 05 15 22 32 33

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player MILLER, B.J. HALL, Stephen MURPHY, Nick BYNUM, Jeremy WILLIAMS, Brian BYNUM, DeAndre' JENKINS, Brice BOUGHER, Frankie GRAY, Leventrice THURSTON, Sean COOK, Nick Team Totals

FG % 1st Half: 9-25 3FG % 1st Half: 4-9 FT % 1st Half: 3-5

* * * * *

3-8 5-6 4-13 3-9 2-7 2-4 1-1 0-1 1-1 1-1 0-1

2-5 0-0 0-0 3-6 1-3 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0

22-52

6-16

1 0 1 2 3 4 7 4 0 2 2 5 0 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 6 1 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 4 26-35 11 19 30 21

36.0% 2nd half: 11-22 50.0% 44.4% 2nd half: 2-7 28.6% 60.0% 2nd half: 11-14 78.6%

0-0 4-5 3-4 4-6 4-6 3-3 0-0 0-0 7-9 1-2 0-0

OT: 2-5 40.0% OT: 0-0 0.0% OT: 12-16 75.0%

TP

A TO Blk Stl

8 14 11 13 9 7 2 0 9 3 0

2 0 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0

Min

2 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1

1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0

76 11 11

3

8 225

Game: 22-52 42.3% Game: 6-16 37.5% Game: 26-35 74.3%

21 27 41 32 36 15 10 2 22 17 2

Deadball Rebounds 3

Officials: R-Curtis Pierce, U1-Rick Shoulders, U2-Glen Tuitt Technical fouls: Tennessee State-None. Jacksonville State-None. Attendance: 1615 Score by periods Tennessee State Jacksonville State

1st

2nd

OT

Total

32 25

28 35

13 16

73 76

Last FG - TSU OT-00:01, JSU OT-00:53. Largest lead - TSU by 9 1st-00:43, JSU by 11 1st-14:16.

Points TSU JSU

In Paint 26 30

Off T/O 10 18

2nd Fast Chance Break 10 8 14 7

Score tied - 5 times. Lead changed - 6 times.

Bench 19 21

The Tigers shot 46 percent overall but gave up three turnovers in extra play that put the Gamecocks up, 69-64. The Tigers came within one point with a second left, but a foul on the inbound allowed JSU to connect two more free throws to insure the win. TSU (11-13, 8-6 OVC) moves to a 3-11 road record dropping three straight away from home. TSU finished with 16 turnovers despite winning the rebounding effort over JSU, 35-30. Kenny Moore led TSU in scoring with 18 points to go with nine boards. Robert Covington scored 17 points and recorded 8 rebounds while hitting 6-of-7 from the line. Both players shot 5-of-8 overall. Patrick Miller added 15 points with four assists and Wil Peters held the game high in assists with seven. JSU (5-20, 3-11 OVC) picks up their second win at home since their season opening victory against West Alabama. The win also gives them their first on home court in OVC play this season. The Gamecocks shot 42 percent from the field, outscoring the Tigers in the paint, 30-26, and scored 18 points from TSU’s turnovers. Stephen Hall shot 5-of-6 finishing with team-highs, 14 points and seven rebounds. Jeremy Bynum closed the game with 13 points and Nick Murphy tacked on 11. Brian Williams added nine points which included a three-point shot with three seconds remaining to send the game into overtime and five points in extra play. Williams made a crucial steal, followed by a made basket, to strengthen JSU’s lead. He also connected 3-of-4 free throws with under a minute remaining to help hold of TSU.


GAME 25 Tennessee State...................................................................................................................................................................................................64 Austin Peay State.................................................................................................................................................................................................79 Clarksville, Tenn. Tennessee State University’s trouble on the road continued Saturday night at the Dunn Center. The Tigers shot 35 percent from the floor and dropped a consecutive game with a, 79-64, conference loss to Austin Peay State. TSU (11-14, 8-7 OVC) shot 31 percent from long range and committed 22 turnovers. It’s the third time in four games the Tigers shot less than 40 percent.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Tennessee State vs Austin Peay 2/12/11 7:30 p.m. at Clarksville, Tenn. (Dunn Center) Tennessee State 64 • 11-14, 8-7 OVC ## 33 44 02

With the score at the break in favor of the Govs, 39-29, TSU trailed by as much as 17 points in the second half. They narrowed the lead, 63-52, with 6:47 remaining and, 73-62, with 2:02 left on the clock. That would be the closest TSU would get down the stretch. Patrick Miller led TSU with 15 points and Robert Covington tacked on his seventh doubledouble of the season, ninth career. He scored 10 points to compliment a game high 11 boards. Wil Peters scored 12 points, all in the last half, and Jacquan Nobles added 11 points off the bench.

10 23 00 15 20 22

Caleb Brown followed with 14 points from 3-of-6 shooting while nailing both three-point attempts. He finished with game highs in assists and steals with five apiece. TyShwan Edmondson added 13 points and a team high eight boards. Will Triggs chipped in 11 points, going 4-of-8 from the floor, while hauling in six boards.

f f g g g

30.3% 23.5% 100.0

4-9 0-0 3-12 5-14 1-4 4-8 3-7 0-1 0-2

1-2 0-0 1-2 2-7 1-4 3-6 0-3 0-1 0-1

1-2 0-0 8-9 0-0 2-3 0-0 1-1 0-0 4-4

20-57

8-26

16-19

2nd half: 10-24 41.7% 2nd half: 4-9 44.4% 2nd half: 11-14 78.6%

PF

TP

A TO Blk Stl

4 7 11 4 0 0 0 2 4 0 4 3 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 3 1 3 4 2 0 2 2 5 0 1 1 2 1 2 3 1 3 1 4 14 18 32 24

10 0 15 12 5 11 7 0 4

1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0

4 1 5 3 2 3 3 0 1

0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0

64

7 22

2

6 200

Game: 20-57 35.1% Game: 8-26 30.8% Game: 16-19 84.2%

Min

31 7 39 38 15 25 29 5 11

Deadball Rebounds 1

Austin Peay 79 • 16-11, 10-5 OVC ## 10 21 12 23 04 05 20 32

John Fraley gave APSU the lift needed, connecting 9-of-12, to lead all players with 21 points. He pulled in seven rebounds to go with a game best four blocks.

COVINGTON,Robert GREEN,Michael MILLER,Patrick PETERS,Wil MANN,Verkeneo NOBLES,Jacquan MOORE,Kenny CONNER,Chris FREDRICK,Tashan Team Totals

FG % 1st Half: 10-33 3FG % 1st Half: 4-17 FT % 1st Half: 5-5

03

APSU (16-11, 10-5 OVC) snaps a two-game losing streak while shooting 56 percent overall and 44 percent from three-point land. The Governors outscored TSU in the paint, 38-16, picked up the rebounding effort, 35-32, and dished out a combined 18 assists.

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot

Player

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot

Player TRIGGS, Will FRALEY, John BROWN, Caleb EDMONDSON, TyShwan TERRY, Josh WILLIAMS, Marcel CALDWELL, Tyrone BAKER, Melvin BLAKE, Justin Team Totals

FG % 1st Half: 14-26 3FG % 1st Half: 4-6 FT % 1st Half: 7-9

53.8% 66.7% 77.8%

f c g g g

4-8 9-12 3-6 4-14 4-5 3-3 1-1 1-2 0-1

0-0 0-0 2-2 1-5 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-1

3-5 3-4 6-6 4-6 1-2 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-1

29-52

4-9

17-26

2nd half: 15-26 57.7% 2nd half: 0-3 0.0% 2nd half: 10-17 58.8%

PF

TP

A TO Blk Stl

3 3 6 3 3 4 7 4 0 3 3 1 2 6 8 2 2 3 5 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 2 2 1 0 2 2 10 25 35 20

11 21 14 13 9 6 3 2 0

2 1 5 3 3 1 2 0 1

Min

0 2 6 5 2 0 2 2 0

0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0

1 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 0

79 18 19

6

8 200

Game: 29-52 55.8% Game: 4-9 44.4% Game: 17-26 65.4%

30 32 32 38 30 11 8 7 12

Deadball Rebounds 4

Officials: Gene Menees (R), John St. Clair, Jonny Pearson Technical fouls: Tennessee State-None. Austin Peay-None. Attendance: 4124 Score by periods Tennessee State Austin Peay

1st

2nd

Total

29 39

35 40

64 79

Last FG - TSU 2nd-00:21, APSU 2nd-00:30. Largest lead - TSU by 2 1st-19:49, APSU by 17 2nd-12:02.

Points TSU APSU

In Paint 16 38

Off T/O 18 22

2nd Chance 13 8

Fast Break 0 0

Bench 22 11

Score tied - 1 time. Lead changed - 1 time.

.

GAME 26 Tennessee State...................................................................................................................................................................................................59 Tennessee Tech...................................................................................................................................................................................................61 Nashville, Tenn. - The Tennessee State University Tigers ended their final road stretch with a, 61-59, loss to Tennessee Tech inside the Eblen Center on Monday night.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Tennessee State vs Tennessee Tech 02/14/11 7 p.m. at Cookeville, Tenn. Tennessee State 59 • 11-14 (9-7 OVC) ## 02 10 15 33 44 00 20 22 23

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player MILLER,Patrick PETERS,Wil MOORE,Kenny COVINGTON,Robert GREEN,Michael NOBLES,Jacquan CONNER,Chris FREDRICK,Tashan MANN,Verkeneo Team Totals

* * * * *

2-8 4-7 2-11 2-9 3-5 6-7 1-2 0-0 0-0 20-49

FG % 1st Half: 11-23 47.8% 2nd half: 3FG % 1st Half: 6-10 60.0% 2nd half: FT % 1st Half: 2-2 100.0 2nd half:

1-3 2-3 0-2 0-3 0-0 5-6 0-1 0-0 0-0

1-2 2-2 5-5 3-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

8-18

11-12

9-26 2-8 9-10

34.6% 25.0% 90.0%

4 3 7 3 0 1 1 2 1 3 4 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 2 0 0 5 5 9 17 26 15

TP

A TO Blk Stl

6 12 9 7 6 17 2 0 0

4 2 1 3 0 0 1 0 1

Min

5 1 5 2 0 2 0 0 0

0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0

0 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 0

59 12 15

5

7 200

Game: 20-49 40.8% Game: 8-18 44.4% Game: 11-12 91.7%

30 32 27 36 20 30 9 10 6

Deadball Rebounds 0

Tennessee Tech 61 • 14-11 (10-6 OVC) ## 02 11 25 34 55 04 21 24 32 42

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player SWANSEY,Zac BARNES,Terrell DILLARD,Jud JONES,Alfred MURPHY,Kevin McMORROW,Liam MARSEILLE,Matt DUNN,Chase INAMETI,Bassey BAILEY,Zach Team Totals

* * * * *

3-8 0-2 6-14 2-5 8-16 0-0 2-3 0-2 2-2 1-1

1-4 0-0 1-2 0-0 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-0

0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 6-9 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0

24-53

4-12

9-13

FG % 1st Half: 11-25 44.0% 2nd half: 13-28 46.4% 3FG % 1st Half: 3-8 37.5% 2nd half: 1-4 25.0% FT % 1st Half: 4-5 80.0% 2nd half: 5-8 62.5%

0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 2 3 5 4 3 4 7 1 2 6 8 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 5 3 8 13 21 34 14

TP

A TO Blk Stl

7 0 13 5 24 0 4 0 6 2

5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1

2 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 2 2

0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0

0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0

61

8 14

4

6 200

Game: 24-53 45.3% Game: 4-12 33.3% Game: 9-13 69.2%

Min

31 26 31 23 35 4 14 6 13 17

Deadball Rebounds 3

Officials: Technical fouls: Tennessee State-None. Tennessee Tech-TEAM. Attendance: Score by periods Tennessee State Tennessee Tech

1st

2nd

Total

30 29

29 32

59 61

Last FG - TSU 2nd-04:37, TTU 2nd-00:03. Largest lead - TSU by 6 1st-06:59, TTU by 4 1st-16:59.

Points TSU TTU

In Paint 12 14

Off T/O 7 19

2nd Fast Chance Break 6 0 10 0

Score tied - 9 times. Lead changed - 13 times.

Bench 19 12

The match-up encountered 13 lead changes with the slugfest coming down to the final second. With the score, 30-29, in favor of TSU at the break, both teams drew even five times in the second half. The Tigers were doomed by a turnover with 1.8 seconds remaining with a chance to win or tie. The miscue came after TTU nailed a mid-range jumper on the previous possession with the score even at 59 leading to the final score. TSU (11-15, 8-8 OVC) shot 41 percent from the floor, 44 percent from long range, and 92 percent from the line. Jacquan Nobles led TSU with a season high, 17 points, scorching 6-of-7 from the floor, including 5-of-6 from three-point range. Nobles missed his first three-point basket midway through the second half and posted 12 points in the first. Wil Peters added 12 points hitting 4-of-7 from the floor. Patrick Miller posted a team high with seven rebounds and four assists. Kevin Murphy led TTU (15-11, 11-6 OVC) with game highs, 24 points and eight boards, shooting 8-of-16 from the field. Jud Dillard shot 6-of-14 adding 13 points and five rebounds. However, it was Zac Swansey who hit the clutch shot to seal the victory for the Golden Eagles. He dished out a game best, five assists, to go with seven points. TTU picked up their second straight victory winning six of their last nine. The Golden Eagles shot 45 percent overall, scored 19 points off TSU turnovers, while winning the rebound battle, 34-26.


GAME 27 Tennessee State...................................................................................................................................................................................................78 Delaware State.....................................................................................................................................................................................................63 Nashville, Tenn. - The Tigers held the Hornets scoreless for nearly four minutes in the first half as Tennessee State University walked away with a, 78-63, win over Delaware State at home Saturday afternoon in the ESPN Sears BracketBusters. TSU moves to 3-2 overall in BracketBuster play with a 2-0 record at home. The win snaps the Tigers’ three-game skid and gives them a 9-2 record on their home floor.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Delaware State vs Tennessee State 02/19/11 3:00p CT at Nashville, TN - Gentry Center Delaware State 63 • 9-16

WELCHER,Trevor THREATT,Jay WASHINGTON,Desi WALKER,Casey MARCELLUS,James WILSON,Chad JOYNER,Jabari MAY,Justin BAYLOR,Brandon STOWE,Terron Team Totals

01 04

The Tigers shot a season high, 59 percent, overall and hit 50 percent from the arc. They dominated the glass over DSU, 39-25, and outscored them in the paint, 40-26. The Tigers also recorded a season high from their bench with 29 points. Kenny Moore led TSU in scoring with 18 points connecting 7-of-10 from the field. He also hauled in five rebounds. Jacquan Nobles added 15 points off the bench nailing 3-of-4 from long range while finishing 5-of-7 overall. Robert Covington hauled in a game high, nine rebounds, to compliment 12 points.

05 22 33 00 02 03 13 21

FG % 1st Half: 3FG % 1st Half: FT % 1st Half:

In the second, the Tigers maintained a double-digit lead hitting 68 percent from the floor. DSU made a late push with an 11-1 run down the stretch but could not climb out the early hole. DSU shot 38 percent from the floor and recorded the individual game highs of the afternoon. Three Hornets finished in double figures with Casey Walker’s 21 points leading all scorers. Walker also finished shooting 8-of-21 and tallied a game best, two blocks. Jay Threatt followed with 13 points and a game-high six assists. Trevor Welcher chipped in 12 points and posted the game high in steals with six.

8-27 0-7 6-6

* * * * *

4-7 5-13 2-9 8-21 2-3 0-0 0-0 1-3 1-2 1-5 24-63

29.6% 0.0% 100.0%

2nd half: 2nd half: 2nd half:

0-0 0-2 0-3 1-9 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-3 0-0 0-0

4-6 3-5 0-0 4-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-2

2-17

13-19

16-36 2-10 7-13

44.4% 20.0% 53.8%

Rebounds Off Def Tot

PF

TP

A TO Blk

0 0 0 1 1 3 4 4 0 2 2 1 4 0 4 2 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 6 1 4 1 5 12 13 25 12

12 13 4 21 4 0 0 3 2 4

2 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

0 2 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 1

0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0

63 12

9

Game: Game: Game:

24-63 2-17 13-19

Stl

Min

6 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0

36 38 24 39 20 4 2 14 5 18

3 10

200

38.1% 11.8% 68.4%

Deadball Rebounds 4

Tennessee State 78 • 12-15 Total 3-Ptr FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA

Player

##

MILLER,Patrick PETERS,Wil MOORE,Kenny COVINGTON,Robert GREEN,Michael NOBLES,Jacquan KIRBY,Blake CONNER,Chris FREDRICK,Tashan MANN,Verkeneo Team Totals

02

TSU (12-15) used a 23-2 run in the first half to jump out to their largest lead of the game, 30-8, with 7:50 left before the break. The Hornets then eased into their offense in the closing minutes outscoring the Tigers, 14-8, but still trailed at the half, 38-22.

Total 3-Ptr FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA

Player

##

10 15 33 44 00 01 20 22 23

FG % 1st Half: 3FG % 1st Half: FT % 1st Half:

15-28 3-8 5-7

* * * * *

2-5 3-6 7-10 5-11 2-4 5-7 0-0 2-2 2-3 1-1 29-49

53.6% 37.5% 71.4%

2nd half: 2nd half: 2nd half:

0-2 1-2 1-2 0-2 0-0 3-4 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-1

2-3 2-2 3-3 2-3 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 2-4 0-0

7-14

13-17

14-21 4-6 8-10

66.7% 66.7% 80.0%

Rebounds Off Def Tot

PF

TP

A TO Blk

1 3 4 2 0 4 4 1 2 3 5 3 4 5 9 2 3 3 6 4 0 4 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 5 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 10 29 39 19

6 9 18 12 4 15 0 5 6 3

5 5 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 2

Game: Game: Game:

29-49 7-14 13-17

Stl

Min

1 6 1 4 2 2 1 3 2 0

0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0

32 34 24 24 21 26 1 15 18 5

78 18 22

2

5

200

59.2% 50.0% 76.5%

Deadball Rebounds 1

Officials: Dwayne Galden-R, Cornel Parker-U1,Eugene Griffin-U2 Technical fouls: Delaware State-None. Tennessee State-None. Attendance: 1239 BracketBuster Game Score by periods Delaware State Tennessee State

1st

22 38

2nd

41 40

Last FG - DSU 2nd-00:11, TSU 2nd-00:48. Largest lead - DSU by 2 1st-17:09, TSU by 22 1st-07:50.

Total

63 78

Points DSU TSU

In Paint 26 40

Off T/O 20 16

2nd Chance 10 15

Fast Break 4 6

Bench 9 29

Score tied - 0 times. Lead changed - 3 times.

GAME 28 Tennessee State...................................................................................................................................................................................................57 Southeast Missouri State.....................................................................................................................................................................................52 Nashville, Tenn. - The Tigers continued their home-court heroics to lift Tennessee State University over Southeast Missouri State, 57-52, at the Gentry Center on Thursday night.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Southeast Missouri vs Tennessee State 02/24/11 7:55p at Nashville, TN - Gentry Center Southeast Missouri 52 • 9-20 (6-11 OVC) ## 01 13 20 23 42 02 15 40

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player BUTLER, Cameron NUTT, Lucas ALLISON, Anthony SMITH, Marland POWELL, Leon BRISTER, Marcus JONES, Waylon HOUSE, Zach Team Totals

FG % 1st Half: 6-21 3FG % 1st Half: 1-7 FT % 1st Half: 1-2

* * * * *

2-3 5-7 1-4 4-19 6-8 2-5 1-1 0-0

0-0 2-4 0-1 1-9 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0

0-0 3-4 0-0 1-2 2-2 1-3 0-0 0-0

21-47

3-15

7-11

28.6% 2nd half: 15-26 57.7% 14.3% 2nd half: 2-8 25.0% 50.0% 2nd half: 6-9 66.7%

2 5 7 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 2 4 1 9 10 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 5 20 25 17

TP

A TO Blk Stl

4 15 2 10 14 5 2 0

0 5 0 2 0 4 0 0

Min

2 3 1 2 0 6 0 1

2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2

0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0

52 11 15

5

3 200

Game: 21-47 44.7% Game: 3-15 20.0% Game: 7-11 63.6%

34 40 14 34 29 32 10 7

Deadball Rebounds 2

Tennessee State 57 • 13-15 (9-8 OVC) ## 02 10 15 33 44 00 20 22

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF

Player MILLER,Patrick PETERS,Wil MOORE,Kenny COVINGTON,Robert GREEN,Michael NOBLES,Jacquan CONNER,Chris FREDRICK,Tashan Team Totals

* * * * *

5-13 4-10 4-10 4-8 3-4 1-5 0-3 0-2

1-3 2-4 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-1 0-0

21-55

FG % 1st Half: 14-27 51.9% 2nd half: 3FG % 1st Half: 2-5 40.0% 2nd half: FT % 1st Half: 4-4 100.0 2nd half:

5-14

7-28 3-9 6-6

0 0 0 1 2 6 8 2 2 1 3 3 2 4 6 3 2 2 4 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 1 1 1 2 0 4 3 7 10-10 13 20 33 14

25.0% 33.3% 100.0

0-0 4-4 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-4

TP

A TO Blk Stl

11 14 10 10 6 2 0 4

1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1

57

4 0 1 1 0 4 1 0 1 9 12

0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0

4 0 1 3 0 1 0 1

Min

31 38 23 31 27 30 8 12

4 10 200

Game: 21-55 38.2% Game: 5-14 35.7% Game: 10-10 100.0

Deadball Rebounds 1,3

1st

2nd

Total

14 34

38 23

52 57

Last FG - SEMO 2nd-00:02, TSU 2nd-03:13. Largest lead - SEMO None, TSU by 24 1st-03:38.

Points SEMO TSU

The Tigers were perfect from the free-throw line hitting all 10 shots. They would benefit from the charity stripe, as it became the deciding factor during the final seconds of the game. TSU held off the Redhawks after holding a 24-point lead in the first half. With 1:12 left to play, TSU led, 51-50, but Wil Peters, Tashan Fredrick and Robert Covington connected all six free throws down the stretch to ward off the scare. Four players led TSU in scoring. Peters finished with a team-high 14 points and pulled in a season and team best, eight rebounds. Patrick Miller added 11 points with Covington and Kenny Moore chipping in 10 points apiece. Covington shot 4-of-8 from the floor and hauled in six boards and Moore dished out a team high, three assists. As a team, TSU shot 38 percent overall, 25 percent in the second half, after hitting 52 percent from the floor in the first. They won the rebounding effort over SEMO, 33-25, but gave up 32 points in the paint, scoring 22 of their own. The Tigers led from the start, racing out to a 22-6 run midway through the first half. They followed with a 12-4 run for the largest margin of the night, 34-12. The Redhawks scored on another shot before the break, but TSU carried the advantage to the locker room, 3214. In the second, SEMO opened up with a 7-0 run, and then outscored the Tigers, 14-10, tclosing the lead to single digits, 44-35. SEMO continued to hack at the lead but TSU answered in the last minute to produce the final score.

Officials: Kevin Mathis-R, Brent Hampton-U1, Brandon Pipkin-U2 Technical fouls: Southeast Missouri-BRISTER, Marcus. Tennessee State-MOORE,Kenny; NOBLES,Jacquan. Attendance: 876 Score by periods Southeast Missouri Tennessee State

TSU (13-15, 9-8 OVC) picks up their second straight victory and third consecutive over SEMO with the regular season sweep. They snap a three-game losing streak in OVC play and improve their home record to 10-2 on the year.

In Paint 32 22

Off T/O 12 12

2nd Fast Chance Break 8 6 8 2

Score tied - 0 times. Lead changed - 0 times.

Bench 7 6

SEMO (9-20, 6-11 OVC) finished shooting 45 percent overall behind Lucas Nutt, Leon Powell and Marland Smith. Nutt shot 5-of-7 and finished with game-highs, 15 points and five assists. Powell scored all of his 14 points in the second half hitting 6-of-8. Smith chipped in 10 points and Marcus Brister tallied a game best 10 rebounds. With the loss, the Redhawks’ break their win streak at two games. The Tigers will return to action when they close out the regular season at home when they host Eastern Illinois. The OVC match-up is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 26, at 7:30 p.m. inside the Gentry Center.


GAME 29 Tennessee State...................................................................................................................................................................................................66 Eastern Illinois......................................................................................................................................................................................................62 Nashville, Tenn. - The Tigers wrapped up the 2010-11 season carrying Tennessee State University over Eastern Illinois in conference play, 66-62, at the Gentry Center on Saturday night. TSU (14-15, 10-8 OVC) ends a three-game drought to the Panthers and remains the fifth seed for the upcoming 2011 OVC Basketball Tournament next week.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics Eastern Illinois vs Tennessee State 02/26/11 7:45p at Nashville, TN - Gentry Center Eastern Illinois 62 • 9-20 (4-14 OVC) ## 10 12

The Tigers picked up their third straight victory to close out the regular season. Despite shooting a season-low, 32 percent from the floor, four players managed to score in double figures. Robert Covington posted his eighth double-double of the season, tenth of his career, with 22 points and 11 boards. He shot 6-of-15 from the field, including 3-of-4 from the arc while going 7-of-8 from the line. Wil Peters and Kenny Moore matched their efforts adding 11 points and three assists each. Patrick Miller chipped in 10 points and two steals. Moore also finished with nine rebounds.

15 21 24 05 13 20 32 34

After the score was knotted up, the Tigers tallied all of their points from the line, hitting 8-of-11, while holding EIU to 2-of-8 shooting to close out the game. EIU (9-20, 4-14 OVC) ends their season winning one of their last 11 games while dropping their second straight. They shot 40 percent from the field and evened the Tigers on the boards with 39. Curry McKinney scored a team-high 19 points and James Hollowell finished 7-of-14 for 14 points. Jeremy Granger dished out a game high six assists to go with nine points.

McKINNIE, Alfonzo GRANGER, Jeremy HOLLOWELL, James PRATL, Shaun McKINNEY, Curry JONES, Taylor SMITH, Isaac DOSS, L.C. DORLACK, Matt SANDERS, Zavier Team Totals FG % 1st Half: 3FG % 1st Half: FT % 1st Half:

14-27 4-12 3-4

* * * * *

0-1 3-12 7-14 1-3 6-16 2-4 0-0 3-5 0-1 3-6 25-62

51.9% 33.3% 75.0%

2nd half: 2nd half: 2nd half:

0-0 0-5 0-2 0-0 4-11 2-4 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0

0-1 3-4 0-0 0-0 3-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-0

6-23

6-11

11-35 2-11 3-7

31.4% 18.2% 42.9%

Rebounds Off Def Tot

PF

TP

A TO Blk

1 4 5 1 2 0 2 5 0 4 4 5 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 1 2 2 4 2 4 7 11 4 2 2 4 11 28 39 23

0 9 14 2 19 6 0 6 0 6

0 6 2 0 4 0 0 1 0 2

Game: Game: Game:

25-62 6-23 6-11

Stl

Min

1 2 1 0 3 0 1 2 1 2

0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0

13 33 30 9 39 14 2 24 10 26

62 15 13

3

3

200

40.3% 26.1% 54.5%

Deadball Rebounds 2

Tennessee State 66 • 14-15 (10-8 OVC) ## 02

TSU trailed 35-32 at the break but took their first lead in the second half with 5:09 remaining, 56-52. With the score tied at 58 with 3:53 left, TSU outscored EIU, 8-4, in the final three minutes of the game.

Total 3-Ptr FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA

Player

10 15 33 44 00 20 22

Total 3-Ptr FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA

Player

MILLER,Patrick PETERS,Wil MOORE,Kenny COVINGTON,Robert GREEN,Michael NOBLES,Jacquan CONNER,Chris FREDRICK,Tashan Team Totals FG % 1st Half: 3FG % 1st Half: FT % 1st Half:

9-28 8-18 6-9

* * * * *

4-10 2-9 3-13 6-15 0-0 2-5 0-1 0-0 17-53

32.1% 44.4% 66.7%

2nd half: 2nd half: 2nd half:

1-4 2-7 1-4 3-4 0-0 2-5 0-1 0-0

1-3 5-6 4-6 7-8 5-6 1-2 0-0 0-0

9-25

23-31

8-25 1-7 17-22

32.0% 14.3% 77.3%

Rebounds Off Def Tot

PF

TP

A TO Blk

0 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 2 7 9 2 2 9 11 3 3 6 9 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 5 11 28 39 14

10 11 11 22 5 7 0 0

0 3 3 2 3 1 0 0

Game: Game: Game:

17-53 9-25 23-31

Stl

Min

3 1 4 2 1 0 1 0

0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0

2 0 2 3 0 0 0 0

37 37 32 36 23 19 5 11

66 12 12

4

7

200

32.1% 36.0% 74.2%

Deadball Rebounds 5,1

Officials: James Hicks-R, Jon Campbell-U1, Darnell Spann-U-2 Technical fouls: Eastern Illinois-None. Tennessee State-None. Attendance: 872 Score by periods Eastern Illinois Tennessee State

1st

35 32

2nd

27 34

Last FG - EIU 2nd-00:11, TSU 2nd-05:09. Largest lead - EIU by 7 1st-11:44, TSU by 7 1st-05:36.

Total

62 66

Points EIU TSU

In Paint 22 14

Off T/O 7 16

2nd Chance 7 13

Fast Break 0 0

Score tied - 9 times. Lead changed - 8 times.

Bench 18 7


TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY • GAME NOTES Tennessee State Combined Team Statistics (as of Feb 28, 2011) All games RECORD: ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE

OVERALL 14-15 10-8 4-7 Total

##

Player

15 MOORE,Kenny

min

29 29

5875

avg

fg-fga

29-28 840 29.0 132-285 29-29 894 30.8 146-294 29-29 997 34.4 105-276 29-29 1008 34.8 91-220 28-4 642 22.9 73-178 29-25 672 23.2 49-106 15-0 222 14.8 20-49 28-0 341 12.2 24-66 6-0 51 8.5 5-14 20-1 185 9.3 11-42 4-0 23 5.8 0-9

33 COVINGTON,Robert 02 MILLER,Patrick 10 PETERS,Wil

00 NOBLES,Jacquan 44 GREEN,Michael

22 FREDRICK,Tashan 20 CONNER,Chris 04 TOWNS,Jerret

23 MANN,Verkeneo 01 KIRBY,Blake

Team Total.......... Opponents......

TEAM STATISTICS SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct 3 POINT FG-ATT 3-point FG pct 3-pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game ATTENDANCE Home games-Avg/Game Neutral site-Avg/Game Score by Periods Tennessee State Opponents

gp-gs

5875

TSU 1980 68.3 +0.3 656-1539 .426 214-571 .375 7.4 454-600 .757 15.7 963 33.2 -0.4 361 12.4 439 15.1 -0.8 0.8 191 6.6 101 3.5 28669 13-2205 -

1st 2nd 930 1013 884 1056

HOME 11-2 8-1 3-1 3-Point

fg% 3fg-fga

.463 .497 .380 .414 .410 .462 .408 .364 .357 .262 .000

F-Throw 3fg%

OT Totals 37 1980 32 1972

.419 .452 .298 .417 .386 .000 .333 .289 .273 .278 .000

ft-fta

* *

* *

* * * * * * * * * * * * * *

120-156 59-76 96-143 83-97 16-19 26-40 18-23 21-27 4-5 8-10 3-4

Date 11-12-10 11/15/10 11-17-10 11/20/10 11/23/10 11/29/10 12/2/10 12/04/10 12/07/10 12/12/10 12/19/10 12/21/10 12/29/10 1/2/11 1/6/11 1-8-11 01/15/11 01/20/11 01/22/11 1/27/11 01/29/11 02/03/11 02/05/11 2/7/11 2/12/11 02/14/11 02/19/11 02/24/11 02/26/11

NEUTRAL 0-0 0-0 0-0

Rebounds ft%

.769 .776 .671 .856 .842 .650 .783 .778 .800 .800 .750

off

69 71 34 16 13 50 13 14 1 7 0 38 656-1539 .426 214-571 .375 454-600 .757 326 703-1594 .441 182-539 .338 384-571 .673 352 OPP 1972 68.0 703-1594 .441 182-539 .338 6.3 384-571 .673 13.2 975 33.6 387 13.3 415 14.3 0.9 166 5.7 96 3.3 54469 16-3404 0-0

36-86 38-84 25-84 40-96 49-127 0-0 2-6 11-38 3-11 10-36 0-3

AWAY 3-13 2-7 1-6

def

128 148 59 60 46 71 14 34 12 8 1 56 637 623

tot

197 219 93 76 59 121 27 48 13 15 1 94 963 975

avg

Opponent at Mississippi State FISK at Illinois State at Air Force at Saint Louis BELMONT at Eastern Illinois at Southeast Missouri at Alabama A&M LEMOYNE-OWEN MOREHEAD STATE EASTERN KENTUCKY at Middle Tennessee at Memphis at Murray State at UT Martin AUSTIN PEAY JACKSONVILLE STATE TENNESSEE TECH at Morehead State at Eastern Kentucky MURRAY STATE UT MARTIN at Jacksonville State at Austin Peay at Tennessee Tech DELAWARE STATE SOUTHEAST MISSOURI EASTERN ILLINOIS

* - Conference game

pf dq

a

to blk stl

6.8 90 3 52 87 12 7.6 100 7 34 69 29 3.2 67 2 86 76 1 2.6 77 3 122 73 5 2.1 51 0 23 51 1 4.2 61 1 15 27 51 1.8 24 0 3 14 0 1.7 37 0 12 17 1 2.2 3 0 5 4 1 0.8 25 1 7 7 0 0.3 3 0 2 3 0 1 11 33.2 539 17 361 439 101 33.6 532 - 387 415 96

L W L L L L L W W W Wot W L L L W Wot W W L L L W Lot L L W W W

40 43 42 22 17 11 3 8 0 4 1

pts

avg

420 389 331 305 211 124 60 80 17 40 3

14.5 13.4 11.4 10.5 7.5 4.3 4.0 2.9 2.8 2.0 0.8

191 1980

68.3 68.0

166 1972

Score 65-75 85-50 68-73 72-87 50-78 72-87 67-68 77-67 74-68 84-48 70-64 62-49 58-65 86-91 53-64 67-64 76-74 68-63 71-65 65-72 72-86 65-74 56-47 73-76 64-79 59-61 78-63 57-52 66-62

Att. 4771 4147 4401 1378 5384 2197 1030 1751 1322 415 619 598 2560 15831 3203 1819 5817 867 3861 3380 1900 6183 978 1615 4124 0 1239 876 872


TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY • GAME NOTES Tennessee State Combined Team Statistics (as of Feb 28, 2011) Conference games RECORD: ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE

OVERALL 10-8 10-8 0-0 Total

##

Player

gp-gs

15 MOORE,Kenny

33 COVINGTON,Robert 02 MILLER,Patrick 10 PETERS,Wil

00 NOBLES,Jacquan 44 GREEN,Michael 04 TOWNS,Jerret

22 FREDRICK,Tashan 23 MANN,Verkeneo 20 CONNER,Chris

Team Total.......... Opponents......

18-17 18-18 18-18 18-18 18-0 18-18 3-0 14-0 11-1 17-0

531 584 625 653 404 409 32 204 87 146

18 18

3675

TEAM STATISTICS SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct 3 POINT FG-ATT 3-point FG pct 3-pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game ATTENDANCE Home games-Avg/Game Neutral site-Avg/Game Score by Periods Tennessee State Opponents

min

1st 2nd 563 588 529 626

avg

29.5 32.4 34.7 36.3 22.4 22.7 10.7 14.6 7.9 8.6

3675

TSU 1188 66.0 +0.1 388-912 .425 127-339 .375 7.1 285-386 .738 15.8 586 32.6 -1.0 218 12.1 269 14.9 -1.2 0.8 109 6.1 61 3.4 20671 9-2297 -

fg-fga

79-180 88-171 61-163 54-137 44-103 31-59 3-9 18-46 5-19 5-25

HOME 8-1 8-1 0-0 3-Point

fg% 3fg-fga

.439 .515 .374 .394 .427 .525 .333 .391 .263 .200

F-Throw 3fg%

OT Totals 37 1188 32 1187

.377 .521 .306 .356 .403 .000 .375 .333 .267 .188

ft-fta

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

80-111 40-49 56-91 59-70 7-9 11-17 3-4 16-19 2-3 11-13

NEUTRAL 0-0 0-0 0-0

Rebounds ft%

Date 12/2/10 12/04/10 12/19/10 12/21/10 1/6/11 1-8-11 01/15/11 01/20/11 01/22/11 1/27/11 01/29/11 02/03/11 02/05/11 2/7/11 2/12/11 02/14/11 02/24/11 02/26/11

.721 .816 .615 .843 .778 .647 .750 .842 .667 .846

off

def

tot

avg

pf dq

37 83 120 6.7 59 41 104 145 8.1 59 20 35 55 3.1 43 8 40 48 2.7 49 7 22 29 1.6 34 25 46 71 3.9 37 0 8 8 2.7 1 13 13 26 1.9 22 3 2 5 0.5 11 6 13 19 1.1 15 22 38 60 388-912 .425 127-339 .375 285-386 .738 182 404 586 32.6 330 427-977 .437 107-331 .323 226-350 .646 212 392 604 33.6 342 OPP 1187 65.9 427-977 .437 107-331 .323 5.9 226-350 .646 12.6 604 33.6 222 12.3 248 13.8 0.9 93 5.2 51 2.8 18822 9-2091 0-0

23-61 25-48 15-49 21-59 31-77 0-0 3-8 2-6 4-15 3-16

AWAY 2-7 2-7 0-0

Opponent at Eastern Illinois at Southeast Missouri MOREHEAD STATE EASTERN KENTUCKY at Murray State at UT Martin AUSTIN PEAY JACKSONVILLE STATE TENNESSEE TECH at Morehead State at Eastern Kentucky MURRAY STATE UT MARTIN at Jacksonville State at Austin Peay at Tennessee Tech SOUTHEAST MISSOURI EASTERN ILLINOIS

* - Conference game

3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0

a

31 23 49 75 15 9 3 2 3 8

to blk stl

53 40 51 44 33 18 3 12 2 7 6 9 218 269 - 222 248

L W Wot W L W Wot W W L L L W Lot L L W W

5 18 1 3 0 32 1 0 0 1

24 24 26 16 10 2 0 2 1 4

pts

avg

261 241 193 188 126 73 12 54 16 24

14.5 13.4 10.7 10.4 7.0 4.1 4.0 3.9 1.5 1.4

61 109 1188 51 93 1187

66.0 65.9

Score 67-68 77-67 70-64 62-49 53-64 67-64 76-74 68-63 71-65 65-72 72-86 65-74 56-47 73-76 64-79 59-61 57-52 66-62

Att. 1030 1751 619 598 3203 1819 5817 867 3861 3380 1900 6183 978 1615 4124 0 876 872


TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY • GAME NOTES Tennessee State Points-Rebounds-Assists (as of Feb 28, 2011) All games

Opponent

Date

Score

at Mississippi State FISK at Illinois State at Air Force at Saint Louis BELMONT at Eastern Illinois at Southeast Missouri at Alabama A&M LEMOYNE-OWEN MOREHEAD STATE EASTERN KENTUCKY at Middle Tennessee at Memphis at Murray State at UT Martin AUSTIN PEAY JACKSONVILLE STATE TENNESSEE TECH at Morehead State at Eastern Kentucky MURRAY STATE UT MARTIN at Jacksonville State at Austin Peay at Tennessee Tech DELAWARE STATE SOUTHEAST MISSOURI EASTERN ILLINOIS

11-12-10 11/15/10 11-17-10 11/20/10 11/23/10 11/29/10 12/2/10 12/04/10 12/07/10 12/12/10 12/19/10 12/21/10 12/29/10 1/2/11 1/6/11 1-8-11 01/15/11 01/20/11 01/22/11 1/27/11 01/29/11 02/03/11 02/05/11 2/7/11 2/12/11 02/14/11 02/19/11 02/24/11 02/26/11

65-75 85-50 68-73 72-87 50-78 72-87 67-68 77-67 74-68 84-48 70-64 62-49 58-65 86-91 53-64 67-64 76-74 68-63 71-65 65-72 72-86 65-74 56-47 73-76 64-79 59-61 78-63 57-52 66-62

Opponent

Date

Score

at Mississippi State FISK at Illinois State at Air Force at Saint Louis BELMONT at Eastern Illinois at Southeast Missouri at Alabama A&M LEMOYNE-OWEN MOREHEAD STATE EASTERN KENTUCKY at Middle Tennessee at Memphis at Murray State at UT Martin AUSTIN PEAY JACKSONVILLE STATE TENNESSEE TECH at Morehead State at Eastern Kentucky MURRAY STATE UT MARTIN at Jacksonville State at Austin Peay at Tennessee Tech DELAWARE STATE SOUTHEAST MISSOURI EASTERN ILLINOIS

11-12-10 11/15/10 11-17-10 11/20/10 11/23/10 11/29/10 12/2/10 12/04/10 12/07/10 12/12/10 12/19/10 12/21/10 12/29/10 1/2/11 1/6/11 1-8-11 01/15/11 01/20/11 01/22/11 1/27/11 01/29/11 02/03/11 02/05/11 2/7/11 2/12/11 02/14/11 02/19/11 02/24/11 02/26/11

65-75 85-50 68-73 72-87 50-78 72-87 67-68 77-67 74-68 84-48 70-64 62-49 58-65 86-91 53-64 67-64 76-74 68-63 71-65 65-72 72-86 65-74 56-47 73-76 64-79 59-61 78-63 57-52 66-62

L W L L L L L W W W W W L L L W W W W L L L W L L L W W W

L W L L L L L W W W W W L L L W W W W L L L W L L L W W W

00

01

02

04

10

NOBLES,JAC

KIRBY,BLAK

MILLER,PAT

TOWNS,JERR

PETERS,WIL

3-5-1 11-4-3 5-0-1 11-3-0 0-1-0 DNP 0-0-0 14-1-0 4-5-1 13-1-0 14-3-0 0-2-3 12-4-1 11-3-0 3-1-1 6-3-0 5-1-0 7-0-0 9-5-5 6-0-1 8-2-1 6-0-2 2-3-0 9-1-0 11-4-0 17-1-0 15-4-1 2-1-1 7-1-1

DNP 1-0-2 DNP 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 2-1-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0 DNP DNP

13-4-2 16-6-3 14-3-5 16-0-4 8-3-2 14-4-3 11-1-3 3-6-1 9-1-4 14-6-5 7-2-2 5-3-2 16-4-0 12-3-4 10-0-4 11-2-6 15-4-1 9-0-0 22-6-2 11-2-4 5-2-3 13-5-7 14-7-2 15-3-4 15-4-3 6-7-4 6-4-5 11-0-1 10-1-0

5-4-2 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 3-4-0 9-4-3 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

22

23

33

44

FREDRICK,T

MANN,VERKE

COVINGTON,

GREEN,MICH

DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 4-2-0 8-1-0 4-2-0 4-0-0 5-2-0 6-2-0 4-1-1 7-2-0 2-6-0 2-2-0 4-3-0 0-1-0 6-1-1 4-2-1 0-0-0

0-0-0 4-5-0 0-0-1 3-0-1 0-0-0 6-1-0 0-0-0 3-0-0 3-0-0 5-4-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0 DNP 0-1-1 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0 8-1-1 5-0-0 0-2-1 3-0-2 DNP DNP

13-7-0 12-17-1 10-8-3 8-5-1 21-7-1 18-3-0 15-9-2 11-4-1 20-5-3 13-5-2 9-4-2 22-12-1 5-2-0 16-6-0 5-4-1 18-15-4 13-14-0 20-10-0 7-6-0 10-6-2 13-3-3 14-7-0 18-13-0 17-8-0 10-11-1 7-2-3 12-9-0 10-6-1 22-11-2

5-3-2 9-11-1 4-3-0 1-3-0 2-3-0 4-2-0 4-5-1 2-3-1 2-4-0 8-8-0 8-3-1 6-5-0 4-2-0 8-5-1 9-6-0 4-4-0 1-7-2 2-2-0 0-5-0 6-3-0 8-2-0 2-3-0 4-4-1 0-5-0 0-0-0 6-1-0 4-6-2 6-4-0 5-9-3

9-2-2 2-2-3 14-3-4 8-5-5 8-0-2 15-3-5 21-3-6 16-0-2 16-1-1 10-1-4 10-1-8 9-5-2 9-4-9 17-3-7 4-0-3 5-3-3 16-7-9 11-1-6 12-5-5 7-2-6 9-2-3 6-2-1 9-3-4 4-0-7 12-3-3 12-1-2 9-4-5 14-8-2 11-2-3

15

20

MOORE,KENN CONNER,CHR

13-7-1 18-13-1 11-6-1 18-9-1 11-7-2 15-5-3 9-5-3 22-9-0 17-7-2 13-12-4 19-11-1 9-8-1 3-2-1 22-4-3 16-8-2 15-6-5 20-10-2 15-7-0 16-10-0 16-4-4 25-7-2 17-6-2 7-2-0 18-9-2 7-2-0 9-4-1 18-5-2 10-3-3 11-9-3

4-1-0 12-3-1 10-4-2 7-3-0 0-1-0 0-2-0 7-4-1 6-2-2 3-2-1 6-5-0 0-0-0 2-1-0 9-2-0 0-1-0 2-1-0 0-0-0 2-1-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 3-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-2-2 DNP 0-1-0 2-2-1 5-5-0 0-2-0 0-1-0


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