Tennessee Tech vs Eastern Illinois Final

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Tennessee Tech

7-10

Big South-OVC

61 - 71

Final

Eastern Illinois

7-10

Big South-OVC

Thursday, January 08, 2026

05:00 AM EST

Groniger Arena

Pre-Game Analysis Game Recap

Box Score

Team	1st	2nd	Final
Tennessee Tech	36	25	61
Eastern Illinois	29	42	71

Betting Lines

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Game Analysis

Tennessee Tech

Points

Eastern Illinois

39.0%

Tennessee Tech

Field Goal %

44.0%

Eastern Illinois

Tennessee Tech

Total Rebounds

Eastern Illinois

Tennessee Tech

Assists

Eastern Illinois

30.0%

Tennessee Tech

Three Point %

38.0%

Eastern Illinois

90.0%

Tennessee Tech

Free Throw %

72.0%

Eastern Illinois

Tennessee Tech

Turnovers

Eastern Illinois

Statistic	TNTC	EIU
SCORING
Total Points	61	71
FIELD GOALS
Field Goals Made-Attempted	18-46	25-57
Field Goal Percentage	39.0%	44.0%
Two Point FG Made-Attempted	12-26	17-36
Two Point FG Percentage	46.2%	47.2%
Three Point FG Made-Attempted	6-20	8-21
Three Point FG Percentage	30.0%	38.0%
Effective Field Goal Percentage	45.7%	50.9%
True Shooting Percentage	55.2%	54.7%
FREE THROWS
Free Throws Made-Attempted	19-21	13-18
Free Throw Percentage	90.0%	72.0%
Free Throw Rate	45.7%	31.6%
REBOUNDING
Total Rebounds	31	30
Offensive Rebounds	9	11
Defensive Rebounds	22	19
Offensive Rebound Percentage	29.0%	36.7%
BALL HANDLING & ASSISTS
Assists	12	10
Turnovers	15	8
Turnover Ratio	24.2%	12.7%
DEFENSE
Steals	1	9
Blocks	4	0
FOULS
Total Fouls	16	18
Technical Fouls	0	0
Flagrant Fouls	0	0
ADVANCED ANALYTICS
Possessions	62	63
Points Per Possession	0.98	1.13
Team Rating	98.4	112.7
SPECIAL SITUATIONS
Fast Break Points	6	16
Points Off Turnovers	2	23
Points in Paint	20	32
GAME FLOW
Largest Lead	10	12

Player Statistics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	2PT	3PT	FT	TO	PF	OREB	DREB	FG%	2PT%	3PT%	FT%	eFG%	TS%	A/TO	FTR	OREB%	USG%	ORTG	DRTG	NET	GmSc
Malik Ferguson Guard	31	9	2	3	1	0	4-10	3-6	1-4	0-0	1	2	0	2	40.0	50.0	25.0	0.0	45.0	45.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	20.2	100.5	114.8	-14.3	5.5
Mekhi Cameron #1 • Guard	31	6	5	1	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-1	6-6	1	1	0	5	0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	64.7	1.0	300.0	0.0	10.4	128.6	114.2	+14.4	5.4
Brandon Muntu #6 • Guard	27	9	2	2	0	0	3-10	1-3	2-7	1-1	1	1	1	1	30.0	33.3	28.6	100.0	40.0	43.1	2.0	10.0	50.0	24.1	97.8	121.2	-23.4	4.2
Ty Owens #8 • Guard	25	7	2	4	0	1	3-5	3-4	0-1	1-2	3	1	0	2	60.0	75.0	0.0	50.0	60.0	59.5	1.3	40.0	0.0	20.2	93.4	116.5	-23.1	5.0
Dani Pounds #11 • Forward	16	2	3	1	0	1	1-3	1-3	0-0	0-0	2	4	1	2	33.3	33.3	0.0	0.0	33.3	33.3	0.5	0.0	33.3	17.8	54.8	111.6	-56.8	-0.6
Ja'Quavian Florence #5 • Guard	19	4	1	0	0	0	1-4	1-3	0-1	2-2	4	2	0	1	25.0	33.3	0.0	100.0	25.0	41.0	0.0	50.0	0.0	26.6	47.4	120.0	-72.6	-2.9
Jah'Kim Payne #3 • Guard	15	11	2	0	0	1	3-5	0-1	3-4	2-2	0	2	1	1	60.0	0.0	75.0	100.0	90.0	93.5	-	40.0	50.0	22.3	181.1	115.2	+65.9	9.6
JaJuan Nicholls #7 • Forward	12	3	3	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	3-4	0	1	0	3	0.0	0.0	0.0	75.0	-	85.2	-	-	0.0	8.4	-	104.2	-	3.8
Mekhi Turner #4 • Forward	11	10	4	0	0	0	3-4	3-4	0-0	4-4	1	2	3	1	75.0	75.0	0.0	100.0	75.0	86.8	0.0	100.0	75.0	35.0	149.7	117.4	+32.3	9.0
Jacobe Whitted #2 • Guard	7	0	2	0	0	0	0-3	0-1	0-2	0-0	1	0	0	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-2.5
Grant Slatten #10 • Guard	6	0	1	1	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	-	1.0

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	FG	2PT	3PT	FT	TO	PF	OREB	DREB	FG%	2PT%	3PT%	FT%	eFG%	TS%	A/TO	FTR	OREB%	USG%	ORTG	DRTG	NET	GmSc
Kooper Jacobi #40 • Forward	35	11	7	2	0	3-9	3-7	0-2	5-7	0	1	3	4	33.3	42.9	0.0	71.4	33.3	45.5	-	77.8	42.9	18.9	121.5	104.5	+17.0	9.4
Meechie White #3 • Guard	30	13	2	3	4	5-10	4-6	1-4	2-2	1	3	0	2	50.0	66.7	25.0	100.0	55.0	59.7	3.0	20.0	0.0	21.7	129.0	87.8	+41.2	12.5
Andre Washington #4 • Guard	30	20	2	1	1	8-13	4-7	4-6	0-2	0	2	1	1	61.5	57.1	66.7	0.0	76.9	72.0	-	15.4	50.0	25.4	153.1	104.6	+48.5	15.2
Terry McMorris #24 • Forward	20	2	2	0	1	0-3	0-2	0-1	2-2	2	1	0	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	25.8	0.0	66.7	0.0	16.1	39.4	98.0	-58.6	-0.9
Nazareth Fisher #13 • Forward	13	2	4	1	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	4	2	2	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	100.0	1.0	0.0	50.0	8.4	121.8	101.8	+20.0	1.8
Zion Fruster #5 • Guard	25	10	3	2	1	3-12	2-9	1-3	3-4	3	0	0	3	25.0	22.2	33.3	75.0	29.2	36.3	0.7	33.3	0.0	36.8	75.0	98.2	-23.2	2.7
Preston Turner #10 • Guard	18	10	1	0	1	4-6	2-2	2-4	0-0	0	1	0	1	66.7	100.0	50.0	0.0	83.3	83.3	-	0.0	0.0	18.3	172.2	99.9	+72.3	8.3
Prince Johnson #7 • Forward	17	3	6	1	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	1-1	0	5	4	2	50.0	50.0	0.0	100.0	50.0	61.5	-	50.0	66.7	7.9	169.9	104.1	+65.8	4.1
Malik Olafioye #11 • Guard	9	0	1	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	6.1	0.0	88.3	-88.3	0.2
Andrew Austin #15 • Forward	3	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

Column Legend

MIN: Minutes Played

PTS: Points

REB: Total Rebounds

AST: Assists

STL: Steals

BLK: Blocks

FG: Field Goals Made-Attempted

2PT: Two-Point Field Goals

3PT: Three-Point Field Goals

FT: Free Throws Made-Attempted

TO: Turnovers

PF: Personal Fouls

OREB: Offensive Rebounds

DREB: Defensive Rebounds

FG%: Field Goal Percentage

2PT%: Two-Point Percentage

3PT%: Three-Point Percentage

FT%: Free Throw Percentage

eFG%: Effective Field Goal %

TS%: True Shooting Percentage

A/TO: Assist-to-Turnover Ratio

FTR: Free Throw Rate

OREB%: Offensive Rebound Rate

USG%: Usage Rate

ORTG: Offensive Rating

DRTG: Defensive Rating

NET: Net Rating (ORTG - DRTG)

GmSc: Game Score