Morehead State Eagles at Tennessee State Tigers
· OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP - 1st ROUND
67 - 74
Tennessee State wins OVC tournament opener in overtime
Marshall also had seven rebounds and five steals for Tennessee State (18-14). Wesley Harris added 12 points and eight rebounds.
Ta'lon Cooper had 18 points for the Eagles (13-19). Tyzhaun Claude added 11 points and nine rebounds. LJ Bryan had seven rebounds.
TSU's Ravel Moody opened the scoring in overtime with a layup and the Tigers then got their final 13 points at the line.
TSU led by nine in regulation after a 3-pointer by Mark Freeman with four minutes left. Morehead State rallied and led by two with 13 seconds remaining before Marshall sent the game into overtime with a jumper in the paint with 1.1 seconds remaining.
There were 48 fouls in the game and 68 free throws taken, 38 by Morehead State. Three TSU players fouled out.
With the fifth-seeded Tigers' win over the eighth-seeded Eagles, they advance to play No. 4 seed Eastern Kentucky on Thursday.
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| 3rd 0:00 | End of Game | 67 - 74 |
| 3rd 0:00 | End of 1st overtime | 67 - 74 |
| 3rd 0:06 | Ravel Moody made Free Throw. | 67 - 74 |
| 3rd 0:06 | Ravel Moody made Free Throw. | 67 - 73 |
| 3rd 0:06 | Foul on Ta'lon Cooper. | 67 - 72 |
Statistics
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 TNST |
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|---|---|---|
| 19-57 | FG | 24-57 |
| 33 | Field Goal % | 42 |
| 4-27 | 3PT | 6-20 |
| 15 | Three Point % | 30 |
| 25-38 | FT | 20-22 |
| 66 | Free Throw % | 91 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 18 | Offensive Rebounds | 10 |
| 24 | Defensive Rebounds | 27 |
| 10 | Assists | 9 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 4 |
| 15 | Total Turnovers | 16 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 10 | Points Off Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Fast Break Points | 8 |
| 22 | Points in Paint | 34 |
| 22 | Fouls | 26 |
| 4 | Largest Lead | 9 |
Game Information
Location: Evansville, IN
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2025-26 Ohio Valley Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee State | 15-5 | - | 23-10 |
| Morehead State | 15-5 | - | 20-13 |
| Southeast Missouri State | 14-6 | 1 | 20-13 |
| UT Martin | 13-7 | 2 | 22-11 |
| SIU Edwardsville | 12-8 | 3 | 19-13 |
| Lindenwood | 11-9 | 4 | 18-15 |
| Little Rock | 9-11 | 6 | 12-20 |
| Tennessee Tech | 8-12 | 6 | 13-18 |
| Eastern Illinois | 8-12 | 7 | 13-20 |
| Southern Indiana | 4-16 | 11 | 7-23 |
| Western Illinois | 1-19 | 14 | 5-26 |