Final
Eastern IllinoisPanthersEIU · 10-156054
Tennessee TechGolden EaglesTNTC · 10-15Sat, Feb 7 · 4:00 PM EST
0:20Zion Fruster makes free throw 2 of 2
EIUTeam stats
This gameTNTC
38.9%FG%37.0%
5-133PT3-20
25Rebounds37
10Turnovers21
9Assists8
Scoring summary
- 2H 0:20 · EIU 60, TNTC 54Zion Fruster makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2H 0:20 · EIU 59, TNTC 54Zion Fruster makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2H 0:40 · EIU 58, TNTC 54Nazareth Fisher makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2H 0:40 · EIU 57, TNTC 54Nazareth Fisher makes free throw 1 of 2
2H 1:11 · TNTC 54, EIU 56Ja'Quavian Florence makes free throw 2 of 2- 2H 1:11 · TNTC 53, EIU 56Ja'Quavian Florence makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2H 1:19 · EIU 56, TNTC 52Terry McMorris makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2H 1:19 · EIU 55, TNTC 52Terry McMorris makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2H 1:48 · EIU 54, TNTC 52Zion Fruster makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2H 1:48 · EIU 53, TNTC 52Zion Fruster makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2H 3:22 · TNTC 52, EIU 52Brandon Muntu makes 22-foot three point jumper (JaJuan Nicholls assists)
- 2H 3:50 · TNTC 49, EIU 52JaJuan Nicholls makes layup
- 2H 4:04 · EIU 52, TNTC 47Meechie White makes layup
- 2H 5:04 · TNTC 47, EIU 50Ty Owens makes 13-foot floating jump shot
- 2H 5:36 · TNTC 45, EIU 50Ja'Quavian Florence makes layup
- 2H 6:09 · TNTC 43, EIU 50Jacobe Whitted makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2H 6:09 · TNTC 42, EIU 50Jacobe Whitted makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2H 6:18 · EIU 50, TNTC 41Kooper Jacobi makes 5-foot jumper
- 2H 7:30 · TNTC 41, EIU 48JaJuan Nicholls makes layup
- 2H 7:34 · TNTC 39, EIU 48Jacobe Whitted makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2H 7:50 · EIU 48, TNTC 38Meechie White makes 11-foot jumper (Markus Blackwell assists)
- 2H 8:05 · TNTC 38, EIU 46Jacobe Whitted makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2H 8:05 · TNTC 37, EIU 46Jacobe Whitted makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2H 8:41 · EIU 46, TNTC 36Kooper Jacobi makes layup (Meechie White assists)
- 2H 8:59 · TNTC 36, EIU 44JaJuan Nicholls makes layup
- 2H 9:21 · TNTC 34, EIU 44Jacobe Whitted makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ty Owens assists)
- 2H 10:20 · TNTC 31, EIU 44Jacobe Whitted makes layup (Mekhi Cameron assists)
- 2H 11:10 · TNTC 29, EIU 44JaJuan Nicholls makes 2-foot dunk (Ty Owens assists)
- 2H 11:22 · EIU 44, TNTC 27Markus Blackwell makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2H 12:50 · EIU 43, TNTC 27Meechie White makes 25-foot three point jumper
- 2H 14:03 · TNTC 27, EIU 40Dani Pounds makes 3-foot dunk (Ty Owens assists)
- 2H 15:34 · TNTC 25, EIU 40JaJuan Nicholls makes 0-foot tip in layup
- 2H 16:04 · EIU 40, TNTC 23Zion Fruster makes layup
- 2H 17:16 · EIU 38, TNTC 23Zion Fruster makes 26-foot three point jumper (Meechie White assists)
- 2H 17:36 · EIU 35, TNTC 23Meechie White makes layup
- 2H 17:56 · TNTC 23, EIU 33Brandon Muntu makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2H 17:56 · TNTC 22, EIU 33Brandon Muntu makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2H 18:41 · EIU 33, TNTC 21Terry McMorris makes layup
- 2H 19:33 · TNTC 21, EIU 31Mekhi Cameron makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2H 19:33 · TNTC 20, EIU 31Mekhi Cameron makes free throw 1 of 2
- 1H 0:31 · EIU 31, TNTC 19Zion Fruster makes layup
- 1H 1:15 · EIU 29, TNTC 19Zion Fruster makes 17-foot jumper
- 1H 1:35 · TNTC 19, EIU 27JaJuan Nicholls makes 0-foot tip in layup
- 1H 2:00 · TNTC 17, EIU 27JaJuan Nicholls makes free throw 1 of 2
- 1H 2:31 · EIU 27, TNTC 16Markus Blackwell makes free throw 2 of 2
- 1H 2:31 · EIU 26, TNTC 16Markus Blackwell makes free throw 1 of 2
- 1H 2:46 · TNTC 16, EIU 25JaJuan Nicholls makes 4-foot dunk
- 1H 2:59 · EIU 25, TNTC 14Zion Fruster makes layup
- 1H 3:35 · EIU 23, TNTC 14Prince Johnson makes free throw 2 of 2
- 1H 3:35 · EIU 22, TNTC 14Prince Johnson makes free throw 1 of 2
- 1H 4:16 · EIU 21, TNTC 14Preston Turner makes 25-foot three point jumper (Zion Fruster assists)
- 1H 4:53 · EIU 18, TNTC 14Kooper Jacobi makes 10-foot jumper (Preston Turner assists)
- 1H 7:48 · EIU 16, TNTC 14Terry McMorris makes 23-foot three point jumper (Markus Blackwell assists)
- 1H 8:12 · TNTC 14, EIU 13JaJuan Nicholls makes free throw 2 of 2
- 1H 8:12 · TNTC 13, EIU 13JaJuan Nicholls makes free throw 1 of 2
- 1H 8:46 · TNTC 12, EIU 13Ja'Quavian Florence makes 25-foot three point jumper (Grant Slatten assists)
- 1H 10:09 · EIU 13, TNTC 9Meechie White makes layup
- 1H 10:28 · TNTC 9, EIU 11JaJuan Nicholls makes layup (Ty Owens assists)
- 1H 12:08 · EIU 11, TNTC 7Kooper Jacobi makes layup (Meechie White assists)
- 1H 12:44 · TNTC 7, EIU 9Mekhi Cameron makes free throw 1 of 2
- 1H 14:42 · TNTC 6, EIU 9JaJuan Nicholls makes layup (Mekhi Cameron assists)
- 1H 15:40 · TNTC 4, EIU 9JaJuan Nicholls makes free throw 2 of 2
- 1H 15:40 · TNTC 3, EIU 9JaJuan Nicholls makes free throw 1 of 2
- 1H 16:02 · EIU 9, TNTC 2Kooper Jacobi makes layup (Terry McMorris assists)
- 1H 16:13 · TNTC 2, EIU 7Mekhi Cameron makes 9-foot jumper
- 1H 17:02 · EIU 7, TNTC 0Zion Fruster makes 16-foot jumper
- 1H 18:31 · EIU 5, TNTC 0Zion Fruster makes 22-foot three point jumper (Meechie White assists)
- 1H 19:42 · EIU 2, TNTC 0Nazareth Fisher makes 0-foot tip in layup
Box score
Team
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2
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EIU31
29
60
TNTC19
35
54
EIUTeam stats
This gameTNTC21-54Field goals17-46
38.9%Field goal %37.0%
5-133-pointers3-20
13-16Free throws17-20
25Rebounds37
9Assists8
10Steals2
1Blocks0
10Turnovers21
16Fouls17
Top performers
This game
TNTCJaJuan Nicholls23 PTS, 12 REB, 1 AST, 9-16 FG
EIUZion Fruster20 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 7-14 FG- EIUMeechie White11 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 5-11 FG
Eastern Illinois PanthersPlayers
| Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24Terry McMorrisF | 24 | 7 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13Nazareth FisherF | 16 | 4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 40Kooper JacobiF | 34 | 10 | 5-14 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 3Meechie WhiteG | 35 | 11 | 5-11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 5Zion FrusterG | 34 | 20 | 7-14 | 2-3 | 4-4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 15Andrew AustinF | 4 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7Prince JohnsonF | 17 | 2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 10Preston TurnerG | 15 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1Markus BlackwellG | 21 | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23Shane SimsG | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11Malik OlafioyeG | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6Kyle LaytonG | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2JT ElderG | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4Andre WashingtonG | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | — | 60 | 21-54 | 5-13 | 13-16 | 25 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 16 |
EIUOffense
TNTCSeason stats
67.1 (420th)Points per Game(276th) 73.3
42.8% (336th)Field Goal %(259th) 44.3%
32.3% (330th)3-Point %(375th) 31.5%
73.5% (186th)Free Throw %(89th) 75.9%
12.2 (357th)Assists per Game(357th) 12.2
10 (311th)Off. Rebounds per Game(222nd) 10.9
12.5 (313th)Turnovers per Game(380th) 13.3
EIUDefense
TNTCSeason stats
32.8 (353rd)Rebounds per Game(143rd) 36.2
22.8 (356th)Def. Rebounds per Game(139th) 25.3
7.8 (128th)Steals per Game(369th) 5.9
3.1 (243rd)Blocks per Game(266th) 3.0
EIUTeam record
TNTC10-15Record10-15
Venue and TV
- 4:00 PM, February 7, 2026
- Hooper Eblen Center, Cookeville
- Watch: ESPN+