Courtesy: TSU Athletics
Hot shooting and smothering defense carried the Tennessee State men’s basketball team to a 70-56 win over Austin Peay at the Gentry Center on Thursday night.
The Tigers (8-10, 3-4 OVC) shot 20-of-40 (50 percent) from the floor while limiting first-place Austin Peay (10-9, 5-2 OVC) to just 30.6 percent (19-of-62) on field goals.
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With the score tied at 28-28 at the half, the Tigers ran away from the Governors in the closing 20 minutes by outscoring APSU by a 42-28 margin in the second half.
Four Tigers scored in double figures led by a team-high 13 points from Kamar McKnight, while Darreon Reddick tallied 12. Delano Spencer, who missed the first half due to feeling under the weather, provided a lift off the bench in the second half with 11 points.
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TSU women fall, Coach disappointed
The Tennessee State University women’s basketball team saw the game slip away in the fourth quarter as the Lady Tigers dropped a, 75-59, decision to Austin Peay Thursday afternoon in the Gentry Center.
TSU (3-13, 1-6 OVC) overcame an early 12-point deficit and battled to a tie game at halftime. APSU (10-7, 4-3 OVC), however, outscored TSU 41-25 in the second half.
Tia Wooten led TSU with 22 points while Kaliya Griffin added 11. Three Austin Peay players scored in double-digits.
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