The Tigers are 8-4 against OVC opponents. Tennessee State has Jalen Jones averaging 2.7 assists per game and his 12.5 assists per game, which ranks him seventh in the OVC.
Tennessee Tech is shooting 45.3% from the field this season, which is 3.0 points more than Tennessee State is allowing its opponents (42.3%). Tennessee State is shooting 45.0 percent from the field this season, 1.2 points lower than Tennessee Tech's opponents' average shooting percentage of 46.2 percent.
Top performers: Daniel Egbuniwe of the Golden Eagles is averaging 7.3 points and 5.9 rebounds. Davis is averaging 14.2 points in Tennessee Tech's last 10 games.
Kinyon Hodges is averaging 10 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.8 steals for the Tigers. Tennessee State's Christian Brown is averaging 1.7 3-pointers in his past 10 games.
Last 10 games: Golden Eagles: 3-7, averaging 63.1 points, 27.0 rebounds, 11.2 assists, 5.2 steals, 2.8 blocks and shooting 44.8% from the field. Opponents are averaging 70.9 points per game.
Tigers: 7-3, averaging 68.7 points, 31.8 rebounds, 11.6 assists, 5.3 steals, and 3.7 blocks per game, shooting 46.1 percent from the field. The opponent's average score is 64.8 points.
The Associated Press produced this article using technology from Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
