Sunday, January 27, 2008

Tennessee State gets last-second win over Tennessee Tech

Photo: Bruce Price, 6-3/205 guard scored 13 points to help the Tigers in win. Price is a junior from South H.S., Minneapolis, MN.

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. - LaDarious Weaver'ss 3-pointer as the buzzer sounded lifted Tennessee State to a thrilling 73-72 victory over Tennessee Tech Saturday afternoon in Eblen Center. With the win, TSU (10-12/6-5 OVC) played leapfrog and jumped ahead of Tech (9-13/6-6 OVC) in the Ohio Valley Conference standings.

Tech, which came into the contest in a tie for fourth place, could find themselves anywhere from fifth to ninth place when the dusts settles later Saturday night in what's shaping up as one of the closest races in conference history.

Gerald Robinson was the game-high scorer with 27 points. Bruce Price added 13 points and Reiley Ervin canned 10 points for the Tigers. Darius Cox scored 8 points for the Tigers, while collecting 8 rebounds.

Tennessee Tech’s top scorers were Amadi McKenzie (19), Anthony Fisher (15) and Will Barnes. Northern Daniel was the game’s top rebounder, pulling down 12 rebounds.

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