Tennessee Tech (61) vs E Illinois (71) · Jan 8, 2026 · NCAAM Scores

FINAL

Jan 8, 2026

Box Score

	1	2	T
TNTC	36	25	61
EIU	29	42	71

TENNESSEE TECH	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
11Dani Pounds	16	1-3	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	1	2	4	2
8Ty Owens	25	3-5	0-1	1-2	2	4	0	1	3	1	7
0Malik Ferguson	31	4-10	1-4	0-0	2	3	1	0	1	2	9
6Brandon Muntu	27	3-10	2-7	1-1	2	2	0	0	1	1	9
1Mekhi Cameron	31	0-2	0-1	6-6	5	1	0	0	1	1	6
7JaJuan Nicholls	12	0-0	0-0	3-4	3	0	0	1	0	1	3
4Mekhi Turner	11	3-4	0-0	4-4	4	0	0	0	1	2	10
3Jah'Kim Payne	15	3-5	3-4	2-2	2	0	0	1	0	2	11
2Jacobe Whitted	7	0-3	0-2	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
5Ja'Quavian Florence	19	1-4	0-1	2-2	1	0	0	0	4	2	4
10Grant Slatten	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	-	18-4639.1%	6-2030.0%	19-2190.5%	27	12	1	4	14	16	61

EASTERN ILLINOIS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
24Terry McMorris	20	0-3	0-1	2-2	2	0	1	0	2	1	2
13Nazareth Fisher	13	1-1	0-0	0-0	4	1	0	0	1	4	2
40Kooper Jacobi	35	3-9	0-2	5-7	7	2	0	0	0	1	11
3Meechie White	30	5-10	1-4	2-2	2	3	4	0	1	3	13
4Andre Washington	30	8-13	4-6	0-2	2	1	1	0	0	2	20
15Andrew Austin	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7Prince Johnson	17	1-2	0-0	1-1	6	1	0	0	0	5	3
10Preston Turner	18	4-6	2-4	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	1	10
5Zion Fruster	25	3-12	1-3	3-4	3	2	1	0	3	0	10
11Malik Olafioye	9	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0

TOTAL	-	25-5743.9%	8-2138.1%	13-1872.2%	28	10	9	0	7	18	71

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st halftntceiu

(20:00) Technical Foul on Eastern Illinois.
+1 (20:00) Brandon Muntu makes free throw 1 of 1.
10
(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Tennessee Tech.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Eastern Illinois.
+3 (19:46) Malik Ferguson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Dani Pounds assists).
40
(19:28) Meechie White misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(19:25) Ty Owens Defensive Rebound.
(19:10) Brandon Muntu misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(19:06) Nazareth Fisher Defensive Rebound.
(19:01) Terry McMorris misses layup.
(19:01) Dani Pounds Block.
(19:01) Eastern Illinois Offensive Rebound.
(18:41) Meechie White misses 18-foot jumper.
(18:39) Dani Pounds Defensive Rebound.
(18:22) Foul on Nazareth Fisher.
(18:17) Foul on Terry McMorris.
(18:17) Ty Owens misses free throw 1 of 2.
(18:17) Tennessee Tech Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (18:17) Ty Owens makes free throw 2 of 2.
50
(17:59) Andre Washington misses 20-foot jumper.
(17:56) Mekhi Cameron Defensive Rebound.
+3 (17:36) Brandon Muntu makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ty Owens assists).
80
(17:17) Foul on Brandon Muntu.
+1 (17:17) Kooper Jacobi makes free throw 1 of 2.
81
(17:17) Kooper Jacobi misses free throw 2 of 2.
(17:14) Dani Pounds Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:52) Dani Pounds makes layup (Ty Owens assists).
101
(16:27) Foul on Dani Pounds.
+1 (16:27) Terry McMorris makes free throw 1 of 2.
102
+1 (16:27) Terry McMorris makes free throw 2 of 2.
103
(15:55) team shot clock turnover .
(15:26) Terry McMorris misses 11-foot jumper.
(15:23) Mekhi Turner Defensive Rebound.
(15:18) Foul on Mekhi Turner.
(15:18) Mekhi Turner turnover.
+3 (15:01) Preston Turner makes 28-foot three point jumper (Zion Fruster assists).
106
(14:39) Jacobe Whitted misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(14:35) Brandon Muntu Offensive Rebound.
(14:33) Jacobe Whitted misses layup.
(14:28) Mekhi Turner Offensive Rebound.
+2 (14:28) Mekhi Turner makes 0-foot tip in layup.
126
(14:22) Meechie White bad pass turnover.
(14:08) Foul on Kooper Jacobi.
(13:57) Jacobe Whitted bad pass turnover.
(13:57) Terry McMorris Steal.
(13:36) Terry McMorris misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(13:33) Kooper Jacobi Offensive Rebound.
(13:29) Preston Turner misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(13:23) Jacobe Whitted Defensive Rebound.
+2 (13:08) Ty Owens makes 17-foot jumper.
146
(12:53) Foul on Mekhi Cameron.
(12:46) Zion Fruster misses 16-foot jumper.
(12:42) Prince Johnson Offensive Rebound.
+2 (12:41) Prince Johnson makes layup.
148
(12:41) Foul on JaJuan Nicholls.
+1 (12:41) Prince Johnson makes free throw 1 of 1.
149
(12:33) Malik Ferguson bad pass turnover.
(12:15) Zion Fruster bad pass turnover.
(11:58) Ja'Quavian Florence misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(11:53) Zion Fruster Defensive Rebound.
(11:48) Zion Fruster misses layup.
(11:45) Mekhi Cameron Defensive Rebound.
(11:39) Malik Ferguson misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(11:36) Andre Washington Defensive Rebound.
(11:36) Foul on Malik Ferguson.
(11:17) Foul on Jah'Kim Payne.
(11:17) Andre Washington misses free throw 1 of 2.
(11:17) Eastern Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.
(11:17) Andre Washington misses free throw 2 of 2.
(11:15) Prince Johnson Offensive Rebound.
(11:11) Prince Johnson misses layup.
(11:07) Jah'Kim Payne Defensive Rebound.
(10:52) Malik Ferguson misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(10:50) Jah'Kim Payne Offensive Rebound.
(10:50) Foul on Prince Johnson.
(10:47) Foul on Malik Olafioye.
+3 (10:40) Jah'Kim Payne makes 27-foot three point jumper (Mekhi Cameron assists).
179
(10:18) Zion Fruster misses layup.
(10:15) Malik Ferguson Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:07) Brandon Muntu makes 14-foot jumper.
199
(9:43) Preston Turner misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(9:39) Malik Ferguson Defensive Rebound.
(9:33) Malik Ferguson misses layup.
(9:29) Dani Pounds Offensive Rebound.
(9:29) Dani Pounds misses tip in layup.
(9:27) Zion Fruster Defensive Rebound.
+3 (9:14) Zion Fruster makes 24-foot three point jumper (Andre Washington assists).
1912
(8:49) Foul on Prince Johnson.
+3 (8:38) Jah'Kim Payne makes 23-foot three point jumper (Brandon Muntu assists).
2212
(8:06) Zion Fruster misses 18-foot jumper.
(8:03) Nazareth Fisher Offensive Rebound.
+3 (8:02) Andre Washington makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nazareth Fisher assists).
2215
(7:39) Dani Pounds bad pass turnover.
(7:39) Meechie White Steal.
+2 (7:33) Meechie White makes layup.
2217
(7:30) Tennessee Tech Timeout.
(7:09) Brandon Muntu misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(7:07) Tennessee Tech Offensive Rebound.
(7:07) Foul on Nazareth Fisher.
+1 (7:07) Mekhi Turner makes free throw 1 of 2.
2317
+1 (7:07) Mekhi Turner makes free throw 2 of 2.
2417
+2 (6:51) Andre Washington makes layup.
2419
(6:22) Foul on Andre Washington.
+1 (6:22) Mekhi Turner makes free throw 1 of 2.
2519
+1 (6:22) Mekhi Turner makes free throw 2 of 2.
2619
(6:06) Kooper Jacobi misses layup.
(6:02) Mekhi Cameron Defensive Rebound.
(6:01) Brandon Muntu misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(5:57) Meechie White Defensive Rebound.
(5:53) Meechie White misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(5:49) Andre Washington Offensive Rebound.
(5:46) Andre Washington misses layup.
(5:45) Kooper Jacobi Offensive Rebound.
+2 (5:45) Kooper Jacobi makes 0-foot tip in layup.
2621
(5:45) Foul on Ty Owens.
+1 (5:45) Kooper Jacobi makes free throw 1 of 1.
2622
(5:24) Mekhi Turner misses layup.
(5:21) Kooper Jacobi Defensive Rebound.
(5:19) Andre Washington misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(5:16) Tennessee Tech Deadball Team Rebound.
+2 (4:57) Ja'Quavian Florence makes 4-foot jumper.
2822
(4:27) Terry McMorris traveling turnover.
(4:12) Ja'Quavian Florence misses layup.
(4:12) Terry McMorris Defensive Rebound.
(4:12) Foul on Mekhi Turner.
+1 (4:12) Kooper Jacobi makes free throw 1 of 2.
2823
(4:11) Kooper Jacobi misses free throw 2 of 2.
(4:08) Jacobe Whitted Defensive Rebound.
(3:50) Ty Owens misses 11-foot floating jump shot.
(3:48) Eastern Illinois Defensive Rebound.
(3:36) Zion Fruster misses 15-foot jumper.
(3:33) JaJuan Nicholls Defensive Rebound.
(3:26) Ty Owens bad pass turnover.
(3:26) Meechie White Steal.
+2 (3:22) Meechie White makes layup.
2825
(3:05) Ty Owens traveling turnover.
(2:49) Foul on Jah'Kim Payne.
(2:49) Zion Fruster misses free throw 1 of 2.
(2:49) Eastern Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (2:49) Zion Fruster makes free throw 2 of 2.
2826
(2:33) Foul on Andre Washington.
+1 (2:33) Jah'Kim Payne makes free throw 1 of 2.
2926
+1 (2:33) Jah'Kim Payne makes free throw 2 of 2.
3026
(2:14) Kooper Jacobi misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(2:14) JaJuan Nicholls Block.
(2:11) JaJuan Nicholls Defensive Rebound.
(2:05) Ja'Quavian Florence out of bounds bad pass turnover.
(1:55) Kooper Jacobi misses 13-foot jumper.
(1:51) Brandon Muntu Defensive Rebound.
+3 (1:32) Jah'Kim Payne makes 24-foot three point jumper (Brandon Muntu assists).
3326
+3 (0:59) Preston Turner makes 25-foot three point jumper (Zion Fruster assists).
3329
+3 (0:34) Brandon Muntu makes 23-foot three point jumper (Malik Ferguson assists).
3629
(0:02) Zion Fruster out of bounds bad pass turnover.

2nd half

Team Stats

TNTC

EIU

61Points71

18-46(39.1%)Field Goal(%)25-57(43.9%)

6-20(30.0%)3-Point(%)8-21(38.1%)

19-21(90.5%)Free Throw(%)13-18(72.2%)

31(9)Rebounds(Offensive)30(11)

12Assists10

1Steals9

4Blocks0

15Turnovers8

16(0)Fouls(Technical)18(0)

10Largest Lead12

Game Details

Thursday, January 8, 2026 · 5:30 PM

Lantz Arena · Charleston, IL

attendance: 736 (13.6%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: TNTC -1.5

over/under: 140.5