Western Illinois Leathernecks vs Tennessee State Tigers
OVC Championship - Quarterfinal
18-15, 10-8 OVC
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18-15, 10-8 OVC
Final
| 1 | 2 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|
TNST | 30 | 29 | 59 |
WIU | 30 | 31 | 61 |
21-11, 13-5 OVC
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21-11, 13-5 OVC
| TIME | PLAY | TNST | WIU | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:46 |  | Ryan Myers missed Three Point Jumper. | 0 | 0 |
| 19:43 | | Quinlan Bennett Offensive Rebound. | 0 | 0 |
| 19:39 | | Quinlan Bennett missed Jumper. | 0 | 0 |
| 19:37 | | Jesiah West Offensive Rebound. | 0 | 0 |
| 19:34 | | Ryan Myers missed Three Point Jumper. | 0 | 0 |
| 19:31 | | Drew Cisse Offensive Rebound. | 0 | 0 |
| 19:30 | | Drew Cisse missed Layup. | 0 | 0 |
| 19:28 | | JJ Kalakon Offensive Rebound. | 0 | 0 |
| 19:27 | | JJ Kalakon made Layup. | 0 | 2 |
| 19:07 | | Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. missed Layup. | 0 | 2 |
| 19:04 | | Drew Cisse Defensive Rebound. | 0 | 2 |
| 19:01 | | JJ Kalakon missed Jumper. | 0 | 2 |
| 19:01 | | E.J. Bellinger Block. | 0 | 2 |
| 18:57 | | E.J. Bellinger Defensive Rebound. | 0 | 2 |
| 18:52 | | E.J. Bellinger made Jumper. | 2 | 2 |
| 18:37 | | Drew Cisse Turnover. | 2 | 2 |
| 18:37 | | Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. Steal. | 2 | 2 |
| 18:31 | | Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. made Layup. | 4 | 2 |
| 18:13 | | Jesiah West missed Three Point Jumper. | 4 | 2 |
| 18:11 | | E.J. Bellinger Defensive Rebound. | 4 | 2 |
| 18:03 | | Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. missed Jumper. | 4 | 2 |
| 18:00 | | Quinlan Bennett Defensive Rebound. | 4 | 2 |
| 17:43 | | Jesiah West missed Layup. | 4 | 2 |
| 17:43 | | Jason Jitoboh Block. | 4 | 2 |
| 17:43 | | Jason Jitoboh Defensive Rebound. | 4 | 2 |
| 17:26 | | Christian Brown missed Three Point Jumper. | 4 | 2 |
| 17:24 | | Quinlan Bennett Defensive Rebound. | 4 | 2 |
| 17:06 | | Foul on Jesiah West. | 4 | 2 |
| 17:06 | | Jesiah West Turnover. | 4 | 2 |
| 16:53 | | E.J. Bellinger missed Three Point Jumper. | 4 | 2 |
| 16:51 | | Quinlan Bennett Defensive Rebound. | 4 | 2 |
| 16:37 | | Quinlan Bennett made Layup. Assisted by Jesiah West. | 4 | 4 |
| 16:27 | | Kinyon Hodges missed Jumper. | 4 | 4 |
| 16:25 | | Jesiah West Defensive Rebound. | 4 | 4 |
| 16:07 | | James Dent Jr. missed Jumper. | 4 | 4 |
| 16:04 | | Jaylen Jones Defensive Rebound. | 4 | 4 |
| 16:02 | | Jaylen Jones missed Layup. | 4 | 4 |
| 16:00 | | Kinyon Hodges Offensive Rebound. | 4 | 4 |
| 15:59 | | Kinyon Hodges missed Layup. | 4 | 4 |
| 15:58 | | James Dent Jr. Defensive Rebound. | 4 | 4 |
| 15:54 | | Jesiah West made Dunk. Assisted by James Dent Jr.. | 4 | 6 |
| 15:35 | | Kinyon Hodges missed Jumper. | 4 | 6 |
| 15:32 | | Kinyon Hodges Offensive Rebound. | 4 | 6 |
| 15:26 | | E.J. Bellinger made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kinyon Hodges. | 7 | 6 |
| 15:11 | | JJ Kalakon missed Three Point Jumper. | 7 | 6 |
| 15:08 | | Jaylen Jones Defensive Rebound. | 7 | 6 |
| 15:01 | | Foul on Jesiah West. | 7 | 6 |
| 15:01 | Official TV Timeout | 7 | 6 | |
| 15:01 | | Jason Jitoboh made Free Throw. | 8 | 6 |
| 15:01 | | Jason Jitoboh made Free Throw. | 9 | 6 |
| 14:34 | | Ryan Myers made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Drew Cisse. | 9 | 9 |
| 14:14 | | Jaylen Jones missed Jumper. | 9 | 9 |
| 14:12 | | Tay Knox Defensive Rebound. | 9 | 9 |
| 14:02 | | Quinlan Bennett missed Jumper. | 9 | 9 |
| 13:59 | | E.J. Bellinger Defensive Rebound. | 9 | 9 |
| 13:52 | | Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. missed Jumper. | 9 | 9 |
| 13:49 | | Tay Knox Defensive Rebound. | 9 | 9 |
| 13:30 | | Quinlan Bennett made Layup. Assisted by Ryan Myers. | 9 | 11 |
| 13:29 | | Tennessee State Timeout | 9 | 11 |
| 13:14 | | Kinyon Hodges Turnover. | 9 | 11 |
| 13:05 | | Braden Lamar Turnover. | 9 | 11 |
| 13:05 | | Kinyon Hodges Steal. | 9 | 11 |
| 13:00 | | Kinyon Hodges made Dunk. | 11 | 11 |
| 12:48 | | Tay Knox Turnover. | 11 | 11 |
| 12:48 | | Christian Brown Steal. | 11 | 11 |
| 12:42 | | Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. missed Layup. | 11 | 11 |
| 12:42 | | JJ Kalakon Block. | 11 | 11 |
| 12:42 | | James Dent Jr. Defensive Rebound. | 11 | 11 |
| 12:13 | | Ryan Myers Turnover. | 11 | 11 |
| 12:01 | | Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. Turnover. | 11 | 11 |
| 12:01 | | James Dent Jr. Steal. | 11 | 11 |
| 11:54 | | JJ Kalakon missed Three Point Jumper. | 11 | 11 |
| 11:52 | | E.J. Bellinger Defensive Rebound. | 11 | 11 |
| 11:49 | | Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. Turnover. | 11 | 11 |
| 11:49 | Official TV Timeout | 11 | 11 | |
| 11:22 | | Quinlan Bennett Turnover. | 11 | 11 |
| 11:22 | | Kinyon Hodges Steal. | 11 | 11 |
| 11:04 | | Christian Brown missed Layup. | 11 | 11 |
| 11:01 | | Jason Jitoboh Offensive Rebound. | 11 | 11 |
| 11:01 | | Jason Jitoboh made Layup. | 13 | 11 |
| 10:41 | | James Dent Jr. Turnover. | 13 | 11 |
| 10:41 | | Kinyon Hodges Steal. | 13 | 11 |
| 10:34 | | Kinyon Hodges made Dunk. | 15 | 11 |
| 10:10 | | Tay Knox missed Jumper. | 15 | 11 |
| 10:07 | | Michael Shanks Defensive Rebound. | 15 | 11 |
| 9:56 | | Kinyon Hodges missed Layup. | 15 | 11 |
| 9:56 | | Tay Knox Defensive Rebound. | 15 | 11 |
| 9:56 | | Foul on Jason Jitoboh. | 15 | 11 |
| 9:48 | | Foul on Jaylen Jones. | 15 | 11 |
| 9:41 | | JJ Kalakon missed Jumper. | 15 | 11 |
| 9:41 | | Emmanuel Dowuona Block. | 15 | 11 |
| 9:39 | | Western Illinois Offensive Rebound. | 15 | 11 |
| 9:36 | | Tay Knox Turnover. | 15 | 11 |
| 9:36 | | Jaylen Jones Steal. | 15 | 11 |
| 9:35 | | Foul on Drew Cisse. | 15 | 11 |
| 9:23 | | Michael Shanks made Jumper. Assisted by Jaylen Jones. | 17 | 11 |
| 9:13 | | Quinlan Bennett missed Layup. | 17 | 11 |
| 9:13 | | Christian Brown Block. | 17 | 11 |
| 9:10 | | Christian Brown Defensive Rebound. | 17 | 11 |
| 9:07 | | Christian Brown made Layup. Assisted by Kinyon Hodges. | 19 | 11 |
| 9:04 | | Western Illinois Timeout | 19 | 11 |
| 8:41 | | JJ Kalakon made Jumper. | 19 | 13 |
| 8:23 | | Emmanuel Dowuona missed Jumper. | 19 | 13 |
| 8:23 | | Drew Cisse Block. | 19 | 13 |
| 8:19 | | Drew Cisse Defensive Rebound. | 19 | 13 |
| 8:14 | | Foul on Emmanuel Dowuona. | 19 | 13 |
| 8:14 | | Drew Cisse made Free Throw. | 19 | 14 |
| 8:14 | | Drew Cisse missed Free Throw. | 19 | 14 |
| 8:14 | | Kinyon Hodges Defensive Rebound. | 19 | 14 |
| 8:03 | | Michael Shanks missed Three Point Jumper. | 19 | 14 |
| 8:02 | | Quinlan Bennett Defensive Rebound. | 19 | 14 |
| 7:49 | Official TV Timeout | 19 | 14 | |
| 7:42 | | Ryan Myers missed Layup. | 19 | 14 |
| 7:42 | | Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. Block. | 19 | 14 |
| 7:38 | | Jason Jitoboh Defensive Rebound. | 19 | 14 |
| 7:35 | | E.J. Bellinger missed Jumper. | 19 | 14 |
| 7:35 | | Jesiah West Block. | 19 | 14 |
| 7:34 | | E.J. Bellinger Offensive Rebound. | 19 | 14 |
| 7:26 | | Jason Jitoboh missed Jumper. | 19 | 14 |
| 7:23 | | Jesiah West Defensive Rebound. | 19 | 14 |
| 7:09 | | Drew Cisse made Jumper. | 19 | 16 |
| 6:47 | | Michael Shanks missed Jumper. | 19 | 16 |
| 6:43 | | Jesiah West Defensive Rebound. | 19 | 16 |
| 6:37 | | Ryan Myers made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by JJ Kalakon. | 19 | 19 |
| 6:20 | | Technical Foul on Ryan Myers. | 19 | 19 |
| 6:20 | | E.J. Bellinger made Free Throw. | 20 | 19 |
| 6:20 | | E.J. Bellinger made Free Throw. | 21 | 19 |
| 6:08 | | Jaylen Jones missed Layup. | 21 | 19 |
| 6:06 | | Jesiah West Defensive Rebound. | 21 | 19 |
| 5:48 | | Foul on Michael Shanks. | 21 | 19 |
| 5:33 | | Quinlan Bennett made Jumper. | 21 | 21 |
| 5:10 | | Foul on E.J. Bellinger. | 21 | 21 |
| 5:10 | | E.J. Bellinger Turnover. | 21 | 21 |
| 4:53 | | Quinlan Bennett made Jumper. Assisted by Ryan Myers. | 21 | 23 |
| 4:49 | | Technical Foul on Marcus Fitzgerald Jr.. | 21 | 23 |
| 4:49 | | Technical Foul on Quinlan Bennett. | 21 | 23 |
| 4:49 | | Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. Turnover. | 21 | 23 |
| 4:40 | | Jason Jitoboh missed Layup. | 21 | 23 |
| 4:40 | | Drew Cisse Block. | 21 | 23 |
| 4:35 | | James Dent Jr. Defensive Rebound. | 21 | 23 |
| 4:19 | | Drew Cisse missed Jumper. | 21 | 23 |
| 4:19 | | Jason Jitoboh Block. | 21 | 23 |
| 4:15 | | JJ Kalakon Offensive Rebound. | 21 | 23 |
| 4:13 | | James Dent Jr. missed Three Point Jumper. | 21 | 23 |
| 4:09 | | Quinlan Bennett Offensive Rebound. | 21 | 23 |
| 3:58 | Official TV Timeout | 21 | 23 | |
| 3:49 | | JJ Kalakon made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Quinlan Bennett. | 21 | 26 |
| 3:27 | | Jason Jitoboh made Layup. | 23 | 26 |
| 3:09 | | Ryan Myers missed Three Point Jumper. | 23 | 26 |
| 3:06 | | JJ Kalakon Offensive Rebound. | 23 | 26 |
| 3:02 | | James Dent Jr. missed Jumper. | 23 | 26 |
| 3:02 | | Kinyon Hodges Block. | 23 | 26 |
| 2:58 | | Drew Cisse Offensive Rebound. | 23 | 26 |
| 2:57 | | Quinlan Bennett made Layup. Assisted by Drew Cisse. | 23 | 28 |
| 2:33 | | E.J. Bellinger made Jumper. | 25 | 28 |
| 2:18 | | Foul on Kinyon Hodges. | 25 | 28 |
| 2:18 | | JJ Kalakon missed Free Throw. | 25 | 28 |
| 2:18 | | Kinyon Hodges Defensive Rebound. | 25 | 28 |
| 2:00 | | Foul on James Dent Jr.. | 25 | 28 |
| 1:54 | | Jason Jitoboh missed Layup. | 25 | 28 |
| 1:54 | | Drew Cisse Block. | 25 | 28 |
| 1:51 | | James Dent Jr. Defensive Rebound. | 25 | 28 |
| 1:37 | | Ryan Myers missed Jumper. | 25 | 28 |
| 1:35 | | Jason Jitoboh Defensive Rebound. | 25 | 28 |
| 1:30 | | Christian Brown made Dunk. Assisted by Marcus Fitzgerald Jr.. | 27 | 28 |
| 1:09 | | Quinlan Bennett made Layup. Assisted by Drew Cisse. | 27 | 30 |
| 0:54 | | Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. missed Layup. | 27 | 30 |
| 0:51 | | JJ Kalakon Defensive Rebound. | 27 | 30 |
| 0:44 | | James Dent Jr. missed Three Point Jumper. | 27 | 30 |
| 0:42 | | Quinlan Bennett Offensive Rebound. | 27 | 30 |
| 0:38 | | Ryan Myers missed Three Point Jumper. | 27 | 30 |
| 0:36 | | Quinlan Bennett Offensive Rebound. | 27 | 30 |
| 0:34 | | Quinlan Bennett Turnover. | 27 | 30 |
| 0:34 | | Christian Brown Steal. | 27 | 30 |
| 0:04 | | Christian Brown made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Marcus Fitzgerald Jr.. | 30 | 30 |
| 0:00 | End of 1st half | 30 | 30 | |
TNST vs WIU Videos
Tennessee State Tigers vs. Western Illinois Leathernecks: Game Highlights
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Game Information
Evansville, IN
Referee:Bret Smith
Referee:John St. Clair
Referee:Greg Gerritsen
2025-26 Standings
NCAA Division I
| Ohio Valley Conference | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| UT Martin | 11-4 | - | 19-7 |
| Tennessee State | 11-4 | - | 17-8 |
| SIU Edwardsville | 10-5 | 1 | 17-9 |
| Lindenwood | 10-5 | 1 | 16-10 |
| Southeast Missouri State | 10-5 | 1 | 15-11 |
| Morehead State | 10-5 | 1 | 14-12 |
| Little Rock | 7-8 | 4 | 10-16 |
| Eastern Illinois | 6-9 | 5 | 10-16 |
| Tennessee Tech | 5-10 | 6 | 10-16 |
| Southern Indiana | 2-13 | 9 | 5-20 |
| Western Illinois | 1-15 | 10.5 | 5-22 |
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