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FINAL
Mar 7, 2024

Game Recap

Bennett's 18, Myers' game-winner lead Western Illinois past Tennessee State, 61-59 in OVC quarters. Quinlan Bennett led Western Illinois with 18 points and Ryan Myers scored the game-winning jump shot with two seconds remaining as the Leathernecks took down Tennessee State 61-59 on Thursday night in the quarterfinals of the Ohio Valley Conference...

Box Score

12T
TNST302959
WIU303161
Tennessee State Tigers logoTENNESSEE STATEMINFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
33Jason Jitoboh202-50-02-24002056
2Christian Brown315-92-41-341711313
10Kinyon Hodges312-100-21-28341135
1Marcus Fitzgerald Jr.271-90-10-02321442
5EJ Bellinger355-133-64-480012317
13Michael Shanks253-100-30-03110256
23Emmanuel Dowuona40-10-00-00001010
11Justin Williams10-00-00-00000000
0Jaylen Jones265-110-20-044100110
TOTAL23-6833.8%5-1827.8%8-1172.7%3312157102559
Western Illinois Leathernecks logoWESTERN ILLINOISMINFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
4Jesiah West293-60-26-1292132412
23Drew Cisse341-30-04-812303346
10JJ Kalakon354-91-43-582111012
1Quinlan Bennett388-160-02-2101106218
2Ryan Myers375-142-80-002002212
24Tay Knox80-10-00-04001300
5James Dent Jr.180-70-31-27210111
13Braden Lamar10-00-00-00000100
TOTAL21-5637.5%3-1717.6%16-2955.2%501248191361

Play-by-Play

1st halftnstwiu
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (19:46) Ryan Myers missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (19:43) Quinlan Bennett Offensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (19:39) Quinlan Bennett missed Jumper.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (19:37) Jesiah West Offensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (19:34) Ryan Myers missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (19:31) Drew Cisse Offensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (19:30) Drew Cisse missed Layup.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (19:28) JJ Kalakon Offensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    +2 (19:27) JJ Kalakon made Layup.
    02
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (19:07) Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. missed Layup.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (19:04) Drew Cisse Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (19:01) JJ Kalakon missed Jumper.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (19:01) E.J. Bellinger Block.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (18:57) E.J. Bellinger Defensive Rebound.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    +2 (18:52) E.J. Bellinger made Jumper.
    22
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (18:37) Drew Cisse Turnover.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (18:37) Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. Steal.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    +2 (18:31) Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. made Layup.
    42
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (18:13) Jesiah West missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (18:11) E.J. Bellinger Defensive Rebound.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (18:03) Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. missed Jumper.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (18:00) Quinlan Bennett Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (17:43) Jesiah West missed Layup.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (17:43) Jason Jitoboh Block.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (17:43) Jason Jitoboh Defensive Rebound.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (17:26) Christian Brown missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (17:24) Quinlan Bennett Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (17:06) Foul on Jesiah West.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (17:06) Jesiah West Turnover.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (16:53) E.J. Bellinger missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (16:51) Quinlan Bennett Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    +2 (16:37) Quinlan Bennett made Layup. Assisted by Jesiah West.
    44
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (16:27) Kinyon Hodges missed Jumper.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (16:25) Jesiah West Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (16:07) James Dent Jr. missed Jumper.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (16:04) Jaylen Jones Defensive Rebound.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (16:02) Jaylen Jones missed Layup.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (16:00) Kinyon Hodges Offensive Rebound.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (15:59) Kinyon Hodges missed Layup.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (15:58) James Dent Jr. Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    +2 (15:54) Jesiah West made Dunk. Assisted by James Dent Jr..
    46
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (15:35) Kinyon Hodges missed Jumper.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (15:32) Kinyon Hodges Offensive Rebound.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    +3 (15:26) E.J. Bellinger made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kinyon Hodges.
    76
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (15:11) JJ Kalakon missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (15:08) Jaylen Jones Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (15:01) Foul on Jesiah West.
  • (15:01) Official TV Timeout
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    +1 (15:01) Jason Jitoboh made Free Throw.
    86
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    +1 (15:01) Jason Jitoboh made Free Throw.
    96
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    +3 (14:34) Ryan Myers made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Drew Cisse.
    99
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (14:14) Jaylen Jones missed Jumper.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (14:12) Tay Knox Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (14:02) Quinlan Bennett missed Jumper.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (13:59) E.J. Bellinger Defensive Rebound.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (13:52) Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. missed Jumper.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (13:49) Tay Knox Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    +2 (13:30) Quinlan Bennett made Layup. Assisted by Ryan Myers.
    911
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (13:29) Tennessee State Timeout
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (13:14) Kinyon Hodges Turnover.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (13:05) Braden Lamar Turnover.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (13:05) Kinyon Hodges Steal.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    +2 (13:00) Kinyon Hodges made Dunk.
    1111
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (12:48) Tay Knox Turnover.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (12:48) Christian Brown Steal.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (12:42) Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. missed Layup.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (12:42) JJ Kalakon Block.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (12:42) James Dent Jr. Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (12:13) Ryan Myers Turnover.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (12:01) Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. Turnover.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (12:01) James Dent Jr. Steal.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (11:54) JJ Kalakon missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (11:52) E.J. Bellinger Defensive Rebound.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (11:49) Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. Turnover.
  • (11:49) Official TV Timeout
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (11:22) Quinlan Bennett Turnover.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (11:22) Kinyon Hodges Steal.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (11:04) Christian Brown missed Layup.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (11:01) Jason Jitoboh Offensive Rebound.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    +2 (11:01) Jason Jitoboh made Layup.
    1311
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (10:41) James Dent Jr. Turnover.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (10:41) Kinyon Hodges Steal.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    +2 (10:34) Kinyon Hodges made Dunk.
    1511
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (10:10) Tay Knox missed Jumper.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (10:07) Michael Shanks Defensive Rebound.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (9:56) Kinyon Hodges missed Layup.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (9:56) Tay Knox Defensive Rebound.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (9:56) Foul on Jason Jitoboh.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (9:48) Foul on Jaylen Jones.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (9:41) JJ Kalakon missed Jumper.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (9:41) Emmanuel Dowuona Block.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (9:39) Western Illinois Offensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (9:36) Tay Knox Turnover.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (9:36) Jaylen Jones Steal.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (9:35) Foul on Drew Cisse.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    +2 (9:23) Michael Shanks made Jumper. Assisted by Jaylen Jones.
    1711
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (9:13) Quinlan Bennett missed Layup.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (9:13) Christian Brown Block.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (9:10) Christian Brown Defensive Rebound.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    +2 (9:07) Christian Brown made Layup. Assisted by Kinyon Hodges.
    1911
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (9:04) Western Illinois Timeout
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    +2 (8:41) JJ Kalakon made Jumper.
    1913
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (8:23) Emmanuel Dowuona missed Jumper.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (8:23) Drew Cisse Block.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (8:19) Drew Cisse Defensive Rebound.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (8:14) Foul on Emmanuel Dowuona.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    +1 (8:14) Drew Cisse made Free Throw.
    1914
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (8:14) Drew Cisse missed Free Throw.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (8:14) Kinyon Hodges Defensive Rebound.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (8:03) Michael Shanks missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (8:02) Quinlan Bennett Defensive Rebound.
  • (7:49) Official TV Timeout
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (7:42) Ryan Myers missed Layup.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (7:42) Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. Block.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (7:38) Jason Jitoboh Defensive Rebound.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (7:35) E.J. Bellinger missed Jumper.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (7:35) Jesiah West Block.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (7:34) E.J. Bellinger Offensive Rebound.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (7:26) Jason Jitoboh missed Jumper.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (7:23) Jesiah West Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    +2 (7:09) Drew Cisse made Jumper.
    1916
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (6:47) Michael Shanks missed Jumper.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (6:43) Jesiah West Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    +3 (6:37) Ryan Myers made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by JJ Kalakon.
    1919
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (6:20) Technical Foul on Ryan Myers.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    +1 (6:20) E.J. Bellinger made Free Throw.
    2019
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    +1 (6:20) E.J. Bellinger made Free Throw.
    2119
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (6:08) Jaylen Jones missed Layup.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (6:06) Jesiah West Defensive Rebound.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (5:48) Foul on Michael Shanks.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    +2 (5:33) Quinlan Bennett made Jumper.
    2121
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (5:10) Foul on E.J. Bellinger.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (5:10) E.J. Bellinger Turnover.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    +2 (4:53) Quinlan Bennett made Jumper. Assisted by Ryan Myers.
    2123
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (4:49) Technical Foul on Marcus Fitzgerald Jr..
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (4:49) Technical Foul on Quinlan Bennett.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (4:49) Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. Turnover.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (4:40) Jason Jitoboh missed Layup.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (4:40) Drew Cisse Block.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (4:35) James Dent Jr. Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (4:19) Drew Cisse missed Jumper.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (4:19) Jason Jitoboh Block.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (4:15) JJ Kalakon Offensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (4:13) James Dent Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (4:09) Quinlan Bennett Offensive Rebound.
  • (3:58) Official TV Timeout
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    +3 (3:49) JJ Kalakon made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Quinlan Bennett.
    2126
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    +2 (3:27) Jason Jitoboh made Layup.
    2326
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (3:09) Ryan Myers missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (3:06) JJ Kalakon Offensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (3:02) James Dent Jr. missed Jumper.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (3:02) Kinyon Hodges Block.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (2:58) Drew Cisse Offensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    +2 (2:57) Quinlan Bennett made Layup. Assisted by Drew Cisse.
    2328
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    +2 (2:33) E.J. Bellinger made Jumper.
    2528
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (2:18) Foul on Kinyon Hodges.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (2:18) JJ Kalakon missed Free Throw.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (2:18) Kinyon Hodges Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (2:00) Foul on James Dent Jr..
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (1:54) Jason Jitoboh missed Layup.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (1:54) Drew Cisse Block.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (1:51) James Dent Jr. Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (1:37) Ryan Myers missed Jumper.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (1:35) Jason Jitoboh Defensive Rebound.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    +2 (1:30) Christian Brown made Dunk. Assisted by Marcus Fitzgerald Jr..
    2728
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    +2 (1:09) Quinlan Bennett made Layup. Assisted by Drew Cisse.
    2730
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (0:54) Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. missed Layup.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (0:51) JJ Kalakon Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (0:44) James Dent Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (0:42) Quinlan Bennett Offensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (0:38) Ryan Myers missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (0:36) Quinlan Bennett Offensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (0:34) Quinlan Bennett Turnover.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    (0:34) Christian Brown Steal.
  • Tennessee State Tigers logo
    +3 (0:04) Christian Brown made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Marcus Fitzgerald Jr..
    3030
  • (0:00) End of 1st half
2nd half

Team Stats

59Points61
23-68(33.8%)Field Goal(%)21-56(37.5%)
5-18(27.8%)3-Point(%)3-17(17.6%)
8-11(72.7%)Free Throw(%)16-29(55.2%)
36(13)Rebounds(Offensive)52(19)
12Assists12
15Steals4
7Blocks8
12Turnovers19
25(1)Fouls(Technical)13(2)
8Largest Lead8

Game Details

Thursday, March 7, 2024 · 7:30 PM
Ford Center · Evansville, IN
capacity: 10,000
spread: WIU -2.5
over/under: 132.5