Tennessee State Tigers vs. Western Illinois Leathernecks

Mar 7, 2024

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
TNST	30	29	59
WIU	30	31	61

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...

Player Stats

TENNESSEE STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
33Jason Jitoboh	20	2-5	0-0	2-2	4	0	0	2	0	5	6
2Christian Brown	31	5-9	2-4	1-3	4	1	7	1	1	3	13
10Kinyon Hodges	31	2-10	0-2	1-2	8	3	4	1	1	3	5
1Marcus Fitzgerald Jr.	27	1-9	0-1	0-0	2	3	2	1	4	4	2
5EJ Bellinger	35	5-13	3-6	4-4	8	0	0	1	2	3	17
13Michael Shanks	25	3-10	0-3	0-0	3	1	1	0	2	5	6
23Emmanuel Dowuona	4	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
11Justin Williams	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0Jaylen Jones	26	5-11	0-2	0-0	4	4	1	0	0	1	10
TOTAL	-	23-6833.8%	5-1827.8%	8-1172.7%	33	12	15	7	10	25	59

WESTERN ILLINOIS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
4Jesiah West	29	3-6	0-2	6-12	9	2	1	3	2	4	12
23Drew Cisse	34	1-3	0-0	4-8	12	3	0	3	3	4	6
10JJ Kalakon	35	4-9	1-4	3-5	8	2	1	1	1	0	12
1Quinlan Bennett	38	8-16	0-0	2-2	10	1	1	0	6	2	18
2Ryan Myers	37	5-14	2-8	0-0	0	2	0	0	2	2	12
24Tay Knox	8	0-1	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	1	3	0	0
5James Dent Jr.	18	0-7	0-3	1-2	7	2	1	0	1	1	1
13Braden Lamar	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

TOTAL	-	21-5637.5%	3-1717.6%	16-2955.2%	50	12	4	8	19	13	61

Play-by-Play

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1st halfTNSTWIU

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

2nd half

Team Stats

TNST

WIU

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

tv: ESPN+