Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles vs. Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles

Jan 15, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
USI	27	44	71
TNTC	27	27	54

Game Recap

Habib scores 21 as Southern Indiana takes down Tennessee Tech 71-54. Ismail Habib had 21 points off the bench in Southern Indiana's 71-54 win against Tennessee Tech on Thursday.

Player Stats

SOUTHERN INDIANA	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
5Ola Ajiboye	11	1-3	0-0	0-2	3	1	0	0	0	3	2
15Amaree Brown	18	1-7	1-4	0-0	1	1	0	1	1	1	3
8Cardell Bailey	23	7-11	2-4	1-2	2	0	1	1	0	0	17
11Sheridan Sharp	16	0-6	0-0	0-2	5	2	2	0	0	1	0
2Steven Clay	18	2-4	2-4	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	1	6
3Tolu Samuels	25	3-9	0-1	3-5	10	1	1	0	0	2	9
6Ben Ezeagu	8	1-2	0-0	0-0	3	0	1	0	1	2	2
13Devin Curtis	21	3-5	0-0	2-4	9	0	2	4	0	4	8
22Josiah Dunham	25	1-4	1-4	0-0	2	1	0	0	1	0	3
21Ismail Habib	35	8-20	2-8	3-4	4	7	0	0	0	0	21


TOTAL	-	27-7138.0%	8-2532.0%	9-1947.4%	41	13	7	6	3	14	71

TENNESSEE TECH	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
4Mekhi Turner	11	2-3	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	2	0	2	4
8Ty Owens	16	0-3	0-2	0-0	2	3	0	1	1	3	0
0Malik Ferguson	29	4-10	0-1	2-2	4	0	0	1	3	1	10
6Brandon Muntu	25	1-4	0-2	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	2	2
1Mekhi Cameron	23	2-9	1-5	0-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	5
24Owen Varnado	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7JaJuan Nicholls	19	5-9	0-0	6-10	7	0	0	0	0	2	16
11Dani Pounds	8	1-5	0-2	0-0	6	0	0	0	6	3	2
13C.J. McPherson	15	2-5	1-4	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	1	5
3Jah'Kim Payne	18	0-2	0-1	1-2	5	1	0	0	2	0	1
2Jacobe Whitted	12	0-3	0-1	0-0	3	2	0	1	0	1	0
5Ja'Quavian Florence	22	4-7	1-2	0-0	3	0	0	1	0	2	9
TOTAL	-	21-6035.0%	3-2015.0%	9-1560.0%	42	7	1	6	12	17	54

Play-by-Play

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1st halfUSITNTC

(20:00) Start game.
(19:56) Jump Ball won by Tennessee Tech.
(19:56) Jump Ball lost by Southern Indiana.
+2 (19:30) Mekhi Turner makes layup (Ty Owens assists).
02
(18:56) Sheridan Sharp misses 9-foot floating jump shot.
(18:53) Mekhi Turner Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:45) Malik Ferguson makes layup.
04
+3 (18:27) Cardell Bailey makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot.
34
(18:11) Mekhi Cameron misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(18:07) Malik Ferguson Offensive Rebound.
(17:58) Mekhi Turner misses layup.
(17:58) Cardell Bailey Block.
(17:53) Sheridan Sharp Defensive Rebound.
+3 (17:41) Steven Clay makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ola Ajiboye assists).
64
+2 (17:20) Mekhi Cameron makes 14-foot jumper (Ty Owens assists).
66
(17:19) Foul on Ola Ajiboye.
(17:19) Mekhi Cameron misses free throw 1 of 1.
(17:16) Steven Clay Defensive Rebound.
(16:54) Ola Ajiboye misses 18-foot pullup jump shot.
(16:51) Mekhi Turner Defensive Rebound.
+3 (16:45) Mekhi Cameron makes 25-foot three pointer.
69
(16:27) Cardell Bailey misses driving layup.
(16:24) Mekhi Cameron Defensive Rebound.
(16:21) Mekhi Cameron misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(16:16) Ola Ajiboye Defensive Rebound.
(16:12) Sheridan Sharp misses driving layup.
(16:09) Sheridan Sharp Offensive Rebound.
(16:08) Foul on Ty Owens.
(16:08) Sheridan Sharp misses free throw 1 of 2.
(16:08) Southern Indiana Deadball Team Rebound.
(16:08) Sheridan Sharp misses free throw 2 of 2.
(16:05) Brandon Muntu Defensive Rebound.
(15:48) Ty Owens misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(15:43) Sheridan Sharp Defensive Rebound.
(15:30) Ola Ajiboye misses layup.
(15:26) Mekhi Cameron Defensive Rebound.
(15:09) Malik Ferguson misses driving layup.
(15:04) Malik Ferguson Offensive Rebound.
+2 (15:04) Malik Ferguson makes 0-foot tip in layup.
611
(14:49) Sheridan Sharp misses driving layup.
(14:47) Ola Ajiboye Offensive Rebound.
(14:45) Foul on Malik Ferguson.
(14:45) Ola Ajiboye misses free throw 1 of 2.
(14:45) Southern Indiana Deadball Team Rebound.
(14:45) Ola Ajiboye misses free throw 2 of 2.
(14:40) Malik Ferguson Defensive Rebound.
(14:38) Malik Ferguson misses driving layup.
(14:35) Tolu Samuels Defensive Rebound.
(14:22) Ismail Habib misses 17-foot pullup jump shot.
(14:16) Tolu Samuels Offensive Rebound.
(14:16) Tolu Samuels misses tip in layup.
(14:15) Ismail Habib Offensive Rebound.
+3 (14:14) Steven Clay makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ismail Habib assists).
911
(13:39) Dani Pounds misses driving layup.
(13:36) Ismail Habib Defensive Rebound.
(13:34) Steven Clay misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(13:30) Mekhi Cameron Defensive Rebound.
(13:28) Foul on Dani Pounds.
(13:28) Dani Pounds turnover.
+2 (13:00) Ben Ezeagu makes layup (Josiah Dunham assists).
1111
(12:42) Foul on Ben Ezeagu.
(12:38) Jah'Kim Payne bad pass turnover.
(12:25) Ismail Habib misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(12:21) C.J. McPherson Defensive Rebound.
+2 (12:17) Dani Pounds makes layup (Jah'Kim Payne assists).
1113
(11:49) Tolu Samuels misses 8-foot hook shot.
(11:49) Jacobe Whitted Block.
(11:41) Dani Pounds Defensive Rebound.
(11:40) Dani Pounds bad pass turnover.
(11:40) Ben Ezeagu Steal.
(11:33) Ben Ezeagu misses layup.
(11:29) Dani Pounds Defensive Rebound.
+3 (11:28) C.J. McPherson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jacobe Whitted assists).
1116
(11:08) Tolu Samuels misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(11:04) Ben Ezeagu Offensive Rebound.
(11:00) Ismail Habib misses 12-foot step back jumpshot.
(10:54) Tolu Samuels Offensive Rebound.
+2 (10:54) Tolu Samuels makes layup.
1316
(10:54) Foul on Jacobe Whitted.
(10:53) Tolu Samuels misses free throw 1 of 1.
(10:51) JaJuan Nicholls Defensive Rebound.
(10:36) JaJuan Nicholls misses driving layup.
(10:32) Jah'Kim Payne Offensive Rebound.
(10:30) Jacobe Whitted misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(10:26) Tolu Samuels Defensive Rebound.
(10:09) Cardell Bailey misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot.
(10:06) Jah'Kim Payne Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:58) Ja'Quavian Florence makes 8-foot floating jump shot.
1318
(9:34) Foul on Brandon Muntu.
(9:34) Tolu Samuels misses free throw 1 of 2.
(9:34) Southern Indiana Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (9:34) Tolu Samuels makes free throw 2 of 2.
1418
(9:28) Brandon Muntu misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(9:22) Jacobe Whitted Offensive Rebound.
(9:22) Jacobe Whitted misses tip in layup.
(9:18) JaJuan Nicholls Offensive Rebound.
(9:18) JaJuan Nicholls misses tip in layup.
(9:16) Ja'Quavian Florence Offensive Rebound.
(9:07) Foul on Tolu Samuels.
(9:07) Jah'Kim Payne misses free throw 1 of 2.
(9:07) Tennessee Tech Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (9:07) Jah'Kim Payne makes free throw 2 of 2.
1419
+3 (8:41) Josiah Dunham makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ismail Habib assists).
1719
+2 (8:17) JaJuan Nicholls makes driving layup.
1721
(8:00) Josiah Dunham misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(7:56) Jacobe Whitted Defensive Rebound.
(7:46) JaJuan Nicholls misses layup.
(7:43) Tolu Samuels Defensive Rebound.
(7:38) Ismail Habib misses driving layup.
(7:35) Jacobe Whitted Defensive Rebound.
(7:30) Foul on Ola Ajiboye.
+1 (7:30) JaJuan Nicholls makes free throw 1 of 2.
1722
+1 (7:30) JaJuan Nicholls makes free throw 2 of 2.
1723
(7:10) Cardell Bailey misses 20-foot pullup jump shot.
(7:06) Mekhi Turner Defensive Rebound.
(6:59) Ja'Quavian Florence misses 9-foot floating jump shot.
(6:56) Ben Ezeagu Defensive Rebound.
+2 (6:38) Tolu Samuels makes driving layup.
1923
+2 (6:21) Mekhi Turner makes layup (Ty Owens assists).
1925
(5:47) Josiah Dunham misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot.
(5:47) Ty Owens Block.
(5:40) Mekhi Turner Defensive Rebound.
+2 (5:36) Malik Ferguson makes driving layup.
1927
(5:10) Foul on Ben Ezeagu.
(5:10) Ben Ezeagu turnover.
(4:50) Malik Ferguson misses 9-foot floating jump shot.
(4:46) Amaree Brown Defensive Rebound.
(4:41) Tolu Samuels misses dunk.
(4:36) Mekhi Cameron Defensive Rebound.
(4:26) Mekhi Cameron misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(4:23) Ben Ezeagu Defensive Rebound.
(4:17) Sheridan Sharp misses driving layup.
(4:17) Mekhi Turner Block.
(4:17) Southern Indiana Offensive Rebound.
(4:15) Ismail Habib misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(4:11) Dani Pounds Defensive Rebound.
(4:01) Mekhi Cameron misses driving layup.
(4:01) Devin Curtis Block.
(4:00) Tennessee Tech Offensive Rebound.
(3:52) Dani Pounds misses driving layup.
(3:48) Dani Pounds Offensive Rebound.
(3:47) Dani Pounds bad pass turnover.
(3:47) Devin Curtis Steal.
+3 (3:21) Amaree Brown makes 24-foot three point step back jumpshot.
2227
(3:03) Ty Owens bad pass turnover.
(3:03) Sheridan Sharp Steal.
(3:03) Foul on Ty Owens.
(2:51) Amaree Brown bad pass turnover.
(2:36) Dani Pounds misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(2:33) Devin Curtis Defensive Rebound.
(2:33) Foul on C.J. McPherson.
(2:33) Devin Curtis misses free throw 1 of 1.
(2:31) Dani Pounds Defensive Rebound.
(2:19) Dani Pounds misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(2:15) Sheridan Sharp Defensive Rebound.
(2:10) Amaree Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(2:06) Devin Curtis Offensive Rebound.
+2 (2:06) Devin Curtis makes 0-foot tip in layup.
2427
(2:06) Foul on Dani Pounds.
+1 (2:06) Devin Curtis makes free throw 1 of 1.
2527
(1:54) Foul on Amaree Brown.
(1:51) Mekhi Cameron misses driving layup.
(1:51) Devin Curtis Block.
(1:46) Sheridan Sharp Defensive Rebound.
(1:45) Sheridan Sharp misses driving layup.
(1:41) JaJuan Nicholls Defensive Rebound.
(1:26) Malik Ferguson bad pass turnover.
(1:10) Ismail Habib misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(1:07) Tennessee Tech Defensive Rebound.
(0:51) Malik Ferguson misses driving layup.
(0:47) Devin Curtis Defensive Rebound.
+2 (0:41) Ismail Habib makes driving layup.
2727
(0:19) Jah'Kim Payne bad pass turnover.
(0:00) Amaree Brown misses 27-foot three point step back jumpshot.
(0:00) Tennessee Tech Deadball Team Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

USI

TNTC

71Points54

27-71(38.0%)Field Goal(%)21-60(35.0%)

8-25(32.0%)3-Point(%)3-20(15.0%)

9-19(47.4%)Free Throw(%)9-15(60.0%)

44(15)Rebounds(Offensive)47(12)

13Assists7

7Steals1

6Blocks6

3Turnovers13

14(0)Fouls(Technical)17(0)

19Largest Lead8

Game Details

Thursday, January 15, 2026 · 9:00 PM

Hooper Eblen Center · Cookeville, TN

attendance: 1,250 (16.7%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: TNTC -5.5

over/under: 142.5