Eastern Illinois Panthers vs. Tennessee State Tigers

Feb 5, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
EIU	30	38	68
TNST	33	44	77

Game Recap

Tennessee State defeats Eastern Illinois 77-68. Antoine Lorick III's 24 points helped Tennessee State defeat Eastern Illinois 77-68 on Thursday night.

Player Stats

EASTERN ILLINOIS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
24Terry McMorris	22	4-4	0-0	1-2	8	1	0	0	4	2	9
13Nazareth Fisher	13	1-1	0-0	1-2	2	0	0	1	1	1	3
40Kooper Jacobi	29	6-9	0-2	3-6	6	1	0	0	0	5	15
3Meechie White	31	5-11	1-4	4-4	1	0	3	0	3	4	15
5Zion Fruster	28	2-11	0-2	0-0	8	2	1	0	1	0	4
15Andrew Austin	11	1-2	0-1	1-1	1	1	0	0	0	3	3
7Prince Johnson	3	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
10Preston Turner	25	2-6	1-3	0-0	1	2	0	0	1	1	5
1Markus Blackwell	24	4-6	4-5	0-0	0	1	0	0	5	2	12
11Malik Olafioye	14	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0
TOTAL	-	26-5151.0%	6-1735.3%	10-1566.7%	30	9	4	1	16	19	68

TENNESSEE STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
11Antoine Lorick III	34	8-14	2-5	6-7	3	2	5	1	1	1	24
0Jalen Pitre	23	1-1	0-0	2-2	2	0	0	0	2	4	4
2Travis Harper II	23	1-5	0-2	2-3	3	0	0	0	1	0	4
30Aaron Nkrumah	34	7-15	2-6	7-8	5	3	1	0	2	2	23
10Dante Harris	36	2-7	0-0	3-5	4	10	2	0	0	2	7
23Kavien Jones	14	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	3	2
12Carlous Williams	6	1-3	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	3	2
7Jabrion Spikes	17	2-3	0-1	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4
3Khalil London	13	3-7	0-2	1-2	3	0	1	1	0	1	7

TOTAL	-	26-5646.4%	4-1723.5%	21-2777.8%	23	15	10	2	6	16	77

Play-by-Play

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1st halfEIUTNST

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Eastern Illinois.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Tennessee State.
(19:39) Zion Fruster misses 73-foot three point jumper.
(19:39) Eastern Illinois Offensive Rebound.
(19:24) Zion Fruster misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(19:21) Dante Harris Defensive Rebound.
(19:03) Antoine Lorick III misses layup.
(19:03) Nazareth Fisher Block.
(19:02) Tennessee State Offensive Rebound.
(18:54) Aaron Nkrumah misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(18:52) Travis Harper II Offensive Rebound.
(18:47) Travis Harper II misses 12-foot turnaround jump shot.
(18:44) Meechie White Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:19) Terry McMorris makes layup.
20
+2 (18:00) Aaron Nkrumah makes layup (Dante Harris assists).
22
(17:40) Kooper Jacobi misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(17:36) Aaron Nkrumah Defensive Rebound.
(17:33) Antoine Lorick III misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(17:28) Nazareth Fisher Defensive Rebound.
(17:25) Foul on Dante Harris.
(17:15) Meechie White misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(17:15) Tennessee State Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:59) Antoine Lorick III makes driving layup.
24
(16:35) Zion Fruster misses 10-foot floating jump shot.
(16:32) Carlous Williams Defensive Rebound.
(16:22) Carlous Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(16:19) Nazareth Fisher Defensive Rebound.
(16:18) Foul on Carlous Williams.
(16:18) Terry McMorris misses free throw 1 of 2.
(16:18) Eastern Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (16:18) Terry McMorris makes free throw 2 of 2.
34
(15:57) Aaron Nkrumah bad pass turnover.
(15:48) Zion Fruster misses layup.
(15:48) Antoine Lorick III Block.
(15:44) Carlous Williams Defensive Rebound.
(15:34) Aaron Nkrumah misses 13-foot turnaround jump shot.
(15:29) Dante Harris Offensive Rebound.
+2 (15:29) Dante Harris makes 0-foot tip in layup.
36
(15:20) Meechie White bad pass turnover.
+2 (14:56) Jabrion Spikes makes 10-foot jumper.
38
(14:26) Markus Blackwell misses driving layup.
(14:23) Kooper Jacobi Offensive Rebound.
+2 (14:22) Kooper Jacobi makes layup.
58
(13:53) team shot clock turnover .
+3 (13:41) Preston Turner makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kooper Jacobi assists).
88
+2 (13:23) Khalil London makes 13-foot pullup jump shot.
810
(12:49) Preston Turner misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(12:46) Jalen Pitre Defensive Rebound.
(12:45) Foul on Kooper Jacobi.
(12:32) Khalil London misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(12:30) Terry McMorris Defensive Rebound.
+2 (12:23) Kooper Jacobi makes layup (Markus Blackwell assists).
1010
(12:20) Jalen Pitre bad pass turnover.
(12:06) Terry McMorris bad pass turnover.
(12:06) Aaron Nkrumah Steal.
+2 (12:02) Khalil London makes layup (Aaron Nkrumah assists).
1012
(11:53) Malik Olafioye bad pass turnover.
(11:53) Khalil London Steal.
(11:48) Khalil London misses layup.
(11:44) Malik Olafioye Defensive Rebound.
(11:26) Preston Turner misses layup.
(11:23) Aaron Nkrumah Defensive Rebound.
(11:22) Foul on Markus Blackwell.
(11:22) Aaron Nkrumah misses free throw 1 of 2.
(11:22) Tennessee State Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (11:22) Aaron Nkrumah makes free throw 2 of 2.
1013
(11:04) Meechie White misses driving layup.
(11:01) Travis Harper II Defensive Rebound.
(10:50) Khalil London misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(10:46) Prince Johnson Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:33) Prince Johnson makes layup.
1213
(10:03) Antoine Lorick III misses 17-foot jumper.
(10:01) Terry McMorris Defensive Rebound.
(9:59) Terry McMorris bad pass turnover.
(9:37) Travis Harper II misses 18-foot pullup jump shot.
(9:34) Terry McMorris Defensive Rebound.
(9:27) Markus Blackwell bad pass turnover.
(9:27) Antoine Lorick III Steal.
+2 (9:23) Antoine Lorick III makes 2-foot dunk.
1215
(9:08) Foul on Jalen Pitre.
+2 (8:52) Meechie White makes layup.
1415
(8:38) Foul on Andrew Austin.
+1 (8:38) Travis Harper II makes free throw 1 of 3.
1416
+1 (8:38) Travis Harper II makes free throw 2 of 3.
1417
(8:37) Travis Harper II misses free throw 3 of 3.
(8:36) Zion Fruster Defensive Rebound.
+3 (8:09) Markus Blackwell makes 23-foot three point jumper (Preston Turner assists).
1717
(7:51) Antoine Lorick III misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(7:46) Zion Fruster Defensive Rebound.
(7:21) Meechie White bad pass turnover.
(7:21) Antoine Lorick III Steal.
(7:17) Foul on Meechie White.
+1 (7:17) Antoine Lorick III makes free throw 1 of 2.
1718
(7:16) Antoine Lorick III misses free throw 2 of 2.
(7:15) Zion Fruster Defensive Rebound.
(7:03) Andrew Austin misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(6:59) Aaron Nkrumah Defensive Rebound.
+2 (6:50) Antoine Lorick III makes driving layup.
1720
(6:25) Zion Fruster bad pass turnover.
(6:25) Antoine Lorick III Steal.
+2 (6:20) Antoine Lorick III makes 1-foot dunk (Aaron Nkrumah assists).
1722
(5:57) Zion Fruster misses layup.
(5:57) Andrew Austin Offensive Rebound.
+2 (5:57) Andrew Austin makes 0-foot tip in layup.
1922
(5:57) Foul on Jalen Pitre.
+1 (5:57) Andrew Austin makes free throw 1 of 1.
2022
+2 (5:39) Carlous Williams makes 2-foot dunk (Antoine Lorick III assists).
2024
(5:13) Meechie White misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(5:11) Khalil London Defensive Rebound.
+2 (5:02) Antoine Lorick III makes layup (Dante Harris assists).
2026
(4:55) Foul on Khalil London.
(4:34) Terry McMorris bad pass turnover.
(4:34) Dante Harris Steal.
(4:30) Carlous Williams misses dunk.
(4:26) Kooper Jacobi Defensive Rebound.
(4:26) Terry McMorris bad pass turnover.
(4:20) Foul on Kooper Jacobi.
+2 (4:16) Aaron Nkrumah makes layup (Dante Harris assists).
2028
+2 (3:49) Terry McMorris makes layup (Andrew Austin assists).
2228
(3:36) Jalen Pitre bad pass turnover.
(3:36) Meechie White Steal.
+2 (3:32) Meechie White makes layup.
2428
+2 (3:26) Travis Harper II makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Dante Harris assists).
2430
(3:05) Foul on Carlous Williams.
(2:49) Preston Turner misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(2:46) Travis Harper II Defensive Rebound.
(2:31) Travis Harper II misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(2:28) Terry McMorris Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:09) Terry McMorris makes layup.
2630
(1:53) Aaron Nkrumah misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(1:50) Preston Turner Defensive Rebound.
(1:47) Foul on Carlous Williams.
+1 (1:47) Meechie White makes free throw 1 of 2.
2730
+1 (1:47) Meechie White makes free throw 2 of 2.
2830
(1:22) Dante Harris misses 18-foot jumper.
(1:22) Tennessee State Offensive Rebound.
(1:22) Foul on Terry McMorris.
+3 (1:20) Aaron Nkrumah makes 25-foot three point jumper (Dante Harris assists).
2833
(0:50) Meechie White misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(0:47) Dante Harris Defensive Rebound.
(0:44) Aaron Nkrumah misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(0:41) Zion Fruster Defensive Rebound.
(0:26) Foul on Jalen Pitre.
+1 (0:26) Meechie White makes free throw 1 of 2.
2933
+1 (0:26) Meechie White makes free throw 2 of 2.
3033
(0:01) Dante Harris misses 20-foot jumper.
(0:00) Terry McMorris Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

EIU

TNST

68Points77

26-51(51.0%)Field Goal(%)26-56(46.4%)

6-17(35.3%)3-Point(%)4-17(23.5%)

10-15(66.7%)Free Throw(%)21-27(77.8%)

32(6)Rebounds(Offensive)27(7)

9Assists15

4Steals10

1Blocks2

17Turnovers7

19(0)Fouls(Technical)16(0)

3Largest Lead12

Game Details

Thursday, February 5, 2026 · 8:30 PM

Gentry Center · Nashville, TN

attendance: 523 (6.5%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: TNST -9.5

over/under: 145.5