Eastern Illinois Panthers vs. Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles

Feb 7, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
EIU	31	29	60
TNTC	19	35	54

Game Recap

Player Stats

EASTERN ILLINOIS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
24Terry McMorris	24	2-5	1-1	2-2	3	1	1	0	0	0	7
13Nazareth Fisher	16	1-3	0-0	2-2	7	0	0	1	1	4	4
40Kooper Jacobi	34	5-14	0-4	0-0	4	0	2	0	2	3	10
3Meechie White	35	5-11	1-2	0-0	4	4	3	0	1	3	11
5Zion Fruster	34	7-14	2-3	4-4	3	1	3	0	1	2	20
15Andrew Austin	4	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7Prince Johnson	17	0-2	0-0	2-4	2	0	1	0	0	4	2
10Preston Turner	15	1-2	1-2	0-0	2	1	0	0	1	0	3
1Markus Blackwell	21	0-1	0-0	3-4	0	2	0	0	1	0	3



TOTAL	-	21-5438.9%	5-1338.5%	13-1681.3%	25	9	10	1	7	16	60

TENNESSEE TECH	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	TO	PF	PTS
7JaJuan Nicholls	29	9-16	0-0	5-6	12	1	0	3	2	23
8Ty Owens	34	1-5	0-2	0-0	3	4	1	3	3	2
6Brandon Muntu	28	1-5	1-4	2-2	2	0	0	0	1	5
1Mekhi Cameron	28	1-4	0-2	3-4	6	2	0	3	0	5
10Grant Slatten	11	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	1	0	0
24Owen Varnado	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0
4Mekhi Turner	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11Dani Pounds	13	1-2	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	3	4	2
3Jah'Kim Payne	7	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	3	0	0
2Jacobe Whitted	23	2-7	1-6	5-6	4	0	0	0	3	10
0Malik Ferguson	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	1	0	0
5Ja'Quavian Florence	19	2-5	1-4	2-2	3	0	0	2	3	7
TOTAL	-	17-4637.0%	3-2015.0%	17-2085.0%	35	8	2	20	17	54

Play-by-Play

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1st halfEIUTNTC

(20:00) Start game.
(19:56) Jump Ball won by Eastern Illinois.
(19:56) Jump Ball lost by Tennessee Tech.
(19:45) Meechie White misses layup.
(19:42) Nazareth Fisher Offensive Rebound.
+2 (19:42) Nazareth Fisher makes 0-foot tip in layup.
20
(19:24) Ty Owens misses layup.
(19:24) Nazareth Fisher Block.
(19:23) Tennessee Tech Offensive Rebound.
(19:07) team shot clock turnover .
(18:45) Foul on Brandon Muntu.
+3 (18:31) Zion Fruster makes 22-foot three point jumper (Meechie White assists).
50
(18:04) JaJuan Nicholls misses layup.
(18:01) Meechie White Defensive Rebound.
(17:39) Nazareth Fisher misses 7-foot jumper.
(17:36) JaJuan Nicholls Defensive Rebound.
(17:27) JaJuan Nicholls misses layup.
(17:24) Meechie White Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:02) Zion Fruster makes 16-foot jumper.
70
(16:51) Dani Pounds bad pass turnover.
(16:23) Meechie White misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(16:17) Mekhi Cameron Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:13) Mekhi Cameron makes 9-foot jumper.
72
+2 (16:02) Kooper Jacobi makes layup (Terry McMorris assists).
92
(15:40) Foul on Nazareth Fisher.
+1 (15:40) JaJuan Nicholls makes free throw 1 of 2.
93
+1 (15:40) JaJuan Nicholls makes free throw 2 of 2.
94
(15:08) Andrew Austin misses 15-foot jumper.
(15:04) JaJuan Nicholls Defensive Rebound.
+2 (14:42) JaJuan Nicholls makes layup (Mekhi Cameron assists).
96
(14:24) Kooper Jacobi misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(14:21) Kooper Jacobi Offensive Rebound.
(14:21) Kooper Jacobi misses tip in layup.
(14:18) Dani Pounds Defensive Rebound.
(14:06) Foul on Dani Pounds.
(14:06) Dani Pounds turnover.
(13:47) Preston Turner bad pass turnover.
(13:25) Dani Pounds misses 18-foot jumper.
(13:21) Kooper Jacobi Defensive Rebound.
(13:14) Andrew Austin misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(13:12) Malik Ferguson Defensive Rebound.
(12:44) Foul on Zion Fruster.
+1 (12:44) Mekhi Cameron makes free throw 1 of 2.
97
(12:44) Mekhi Cameron misses free throw 2 of 2.
(12:42) Preston Turner Defensive Rebound.
(12:22) Foul on Jacobe Whitted.
+2 (12:08) Kooper Jacobi makes layup (Meechie White assists).
117
(11:51) Jacobe Whitted misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(11:46) Malik Ferguson Offensive Rebound.
(11:45) Malik Ferguson bad pass turnover.
(11:21) Kooper Jacobi bad pass turnover.
(11:03) JaJuan Nicholls misses layup.
(10:59) Nazareth Fisher Defensive Rebound.
(10:59) Nazareth Fisher bad pass turnover.
(10:59) Malik Ferguson Steal.
(10:55) Jacobe Whitted misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(10:49) Kooper Jacobi Defensive Rebound.
(10:44) Preston Turner misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(10:39) Jacobe Whitted Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:28) JaJuan Nicholls makes layup (Ty Owens assists).
119
+2 (10:09) Meechie White makes layup.
139
(10:00) Mekhi Cameron bad pass turnover.
(9:38) Kooper Jacobi misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(9:34) Tennessee Tech Defensive Rebound.
(9:23) Ja'Quavian Florence bad pass turnover.
(9:02) Markus Blackwell out of bounds bad pass turnover.
+3 (8:46) Ja'Quavian Florence makes 25-foot three point jumper (Grant Slatten assists).
1312
(8:28) Zion Fruster misses 16-foot jumper.
(8:25) Nazareth Fisher Offensive Rebound.
(8:25) Nazareth Fisher misses tip in layup.
(8:22) Brandon Muntu Defensive Rebound.
(8:16) Grant Slatten misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(8:13) JaJuan Nicholls Offensive Rebound.
(8:12) Foul on Meechie White.
+1 (8:12) JaJuan Nicholls makes free throw 1 of 2.
1313
+1 (8:12) JaJuan Nicholls makes free throw 2 of 2.
1314
+3 (7:48) Terry McMorris makes 23-foot three point jumper (Markus Blackwell assists).
1614
(7:16) Jah'Kim Payne bad pass turnover.
(7:16) Zion Fruster Steal.
(7:12) Zion Fruster bad pass turnover.
(6:55) Grant Slatten traveling turnover.
(6:39) Terry McMorris misses layup.
(6:39) JaJuan Nicholls Defensive Rebound.
(6:39) Foul on Nazareth Fisher.
(6:22) Ja'Quavian Florence bad pass turnover.
(6:22) Foul on Ja'Quavian Florence.
(6:11) Meechie White misses 18-foot jumper.
(6:08) Mekhi Cameron Defensive Rebound.
(5:53) JaJuan Nicholls bad pass turnover.
(5:53) Prince Johnson Steal.
(5:37) Kooper Jacobi misses layup.
(5:33) Dani Pounds Defensive Rebound.
(5:22) Brandon Muntu misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(5:18) Preston Turner Defensive Rebound.
+2 (4:53) Kooper Jacobi makes 10-foot jumper (Preston Turner assists).
1814
(4:23) Jah'Kim Payne misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(4:20) Zion Fruster Defensive Rebound.
+3 (4:16) Preston Turner makes 25-foot three point jumper (Zion Fruster assists).
2114
(4:02) Mekhi Cameron bad pass turnover.
(3:47) Foul on Dani Pounds.
(3:40) Zion Fruster misses 10-foot jumper.
(3:35) Prince Johnson Offensive Rebound.
(3:35) Foul on JaJuan Nicholls.
+1 (3:35) Prince Johnson makes free throw 1 of 2.
2214
+1 (3:35) Prince Johnson makes free throw 2 of 2.
2314
(3:12) Brandon Muntu misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(3:09) Zion Fruster Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:59) Zion Fruster makes layup.
2514
+2 (2:46) JaJuan Nicholls makes 4-foot dunk.
2516
(2:31) Foul on Jacobe Whitted.
+1 (2:31) Markus Blackwell makes free throw 1 of 2.
2616
+1 (2:31) Markus Blackwell makes free throw 2 of 2.
2716
(2:08) Foul on Kooper Jacobi.
(2:04) Foul on Prince Johnson.
(2:00) Foul on Meechie White.
+1 (2:00) JaJuan Nicholls makes free throw 1 of 2.
2717
(2:00) JaJuan Nicholls misses free throw 2 of 2.
(1:58) Jacobe Whitted Offensive Rebound.
(1:39) Mekhi Cameron misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(1:35) JaJuan Nicholls Offensive Rebound.
+2 (1:35) JaJuan Nicholls makes 0-foot tip in layup.
2719
+2 (1:15) Zion Fruster makes 17-foot jumper.
2919
(0:50) JaJuan Nicholls bad pass turnover.
(0:50) Kooper Jacobi Steal.
(0:43) Foul on Ty Owens.
(0:43) Prince Johnson misses free throw 1 of 2.
(0:43) Eastern Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.
(0:43) Prince Johnson misses free throw 2 of 2.
(0:42) Mekhi Cameron Defensive Rebound.
(0:36) Owen Varnado bad pass turnover.
(0:36) Zion Fruster Steal.
+2 (0:31) Zion Fruster makes layup.
3119
(0:02) Ty Owens misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(0:02) Brandon Muntu Offensive Rebound.
(0:02) Brandon Muntu misses tip in layup.
(0:01) Eastern Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

EIU

TNTC

60Points54

21-54(38.9%)Field Goal(%)17-46(37.0%)

5-13(38.5%)3-Point(%)3-20(15.0%)

13-16(81.3%)Free Throw(%)17-20(85.0%)

25(7)Rebounds(Offensive)37(12)

9Assists8

10Steals2

1Blocks0

10Turnovers21

16(0)Fouls(Technical)17(0)

17Largest Lead1

Game Details

Saturday, February 7, 2026 · 4:00 PM

Hooper Eblen Center · Cookeville, TN

attendance: 1,077 (14.4%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: TNTC -4.5

over/under: 140.5