Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles vs. UT Martin Skyhawks

Feb 26, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
TNTC	22	27	49
UTM	23	41	64

Game Recap

Niang's 12 lead UT Martin past Tennessee Tech 64-49. Lamine Niang's 12 points helped UT Martin defeat Tennessee Tech 64-49 on Thursday.

Player Stats

TENNESSEE TECH	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
7JaJuan Nicholls	19	2-4	0-0	4-4	2	0	0	1	2	1	8
8Ty Owens	31	1-8	1-4	1-2	3	5	1	0	2	3	4
6Brandon Muntu	29	2-8	2-7	0-0	4	0	0	0	1	1	6
1Mekhi Cameron	33	2-8	1-5	7-7	3	0	1	0	2	0	12
10Grant Slatten	23	0-3	0-1	0-0	6	1	1	0	1	1	0
4Mekhi Turner	3	1-1	0-0	1-1	0	1	0	0	0	1	3
11Dani Pounds	22	2-5	0-1	8-11	8	0	0	1	2	2	12
13C.J. McPherson	7	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
3Jah'Kim Payne	8	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2Jacobe Whitted	13	0-1	0-1	0-0	3	0	1	0	1	2	0
0Malik Ferguson	3	0-1	0-1	1-2	0	0	1	0	0	2	1
5Ja'Quavian Florence	9	1-2	1-1	0-0	0	0	1	0	4	1	3
TOTAL	-	11-4425.0%	5-2321.7%	22-2781.5%	30	7	6	2	16	14	49

UT MARTIN	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
44Matas Deniusas	10	0-4	0-3	2-2	1	0	0	0	1	4	2
0Andrija Bukumirovic	29	1-4	0-1	1-2	8	1	2	0	1	1	3
32Filip Petkovski	23	2-6	1-4	2-2	4	1	2	0	1	1	7
5Damien King	23	1-3	0-1	2-2	5	2	1	0	2	1	4
33Filip Radakovic	22	4-10	0-2	2-2	5	3	0	0	0	2	10
24Vladimir Khryapa	18	3-5	3-4	0-0	1	2	1	0	1	5	9
11AJ Hopkins	19	2-5	1-4	0-1	3	1	1	1	1	1	5
34Lamine Niang	20	6-8	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	2	0	5	12
9Pedro Santos	17	3-6	0-0	0-0	3	1	3	0	1	2	6
4Afan Trnka	19	2-8	1-5	1-2	0	1	1	1	1	0	6


TOTAL	-	24-5940.7%	6-2425.0%	10-1376.9%	34	12	11	4	9	22	64

Play-by-Play

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1st halfTNTCUTM

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by UT Martin.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Tennessee Tech.
(19:53) Matas Deniusas misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(19:51) Tennessee Tech Defensive Rebound.
(19:33) Brandon Muntu misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(19:31) Andrija Bukumirovic Defensive Rebound.
(19:22) Damien King misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(19:22) Filip Radakovic Offensive Rebound.
(19:21) Foul on Brandon Muntu.
(19:15) Foul on JaJuan Nicholls.
+1 (19:15) Filip Radakovic makes free throw 1 of 2.
01
+1 (19:15) Filip Radakovic makes free throw 2 of 2.
02
(18:57) Ty Owens misses 12-foot pullup jump shot.
(18:55) Dani Pounds Offensive Rebound.
(18:46) Ty Owens bad pass turnover.
(18:34) Andrija Bukumirovic misses 5-foot pullup jump shot.
(18:31) Grant Slatten Defensive Rebound.
(18:06) Dani Pounds misses 9-foot hook shot.
(18:03) Filip Radakovic Defensive Rebound.
(17:46) Matas Deniusas misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(17:43) Mekhi Cameron Defensive Rebound.
(17:35) Mekhi Cameron misses 6-foot floating jump shot.
(17:33) Tennessee Tech Offensive Rebound.
(17:21) Foul on Matas Deniusas.
+1 (17:21) Dani Pounds makes free throw 1 of 2.
12
+1 (17:21) Dani Pounds makes free throw 2 of 2.
22
(17:09) Damien King misses 7-foot turnaround jump shot.
(17:08) Damien King Offensive Rebound.
+2 (17:08) Damien King makes 0-foot tip in layup.
24
(16:51) Dani Pounds bad pass turnover.
(16:51) Andrija Bukumirovic Steal.
(16:29) Filip Radakovic misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(16:27) Dani Pounds Defensive Rebound.
(16:15) Brandon Muntu bad pass turnover.
(16:15) Filip Petkovski Steal.
(16:12) Damien King bad pass turnover.
(16:12) Grant Slatten Steal.
(16:07) Mekhi Cameron misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(16:05) Brandon Muntu Offensive Rebound.
(16:01) Grant Slatten misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(16:01) Andrija Bukumirovic Defensive Rebound.
(15:59) Foul on Dani Pounds.
(15:43) Afan Trnka misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(15:41) Grant Slatten Defensive Rebound.
(15:22) Ty Owens misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot.
(15:19) Vladimir Khryapa Defensive Rebound.
(15:00) Lamine Niang misses 6-foot hook shot.
(14:57) Dani Pounds Defensive Rebound.
(14:39) Foul on Pedro Santos.
(14:38) Jacobe Whitted out of bounds bad pass turnover.
(14:25) Afan Trnka misses driving layup.
(14:22) Ty Owens Defensive Rebound.
(14:13) Ja'Quavian Florence out of bounds bad pass turnover.
(13:50) Vladimir Khryapa bad pass turnover.
(13:50) Ja'Quavian Florence Steal.
(13:38) Mekhi Cameron misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(13:36) Lamine Niang Defensive Rebound.
(13:22) Foul on Jacobe Whitted.
+2 (13:18) Lamine Niang makes layup.
26
(12:52) Foul on Vladimir Khryapa.
+1 (12:52) Mekhi Cameron makes free throw 1 of 2.
36
+1 (12:52) Mekhi Cameron makes free throw 2 of 2.
46
+2 (12:38) Lamine Niang makes 4-foot dunk.
48
(12:18) Jacobe Whitted misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(12:16) Pedro Santos Defensive Rebound.
(11:58) AJ Hopkins misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(11:55) JaJuan Nicholls Defensive Rebound.
(11:46) Jah'Kim Payne bad pass turnover.
(11:33) Andrija Bukumirovic misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(11:30) Tennessee Tech Defensive Rebound.
(11:16) C.J. McPherson misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(11:14) UT Martin Defensive Rebound.
(10:51) Andrija Bukumirovic misses 10-foot turnaround jump shot.
(10:48) Jacobe Whitted Defensive Rebound.
(10:39) Ja'Quavian Florence misses 7-foot floating jump shot.
(10:37) Filip Petkovski Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:13) Filip Radakovic makes driving layup.
410
(9:44) Jah'Kim Payne misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(9:42) Filip Petkovski Defensive Rebound.
(9:25) Filip Petkovski misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(9:25) Tennessee Tech Deadball Team Rebound.
(9:12) Ja'Quavian Florence bad pass turnover.
(9:12) Filip Petkovski Steal.
+2 (9:05) Filip Radakovic makes layup (Damien King assists).
412
(8:46) Mekhi Cameron bad pass turnover.
(8:46) AJ Hopkins Steal.
(8:39) Afan Trnka misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(8:37) AJ Hopkins Offensive Rebound.
(8:18) Vladimir Khryapa misses 9-foot turnaround jump shot.
(8:18) JaJuan Nicholls Defensive Rebound.
(8:18) Foul on Lamine Niang.
(8:06) JaJuan Nicholls bad pass turnover.
(8:06) Pedro Santos Steal.
(8:01) Pedro Santos misses driving layup.
(8:01) AJ Hopkins Offensive Rebound.
(7:59) AJ Hopkins out of bounds bad pass turnover.
(7:30) Brandon Muntu misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(7:28) Lamine Niang Defensive Rebound.
(7:09) Afan Trnka misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(7:09) Tennessee Tech Defensive Rebound.
(6:50) Dani Pounds out of bounds bad pass turnover.
+2 (6:38) AJ Hopkins makes layup (Vladimir Khryapa assists).
414
+3 (6:05) Mekhi Cameron makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ty Owens assists).
714
(5:48) Pedro Santos misses 11-foot pullup jump shot.
(5:46) Mekhi Cameron Defensive Rebound.
(5:31) Grant Slatten bad pass turnover.
(5:31) Pedro Santos Steal.
(5:26) Pedro Santos bad pass turnover.
(5:26) Mekhi Cameron Steal.
(5:18) Foul on Pedro Santos.
(5:13) Foul on Matas Deniusas.
+1 (5:13) JaJuan Nicholls makes free throw 1 of 2.
814
+1 (5:13) JaJuan Nicholls makes free throw 2 of 2.
914
(5:01) Filip Petkovski misses driving layup.
(5:01) JaJuan Nicholls Block.
(4:58) Brandon Muntu Defensive Rebound.
+2 (4:52) Mekhi Cameron makes driving layup.
1114
(4:52) Foul on Matas Deniusas.
+1 (4:52) Mekhi Cameron makes free throw 1 of 1.
1214
+2 (4:36) Lamine Niang makes 4-foot dunk (Filip Radakovic assists).
1216
(4:21) Foul on Lamine Niang.
+1 (4:21) Dani Pounds makes free throw 1 of 2.
1316
+1 (4:21) Dani Pounds makes free throw 2 of 2.
1416
(4:02) Foul on Grant Slatten.
(3:55) Filip Radakovic misses driving layup.
(3:54) Lamine Niang Offensive Rebound.
+2 (3:54) Lamine Niang makes 0-foot tip in dunk.
1418
+3 (3:42) Ty Owens makes 25-foot three pointer (Grant Slatten assists).
1718
(3:25) Filip Petkovski misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(3:23) Grant Slatten Defensive Rebound.
(3:04) Brandon Muntu misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(3:02) Damien King Defensive Rebound.
(2:56) Filip Radakovic misses driving layup.
(2:54) Ty Owens Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:45) Dani Pounds makes 4-foot dunk (Ty Owens assists).
1918
(2:28) Foul on Ty Owens.
(2:20) AJ Hopkins misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(2:18) Dani Pounds Defensive Rebound.
(2:02) Foul on Andrija Bukumirovic.
+1 (2:02) Mekhi Cameron makes free throw 1 of 2.
2018
+1 (2:02) Mekhi Cameron makes free throw 2 of 2.
2118
(1:38) Afan Trnka misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(1:36) Filip Petkovski Offensive Rebound.
(1:28) Filip Petkovski misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(1:26) Dani Pounds Defensive Rebound.
(1:13) Ja'Quavian Florence bad pass turnover.
(1:13) Afan Trnka Steal.
(1:11) Foul on Ja'Quavian Florence.
+1 (1:11) Filip Petkovski makes free throw 1 of 2.
2119
+1 (1:11) Filip Petkovski makes free throw 2 of 2.
2120
(1:04) Foul on Vladimir Khryapa.
+1 (1:04) Dani Pounds makes free throw 1 of 2.
2220
(1:04) Dani Pounds misses free throw 2 of 2.
(1:04) Andrija Bukumirovic Defensive Rebound.
+3 (0:48) Vladimir Khryapa makes 25-foot three point jumper (Afan Trnka assists).
2223
(0:25) Grant Slatten misses layup.
(0:23) AJ Hopkins Defensive Rebound.
(0:03) Afan Trnka misses 8-foot floating jump shot.
(0:02) Dani Pounds Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

TNTC

UTM

49Points64

11-44(25.0%)Field Goal(%)24-59(40.7%)

5-23(21.7%)3-Point(%)6-24(25.0%)

22-27(81.5%)Free Throw(%)10-13(76.9%)

34(7)Rebounds(Offensive)37(9)

7Assists12

6Steals11

2Blocks4

16Turnovers10

14(0)Fouls(Technical)22(0)

3Largest Lead22

Game Details

Thursday, February 26, 2026 · 9:00 PM

Kathleen and Tom Elam Center · Martin, TN

attendance: 1,297 (30.2%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: UTM -7.5

over/under: 134.5