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Tennessee State University

Ravel Moody at SEMO
79
Tennessee St. TSU 1-6,0-4 OVC
83
Winner Southeast Mo. St. SEMO 3-6,1-2 OVC
Tennessee St. TSU
1-6,0-4 OVC
79
Final
83
Southeast Mo. St. SEMO
3-6,1-2 OVC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 OT 1 OT 2 F
Tennessee St. TSU 28 38 13 0 79
Southeast Mo. St. SEMO 31 35 17 0 83

Game Recap: MEN'S BASKETBALL |

Tigers Suffer Double Overtime Loss on the Road

Score: 2OT - Tennessee State 79, Southeast Missouri 83
Records: TSU (1-6, 0-4), SEMO 3-6, 1-2)
Location: Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Venue: Show Me Center
Attendance: 760
 
NASHVILLE ---  The Tennessee State men's basketball team dropped a double overtime battle at Southeast Missouri Saturday night in its first true Ohio Valley Conference road test this season, 83-79.
 
Ravel Moody, senior guard had a career showing, somewhat reminiscent of his 2020 OVC Tournament performance where the Denver native led the Tigers in scoring, tonight with 18. He also pulled down seven rebounds, and registered one assist, block and steal.
 
He had help. The Tigers' roster pulled together three double-digit scoring efforts including freshman Marcus Fitzgerald Jr's 18 points. Tennessee's top-ranked point guard shot 4-of-8 from three-point distance while Yusuf Mohamed notched a career-high nine rebounds, and seven assists from point guard Mark Freeman rounded out the leaderboard for TSU.
 
TSU is now 1-6, 0-4 in league play and sit at the bottom of the league moving into week seven.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
  • TSU Leaders
  • The Tigers had its best shooting night against a DI program. From the charity stripe, Tennessee State shot 100 percent (4-of-4) in the first half, rounding out the night 22-of-28.
  • The Redhawks had a better night amassing 40 total points from the free-throw line alone.
  • Big Blue shot 46.3 percent from the floor, 38.9 percent from three-point distance.
  • Two-of-the-three leading scorer's for TSU were off the bench, contributing 33 points overall. 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • SEMO won the jump ball. Chris Harris executed the and-one which was returned with a signature Josh Linder layup.
  • Defense has been the Tigers' pride and glory which could be shown in three major possessions that included a block by Shakwon Barrett, a block by Mark Freeman, and a timely defensive rebound by Yusuf Mohamed.
  • The Tigers stretched four minutes without a field goal. In that time SEMO took three trips to the charity stripe including and-one and pulled ahead, 25-18.
  • Ravel Moody and Monty Johal hit back to-back three point buckets, 24-26 SEMO.
  • Moody drew a charge and those two free throws tied the game at 28.
  • Chris Harris drains a three at the buzzer. SEMO leads 31-28 at the half.
  • The Tigers committed turnover after turnover to start the second forcing a timeout to reset.  
  • Shakem Johnson gave the team the spark it needed to close the gap and a Ravel Moody and-one put the Tigers over the top.
  • Fitzgerald hits a couple of three's to help the Tigers garner a nine-point lead, the largest of the game.
  • SEMO's leading scorer Chris Harris sent the Redhawks on its own 8-point run before being ejected from the game on his second flop for delay of game, 65-64 TSU.
  • SEMO ties the score, 66, with 36.5 seconds left which turns into overtime – TSU's first of the season.
  • Green kicked off the extra period with a dunk which helped the Tigers, who were playing without three of its starters, stay in the game.
  • The red and black saw action from Nolan Taylor, a game-changer in this matchup, as he put up five points in just 2:30 minutes of action, matching his efforts from the first 40 minutes of play that night to tie the score 72-72.
  • Even at the end of the extra five, TSU was going into its second double overtime under Collins.
  • In double overtime, the Redhawks outscored TSU 11- 7, nine of those points made at the free throw line, helping the team beat its single-game free throw record with 40 
GAME NOTES
  • Shakem Johnson fouled out with 7:24 left in the game. Josh Linder did the same with 5:13 on the clock, Mark Freeman with 48.8 seconds left. Branson fouled out with 2:14 left in overtime.
  • Chris Harris was ruled a technical and was ejected for flopping.
  • SEMO improves to 23-28 in the all-time series against TSU.
  • Big Blue is now split 2-2 under head coach Brian Collins.
  • TSU is 10-16 away from Gentry since its first matchup against Southeast Missouri in 1992.
  • When playing in Cape Girardeau, TSU is 1-2 under Collins and is on a one-game losing streak.
  • TSU has now gone into overtime against SEMO four times in the series and is 2-2 when doing so. 
UP NEXT
The Tigers return home for a two-game series beginning Thursday, Jan. 7 against UT Martin and ending with SEMO, Saturday, Jan. 9 – just seven days from today.
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