Courtesy of TSUTigers.com
RICHMOND, Ky. — Wayne Martin (Brooklyn, N.Y.) put on a dominating performance with 14 points and 17 rebounds to carry the Tennessee State men’s basketball team to a 63-49 road win over Eastern Kentucky at McBrayer Arena on Thursday night in Ohio Valley play.
Delano Spencer (Atlanta, Ga.) chipped in 12 points on 4-of-7 shooting from three-point range with Tahjere McCall (Philadelphia, Pa.) adding 10 points, seven assists and three steals.
The Tigers (12-5, 3-1) led for 34:17 of the game and did not trail in the second half.
Darreon Reddick (Belleville, Ill.) came up with a steal and found Ken’Darrius Hamilton (Montgomery, Ala.) in transition for a dunk to give the Tigers a 14-11 lead at the midway point of the first half.
TSU led for 14:17 of the first half, taking its largest advantage of 11 points at 32-21 with 2:15 left in the half on a Reddick three pointer.
EKU scored the final five points of the half, including a banked-in three from Nick Mayo as TSU took a 32-26 advantage into the locker room.
The Tigers again grew the lead back up to 12 early in the second half before EKU trimmed it back down to six at 45-39 with 10 minutes left. Spencer hit his fourth three of the game with 9:30 remaining to swing the momentum back to the visitors.
McCall sparked a 6-0 run with a baseline dunk to put the lead to double-digits at 52-42 with five minutes to play.
The Tigers would go on to take a 14-point advantage four times in the closing 3:23 of the game.
TSU outrebounded EKU (8-11, 1-3 OVC) by a 46-37 margin and held the Colonels to 5-of-26 (19.2 percent) shooting from three-point range.
Asante Gist led all scorers with 17 points for EKU, while Mayo finished with 15 points.
Next on the schedule, the Tigers will play at Morehead State on Saturday, Jan. 14.
GAME NOTES: TSU is now 27-33 in the all-time series versus Eastern Kentucky… The Tigers are 7-4 in games away from the Gentry Center this season… Wayne Martin (Brooklyn, N.Y.) recorded his eighth double-double of the season
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