By Thomas Corhern, TTU Sports Information
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech women's basketball team had one of its most complete efforts of the season as the Golden Eagles topped Morehead State on the road in their first meeting of the season back in January.
Now the Tech women will look for a repeat performance on Saturday as the Golden Eagles work for positioning in the Ohio Valley Conference race.
Tipoff against the visiting Eagles is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Saturday. Roger Ealey and Frank Harrell will have the call on 106.1 The Eagle, while Dylan Vazzano and Steve Smith will broadcast the game on ESPN+ (subscription required). Fans locally will also be able to watch the game on Cookeville PBS affiliate WCTE with Josh Scott and Joey Coe on the call.
The last time the two teams met, the Golden Eagles dominated inside, outscoring Morehead State 46-24 in the paint. Tech collected a trio of 13-point performances with Reagan Hurst, Maaliya Owens and Peyton Carter leading the way, while Jennifer Sullivan also collected a double-digit game with 10 points.
Tech's defense forced MSU into 24 turnovers and converted those into 27 points.
Veronica Charles and Katie Novik both scored 14 points, while Blessing King missed a double-double with 11 points and nine rebounds.
Since then, Morehead State have surpassed the Golden Eagles in the standings and currently stand tied for fourth with Western Illinois and UT Martin with 5-4 records in the OVC. Tech (9-11 overall and 4-5 in the OVC) stands in seventh in the current standings, but just two games back from Eastern Illinois and Little Rock in second place.
Charles leads Morehead State in scoring with a 12.6-point average, joined by an 11.1-point mark for Novik. King leads the Eagles in rebounding with a 9.7-board average.
As a team, Morehead State (10-10, 5-4 OVC) is averaging 65.6 points on the offensive side, while allowing 64.2. The Eagles are shooting .396 from the field, .315 from 3-point range with an average of 7.1 long-range shots and .629 from the free-throw line with a pace of 11.7 charity tosses made per game.
Owens leads the Golden Eagles with a 15.1-point average, followed by Reghan Grimes at 10.0 points and 5.5 rebounds. Tech is averaging 69.2 points on offense and allowing 66.3, while shooting .409 from the field, .327 from 3-point range and .751 at the line.
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