COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- With a win over Austin Peay last Saturday
night – a convincing win – the Morehead State Eagles
took over sole possession of first place in the Ohio Valley
Conference race. Despite an upset loss Thursday at Jacksonville
State, the MSU Eagles are still atop the league, and there’s
no doubt that coach Donny Tyndall has his team primed for a run at
the 2009 OVC title.
The Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles, meanwhile, also picked up a
convincing win last Saturday, posting a 95-78 victory on the road
at Southeast Missouri, then stumbled Thursday with a seven-point
loss to Eastern Kentucky. Coach Mike Sutton’s squad is till
right in the middle of a logjam battling for the middle spots in
the standings
Saturday night, Tech hosts Morehead State in a 7:30 p.m. game in
Eblen Center as a three-game homestand continues for the Golden
Eagles. It’s going to be one of those photo finishes in the
conference, and the Golden Eagles have plenty of opportunities
ahead of them.
The Golden Eagles feel they have some unfinished business to settle
with Morehead State. In the previous game this season between the
two teams, Tech nearly pulled off an improbable comeback, but an
off-balance 10-foot shot at the buzzer by Frank Davis on a rebound
of his own intentionally missed free throw hit the front of the rim
and the host Eagles escaped with a 64-62 victory.
Morehead State saw its 13-point lead evaporate in a 14-2 Tech run
during the final five minutes. Junior DJ Lindsay scored seven
points in Tech's fight back into the contest, including a 3-pointer
with 1:04 to play to make it 63-61.
Foul trouble kept Kenneth Faried, MSU's leading scorer, from
reaching double figures but the big sophomore grabbed 16 rebounds
and had four steals to go along with his eight points. Leon
Buchanan led MSU with 22 points and had eight rebounds, while
Demonte Harper added 18 points and seven rebounds.
Lindsay paced Tech with 20 points along with five rebounds and
three assists. Alex Davis also hit double figures with 10, along
with five rebounds and three blocked shots.
Morehead State owned a 50-32 edge in rebounds.
Tech has three players averaging in double figures in points, and
10 players seeing 10 minutes per game or more.
Northern leads the Golden Eagles in scoring (12.2 ppg) and rebounds
(8.1 rpg), and tops the OVC in blocked shots with 50. He had a
career-high 27 points at SEMO last week and tied his career-high
with 18 rebounds.
Junior Will Barnes is second on the team in scoring with 10.7
points per game, leads Tech in assists with 63 and is second in
steals. Junior Frank Davis is averaging 10.3 points to rank third
on the team, and leads the team in steals with 30. He has hit
54-of-119 3-pointers this season to rank third in the league in
3-point percentage and seventh in 3-pointers per game.
Close behind that trio in scoring, DJ Lindsay is averaging 9.4
points, Alex Davis 7.7 points (8.5 against the OVC), and Kevin
Murphy 7.0 points per game.
Leading the way for Morehead State are four players ranked among
scoring leaders. Leon Buchanan tops MSU in scoring with 14 points
per game, ranks ninth in the league in rebounds with 6.4 per
contest, and is also among OVC leaders in field goal and free throw
percentage.
Sophomore Kenneth Faried, is averaging 12.6 points per game, and
ranks first in the league in rebounds with 12.1 per game. He is
third in blocked shots in the OVC, and also charts among the
conference’s top players in steals and field goal
percentage.
Maze Stallworth (12.1 ppg) and Demonte Harper (11.0) are also
averaging in double digits for the Eagles.
These teams have met 127 times through the years, with the MSU side
owning a 66-61 edge in the series. The Eagles won the last two
encounters, both on their home floor, while Tech won in Cookeville,
73-55. Tech has won four straight in Eblen Center from Morehead
State.
Plenty of great seats remain for the games by calling the Athletic
Ticket Office in Eblen Center, or at the game. Doors and ticket
booths open Saturday at 4:30 p.m.
Saturday's game will be televised LIVE by WCTE TV to the mid-state
region. The games can also be heard on the Golden Eagle Sports
Network and via FREE Teamline on the telephone or the Internet.
Fans may also watch the game develop via live stats on
TTUsports.com, or watch the web stream of the game live on
OVCsports.TV.
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