Men's Basketball

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – The Ohio Valley Conference has announced its men’s and women’s basketball conference schedules for the 2024-25 season on Tuesday.

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – In his time in Cookeville, Tennessee Tech assistant men’s basketball coach Blake Gray has helped see the Golden Eagles overcome obstacles and make a push for a historic program feat as Tech reached the Ohio Valley Conference championship game and had a chance for the game-winning shot. His rapport with the staff and the Golden Eagle student-athletes helped get head coach John Pelphrey’s team in position for success, making Gray’s promotion to associate head coach a well-earned one.

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. – Matchups and game times for the Mountain and River Divisions of the inaugural Greenbrier Tip-Off were announced today, revealing eight competitive matchups taking place over consecutive weekends at the famed Greenbrier Resort in picturesque foothills of the Allegheny Mountains in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – The recipients of the 2023-24 OVC Community Service Awards have been announced.   The awards, first bestowed in 2022-23, are based on activities that took place during the 2023-24 academic year and recognize outstanding student-athletes for the contributions they make away from the playing surface, both on campus and in the community.

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. – Intersport today announced the participating teams of the Greenbrier Tip-Off River Division, set to take place Nov. 15-16 at the famed Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – For the first time in his young career, Tennessee Tech men's basketball rookie Kyle Layton was honored as the Ohio Valley Conference's Freshman of the Week, as announced by the league Monday morning. Layton shared the honor with Little Rock's Jaylen Crocker-Johnson.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The 2023-24 campaign officially came to a close for the Tennessee Tech men’s basketball team Saturday afternoon, as the Golden Eagles fell to Ohio Valley Conference regular-season champion Little Rock, 81-43, at the Jack Stephens Center.

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech men's basketball team officially wraps up the 2023-24 regular season Saturday afternoon, visiting Little Rock for a 3:00 p.m. CT match-up with a spot in the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament hanging in the balance.

MARTIN, Tenn. – A see-saw affair that featured four double-digit runs went to the home team Thursday night, as the Tennessee Tech men’s basketball team fell to red-hot UT Martin in the Elam Center, 80-69.

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech men's basketball team hits the road for the final swing of the 2023-24 regular season, starting with a 7:30 p.m. CT tilt with in-state rival UT Martin on Thursday evening.

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – On an afternoon celebrating the careers of its two seniors, the Tennessee Tech men’s basketball team saw its wave of the future step up and help deliver one last victory in the Hooper Eblen Center for its two veterans, as the Golden Eagles topped visiting Eastern Illinois on Saturday, 75-67.

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech men's basketball team hosts its final contest in the comfort of the Hooper Eblen Center for the 2023-24 season Saturday afternoon, taking on Eastern Illinois on Senior Day in a 3:00 p.m. CT affair.

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – A career showing, clutch play, and inspired comeback all fell just shy of lifting the Tennessee Tech men’s basketball team to victory Thursday evening, as the Golden Eagles dropped a 78-77 heartbreaker to Ohio Valley Conference foe SIUE in the Hooper Eblen Center.

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech men's basketball team continues its four-game home stand rolling Thursday evening, hosting Ohio Valley Conference rival SIUE in a rematch from January with a 7:30 p.m. CT tilt in the Hooper Eblen Center.

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – A tight battle from the tip, the Tennessee Tech men’s basketball team couldn’t push past visiting Western Illinois down the stretch Thursday evening in a tight, 62-55 decision in the Hooper Eblen Center.

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech men's basketball team looks to pick up its third straight Ohio Valley Conference victory Thursday evening, playing host to new league foe Western Illinois in a 7:30 p.m. CT affair in the Hooper Eblen Center.

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – A dominant defensive display proved more than enough for the Tennessee Tech men’s basketball team to exact a little revenge against in-state and Ohio Valley Conference rival Tennessee State Tuesday evening, used a massive second-half run to roll to a 70-50 victory in the Hooper Eblen Center.

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech men's basketball team makes its way back to Cookeville to kick off a four-game, Ohio Valley Conference homestand, beginning with a Tuesday-night tilt against in-state rival Tennessee State at 7:30 p.m. CT. The contest will be sponsored by Golden Oak Sedation Dental & Implant Center.

ST. CHARLES, Mo. – Grit, determination, and resolve were all on full display by the Tennessee Tech men’s basketball team Saturday afternoon, as the Golden Eagles battled back from a double-digit deficit to defeat Lindenwood, 62-52, in overtime at Hyland Arena in St. Charles, Mo.

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech men's basketball team wraps up its weekend road trip in the Show Me state with a Saturday afternoon affair in St. Charles, Mo., squaring off with Lindenwood at 3:30 p.m. CT.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – A strong first-half performance at the charity stripe wasn’t enough for the Tennessee Tech men’s basketball to quiet an explosive Southeast Missouri squad Thursday evening, as the Redhawks used superior shooting and rebounding to defeat the Golden Eagles at the Show Me Center, 88-69.

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech men's basketball makes its way to the Show Me state for a pair of Ohio Valley Conference tilts to close out the week, kicking things off with a Thursday-night affair with Southeast Missouri at 7:30 p.m. CT at the Show Me Center.

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Another hard-fought battle fell in favor of the visitors Saturday afternoon, as the Tennessee Tech men’s basketball team dropped a tight affair in the Hooper Eblen Center to longtime Ohio Valley Conference rival Morehead State, 67-60.

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech men's basketball team plays host to longtime Ohio Valley Conference rival Morehead State afternoon, hosting the Eagles in a 3:00 p.m. CT matinee in the Hooper Eblen Center.

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Free throws and rebounding proved to be the difference makers in the Tennessee Tech men’s basketball contest Thursday evening, as the Golden Eagles fell to visiting Ohio Valley Conference rival Southern Indiana in a tight, down-to-the-wire affair in the Hooper Eblen Center, 74-71.

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech men's basketball team makes just its second appearance in front of the Golden Eagle faithful at the Hooper Eblen Center since the turn of the new year Thursday evening, playing host to Southern Indiana in a 7:30 p.m. CT tilt.

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – First-half turbulence was too much for the Tennessee Tech men’s basketball team to erase Saturday afternoon, as the depleted Golden Eagles fell at Ohio Valley Conference foe SIUE, 74-57, at First Community Arena in Edwardsville, Ill.

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech men's basketball team finishes off the month of January, one featuring just a single appearance in Cookeville, with another road contest on Saturday, squaring off with SIUE in a 3:30 p.m. CT tilt at First Community Arena in Edwardsville, Ill.

CHARLESTON, Ill. – Troubles with turnovers and a cold streak down the stretch proved too much for the Tennessee Tech men’s basketball team to overcome Thursday evening, as the Golden Eagles fell to Eastern Illinois, 68-59, in Ohio Valley Conference action at Lantz Arena in Charleston, Ill.

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech men's basketball team wraps up a January journey of road contests with one final swing away from Cookeville, kicking the weekend off with a Thursday trip to Charleston, Ill. and 7:30 p.m. CT tilt against Eastern Illinois at Lantz Arena.