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Post by The Cats on Nov 27, 2023 17:40:44 GMT -5
Who: Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles When: Tuesday, November 28, 2023 Time: 7 pm Where: Hooper Eblen Center TV/Video: ESPN+ -announcers: Dylan Vazzano and Steve Smith Live Stats: TTU Live StatsConference: Ohio Valley (OVC) Location: Cookeville, Tenn Enrollment 10,117 Nickname: Golden Eagles Mascot: Awesome Eagle Head Coach: John Pelphrey - John Pelphrey is in his fifth season at the helm of the Golden Eagle program. Record at Tech: 41-82 (.333, 4 years) Career Record: 190-208 (.477, 13 years) Current Record (TTU): 2-4 overall, 1-1 home, 1-3 away, 0-0 neutral, 0-0 conference Last Seasons Record (TTU): 16-17 overall, 11-5 home, 4-11 away, 1-1 neutral, 11-7 conference The Series: The series is tied at 5-5, with the Cats on a 5-game win streak over the Golden Eagles. The two teams last played in 2022 in Cookeville. For the 2023-24 season, the Golden Eagles were selected to finish sixth in the league's preseason predicted order of finish, just four points back of Southeast Missouri. This season, the purple and gold welcome 10 newcomers with seven members of the 2022-23 squad back in Cookeville. Back for the Golden Eagles are Harvey, Wood, Grant Slatten, Grant Strong, Erik Oliver, Bogdan Zimonjic, and Jerome Beya. Last Wednesday, the Golden Eagles delivered an impressive road win over a Presbyterian team that was 5-1 with a victory over Vanderbilt, defeating the Blue Hose in overtime, 79-75. Tech overcame multiple, double-digit deficits in the affair, including a 15-point hole toward the end of the first half. The purple and gold were led by a trio of 20-point performances, a first by the program since Jan. 21, 2016 at Morehead State. That contest saw Torrance Rowe drop 22 points, Aleksa Jugovic post 21 and Ryan Martin add 20 to effort.
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Post by The Cats on Nov 28, 2023 9:48:32 GMT -5
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Post by FLCATAMOUNT on Nov 28, 2023 10:49:08 GMT -5
One prognosticator has us as a 5.5 point favorite. We have beaten them the last 4 times we have played them. It will not be easy though. We will need to stay focussed and bring our A game.
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Post by Speedwell Cat on Nov 28, 2023 11:19:52 GMT -5
One prognosticator has us as a 5.5 point favorite. We have beaten them the last 4 times we have played them. It will not be easy though. We will need to stay focussed and bring our A game. True, at least two of those wins were down to the wire/overtime
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Post by Admin on Nov 28, 2023 12:37:19 GMT -5
One prognosticator has us as a 5.5 point favorite. We have beaten them the last 4 times we have played them. It will not be easy though. We will need to stay focussed and bring our A game. True, at least two of those wins were down to the wire/overtime
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Post by FLCATAMOUNT on Nov 28, 2023 13:21:32 GMT -5
The transfer from LSU seems to get better every time out. He has more pure athleticism of any post/PF that we have ever had. I would say by mid-seasons our bigs will be as good and tested ans our backcourt. The ceiling for how good this team can be is very high.
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Post by Speedwell Cat on Nov 28, 2023 13:57:55 GMT -5
The transfer from LSU seems to get better every time out. He has more pure athleticism of any post/PF that we have ever had. I would say by mid-seasons our bigs will be as good and tested ans our backcourt. The ceiling for how good this team can be is very high. Interesting, coach is rotating Williams, Lampten and Grainger roughly 1/3 each. I don't think we've yet seen any two of them on the floor at once. That's 15 fouls to use banging around in the paint. Lampten is a true rim protector. They're all capable of scoring a little, but Williams will probably see his minutes increase as an offensive threat.
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Post by jackdaniels03 on Nov 28, 2023 19:43:31 GMT -5
Looks like defense forgot to check-in for work tonight. Hoping coach makes some halftime adjustments
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Post by The Cats on Nov 28, 2023 19:52:40 GMT -5
Halftime stats..
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Post by jim68 on Nov 28, 2023 19:54:36 GMT -5
Looks like defense forgot to check-in for work tonight. Hoping coach makes some halftime adjustments Looks like Justin Gray is making no attempt to match up with TNTC players. They are just taking our smaller players to the basket & shooting over the top of them.
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