Game #6 - Tennessee Tech

 

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 Stats

Conference: 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.