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- game 26: TENNESSEE TECH • FEB. 20 • HOOPER EBLEN CENTER 8-17 OVERALL • 4-10 OVC MBB SID CONTACT: Ryne Rickman Email: [email protected] Office Phone: (731) 881-7632 Cell Phone: (270) 703-2601 Website: www.UTMSports.com Facebook: /UTMSports 2019-20 MEN’S BASKETBALL Twitter: @UTMSports SCHEDULE SKYHAWKS START FINAL ROAD TRIP AGAINST Date ........... Opponent ..................................... Result IN-STATE OVC RIVAL TENNESSEE TECH Oct. 31 ....... EARLHAM COLLEGE% .........W 76-50 Nov. 5 ........ ST. LOUIS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY ... W 106-48 ALL-TIME VS. TTU Nov. 9 ........ ETSU ............................................ L 92-75 Nov. 13 ...... at Western Illinois ......................W 98-91 Tennessee Tech leads 37-15 Last Meeting ..............................Feb. 6, 2020 Nov. 16 ...... at Wichita State^ ....................... L 103-62 Game Result ..................@UTM 74, TTU 62 Nov. 19 ...... at Northern Iowa^ ...................... L 87-67 Series Streak ..................................UTM W2 Nov. 26 ...... vs. Gardner-Webb# ..................... L 81-64 First Meeting .......................... Dec. 14, 1968 Nov. 27 ...... vs. Boston University# ..............W 76-73 UTM vs. TTU in Cookeville................6-21 UT MARTIN TENNESSEE TECH Dec. 6 ......... at Central Michigan .................... L 84-75 Streak in Cookeville .....................TTU W1 Dec. 14 ....... at UNC Asheville ........................ L 91-72 SKYHAWKS GOLDEN EAGLES Record: 8-17 Record: 7-20 Dec. 18 ....... vs. #10 Baylor& ........................... L 91-63 Ohio Valley: 4-10 Ohio Valley: 4-10 PLAYER TO WATCH Dec. 29....... MOUNT ST. JOSEPH ..............W 92-72 Away: 2-10 Home: 4-8 Jan. 2 .......... at Murray State* .......................... L 89-76 #22 Quintin Dove Last 5: 2-3 Last 5: 2-3 Senior Forward Jan. 4 .......... at Austin Peay* ............................ L 82-63 Last 10: 3-7 Last 10: 4-6 Cleveland, Ohio Jan. 9 .......... TENNESSEE STATE* ..............W 87-74 Avg. PPG: 76.4 Avg. PPG: 64.9 Jan. 11 ........ BELMONT* ................................ L 85-78 The top scorer in Def. PPG: 82.6 Def. PPG: 73.1 Jan. 16 ........ MURRAY STATE* ..................... L 84-62 Ohio Valley Conference Top Scorer Top Scorer play resides in Martin, Jan. 18 ........ AUSTIN PEAY* .......................... L 92-81 #1 Parker Stewart #4 Jr. Clay Tennessee as Dove’s Jan. 23 ........ at Eastern Illinois* ....................... L 95-83 21.8 points per game 19.8 PPG 13.6 PPG Jan. 25 ........ at SIUE* .......................................W 79-76 average leads the pack. Top Rebounder Top Rebounder Jan. 30 ........ at Eastern Kentucky* .................. L 99-86 The Preseason #22 Quintin Dove #12 Amadou Sylla All-OVC honoree is Feb. 1 ......... at Morehead State* ..................... L 85-77 7.5 RPG 5.4 RPG coming off the sixth Feb. 6 ......... TENNESSEE TECH* ................W 74-62 Top Passer Top Passer double-double of his Feb. 8 ......... JACKSONVILLE STATE* ........ L 75-61 senior campaign, as #1 Parker Stewart #3 Keishawn Davidson Feb. 13 ....... at Southeast Missouri* ............... L 74-72 Dove registered 32 3.8 APG 4.2 APG points and 10 rebounds Feb. 15 ....... EASTERN ILLINOIS* ..... W 80-79 (OT) Head Coach Head Coach in Thursday’s 80-79 Feb. 20 ....... at Tennessee Tech* ...................7:30 p.m. overtime triumph Anthony Stewart John Pelphrey Feb. 22 ....... at Jacksonville State* ....................4 p.m. against Eastern Illinois. Mount Union, 1993 Kentucky, 1992 Feb. 27 ....... SIUE* .........................................7:30 p.m. In two career games against Tennessee Tech, Fourth Season First Season Dove is averaging 21.5 points and 10.5 rebounds Feb. 29 ....... SOUTHEAST MISSOURI* .......4 p.m. Overall: 52-70 Overall: 156-146 while shooting a torrential 63 percent (17-of-27) March 4-7... at OVC Championships$ ................TBA from the floor. At UTM: Same At TTU: 7-20 HOME GAMES IN ALL CAPS AND BOLD SETTING THE STAGE % Exhibition ^ Cancun Challenge - Campus Sites The University of Tennessee at Martin men’s basketball squad goes for its # Cancun Challenge - Playa del Carmen, Mexico third consecutive victory in the all-time series against Tennessee Tech when the & Battleground 2k19 - Houston, Texas two Ohio Valley Conference rivals square off at the Hooper Eblen Center. * Ohio Valley Conference Game Dating back to the start of the 2015-16 campaign, the Skyhawks have won $ Ford Center - Evansville, Ind. five of the last six matchups against the Golden Eagles. That includes a pair of wins All Times are CST and subject to change in Cookeville (2015, 2017) as well as a 74-62 home win earlier this month. In UT Martin’s victory over Tennessee Tech on Feb. 6, the Skyhawks led by PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS as many as 31 points and limited the Golden Eagles to 62 points on 39.1 percent shooting (25-of-64). That still stands as UT Martin’s best defensive performance TENNESSEE TECH UT MARTIN against a Division I opponent this season. #0 Larry Kuimi #0 Ja’Darius Harris Skyhawk senior Quintin Dove took over the scoring lead in OVC play last 3.2 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 0.1 apg 3.2 ppg, 0.8 rpg, 1.2 apg weekend, as he pumps in 21.8 points per contest against league foes. On Monday, the forward out of Cleveland, Ohio was named the OVC Player of the Week for the #3 Keishawn Davidson #3 Eman Sertovic second time this season. 8.6 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 4.2 apg 4.5 ppg, 1.2 rpg, 0.8 apg UT Martin is coming off an exhilarating 80-79 overtime triumph over Eastern Illinois last Saturday. Derek Hawthorne, Jr. (18 points, nine rebounds, career-best #4 Jr. Clay #5 Derek Hawthorne, Jr. five assists) rose up from 25 feet for the game-winning three-pointer just before 13.6 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 3.7 apg 13.1 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 2.2 apg time expired for the go-ahead bucket. Dove (32 points, 10 rebounds) and Eman Sertovic (career-high 14 points) also paced the Skyhawks offensively. Tennessee Tech is coming off a split last week, defeating Jacksonville State #5 Darius Allen #13 Miles Thomas 75-74 at home on Thursday before falling 70-55 at Tennessee State on Saturday. 8.3 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 0.6 apg 7.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 1.6 apg Sophomore guard Jr. Clay led the Golden Eagles with averages of 14.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists in those two games. Cade Crosland went off for a career- #22 Tujautae Williams #22 Quintin Dove high 21 points (on seven 3-pointers) in the victory over Jacksonville State while 6.0 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 1.9 apg 19.6 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 0.9 apg Clay garnered team-highs of 16 points and nine rebounds against Tennessee State. 1 game 26: TENNESSEE TECH • FEB. 20 • HOOPER EBLEN CENTER 8-17 OVERALL • 4-10 OVC TEAM ROSTER Front Row (L to R): Jalen Riley, Derek Hawthorne, Jr., Trenten Williams, Parker Stewart, Craig Randall II (no longer with team), Eman Sertovic, Ja’Darius Harris. Back Row (L to R): Miles Thomas, Ajani Kennedy, Isaac Aguiar, Jordan Pierce, Eric Rustin, Hannes Polla, Steve Wooten, Jr., Quintin Dove. No. ......Name ..................................Pos. ........Ht. .........Wt. ...... Class ........Hometown (Previous School) 0 .........Ja’Darius Harris ...................G ........... 6-2 .......... 170 ..........Fr.............Trenton, Tenn. (Peabody HS) 1 .........Parker Stewart ......................G ........... 6-5 .......... 200 ....... R-So. .........Union City, Tenn. (Pittsburgh) 3 .........Eman Sertovic .......................G ........... 6-5 .......... 195 ..........Fr.............Bihac, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bella Vista Prep) 5 .........Derek Hawthorne, Jr. ..........G ........... 6-3 .......... 205 ..........Sr. ............Indianapolis, Ind. (John A. Logan College) 10 ........Eric Rustin .............................C ........... 7-1 .......... 185 ..........Fr.............Richmond, Va. (Tennessee Prep Academy) 11 ........Jalen Riley .............................G ........... 6-2 .......... 190 ......... So. ...........Los Angeles, Calif. (Antelope Valley College) 12 ........Ajani Kennedy ...................... F ............ 6-9 .......... 215 .......... Jr. ............Moreno Valley, Calif. (UC Riverside) 13 ........Miles Thomas ....................... F ............ 6-6 .......... 180 ........ R-Jr. ..........Chattanooga, Tenn. (Walters State CC) 22 ........Quintin Dove ........................ F ............ 6-8 .......... 210 ..........Sr. ............Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga CC) 23 ........Steve Wooten, Jr. .................. F ............ 6-6 .......... 215 .......... Jr. ............Madison, Wis. (Mineral Area College) 24 ........Isaac Aguiar .......................... F ........... 6-10 ......... 220 ..........Fr.............North Arlington, NJ (Covenant College Prep) 31 ........Jordan Pierce.........................C ........... 7-0 .......... 290 .......... Jr. ............Union, NJ (Odessa College) 34 ........Trenten Williams..................G ........... 6-3 .......... 175 ........ R-Jr. ..........Houston, Texas (Gillette College) 44 ........Hannes Polla .........................C .......... 6-11 ......... 270 .......... Jr. ............Lahti, Finland (Oklahoma) Head Coach: Anthony Stewart (Mount Union, 1993), Fourth Season Assistant Coach: Bill Lewit (Salisbury, 1991), First Season PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Assistant Coach: DeAndre Walker (Fairmont State, 2004), Sixth Season 0 .........Juh-dare-ree-us Harris Assistant Coach: Zach Carpenter (Lee University, 2006), Third Season Director of Basketball Operations: Ric Johnson (Ohio, 2014), First Season 3 .........E-mon Sir-toe-vich Strength and Conditioning Coach: Gavin Class (Towson, 2016), First Season 12