Golden Eagles host rival Austin Peay to begin four-game homestand
The first 1,000 Tech students will receive a free Tech Attack t-shirt, along with a free soft drink and popcorn when the Golden Eagles square off against in-state rival Austin Peay Thursday night.
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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. - There's no place like home. And that's exactly
where the Tennessee Tech men's basketball team will be spending its
time for the rest of the month. The Golden Eagles kick off a
four-game Ohio Valley Conference home stand with a match up with
in-state rival Austin Peay Thursday night in Eblen Center. Tip off
is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
After playing five of their first seven OVC games on the road, the
Golden Eagles will also host Tennessee State (Jan. 23), Eastern
Illinois (Jan. 28) and Southeast Missouri (Jan. 30) before hitting
the road again.
Tech enters the game against Austin Peay at 8-10 overall and 2-5
in the OVC. APSU holds a 10-9 overall record, and a 4-3 mark in
league play.
The Governor's are led by Wes Channels and Anthony Campbell.
Channels is averaging 15.6 points and 4.1 rebounds per game, while
hitting over 40 percent of his 3-point attempts. Meanwhile,
Campbell is scoring 15.4 points per game to go along with 5.1
rebounds.
APSU enters the game as the league's worst 3-point defensive team,
allowing opponents to hit 39.2 percent of their long-range
attempts. That stat could haunt the Gov's as Tech ranks No. 1 in
the league in 3-point shooting, hitting 41.4 percent from beyond
the arc, and averaging over six made 3-pointers per game.
The Golden Eagles are led by Frank Davis and Kevin Murphy. Davis
has made a name for himself as one of the best 3-point shooters in
the nation, hitting 49.5 percent of his 3-point attempts and
averaging 15.1 points per game. Davis is shooting 48.8 percent from
the field and also averages 2.6 rebounds per game, and is a perfect
23-for-23 from the free throw line in OVC play.
Murphy is also averaging 15.1 points per game to go along with 3.4
rebounds and is coming off a 9-of-11 shooting performance when he
scored a game-high 22 points against Murray State. Elijah
Cunningham-Muhammad is averaging 11.7 points and a team-high 4.6
assists per game, while Alfred Jones leads the team with 5.1
rebounds per game to go along with 8.3 points.
Tech ranks second in the OVC in scoring offense, putting up 76.1
points per game, while APSU is scoring and allowing 72.4 points per
game.
The two teams have met 130 times before Thursday night, and Austin
Peay holds a slim 67-63 advantage in the all-time series. The Gov's
have won four straight against Tech.
The game will be the second half of a double header with the
Tennessee Tech women's team, which hosts Austin Peay at 5:30 p.m.
Thursday night. Tech Students, Families with Soldiers deployed with
278th as well as area youth participating in the Upward and Vision
Basketball programs receive free admission to all Tech home
basketball games. In addition, the first 1,000 Tech students will
receive a free Tech Attack T-shirt, and a coupon for a free soft
drink and popcorn at the game.
For ticket information please contact the Golden Eagle athletics
ticket office at (931) 372-3940 or visit TTUsports.com.
