Tennessee Tech Men’s Basketball Drops 83-80 Decision at Lipscomb
Tennessee Tech men’s basketball drops a close matchup 83-80 at Lipscomb on Wednesday.
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
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36 | 44 | 80 |
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38 | 45 | 83 |
Team Stats
Lipscomb
| Game Statistics | Tennessee Tech | Lipscomb |
|---|---|---|
| Field Goals | (29-63) | (29-65) |
| Field Goal % | 46.0% | 44.6% |
| Rebounds | 38 | 36 |
| Assists | 11 | 20 |
| Turnovers | 12 | 11 |
| Pts off Turnovers | 10 | 24 |
| 2nd Chance Pts | 11 | 10 |
| Pts in the Paint | 34 | 36 |
| Fastbreak Pts | 8 | 13 |
| Bench Pts | 24 | 26 |
By Jeff Bowe, TTU Athletics Media Relations
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Tech men's basketball drops a close matchup 83-80 at Lipscomb on Wednesday.
The Golden Eagles (3-6, 0-0) had three players in double figures scoring, with Dani Pounds scoring a career high 19 points on 8-of-14 shooting, including 1-of-2 from three, while grabbing seven rebounds, leading the way. Ty Owens matched his season high with 15 points in the second straight game, and Mekhi Cameron added 14 points, but Tech couldn't hold off Lipscomb (5-4, 0-0) in the three-point loss, 83-80.
Tech drops its third straight contest to move to 3-6 on the year and finishes its five-game road trip at West Georgia on Saturday, Dec. 6 at 1 p.m. CT.
Pounds' 19 points on 8-of-14 from the field were his best all-around offensive performance of the season, as he looked unstoppable inside for most of the game until running into some foul trouble late in the first half that impacted his second half. Pounds led the team in rebounds with seven.
Owens has scored 30 points in the last two games with back-to-back 15-point performances at Georgia and now Lipscomb. He shot 6-of-9 from the field, hit a couple of big shots to keep the Golden Eagles in the game. He led the team with seven assists and tied for second with five rebounds.
Cameron scored only three points in the first half but added 11 in the second to mark the third Golden Eagle in double figures with 13 on 4-of-9 from the field, making 3-of-4 from three-point range. Cameron grabbed five rebounds, tying for second on the team.
Brandon Muntu finished with eight points on 3-of-10 from the field (2-8 3FG). JaJuan Nicholls also had eight points on 2-of-3 from the field and 4-of-7 from the free-throw line.
C.J. McPherson sank a couple of threes, leading to six points on 2-of-5 shooting (2-2 3FG), and Malik Ferguson played a season-high 18 minutes while grabbing his first points of the season with six (2-4 FG).
Tech scored 24 points off the bench and 34 points in the paint, while forcing 11 turnovers and turning those into 10 points and grabbing 11 second-chance points.
The Golden Eagles got off to a slow start with only 36 points on 37.1 percent (13-35) shooting, but turned it on in the second half, scoring 44 points on 16-of-28 (57.1) percent from the field.
Overall, Tech outshot Lipscomb 46 percent to 45 percent, but both teams made 29 field goals with the Golden Eagles holding an advantage in three-point shooting, 45 percent to 34 percent, rebounding (38-to-36), but a key turnover, 12th of the game, cost the visitors the stretch.
Both teams held the lead with Tech taking a seven-point advantage at its largest, but a scoreless final 2:32 cost the visitors in the loss, 83-80.
TTU led the contest for 16:15, and Lipscomb held the advantage for 20:39. The largest lead for Tech was seven points, and the largest run was 9-0.
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The Golden Eagles head to West Georgia for the final matchup of a five-game road trip at 1 p.m. CT on Saturday, Dec. 6.
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