Western Illinois 61-59 Tennessee State (Mar 7, 2024) Play-by-Play

Tennessee State Tigers

18-15, 10-8 Conference

	1	2	T
TNST	30	29	59
WIU	30	31	61

TIME	TNST	WIU
19:46	Ryan Myers missed Three Point Jumper.	0	0
19:43	Quinlan Bennett Offensive Rebound.	0	0
19:39	Quinlan Bennett missed Jumper.	0	0
19:37	Jesiah West Offensive Rebound.	0	0
19:34	Ryan Myers missed Three Point Jumper.	0	0
19:31	Drew Cisse Offensive Rebound.	0	0
19:30	Drew Cisse missed Layup.	0	0
19:28	JJ Kalakon Offensive Rebound.	0	0
19:27	JJ Kalakon made Layup.	0	2
19:07	Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. missed Layup.	0	2
19:04	Drew Cisse Defensive Rebound.	0	2
19:01	JJ Kalakon missed Jumper.	0	2
19:01	E.J. Bellinger Block.	0	2
18:57	E.J. Bellinger Defensive Rebound.	0	2
18:52	E.J. Bellinger made Jumper.	2	2
18:37	Drew Cisse Turnover.	2	2
18:37	Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. Steal.	2	2
18:31	Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. made Layup.	4	2
18:13	Jesiah West missed Three Point Jumper.	4	2
18:11	E.J. Bellinger Defensive Rebound.	4	2
18:03	Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. missed Jumper.	4	2
18:00	Quinlan Bennett Defensive Rebound.	4	2
17:43	Jesiah West missed Layup.	4	2
17:43	Jason Jitoboh Block.	4	2
17:43	Jason Jitoboh Defensive Rebound.	4	2
17:26	Christian Brown missed Three Point Jumper.	4	2
17:24	Quinlan Bennett Defensive Rebound.	4	2
17:06	Foul on Jesiah West.	4	2
17:06	Jesiah West Turnover.	4	2
16:53	E.J. Bellinger missed Three Point Jumper.	4	2
16:51	Quinlan Bennett Defensive Rebound.	4	2
16:37	Quinlan Bennett made Layup. Assisted by Jesiah West.	4	4
16:27	Kinyon Hodges missed Jumper.	4	4
16:25	Jesiah West Defensive Rebound.	4	4
16:07	James Dent Jr. missed Jumper.	4	4
16:04	Jaylen Jones Defensive Rebound.	4	4
16:02	Jaylen Jones missed Layup.	4	4
16:00	Kinyon Hodges Offensive Rebound.	4	4
15:59	Kinyon Hodges missed Layup.	4	4
15:58	James Dent Jr. Defensive Rebound.	4	4
15:54	Jesiah West made Dunk. Assisted by James Dent Jr..	4	6
15:35	Kinyon Hodges missed Jumper.	4	6
15:32	Kinyon Hodges Offensive Rebound.	4	6
15:26	E.J. Bellinger made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kinyon Hodges.	7	6
15:11	JJ Kalakon missed Three Point Jumper.	7	6
15:08	Jaylen Jones Defensive Rebound.	7	6
15:01	Foul on Jesiah West.	7	6
15:01	Official TV Timeout	7	6
15:01	Jason Jitoboh made Free Throw.	8	6
15:01	Jason Jitoboh made Free Throw.	9	6
14:34	Ryan Myers made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Drew Cisse.	9	9
14:14	Jaylen Jones missed Jumper.	9	9
14:12	Tay Knox Defensive Rebound.	9	9
14:02	Quinlan Bennett missed Jumper.	9	9
13:59	E.J. Bellinger Defensive Rebound.	9	9
13:52	Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. missed Jumper.	9	9
13:49	Tay Knox Defensive Rebound.	9	9
13:30	Quinlan Bennett made Layup. Assisted by Ryan Myers.	9	11
13:29	Tennessee State Timeout	9	11
13:14	Kinyon Hodges Turnover.	9	11
13:05	Braden Lamar Turnover.	9	11
13:05	Kinyon Hodges Steal.	9	11
13:00	Kinyon Hodges made Dunk.	11	11
12:48	Tay Knox Turnover.	11	11
12:48	Christian Brown Steal.	11	11
12:42	Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. missed Layup.	11	11
12:42	JJ Kalakon Block.	11	11
12:42	James Dent Jr. Defensive Rebound.	11	11
12:13	Ryan Myers Turnover.	11	11
12:01	Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. Turnover.	11	11
12:01	James Dent Jr. Steal.	11	11
11:54	JJ Kalakon missed Three Point Jumper.	11	11
11:52	E.J. Bellinger Defensive Rebound.	11	11
11:49	Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. Turnover.	11	11
11:49	Official TV Timeout	11	11
11:22	Quinlan Bennett Turnover.	11	11
11:22	Kinyon Hodges Steal.	11	11
11:04	Christian Brown missed Layup.	11	11
11:01	Jason Jitoboh Offensive Rebound.	11	11
11:01	Jason Jitoboh made Layup.	13	11
10:41	James Dent Jr. Turnover.	13	11
10:41	Kinyon Hodges Steal.	13	11
10:34	Kinyon Hodges made Dunk.	15	11
10:10	Tay Knox missed Jumper.	15	11
10:07	Michael Shanks Defensive Rebound.	15	11
9:56	Kinyon Hodges missed Layup.	15	11
9:56	Tay Knox Defensive Rebound.	15	11
9:56	Foul on Jason Jitoboh.	15	11
9:48	Foul on Jaylen Jones.	15	11
9:41	JJ Kalakon missed Jumper.	15	11
9:41	Emmanuel Dowuona Block.	15	11
9:39	Western Illinois Offensive Rebound.	15	11
9:36	Tay Knox Turnover.	15	11
9:36	Jaylen Jones Steal.	15	11
9:35	Foul on Drew Cisse.	15	11
9:23	Michael Shanks made Jumper. Assisted by Jaylen Jones.	17	11
9:13	Quinlan Bennett missed Layup.	17	11
9:13	Christian Brown Block.	17	11
9:10	Christian Brown Defensive Rebound.	17	11
9:07	Christian Brown made Layup. Assisted by Kinyon Hodges.	19	11
9:04	Western Illinois Timeout	19	11
8:41	JJ Kalakon made Jumper.	19	13
8:23	Emmanuel Dowuona missed Jumper.	19	13
8:23	Drew Cisse Block.	19	13
8:19	Drew Cisse Defensive Rebound.	19	13
8:14	Foul on Emmanuel Dowuona.	19	13
8:14	Drew Cisse made Free Throw.	19	14
8:14	Drew Cisse missed Free Throw.	19	14
8:14	Kinyon Hodges Defensive Rebound.	19	14
8:03	Michael Shanks missed Three Point Jumper.	19	14
8:02	Quinlan Bennett Defensive Rebound.	19	14
7:49	Official TV Timeout	19	14
7:42	Ryan Myers missed Layup.	19	14
7:42	Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. Block.	19	14
7:38	Jason Jitoboh Defensive Rebound.	19	14
7:35	E.J. Bellinger missed Jumper.	19	14
7:35	Jesiah West Block.	19	14
7:34	E.J. Bellinger Offensive Rebound.	19	14
7:26	Jason Jitoboh missed Jumper.	19	14
7:23	Jesiah West Defensive Rebound.	19	14
7:09	Drew Cisse made Jumper.	19	16
6:47	Michael Shanks missed Jumper.	19	16
6:43	Jesiah West Defensive Rebound.	19	16
6:37	Ryan Myers made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by JJ Kalakon.	19	19
6:20	Technical Foul on Ryan Myers.	19	19
6:20	E.J. Bellinger made Free Throw.	20	19
6:20	E.J. Bellinger made Free Throw.	21	19
6:08	Jaylen Jones missed Layup.	21	19
6:06	Jesiah West Defensive Rebound.	21	19
5:48	Foul on Michael Shanks.	21	19
5:33	Quinlan Bennett made Jumper.	21	21
5:10	Foul on E.J. Bellinger.	21	21
5:10	E.J. Bellinger Turnover.	21	21
4:53	Quinlan Bennett made Jumper. Assisted by Ryan Myers.	21	23
4:49	Technical Foul on Marcus Fitzgerald Jr..	21	23
4:49	Technical Foul on Quinlan Bennett.	21	23
4:49	Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. Turnover.	21	23
4:40	Jason Jitoboh missed Layup.	21	23
4:40	Drew Cisse Block.	21	23
4:35	James Dent Jr. Defensive Rebound.	21	23
4:19	Drew Cisse missed Jumper.	21	23
4:19	Jason Jitoboh Block.	21	23
4:15	JJ Kalakon Offensive Rebound.	21	23
4:13	James Dent Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.	21	23
4:09	Quinlan Bennett Offensive Rebound.	21	23
3:58	Official TV Timeout	21	23
3:49	JJ Kalakon made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Quinlan Bennett.	21	26
3:27	Jason Jitoboh made Layup.	23	26
3:09	Ryan Myers missed Three Point Jumper.	23	26
3:06	JJ Kalakon Offensive Rebound.	23	26
3:02	James Dent Jr. missed Jumper.	23	26
3:02	Kinyon Hodges Block.	23	26
2:58	Drew Cisse Offensive Rebound.	23	26
2:57	Quinlan Bennett made Layup. Assisted by Drew Cisse.	23	28
2:33	E.J. Bellinger made Jumper.	25	28
2:18	Foul on Kinyon Hodges.	25	28
2:18	JJ Kalakon missed Free Throw.	25	28
2:18	Kinyon Hodges Defensive Rebound.	25	28
2:00	Foul on James Dent Jr..	25	28
1:54	Jason Jitoboh missed Layup.	25	28
1:54	Drew Cisse Block.	25	28
1:51	James Dent Jr. Defensive Rebound.	25	28
1:37	Ryan Myers missed Jumper.	25	28
1:35	Jason Jitoboh Defensive Rebound.	25	28
1:30	Christian Brown made Dunk. Assisted by Marcus Fitzgerald Jr..	27	28
1:09	Quinlan Bennett made Layup. Assisted by Drew Cisse.	27	30
0:54	Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. missed Layup.	27	30
0:51	JJ Kalakon Defensive Rebound.	27	30
0:44	James Dent Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.	27	30
0:42	Quinlan Bennett Offensive Rebound.	27	30
0:38	Ryan Myers missed Three Point Jumper.	27	30
0:36	Quinlan Bennett Offensive Rebound.	27	30
0:34	Quinlan Bennett Turnover.	27	30
0:34	Christian Brown Steal.	27	30
0:04	Christian Brown made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Marcus Fitzgerald Jr..	30	30
0:00	End of 1st half	30	30

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Ford Center

7:30 PM, March 7, 2024Coverage: ESPN+

Evansville, IN

Line: WIU -2.5

Over/Under: 132.5

Referees:
Bret Smith
John St. Clair
Greg Gerritsen

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
UT Martin	0-0	-	2-0
Little Rock	0-0	-	1-0
Tennessee State	0-0	-	1-0
Eastern Illinois	0-0	-	1-1
Lindenwood	0-0	-	1-1
Morehead State	0-0	-	1-1
SIU Edwardsville	0-0	-	1-1
Tennessee Tech	0-0	-	1-1
Western Illinois	0-0	-	1-1
Southeast Missouri State	0-0	-	0-1
Southern Indiana	0-0	-	0-2

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