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Tennessee-Martin 63, Morehead State 73

admin — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:25:15 +0000

Associated Press

MOREHEAD, Ky. — Kenneth Faried scored 15 points to help lead Morehead State past Tennessee-Martin 73-63 on Saturday night.

Terrance Hill and Les Simmons chipped in with 12 points each for the Eagles (21-9, 15-3 Ohio Valley Conference). Morehead State closed out its regular season winning four of its last five games.

The two teams were tied at 28 at halftime, but the Eagles used an 11-2 run in the second half to assume a 52-40 lead after a layup from Hill with 11:24 remaining in the contest. Tennessee-Martin cut the deficit to four points, but was unable to get any closer.

Marquis Weddle scored 20 points to pace the Skyhawks (4-25, 1-17), who lost their last six games.

Morehead State scored 25 points off of 20 Skyhawks turnovers.

The Eagles finished the season in the second spot of the OVC standings, while Tennessee-Martin finished in last place.

E. Kentucky 84, Tennessee-Martin 60

admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:34:27 +0000

Associated Press

RICHMOND, Ky. — Justin Stommes scored 12 points and dished out seven assists to help Eastern Kentucky defeat Tennessee-Martin 84-60 on Thursday night.

The Colonels (20-10, 11-6 Ohio Valley Conference) finished with 20 assists, while turning it over just four times. The Skyhawks (4-24, 1-16) had 15 turnovers, leading to 25 Eastern Kentucky points.

Joshua Jones scored 14 points for the Colonels, Robin Mestdagh 12 and Josh Daniel 11.

Eastern Kentucky trailed for the first 10 minutes, until going on an 11-0 run to erase a 17-8 deficit. Joshua Jones’ 3 gave the Colonels a 19-17 lead with 9:47 left in the first half. Marquis Weddle’s 3 put the Skyhawks back on top, 17 seconds later.

The Colonels then used two 3-pointers and a Tennessee-Martin turnover to go on an 8-0 run and lead for good.

Benzor Simmons scored 25 points and Ron Spencer had 12 points and 11 rebounds for the Skyhawks.

Tennessee-Martin 52, Ball St. 68

admin — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:46:28 +0000

Associated Press

MUNCIE, Ind. — Terrence Watson and Malik Perry scored 15 points each and Ball State defeated Tennessee-Martin 68-52 Saturday.

The nonconference game was part of the BracketBusters series.

Ball State (15-11), of the Mid-American Conference, made 14 of its 25 shots in the second half — 56 percent — to break away from a 26-22 halftime lead. The final score was the Cardinals’ biggest lead of the game.

Jarrod Jones had 13 points and eight rebounds for Ball State, and Randy Davis had 10 points and seven rebounds.

Marquis Weddle led Tennessee-Martin (4-23) with 15 points. Reuben Clayton added 11 points and Benzor Simmons 10 for the Skyhawks, members of the Ohio Valley Conference.

Tennessee-Martin is 0-14 on the road this season.