ETSU, Tech set to meet for 75th time on Sunday

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (Nov. 19, 2022) – Coming off a hard-fought, physical game with Little Rock on Thursday, ETSU men’s basketball looks to carry momentum from that win into a an in-state road game with Tennessee Tech on Sunday. Tip-off is slated for 4 p.m. inside the Eblen Center.  

ROAD TRIP

DATE: Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022

TIME: 4 p.m. ET

LOCATION: Eblen Center (Cookeville, Tenn.)

TEAMS: ETSU (3-1) vs. Tennessee Tech (1-3)

LIVE VIDEO: ESPN+

BROADCAST TEAM: Dylan Vazzano (play-by-play), Michael Cooper (analyst)

RADIO: WXSM-AM 640 | 104.9 NASH ICON

RADIO TEAM: Voice of the Bucs Jay Sandos

LIVE STATS: TTUSports.com (StatBroadcast)

TWITTER: @ETSU_MBB

ABOUT THE BUCS

• ETSU improved to 3-1 following an 84-76 win over Little Rock on Thursday night inside Freedom Hall. 
• DeAnthony Tipler (Ashland, Miss.) and Jordan King (Albany, N.Y.) combined for 40 points, while the Bucs went to the free throw line 42 times … Tipler scored a season-high 21 points, while King added 19 points, seven rebounds and five assists … King set career highs in free throws made (9), free throw attempts (12) and rebounds 
• As a team, ETSU shot a season-high 52 percent against the Trojans as the Bucs finished 29 of 56 from the field … The Bucs are 81-5 when shooting over 50 percent since 2015-16
• The Bucs made 21 free throws Thursday night … Since the 2015-16 season, ETSU has made 20-plus free throws 36 times with the Bucs winning 32 of those contests … The Bucs are 1-1 this year when making 20 or more free throws 
• Sunday marks ETSU’s first true road game as ETSU played a pair of neutral site games last Sunday at the Asheville Championship 
• As a team, ETSU has made at least one three-pointer in 1,096 straight games, which is the fourth-longest streak in the country … UNLV leads the country with at least one made three-pointer in 1,164 straight games

ABOUT TENNESSEE TECH

• Tennessee Tech has dropped three of its first four games to start the season
• The Golden Eagles are coming off a 90-85 overtime loss to Coppin State on Thursday night
• Tennessee Tech’s lone win came against Tennessee Wesleyan on Nov. 10, 82-48
• The Golden Eagles were picked to finish eighth in the Ohio Valley Conference Preseason Poll
• Guard Ty Perry was named to the preseason all-OVC team … Perry spent the last four seasons at Lafayette where he racked up 778 career points as a three-year starter … Last season, Perry averaged 11.9 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.0 assists, while knocking down a team-best 60 three-pointers
• This season, Perry is averaging 11.5 points and leads the club with nine made threes
• Jaylen Sebree leads the team in scoring (13.0) and rebounding (7.3), while he’s shooting 50 percent from the field (18-36)
• As a team, Tennessee Tech is averaging 68.8 points per game and allowing 76.0

SERIES HISTORY

Sunday marks the 75th all-time meeting between the two in-state rivals with the series being deadlocked at 37-37 … This is the first meeting between the two since Dec. 2, 2015 when Tennessee Tech won 63-61 in Cookeville … In that meeting, the Bucs went 5-of-9 at the free throw line, compared to the Golden Eagles netting 31 of their 38 attempts … T.J. Cromer led the Bucs with 15 points and Peter Jurkin added 10 points and seven rebounds before fouling out in 18 minutes … In total, three Bucs fouled out in that contest where ETSU was called for 29 fouls, compared to TTU only having 17 … ETSU’s last win in the series came on Dec. 16, 2014, which was an 87-79 victory in Johnson City … The Bucs’ last win in Cookeville came on Nov. 24, 2008, a 78-65 victory … The first ever game played in the series was in 1922-23 when the Bucs won 45-16, while the teams met three times in OVC Tournament play with Tennessee Tech coming out on top in all three – 1964 and 1965 first round and 1967 semifinal.

HOW TO FOLLOW THE BUCS

• Fans can watch Sunday’s game on ESPN+ with Dylan Vazzano and Michael Cooper on the call
• Sunday’s game will also be broadcast on WXSM-AM 640 and 104.9 NASH ICON with Voice of the Bucs Jay Sandos on the call, starting with the Atmos Energy Pregame show at 3:30 p.m.
• Live stats will also be available via StatBroadcast

UP NEXT

ETSU returns home to host Appalachian State on Wednesday night … Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.

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