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03/07 23:18 CST Tennessee St. beats Morehead St. for OVC Tournament title, 1st
NCAA Tournament berth since '94
Tennessee St. beats Morehead St. for OVC Tournament title, 1st NCAA Tournament
berth since '94
By The Associated Press
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) --- Antoine Lorick III had 18 points to help Tennessee
State beat Morehead State 93-67 on Saturday night to win the Ohio Valley
Conference Tournament and clinch its first NCAA Tournament berth in more than
three decades.
Tennessee State --- under first-year coach Nolan Smith, who helped Duke win the
2010 national championship as a player --- secured an invitation to the Big
Dance for the first time since 1994.
Travis Harper II scored 17 points while shooting 6 for 9, including 5 for 7
from beyond the arc. Dante Harris went 6 of 20 from the field (4 for 8 from
3-point range) to finish with 16 points.
George Marshall led the way for the Eagles (19-12, 15-5) with 17 points. Davion
Cunningham added 12 points and seven rebounds for Morehead State. Anouar
Mellouk also had 12 points. The loss snapped the Eagles' six-game winning
streak.
Tennessee State took the lead for good a little more than three minutes into
the game and it was 55-34 at halftime, with Harris racking up 16 points.
Tennessee State pulled away with a 12-2 run in the second half to extend an
18-point lead to 28 points. The Tigers outscored Morehead State by five points
in the final half, as Lorick led the way with a team-high 13 second-half points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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