Who’s playing
Southeast Missouri State Redhawks @ Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles
Current records: SE Missouri State 9-9, Tennessee Tech 9-8
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What you need to know
After two road games, Tennessee Tech returns home. They and the Southeast Missouri Redhawks will face off in an Ohio Valley battle on Thursday at 8:30 p.m. ET at Hooper Eblen Arena. The Golden Eagles are expected to win (but not by much), so they better bring their A-game in this one.
Tennessee Tech likely heads into the competition with a chip on its shoulder considering SIUE just ended the team’s five-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell 67-59 to the Cougars. The Golden Eagles haven’t had much luck with the Cougars recently, as the team has come up short in their last two meetings.
Tennessee Tech struggled to work together and finished the game with just five assists. This is the fewest assists they have posted since November 2023.
Meanwhile, Southeast Missouri State didn’t have enough to beat Little Rock on Tuesday and fell 73-71. The Redhawks have now earned an “L” in back-to-back games.
Tennessee Tech’s loss dropped its record to 9-8. As for SE Missouri State, their loss dropped their record to 9-9.
Tennessee Tech suffered a dismal 88-69 loss to SE Missouri State in its previous game in February 2024. That game was all but over by halftime, at which point Tennessee Tech was down 49-28.
Odds
Tennessee Tech is a slight 2.5-point favorite against SE Missouri State, according to the latest college basketball odds.
Oddsmakers had a good idea of the line for this one, as the game opened with the Golden Eagles as 2-point favorites.
The over/under is 144.5 points.
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History of the series
Tennessee Tech has won 6 of its last 10 games against SE Missouri State.
- February 8, 2024 – SE Missouri State 88 vs. Tennessee Tech 69
- January 13, 2024 – Tennessee Tech 70 vs. SE Missouri State 59
- March 4, 2023 – SE Missouri State 89 vs. Tennessee Tech 82
- February 4, 2023 – Tennessee Tech 82 vs. SE Missouri State 80
- January 21, 2023 – SE Missouri State 84 vs. Tennessee Tech 77
- February 17, 2022 – Tennessee Tech 98 vs. SE Missouri State 94
- February 4, 2021 – SE Missouri State 68 vs. Tennessee Tech 64
- December 30, 2020 – Tennessee Tech 72 vs. SE Missouri State 63
- February 22, 2020 – Tennessee Tech 71 vs. SE Missouri State 62
- February 8, 2020 – Tennessee Tech 62 vs. SE Missouri State 60
