NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Kellen Thornton had 13 points and seven rebounds, and Patrick Miller scored 12 points to lead Tennessee State to an 80-48 victory over Tennessee-Martin in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Thursday night.
Jay Harris had nine points, and M.J. Rhett, Jordan Cyphers and Jordan Gaither scored eight each for the Tigers (10-7, 4-0), who have won five consecutive games.
Miles Taylor scored 25 points to lead the Skyhawks (4-13, 1-4).
Tennessee State trailed 12-7 in the early going, but the Tigers went on a 12-2 run for a 24-14 advantage with 9:24 remaining and led 46-24 at halftime.
Tennessee State shot 51 percent from the field (25 of 49) and 47.6 percent from the 3-point line (10 of 21). Tennessee-Martin shot 32.8 percent (20 of 61) and 8.3 percent (1 of 12).
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Tennessee-Martin (4-13) | 24 | 24 | 48 |
| Tennessee State (10-7) « | 46 | 34 | 80 |
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| Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Taylor, F | 35 | 11-23 | 3-3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 25 |
| J. Washington, F | 27 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| J. Childs, G | 30 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| T. Smith, G | 28 | 1-5 | 3-4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| D. Richardson, G | 19 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Liabo | 19 | 1-6 | 1-1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| D. Oldham | 15 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| B. McLaughlin | 14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| B. Jones | 9 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| T. Dowdell | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| K. Taylor | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| O. Minor | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Mopo | 0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-61 | 7-9 | 34 | 10 | 21 | 48 | |
| 32.8% | 77.8% | ||||||
| Tennessee State Tigers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Rhett, F | 27 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| K. Thornton, F | 26 | 4-6 | 4-4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| P. Miller, G | 28 | 3-7 | 4-4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| J. Cyphers, G | 22 | 2-6 | 3-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| T. Fredrick, G | 13 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Gaither | 21 | 2-2 | 3-5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| D. Dockery | 19 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| M. Green | 18 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| J. Harris | 17 | 2-5 | 4-5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| D. McClung | 5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| C. Wellian | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Totals | 25-49 | 20-23 | 35 | 14 | 15 | 80 | |
| 51% | 87% | ||||||
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