NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Kellen Thornton had 25 points and nine rebounds to lead Tennessee State to an 85-81 overtime victory against Eastern Kentucky in the regular-season finale for both teams.
Patrick Miller had 19 points and 11 rebounds, Robert Covington contributed 13 points and a season-high 16 rebounds, Jay Harris scored 11 points and Jordan Cyphers 10 for the Tigers (17-13, 11-5 Ohio Valley Conference), who had lost two in a row by a total of three points - 101-100 to Morehead State, 69-67 to Loyola (MD).
Mike DiNunno scored 24 points, Glenn Cosey 16, Corey Walden 12 and Marcus Lewis 10 for the Colonels (23-8, 12-4), who had won seven of eight coming in.
Thornton was 6-of-6 shooting free throws and scored eight points in the overtime.
DiNunno made a 3-pointer to tie it at 71-all with 1:22 left in regulation.
Tennessee State shot 27 of 51, Eastern Kentucky 24 of 68.
| Scoreboard | ||||
| Final | 1 | 2 | OT | T |
| Eastern Kentucky (23-8) | 35 | 36 | 10 | 81 |
| Tennessee State (17-13) « | 27 | 44 | 14 | 85 |
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| Eastern Kentucky Colonels | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Stutz, F | 27 | 3-6 | 1-1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| T. Johnson, F | 10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| M. DiNunno, G | 43 | 7-18 | 5-5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 24 |
| G. Cosey, G | 39 | 5-14 | 2-2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| C. Walden, G | 32 | 2-9 | 6-6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Lewis | 32 | 5-12 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| O. Williams | 20 | 1-4 | 4-4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| J. Johnson | 17 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| T. Knipp | 5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Parsons | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-68 | 20-20 | 29 | 15 | 21 | 81 | |
| 35.3% | 100% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Covington, F | 41 | 3-7 | 7-7 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| K. Thornton, F | 39 | 9-13 | 7-10 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 25 |
| P. Miller, G | 43 | 5-11 | 7-8 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 19 |
| J. Cyphers, G | 31 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| T. Fredrick, G | 25 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Harris | 25 | 4-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| M. Rhett | 15 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| D. Dockery | 4 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| M. Green | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-51 | 25-32 | 42 | 18 | 18 | 85 | |
| 52.9% | 78.1% | ||||||
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