Eastern Kentucky vs. Tennessee-Martin: Recap and Stats

Eastern Kentucky 65

(16-6, 5-5 away)

Tennessee-Martin 72

(6-16, 5-5 home)

Venue: Skyhawk Arena

8:00PM ET / 5:00PM PT, January 31, 2013

Box Score

	1st	2nd	Final
Eastern Kentucky	35	30	65
Tennessee-Martin	35	37	72

Top Performers

	Points	Rebounds	Assists
Eastern Kentucky	G Cosey 20	T Johnson 7	M DiNunno 7
Tennessee-Martin	M Taylor 21	M Taylor 14	T Smith 3

Although they were big underdogs on Thursday, January 31st, Tennessee-Martin defeated Eastern Kentucky 72-65 in OVC action. Myles Taylor got a game-high 21 points and 14 rebounds for the Skyhawks, earning a double-double. Jeremy Washington also had an outstanding game, scoring 12 points and adding seven rebounds. Mike DiNunno finished with 14 points and seven assists for the Colonels. Tennessee-Martin (6-16, 3-7 OVC) gets Eastern Illinois (6-16, 3-6 OVC) at home on Thursday, February 7th.

Tennessee-Martin Game Notes

UTM beat the spread by 17.0 points. That makes the 8th time this season the Skyhawks have beaten the spread.
Tennessee-Martin has won 83% of the time this season (5-1) when its field goal percentage has been 42.6% or better.
The Skyhawks set a season high for free throws made.
This is the 10th game at home this season--UTM has a 1.9 average scoring margin against opponents at home.
Myles Taylor recorded a team season high in free throws made with 11 and free throws attempted with 13.
The top two scorers (Myles Taylor and Mike Liabo) accounted for 51.3% of the points.
The top two rebounders (Myles Taylor and Jeremy Washington) accounted for 41.1% of the rebounds.
Myles Taylor has led the team in scoring 12 times and in rebounding 16 times in 22 games this season.
This marks the 12th 20-point game of Myles Taylor's career.
Myles Taylor has 17 straight double-digit point games.
Myles Taylor recorded a double-double. It was his 6th this season and 10th of his career.
Myles Taylor had a career high with 14 rebounds.

Eastern Kentucky Game Notes

Eastern Kentucky lost and did not cover the spread.
Mike DiNunno recorded a team season high in field goals attempted with 18 and three pointers attempted with 13.
Glenn Cosey tallied a team season high in field goals attempted with 18 and three pointers attempted with 14.
Glenn Cosey accounted for 30.7% of the team's points.
Glenn Cosey has led the team in scoring 8 times in 22 games this season.
Tarius Johnson has led the team in rebounding 7 times in 22 games this season.
Mike DiNunno has 12 straight double-digit point games.
Corey Walden has 4 straight double-digit point games.
This marks the 7th 20-point game of Glenn Cosey's career.
This was the 5th foul out of the season for Tarius Johnson.
This was the 3rd foul out of the season for Eric Stutz.

EKU Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A	Mike DiNunno	37	14	2	7	5	0	0
A	Glenn Cosey	33	20	3	4	2	0	0
B-	Tarius Johnson	27	10	7	1	0	0	1
B-	Corey Walden	33	11	2	4	0	0	2
C	Marcus Lewis	13	2	2	0	2	1	0
C	Timmy Knipp	14	3	3	0	0	1	1
C	Eric Stutz	23	5	2	0	1	0	1
-	Deverin Muff	6	0	0	1	0	0	0
D-	Jeff Johnson	13	0	0	0	0	0	0

UTM Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A+	Myles Taylor	40	21	14	1	1	0	1
A+	J. Washington	19	12	7	0	0	1	0
A	B.J. McLaughlin	20	6	4	2	1	1	0
A	Mike Liabo	37	16	5	2	0	1	3
B	Terence Smith	32	9	6	3	0	1	4
B	Dee Oldham	22	4	6	2	0	0	1
C-	Bobby Jones	6	2	1	0	0	0	0
D+	D. Richardson	22	2	1	2	0	0	3