Western Illinois 82-69 Tennessee Tech (Feb 27, 2025) Play-by-Play

Western Illinois Leathernecks

12-19, 6-14 Conference

	1	2	T
WIU	38	44	82
TNTC	30	39	69

TIME	WIU	TNTC
20:00	Start game	0	0
19:59	Jump Ball won by Tennessee Tech	0	0
19:59	Jump Ball lost by Western Illinois	0	0
19:45	JaJuan Nicholls missed Layup.	0	0
19:43	Massal Diouf Defensive Rebound.	0	0
19:31	Julius Rollins made Dunk. Assisted by Sean Smith.	2	0
19:14	Jaylon Johnson made Three Point Jumper.	2	3
19:04	Trey Deveaux missed Three Point Jumper.	2	3
19:01	Jaylon Johnson Defensive Rebound.	2	3
18:56	Kyle Layton missed Three Point Jumper.	2	3
18:53	Massal Diouf Defensive Rebound.	2	3
18:44	Ryan Myers made Three Point Jumper.	5	3
18:18	Rodney Johnson Jr. made Three Point Jumper.	5	6
17:58	Massal Diouf made Dunk. Assisted by Sean Smith.	7	6
17:38	JaJuan Nicholls missed Layup.	7	6
17:36	Massal Diouf Defensive Rebound.	7	6
17:28	Sean Smith missed Three Point Jumper.	7	6
17:26	Jaylon Johnson Defensive Rebound.	7	6
17:18	Daniel Egbuniwe missed Three Point Jumper.	7	6
17:14	Western Illinois Defensive Rebound.	7	6
17:14	Kyle Layton subbing out for Tennessee Tech	7	6
17:14	JaJuan Nicholls subbing out for Tennessee Tech	7	6
17:14	Ola Ajiboye subbing in for Tennessee Tech	7	6
17:14	Matthew Sells subbing in for Tennessee Tech	7	6
17:02	Ryan Myers missed Three Point Jumper.	7	6
16:59	Rodney Johnson Jr. Defensive Rebound.	7	6
16:53	Rodney Johnson Jr. Turnover.	7	6
16:53	Sean Smith Steal.	7	6
16:50	Sean Smith made Dunk.	9	6
16:36	Jaylon Johnson made Jumper. Assisted by Ola Ajiboye.	9	8
16:20	Trey Deveaux made Jumper.	11	8
16:10	Rodney Johnson Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.	11	8
16:06	Massal Diouf Defensive Rebound.	11	8
15:53	Ryan Myers made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sean Smith.	14	8
15:33	Daniel Egbuniwe made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jaylon Johnson.	14	11
15:22	Ryan Myers Turnover.	14	11
15:22	Official TV Timeout	14	11
15:22	Trey Deveaux subbing out for Western Illinois	14	11
15:22	Massal Diouf subbing out for Western Illinois	14	11
15:22	Kayden Carter subbing in for Western Illinois	14	11
15:22	Rodrick Payne subbing in for Western Illinois	14	11
15:06	Jaylon Johnson made Jumper. Assisted by Rodney Johnson Jr..	14	13
14:47	Julius Rollins made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sean Smith.	17	13
14:29	Ola Ajiboye missed Jumper.	17	13
14:26	Jaylon Johnson Offensive Rebound.	17	13
14:21	Matthew Sells missed Three Point Jumper.	17	13
14:19	Sean Smith Defensive Rebound.	17	13
13:57	Rodrick Payne made Jumper.	19	13
13:34	Jaylon Johnson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Daniel Egbuniwe.	19	16
13:07	Ryan Myers missed Three Point Jumper.	19	16
13:05	Kayden Carter Offensive Rebound.	19	16
13:04	Kayden Carter made Layup.	21	16
12:43	Daniel Egbuniwe missed Three Point Jumper.	21	16
12:40	Julius Rollins Defensive Rebound.	21	16
12:24	Ryan Myers missed Three Point Jumper.	21	16
12:20	Ryan Myers Offensive Rebound.	21	16
12:17	Sean Smith missed Three Point Jumper.	21	16
12:13	Rodrick Payne Offensive Rebound.	21	16
12:06	Kayden Carter Turnover.	21	16
12:06	Daniel Egbuniwe Steal.	21	16
12:01	Jaylon Johnson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Rodney Johnson Jr..	21	19
11:48	Official TV Timeout	21	19
11:48	Daniel Egbuniwe subbing out for Tennessee Tech	21	19
11:48	Ola Ajiboye subbing out for Tennessee Tech	21	19
11:48	Matthew Sells subbing out for Tennessee Tech	21	19
11:48	Kyle Layton subbing in for Tennessee Tech	21	19
11:48	JaJuan Nicholls subbing in for Tennessee Tech	21	19
11:48	Grant Slatten subbing in for Tennessee Tech	21	19
11:48	Kayden Carter subbing out for Western Illinois	21	19
11:48	Trey Deveaux subbing in for Western Illinois	21	19
11:31	Ryan Myers missed Jumper.	21	19
11:29	JaJuan Nicholls Defensive Rebound.	21	19
11:25	Jaylon Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.	21	19
11:22	Rodrick Payne Defensive Rebound.	21	19
11:00	Julius Rollins missed Three Point Jumper.	21	19
10:57	Tennessee Tech Defensive Rebound.	21	19
10:57	Rodney Johnson Jr. subbing out for Tennessee Tech	21	19
10:57	Daniel Egbuniwe subbing in for Tennessee Tech	21	19
10:33	Grant Slatten made Layup.	21	21
10:28	Ryan Myers Turnover.	21	21
10:28	Grant Slatten Steal.	21	21
10:28	Foul on Trey Deveaux.	21	21
10:28	Grant Slatten made Free Throw.	21	22
10:28	Grant Slatten made Free Throw.	21	23
10:10	Trey Deveaux Turnover.	21	23
10:10	Grant Slatten Steal.	21	23
10:05	Jaylon Johnson Turnover.	21	23
10:05	Ryan Myers subbing out for Western Illinois	21	23
10:05	Rodrick Payne subbing out for Western Illinois	21	23
10:05	Caleb Thompson subbing in for Western Illinois	21	23
10:05	Massal Diouf subbing in for Western Illinois	21	23
9:45	Massal Diouf missed Layup.	21	23
9:42	Julius Rollins Offensive Rebound.	21	23
9:42	Julius Rollins made Layup.	23	23
9:29	JaJuan Nicholls made Jumper.	23	25
9:16	Caleb Thompson made Jumper.	25	25
8:54	Daniel Egbuniwe missed Layup.	25	25
8:54	Massal Diouf Block.	25	25
8:50	Massal Diouf Defensive Rebound.	25	25
8:47	Julius Rollins Turnover.	25	25
8:47	Kyle Layton Steal.	25	25
8:35	Jaylon Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.	25	25
8:31	Western Illinois Defensive Rebound.	25	25
8:31	Jaylon Johnson subbing out for Tennessee Tech	25	25
8:31	Matthew Sells subbing in for Tennessee Tech	25	25
8:31	Julius Rollins subbing out for Western Illinois	25	25
8:31	Ryan Myers subbing in for Western Illinois	25	25
8:17	Sean Smith missed Jumper.	25	25
8:14	Daniel Egbuniwe Defensive Rebound.	25	25
8:09	Daniel Egbuniwe Turnover.	25	25
7:59	Sean Smith missed Jumper.	25	25
7:55	Grant Slatten Defensive Rebound.	25	25
7:31	Matthew Sells Turnover.	25	25
7:31	Official TV Timeout	25	25
7:08	Foul on Grant Slatten.	25	25
7:08	Massal Diouf missed Free Throw.	25	25
7:08	Western Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.	25	25
7:08	Daniel Egbuniwe subbing out for Tennessee Tech	25	25
7:08	Grant Slatten subbing out for Tennessee Tech	25	25
7:08	Jaylon Johnson subbing in for Tennessee Tech	25	25
7:08	Rodney Johnson Jr. subbing in for Tennessee Tech	25	25
7:08	Caleb Thompson subbing out for Western Illinois	25	25
7:08	Julius Rollins subbing in for Western Illinois	25	25
7:08	Massal Diouf missed Free Throw.	25	25
7:07	Rodney Johnson Jr. Defensive Rebound.	25	25
6:46	Rodney Johnson Jr. made Jumper.	25	27
6:35	Julius Rollins made Jumper.	27	27
6:14	Rodney Johnson Jr. missed Jumper.	27	27
6:11	Trey Deveaux Defensive Rebound.	27	27
5:56	Sean Smith Turnover.	27	27
5:56	Jaylon Johnson Steal.	27	27
5:51	Rodney Johnson Jr. Turnover.	27	27
5:51	Matthew Sells subbing out for Tennessee Tech	27	27
5:51	Daniel Egbuniwe subbing in for Tennessee Tech	27	27
5:51	Massal Diouf subbing out for Western Illinois	27	27
5:51	Kiyron Powell subbing in for Western Illinois	27	27
5:32	Kiyron Powell made Layup. Assisted by Sean Smith.	29	27
5:15	Rodney Johnson Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.	29	27
5:10	Sean Smith Defensive Rebound.	29	27
5:05	Trey Deveaux missed Jumper.	29	27
5:01	Rodney Johnson Jr. Defensive Rebound.	29	27
4:56	JaJuan Nicholls Turnover.	29	27
4:56	JaJuan Nicholls subbing out for Tennessee Tech	29	27
4:56	Ola Ajiboye subbing in for Tennessee Tech	29	27
4:37	Foul on Daniel Egbuniwe.	29	27
4:37	Trey Deveaux made Free Throw.	30	27
4:37	Trey Deveaux made Free Throw.	31	27
4:17	Rodney Johnson Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.	31	27
4:13	Trey Deveaux Defensive Rebound.	31	27
3:59	Ryan Myers Turnover.	31	27
3:59	Daniel Egbuniwe Steal.	31	27
3:55	Daniel Egbuniwe missed Dunk.	31	27
3:53	Jaylon Johnson Offensive Rebound.	31	27
3:51	Kyle Layton missed Three Point Jumper.	31	27
3:46	Daniel Egbuniwe Offensive Rebound.	31	27
3:41	Daniel Egbuniwe missed Jumper.	31	27
3:38	Sean Smith Defensive Rebound.	31	27
3:18	Kiyron Powell missed Jumper.	31	27
3:15	Daniel Egbuniwe Defensive Rebound.	31	27
2:55	Ola Ajiboye missed Layup.	31	27
2:55	Kiyron Powell Block.	31	27
2:51	Daniel Egbuniwe Offensive Rebound.	31	27
2:50	Daniel Egbuniwe missed Layup.	31	27
2:50	Tennessee Tech Offensive Rebound.	31	27
2:47	Jaylon Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.	31	27
2:44	Kiyron Powell Defensive Rebound.	31	27
2:26	Trey Deveaux made Jumper.	33	27
2:08	Rodney Johnson Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.	33	27
2:06	Western Illinois Defensive Rebound.	33	27
2:06	Kiyron Powell subbing out for Western Illinois	33	27
2:06	Massal Diouf subbing in for Western Illinois	33	27
1:47	Julius Rollins missed Three Point Jumper.	33	27
1:44	Daniel Egbuniwe Defensive Rebound.	33	27
1:39	Rodney Johnson Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Daniel Egbuniwe.	33	30
1:19	Ryan Myers made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Massal Diouf.	36	30
0:46	Kyle Layton missed Three Point Jumper.	36	30
0:46	Western Illinois Defensive Rebound.	36	30
0:46	Foul on Ola Ajiboye.	36	30
0:28	Ryan Myers made Jumper.	38	30
0:00	Kyle Layton missed Jumper.	38	30
0:00	Massal Diouf Defensive Rebound.	38	30
0:00	End of 1st half	38	30

Western Illinois Leathernecks vs. Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles: Game Highlights

1:57

Hooper Eblen Center

8:30 PM, February 27, 2025Coverage: ESPN+

Cookeville, TN

Line: TNTC -7.5

Over/Under: 139.5

Attendance: 1,110

Referees:
Kevin Mathis
Chase Shaw
Nate Gamet

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Southeast Missouri State	15-4	-	20-10
SIU Edwardsville	12-7	3	19-11
Little Rock	12-7	3	18-12
Tennessee State	11-8	4	15-15
Tennessee Tech	10-9	5	15-15
Lindenwood	9-10	6	14-16
Morehead State	9-10	6	14-16
UT Martin	9-10	6	13-17
Eastern Illinois	7-12	8	11-19
Western Illinois	6-14	9.5	12-19
Southern Indiana	5-14	10	10-19

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