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Game preview · Thursday, Dec 31 · 8:30 PM ET

#223Tennessee State

1-1 · OVC · Away

at

#289Southern Indiana

1-2 · OVC · Home

Conference game

Statboy projection

Tennessee State by 2 (74-72)

55% to win

Tennessee State 55%Southern Indiana 45%

From the Statboy Power ratings, with home court counted.

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Projection, key ratings and a player to watch for each team.

Ratings

Tennessee StateSouthern Indiana
-6.3#223Power rating-12.7#289
101.2#258Offense95.7#340
107.5#181Defense108.4#214
73.3#12Tempo70.4#189
1-1Record1-2
#187Preseason rank#300

Small numbers are national ranks (1 = best). The better team in each row is bold; tempo is a style, so neither is bold.

Team stats

Tennessee StateSouthern Indiana
44.7%#350Shooting (eFG%)48.0%#292
51.3%#224Opponents' eFG%50.6%#192
21.9%#345Turnover rate17.7%#134
18.8%#130Turnovers forced19.3%#95
32.2%#146Offensive rebounding32.7%#131
46.1%#21Free throw rate39.2%#124
27.9%#3303-point %31.2%#231
30.6%#100Opponents' 3-point %32.9%#205
42.5%#132Shots from three42.6%#127

This season so far, not adjusted for opponents. Small numbers are national ranks.

Players to watch

Tennessee State

Southern Indiana

  • Ari Gooch#1739 · G

    This season: 6 pts · 3.3 reb · 1.3 ast (3 games)

  • Afan Trnka#2028 · G

    This season: 9 pts · 2.3 reb · 2.7 ast (3 games)

  • LA Hayes#2377 · G

    This season: 7 pts · 1.7 reb · 0.7 ast (3 games)

Each team's top three in the Statboy player rankings (#rank · position).

Recent results

Tennessee State

  • Nov 5vs East-West UniversityW127-61
  • Nov 2vs Murray StateL64-94

Southern Indiana

  • Nov 7at EvansvilleL76-78
  • Nov 4vs Saint Mary of the Woods CollegeW112-42
  • Nov 2at BelmontL54-72