Eastern Illinois 60, Tennessee Tech 54 - Box Score

NET #319

	H1	H2	T
Eastern Illinois	31	29	60
Tennessee Tech	19	35	54

Tennessee Tech

NET #308

	H1	H2	T
Eastern Illinois	31	29	60
Tennessee Tech	19	35	54

Sat, Feb 7, 2026Hooper Eblen CenterFinal

CHD Scout Prediction

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Predicted

Actual

Eastern Illinois

Tennessee Tech

27%

73%

✗ MissedMargin: +7.1 predicted → -6 actual

Four Factors: Predicted vs Actual

45.4%→ 43.5

eFG%

40.2 ←50.2%

15.7%→ 10.3

TO Rate

26.7 ←16.2%

23.7%

ORB%

28.3%

33.5%→ 29.6

FT Rate

43.5 ←34.2%

Eastern Illinois

Predicted Actual

Tennessee Tech

Recap

Eastern Illinois Stuns Tennessee Tech in 6-Point Upset

Panthers' Zion Fruster leads the charge with 20 points, handing Golden Eagles a devastating Q4 loss

Eastern Illinois pulled off a stunning upset at the Hooper Eblen Center, taking down Tennessee Tech 60-54 in a conference matchup that will have real consequences for both teams' tournament chances. The Panthers, ranked 315 in the net rankings, were predicted to lose by 7.2 points according to CHD S...

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Top Performers

Eastern Illinois

Zion Fruster29.6

PTS20REB3AST1STL3

7-14 FG, 2-3 3PT, 4-4 FT

Meechie White26.3

PTS11REB4AST4STL3

5-11 FG, 1-2 3PT

Kooper Jacobi15.8

PTS10REB4AST0STL2

5-14 FG, 0-4 3PT

Tennessee Tech

JaJuan NichollsMVP34.4

PTS23REB12AST1

9-16 FG, 5-6 FT

Jacobe Whitted14.8

PTS10REB4AST0

2-7 FG, 1-6 3PT, 5-6 FT

Mekhi Cameron10.7

PTS5REB6AST2

1-4 FG, 0-2 3PT, 3-4 FT

Hot Players

JaJuan NichollsTennessee Tech+118%

PTS

10.8 avg

REB

5.3 avg

AST

0.4 avg

56% FG 9-16

Jacobe WhittedTennessee Tech+97%

PTS

2.8 avg

REB

3.5 avg

AST

0.8 avg

29% FG 2-7

Nazareth FisherEastern Illinois+31%

PTS

4.0 avg

REB

4.0 avg

AST

0.4 avg

33% FG 1-3

Zion FrusterEastern Illinois+21%

PTS

14.5 avg

REB

3.2 avg

AST

2.1 avg

50% FG 7-14

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Eastern Illinois60

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO
Meechie White	35	11	5-11	1-2	0-0	4	4	3	0	1
Kooper Jacobi	34	10	5-14	0-4	0-0	4	0	2	0	2
Zion Fruster	34	20	7-14	2-3	4-4	3	1	3	0	1
Terry McMorris	24	7	2-5	1-1	2-2	3	1	1	0	0
Markus Blackwell	21	3	0-1	0-0	3-4	0	2	0	0	1
Prince Johnson	17	2	0-2	0-0	2-4	2	0	1	0	0
Nazareth Fisher	16	4	1-3	0-0	2-2	7	0	0	1	1
Preston Turner	15	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	2	1	0	0	1
Andrew Austin	4	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
JT Elder	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
Kyle Layton	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
Andre Washington	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
Shane Sims	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
Malik Olafioye	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	—	60	21-54	5-13	13-16	25	9	10	1	7

Tennessee Tech54

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	TO
Ty Owens	34	2	1-5	0-2	0-0	3	4	1	3
JaJuan Nicholls	29	23	9-16	0-0	5-6	12	1	0	3
Brandon Muntu	28	5	1-5	1-4	2-2	2	0	0	0
Mekhi Cameron	28	5	1-4	0-2	3-4	6	2	0	3
Jacobe Whitted	23	10	2-7	1-6	5-6	4	0	0	0
Ja'Quavian Florence	19	7	2-5	1-4	2-2	3	0	0	2
Dani Pounds	13	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	3
Grant Slatten	11	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	1
Jah'Kim Payne	7	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	3
Malik Ferguson	5	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	1
Mekhi Turner	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0
Owen Varnado		0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1
Hagan Preston	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0
Colin Ayers	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0
C.J. McPherson	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0
Maguire Evans	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0
Total	—	54	17-46	3-20	17-20	35	8	2	20