NCAA 2025-2026

February 7, 2026

TENNESSEE TECH Logo TENNESSEE TECH United States
54 - 60
EASTERN ILLINOIS Logo EASTERN ILLINOIS United States

Match Summary

TENNESSEE TECH lost to EASTERN ILLINOIS 54-60 on February 7, 2026 in the NCAA 2025-2026. EASTERN ILLINOIS won by a 6-point margin. Jajuan Nicholls led all scorers with 23 points. TENNESSEE TECH shot 37.0% from the field while EASTERN ILLINOIS managed 38.9%. TENNESSEE TECH collected 35 rebounds and EASTERN ILLINOIS grabbed 25. This game was played as part of the NCAA 2025-2026 season in United States.

Points Leader

Jajuan Nicholls basketball player - F

Jajuan Nicholls F

6'8" - 2.03m

Efficiency Leader

Jajuan Nicholls basketball player - F

Jajuan Nicholls F

6'8" - 2.03m

54

TENNESSEE TECH

# Player Min Pts FG 2FG 3FG FT RDef ROff Ast Stl TOv Blk BlkR PF PFR Eff
8 * Ty Owens 34:00 2 1/5 1/3 0/2 0/0 3 0 4 1 3 0 0 3 0 3
7 * Jajuan Nicholls 29:00 23 9/16 9/16 0/0 5/6 6 6 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 25
6 * Brandon Muntu 28:00 5 1/5 0/1 1/4 2/2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
1 * Mekhi Cameron 27:00 5 1/4 1/2 0/2 3/4 6 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 6
10 * Grant Slatten 11:00 0 0/1 0/0 0/1 0/0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1
2 Jacobe Whitted 23:00 10 2/7 1/1 1/6 5/6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 8
5 Ja'quavian Florence 20:00 7 2/5 1/1 1/4 2/2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 5
11 Daniel Pounds 13:00 2 1/2 1/2 0/0 0/0 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 1
3 Jah'kim Payne 07:00 0 0/1 0/0 0/1 0/0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -4
0 Malik Ferguson 05:00 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
4 Makhi Turner 02:00 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
24 Owen Varnado 01:00 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1
Totals 200:00 54 17/46 14/26 3/20 17/20 24 11 8 2 20 0 0 17 0 47
60

EASTERN ILLINOIS

# Player Min Pts FG 2FG 3FG FT RDef ROff Ast Stl TOv Blk BlkR PF PFR Eff
3 * Meechie White 35:00 11 5/11 4/9 1/2 0/0 3 1 4 3 1 0 0 3 0 15
40 * Kooper Jacobi 33:00 10 5/14 5/10 0/4 0/0 3 1 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 5
5 * Zion Fruster 33:00 20 7/14 5/11 2/3 4/4 3 0 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 19
24 * Terry Mcmorris 25:00 7 2/5 1/4 1/1 2/2 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9
13 * Naz Fisher 16:00 4 1/3 1/3 0/0 2/2 3 4 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 9
1 Markus Blackwell 21:00 3 0/1 0/1 0/0 3/4 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
7 Prince Johnson 18:00 2 0/2 0/2 0/0 2/4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1
10 Preston Turner 15:00 3 1/2 0/0 1/2 0/0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
15 Andrew Austin 04:00 0 0/2 0/1 0/1 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2
Totals 200:00 60 21/54 16/41 5/13 13/16 18 7 9 10 7 1 0 16 0 62

* Players marked with * are starters.