Southeast Missouri State 66, at Tennessee Tech 79

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (Interstat) — Cam Mathews scored a game-high 34 points and Tennessee Tech used a dominant third-quarter surge to pull away from Southeast Missouri State for a 79-66 victory in an Ohio Valley Conference women’s basketball game Thursday night at Eblen Center. The Golden Eagles, improving to 8-1 overall, broke open a tight contest by outscoring the Redhawks 25-14 in the pivotal third period. That run transformed a 34-33 halftime lead into a 59-47 advantage entering the final quarter, a margin Southeast Missouri State could not overcome. Mathews, a 5-foot-7 guard from Keller, Texas, was the catalyst throughout, playing… Read more...