2021–22 Tennessee State Tigers basketball team

American college basketball season

2021–22 Tennessee State Tigers basketball

Conference| Ohio Valley Conference
Record| 14–18 (8–10 OVC)
Head coach|

* Brian Collins (4th season)

Assistant coaches|

* Ben Walker
* Jerry Nichols
* Russ Willemsen

Home arena| Gentry Complex

Seasons

<- 2020–21

2022–23 ->

2021–22 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
No. 20 Murray State † | 18 | - | 0 |  | 1.000 |  |  | 31 | - | 3  |  | .912
Belmont | 15 | - | 3 |  | .833 |  |  | 25 | - | 8  |  | .758
Morehead State | 13 | - | 5 |  | .722 |  |  | 23 | - | 11  |  | .676
Southeast Missouri State | 8 | - | 9 |  | .471 |  |  | 14 | - | 18  |  | .438
Tennessee State | 8 | - | 10 |  | .444 |  |  | 14 | - | 18  |  | .438
Austin Peay | 8 | - | 10 |  | .444 |  |  | 12 | - | 17  |  | .414
Tennessee Tech | 7 | - | 10 |  | .412 |  |  | 11 | - | 21  |  | .344
SIU Edwardsville | 5 | - | 13 |  | .278 |  |  | 11 | - | 21  |  | .344
UT Martin | 4 | - | 14 |  | .222 |  |  | 8 | - | 22  |  | .267
Eastern Illinois | 3 | - | 15 |  | .167 |  |  | 5 | - | 26  |  | .161
† 2022 OVC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2021–22 Tennessee State Tigers basketball team represented Tennessee State University in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers, led by fourth-year head coach Brian Collins, played their home games at the Gentry Complex in Nashville, Tennessee as members of the Ohio Valley Conference.

## Previous season[edit]

The Tigers finished the 2020–21 season 4–19, 3–17 in OVC play to finish in last place. Since only the top 8 teams qualify for the OVC tournament, they failed to qualify.[1]

## Roster[edit]

2021–22 Tennessee State Tigers men's basketball team

Players | Coaches
| Pos. | # | Name | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown

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G | 1  | Marcus Fitzgerald Jr. | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |

| Fr | Nashville, Tennessee
G | 2  | Carlos Marshall Jr. | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |

| RS Jr | Memphis, Tennessee
G | 3  | Tajik Bartholomew | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |

| So | Austin, Texas
F | 4  | Christian Brown | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |

| So | Hopkins, South Carolina
G | 5  | Ethan Riggs Abner | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | Fr | Mt. Juliet, Tennessee
G | 10  | Monty Johal | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |

| RS So | Springfield, Missouri
F | 11  | Kassim Nicholson | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |

| GS | Jackson, Mississippi
F | 12  | Evan Joyner | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |

| Fr | Greensboro, North Carolina
F | 14  | Shakem Johnson | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | Sr | Youngstown, Ohio
G | 20  | Dedric Boyd | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |

| RS Jr | Brownsville, Tennessee
G | 21  | Kenny Cooper | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |

| GS | Nashville, Tennessee
F | 23  | Emmanuel Dowuona | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |

| RS So | Miami, Florida
F | 24  | Jalen Dupree | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |

| GS | Cordova, Tennessee
F | 44  | David Acosta | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) |

| So | Santiago, Dominican Republic
F | 55  | Drew Williams | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |

| Fr | Chattanooga, Tennessee

Head coach

* Brian Collins (Belmont)

Assistant coach(es)

* Ben Walker (Creighton)
* Jerry Nichols (Arkansas State)
* Russ Willemsen (Lee)

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* (S) Suspended
* (I) Ineligible
* (W) Walk-on

* Injured
* Current redshirt

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Roster
Last update: January 6, 2022

## Schedule and results[edit]

Date
time, TV  | Rank# | Opponent# | Result  | Record  | Site (attendance)
city, state

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Exhibition
October 27, 2021*
2:30 pm |  | Trevecca Nazarene | W 76–55 | –
| Gentry Complex (4,102)
Nashville, TN
Non-conference regular season
November 9, 2021*
7:00 pm |  | vs. Alabama A&M | L 73–82 | 0–1
| Von Braun Center (2,561)
Huntsville, AL
November 13, 2021*
4:00 pm |  | vs. Norfolk State
Gateway HBCU Invitational | L 59–66 | 0–2
| Gateway Center Arena (350)
College Park, GA
November 16, 2021*
7:00 pm, ESPN+ |  | Fisk | W 111–56 | 1–2
| Gentry Complex (1,574)
Nashville, TN
November 21, 2021*
2:00 pm |  | at South Dakota | L 66–83 | 1–3
| Sanford Coyote Sports Center (847)
Vermillion, SD
November 23, 2021*
8:00 pm, BTN |  | at Nebraska | L 73–79 | 1–4
| Pinnacle Bank Arena (15,236)
Lincoln, NE
November 28, 2021*
2:00 pm, ESPN+ |  | Southern | L 80–82 | 1–5
| Gentry Complex (1,452)
Nashville, TN
December 1, 2021*
7:00 pm |  | at Georgia State | Cancelled due to COVID-19 issues at Georgia State[2] | GSU Sports Arena
Atlanta, GA
December 4, 2021*
4:00 pm, ESPN+ |  | at Chicago State | L 49–59 | 1–6
| Jones Convocation Center (597)
Chicago, IL
December 10, 2021*
6:00 pm, ESPN+ |  | IUPUI | W 70–44 | 2–6
| Gentry Complex (334)
Nashville, TN
December 12, 2021*
4:00 pm, ESPN+ |  | at Lipscomb | W 73–65 | 3–6
| Allen Arena (1,983)
Nashville, TN
December 16, 2021*
7:00 pm, ESPN+ |  | at Charleston Southern | W 78–75 | 4–6
| Buccaneer Field House (414)
North Charleston, SC
December 18, 2021*
1:00 pm |  | at South Carolina State | L 88–90 OT | 4–7
| SHM Memorial Center (152)
Orangeburg, SC
December 21, 2021*
12:00 pm, ESPN+ |  | Campbellsville–Harrodsburg | W 108–66 | 5–7
| Gentry Complex (175)
Nashville, TN
OVC regular season
January 6, 2022
6:00 pm, ESPNews |  | UT Martin | L 78–94 | 5–8
(0–1)  | Gentry Complex (300)
Nashville, TN
January 8, 2022
3:00 pm, ESPN+ |  | Southeast Missouri State | W 95–84 | 6–8
(1–1)  | Gentry Complex (269)
Nashville, TN
January 13, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPN+ |  | at Murray State | L 44–67 | 6–9
(1–2)  | CFSB Center (3,313)
Murray, KY
January 15, 2022
1:00 pm, ESPN+ |  | Morehead State | L 64–71 | 6–10
(1–3)  | Gentry Complex (231)
Nashville, TN
January 17, 2022
1:00 pm, ESPN+ |  | Tennessee Tech
Rescheduled from December 30 | W 80–64 | 7–10
(2–3)  | Gentry Complex (271)
Nashville, TN
January 20, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPN+ |  | at Southeast Missouri State | L 63–85 | 7–11
(2–4)  | Show Me Center (640)
Cape Girardeau, MO
January 22, 2022
3:00 pm, ESPN+ |  | Austin Peay | W 65–61 | 8–11
(3–4)  | Gentry Complex (297)
Nashville, TN
January 24, 2022
7:00 pm, ESPN+ |  | at Morehead State
Rescheduled from January 1 | L 54–67 | 8–12
(3–5)  | Ellis Johnson Arena (1,388)
Morehead, KY
January 27, 2022
7:30 pm, ESPN+ |  | at SIU Edwardsville | W 75–70 | 9–12
(4–5)  | First Community Arena (1,273)
Edwardsville, IL
January 29, 2022
3:30 pm, ESPN+ |  | at Eastern Illinois | L 57–62 | 9–13
(4–6)  | Lantz Arena (1,513)
Charleston, IL
February 3, 2022
7:30 pm, ESPN+ |  | Belmont | L 61–88 | 9–14
(4–7)  | Gentry Complex (2,001)
Nashville, TN
February 5, 2022
3:30 pm, ESPN+ |  | at UT Martin | W 69–61 | 10–14
(5–7)  | Skyhawk Arena (1,716)
Martin, TN
February 10, 2022
7:30 pm, ESPN+ |  | No. 23 Murray State | L 62–73 | 10–15
(5–8)  | Gentry Complex (4,567)
Nashville, TN
February 12, 2022
4:00 pm, ESPN+ |  | at Austin Peay | L 52–54 | 10–16
(5–9)  | Dunn Center (1,419)
Clarksville, TN
February 17, 2022
7:30 pm, ESPN+ |  | SIU Edwardsville | W 81–65 | 11–16
(6–9)  | Gentry Complex (3,000)
Nashville, TN
February 19, 2022
3:00 pm, ESPN+ |  | Eastern Illinois | W 63–49 | 12–16
(7–9)  | Gentry Complex (1,036)
Nashville, TN
February 24, 2022
7:30 pm, ESPN+ |  | at Tennessee Tech | W 92–56 | 13–16
(8–9)  | Eblen Center (1,896)
Cookeville, TN
February 26, 2022
5:00 pm, ESPN+ |  | at Belmont | L 67–87 | 13–17
(8–10)  | Curb Event Center (3,578)
Nashville, TN
Ohio Valley tournament
March 2, 2022
6:30 pm, ESPN+ | (5)  | vs. (8) SIU Edwardsville
First Round | W 77–62 | 14–17
| Ford Center (0)
Evansville, IN
March 3, 2022
6:30 pm, ESPN+ | (5)  | vs. (4) Southeast Missouri State
Quarterfinals | L 55–79 | 14–18
| Ford Center (0)
Evansville, IN

*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central.

Sources[3][4]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Field Set for 2021 OVC Men's Basketball Championship Presented by Kentucky Wild". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
2. ^ "Wednesday's Men's Basketball Game with Tennessee State Cancelled". Georgia State University. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
3. ^ "2021-22 Men's Basketball Schedule". Tennessee State University. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
4. ^ "2021-22 Tennessee State Tigers Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved January 6, 2022.

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