Tennessee basketball can make a No. 1 seed case with a win against Mississippi State on Tuesday, according to ESPN's Joe Lunardi.

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Totals 20-54 19-24 64. Halftime_E. Illinois 37-28. 3-Point Goals_Tennessee Tech 10-28 (Egbuniwe 3-5, J.Johnson 3-6, Slatten 2-4, R.Johnson 1-1, Layton 1-7, Strong 0-1, Glasgow 0-4), E. Illinois 5 ...

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Percentages: FG .393, FT .650. 3-Point Goals: 4-16, .250 (Jacobi 2-4, Fruster 2-5, Connor 0-1, Curtis 0-1, Sawyer 0-1, Stapleton 0-1, Shelton 0-3). Team Rebounds: 6 ...

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BOTTOM LINE: Eastern Illinois hosts Morehead State after Macy McGlone scored 23 points in Eastern Illinois' 67-54 victory over the Tennessee State Tigers. The Panthers have gone 7-0 in home games. Eastern Illinois is fourth in the OVC with 29.9 points per game in the paint led by McGlone averaging 4.0.

Little Rock Trojans (11-7, 5-2 OVC) at Western Illinois Leathernecks (8-11, 2-6 OVC) Macomb, Illinois; Thursday, 8:30 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Trojans -5.5; over/under is 130.5 BOTTOM LINE: Little Rock faces Western Illinois after Ante Beljan scored 22 points in Little Rock's 77-71 victory over the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles.

Jacobi 6-12 0-0 14, Kalle 1-3 2-2 4, Fruster 8-15 0-0 18, Shelton 1-6 0-1 2, Stapleton 4-9 6-10 14, Sawyer 1-5 4-4 6, Curtis 3-8 0-1 6, Connor 0-2 0-0 0, Bolis 0-1 0-0 0, Prost 0-0 1-2 1, McMorris 0-0 0-0 0, O'Connor 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-61 13-20 65.

BOTTOM LINE: Kooper Jacobi and Eastern Illinois visit Brandon Weston and Tennessee State in OVC play Saturday. The Tigers are 5-3 in home games. Tennessee State is fourth in college basketball with 39.8 rebounds led by Weston averaging 5.3.

Eastern Illinois Panthers (10-6, 7-0 OVC) at Tennessee State Tigers (4-13, 0-7 OVC) Nashville, Tennessee; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Tennessee State hosts Eastern Illinois after Aaniya Webb scored 20 points in Tennessee State's 76-70 loss to the SIU-Edwardsville Cougars.

Tennessee State hosts the Eastern Illinois Panthers after Aaniya Webb scored 20 points in Tennessee State's 76-70 loss to the SIU-Edwardsville Cougars.