Tennessee Tech vs Tennessee State Prediction 1/23/25 College Basketball Picks

The Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles and the Tennessee State Tigers meet Thursday in college basketball action from the Gentry Center. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Tennessee Tech vs. Tennessee State prediction.

Tennessee Tech Recap

The Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles come into this game looking to bounce back after a 77-71 loss at the hands of Little Rock last time out to fall to 9-10 on the year. After this game, Tennessee Tech will head on the road once again to continue their road trip with a date against UT-Martin.

Golden Eagles Lose 3rd Straight

Rodney Johnson Jr. has 14.6 PPG with 5.7 RPG in 14 games played so far this season while Jaylon Johnson has 12.5 PPG with 4.1 RPG and a team-high 4.9 APG to lead Tennessee Tech in the assist department this season in addition to 1.7 SPG this season. Daniel Egbuniwe has 11.3 PPG with a team-high 7 RPG to lead the Golden Eagles on the glass and to round out the trio of double-digit scorers for Tennessee Tech so far this season. Kyle Layton also chipped in 9.1 PPG with 2.5 RPG and 2.2 APG while Ray Glasgow has 8.6 PPG with 3.4 RPG as well on the year. As a team, Tennessee Tech is averaging 72.3 PPG on 43.4% shooting from the field, 35.7% from three, and 69.5% from the foul line this season.

Why the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles will win

• Tennessee State has lost each of its last six Thursday games.
• Tennessee Tech has won three of its last four night games.

Tennessee State Recap

The Tennessee State Tigers come into this game looking to add on to an 81-80 win over UT-Martin last time out to improve to 7-12 on the year. After this game, Tennessee State will head on the road for the first game of a two-game road trip to take on the Little Rock Trojans.

Tigers Win Back-To-Back Games

Brandon Weston leads the Tigers in scoring and rebounding with 16.5 PPG along with 5.2 RPG while Travis Harper II has 10 PPG with 3.8 RPG in 11 games played so far this season and Carlous Williams has 10 PPG with 4.5 RPG to cap off the scoring in double figures for Tennessee State up to this point in the year. Aaron Nkrumah has 9.8 PPG with 5.1 RPG and 2.6 APG and Justus Jackson has 8.2 PPG with 2.7 RPG and a team-high 3.1 APG to lead the Tigers in the assist department as well on the year. Ronald Jessamy also has 8.9 PPG with 5.5 RPG as well on the year. As a team, Tennessee State is averaging 79.2 PPG on 45.6% shooting from the field, 30.5% from three, and 66.2% from the foul line this season.

Why the Tennessee State Tigers will win

• Tennessee Tech has lost 27 of its last 28 away games when playing with a rest advantage.
• Tennessee State has won each of its last seven games at Gentry Center after coming off overtime.

Total Points Facts

• Twelve of the last 13 games between Tennessee Tech and Tennessee State have produced a total of 148 or fewer points.
• Each of Tennessee Tech’s last six games against Conference opponents has produced a total of 148 or fewer points.

Tennessee Tech vs. Tennessee State Prediction

I’m on Tennessee State here. I just think that the Tigers at home are the better team here as we’ve seen the Golden Eagles start to stumble in a lot of their recent games, and those games were at home where I expect the Golden Eagles to be a lot better. Tennessee State’s far from a world-beater but they’ve looked solid offensively in the last week and I think they do enough for the win and cover here.