APSU Sports: Austin Peay Men’s Basketball
Nashville, TN – Despite getting 21 points from John Fraley, Austin Peay men’s basketball team lost 77-57 in Ohio Valley Conference action at Tennessee State, Monday night.
Fraley and Melvin Baker – 14 points – combined to make 13 of 20 shots, while the rest of the Govs combined to make only 6 of 29 from the floor. Tennessee State, meanwhile, shot 68 percent (19 of 48) in the second half for a total 53-percent shooting performance.
Outside of the Govs frontcourters, TyShwan Edmondson finished with eight points and eight rebounds and Josh Terry battled foul trouble to play only 16 minutes without scoring.
Austin Peay trailed by only nine points at the half, but struggled to get anything going to start the second. In fact, after a pair of dunks by TSU’s Robert Covington, the Tigers took off on a 25-10 run to take a 26-point, 58-32, lead with 11:12 left.
Tennessee State was led by Kellen Thornton with 15 points and Robert Covington with 13 points and eight rebounds.
The Copies in a Flash APSU Player of the Game was John Fraley.
Box Score
Austin Peay vs Tennessee State
01/30/12 – 7:00pm at Nashville, TN. (Gentry Center)
Austin Peay 57
| Total | 3-point | Rebounds | ||||||||||||
| ## | Player | p | fgm-fga | fgm-fga | ftm-fta | off-def | tot | pf | tp | a | to | blk | stl | min |
| 20 | BAKER, Melvin | f | 5-9 | 0-0 | 4-7 | 1-5 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 30 |
| 21 | FRALEY, John | c | 8-11 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 2-3 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 01 | CLYBURN, Jerome | g | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 12 | EDMONDSON, TyShwan | g | 3-9 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 2-6 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 33 |
| 23 | TERRY, Josh | g | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 03 | COVINGTON, Kevin | – | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | TRIGGS, Will | – | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 11 | GREER, Thomas | – | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 14 | WILLIAMS, Alton | – | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 15 | FREEMAN, Chris | – | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 22 | LAWRENCE, Herdie | – | 0-3 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 24 | HARMS, Joe | – | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 32 | BLAKE, Justin | – | 2-7 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| 33 | HASSE, Matt | – | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| TM | TEAM | – | – | – | – | 1-2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals………….. | – | 19-49 | 2-14 | 17-27 | 8-22 | 30 | 16 | 57 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 200 | |
| 38.8% | 14.3% | 63.0% | ||||||||||||
| Team summary: | FG | 3FG | FT | |||||||||||
| 1st Half: | 7-20 | 0-3 | 6-8 | |||||||||||
| 35.0% | 0.0% | 75.0% | ||||||||||||
| 2nd Half: | 12-29 | 2-11 | 11-19 | |||||||||||
| 41.4% | 18.2% | 57.9% | ||||||||||||
Tennessee State 77
| Total | 3-point | Rebounds | ||||||||||||
| ## | Player | p | fgm-fga | fgm-fga | ftm-fta | off-def | tot | pf | tp | a | to | blk | stl | min |
| 33 | COVINGTON, Robert | f | 5-12 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 1-7 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 33 |
| 34 | RHETT, MJ | f | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| 02 | MILLER, Patrick | g | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| 05 | HARRIS, Jay | g | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 10 | PETERS, Wil | g | 3-7 | 1-4 | 4-4 | 1-2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| 03 | BUTCHER, Kharon | – | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | BAWA, Muniru | – | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | CONNER, Chris | – | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 21 | THORTON, Kellen | – | 6-11 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 1-4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| 22 | FREDRICK, Tashan | – | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 | MOORE, Kenny | – | 3-4 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 0-4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
| 44 | GREEN, Michael | – | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 45 | CYPHERS, Jordan | – | 3-5 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| TM | TEAM | – | – | – | – | 0-1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Totals………….. | – | 30-57 | 7-17 | 10-14 | 6-29 | 35 | 25 | 77 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 200 | |
| 52.6% | 41.2% | 71.4% | ||||||||||||
| Team summary: | FG | 3FG | FT | |||||||||||
| 1st Half: | 11-29 | 4-10 | 3-4 | |||||||||||
| 37.9% | 40.0% | 75.0% | ||||||||||||
| 2nd Half: | 19-28 | 3-7 | 7-10 | |||||||||||
| 67.9% | 42.9% | 70.0% | ||||||||||||
| Score by Periods | 1st | 2nd | Total | |
| Austin Peay | 20 | 37 | 57 | Record: (9-15, 6-5 OVC) |
| Tennessee St | 29 | 48 | 77 | Record: (14-10, 7-4 OVC) |
| Points in the paint-APSU 24,TSU 40. Points off turnovers-APSU 10,TSU 11. |
| 2nd chance points-APSU 5,TSU 8. Fast break points-APSU 4,TSU 15. |
| Bench points-APSU 12,TSU 35. Score tied-1 time. Lead changed-2 times. |
| Last FG-APSU 2nd-01:56, TSU 2nd-02:34. |
| Largest lead-APSU by 3 1st-12:18, TSU by 26 2nd-11:12. |
| Officials: John Dillion, Jeb Hartness, Alfred Smith Technical fouls: Austin Peay-None. Tennessee St-None. Attendance: 2019 |
