2026–27 season
Tennessee State
Tigers · OVC
- Record
- 2–1
- Unranked in the AP poll
- Projected seed
- Out
- Outside the projected field
- Hero rating
- +1.7
- No. 137 in Division I
- Home
- Nashville, TN
- 472 mi from Detroit
- National titles
- 0
- Still chasing the first
Statistical profile
Percentiles compare this team with all 365 Division I teams. 100th is best in every row, including defense, where lower raw numbers are better. Season totals include tournament games. Opponent-adjusted efficiency and schedule strength appear after 8 games; until then they swing too much to mean anything.
Efficiency
Scoring & shooting
Possessions
Defense & roster
Strengths and weaknesses
Flagged automatically when a stat sits in the top or bottom 15% of all 365 Division I teams.
- StrengthPlays fastPace: 87.2100th
- WeaknessPoor three-point shootingThree-point %: 25.3%8th
Roster
Season per-game stats for every player who appeared.
- Leading scorer
- Aaron Bradshaw
- 14.3 ppg
- Tallest
- Aaron Bradshaw
- 7′1″
- Best at the line
- —
- —
- Longest in program
- Maddux Bodenhamer
- 3 seasons
| Player | WT | Yrs | GP | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10Ty-Laur JohnsonGuard · Brooklyn, NY | 6′0″ | 150 | 1 | 3 | 24.7 | 11.7 | 3.3 | 6.3 | 30.0 | 83.3 | 18.4 |
| 0Deondrea LindseyForward · Knoxville, TN | 6′8″ | 212 | 1 | 3 | 24.3 | 12.7 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 17.1 |
| 2Aaron BradshawForward · Rahway, NJ | 7′1″ | 225 | 1 | 3 | 23.0 | 14.3 | 6.7 | 1.3 | 28.6 | 50.0 | 25.5 |
| 1Arterio MorrisGuard · Dallas, TX | 6′4″ | 200 | 1 | 3 | 23.0 | 11.7 | 3.7 | 6.0 | 23.1 | 76.9 | 22.7 |
| 20Jayden JonesGuard · Madison, TN | 6′4″ | 195 | 2 | 3 | 19.7 | 10.0 | 4.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 57.1 | 18.3 |
| 23Kavien JonesForward · Franklin, TN | 6′7″ | 260 | 3 | 3 | 17.3 | 8.0 | 5.7 | 0.3 | 40.0 | 50.0 | 13.2 |
| 7Christian AlstonGuard · Memphis, TN | 6′7″ | 200 | 1 | 3 | 16.0 | 9.7 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 12.5 | 54.5 | 25.6 |
| 4Presley PattersonGuard · Knoxville, TN | 5′11″ | 180 | 1 | 3 | 12.3 | 4.3 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 26.7 | 50.0 | 21.7 |
| 5Maddux BodenhamerGuard · Nashville, TN | 6′2″ | 190 | 3 | 3 | 10.7 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 66.7 | 80.0 | 17.1 |
| 24Ajayi Simmons · Seattle, WA | 6′8″ | — | 1 | 3 | 10.7 | 8.3 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 77.8 | 19.2 |
| 3Daniel Vieira-Tuck · Arlington, TX | 6′5″ | 175 | 1 | 3 | 8.3 | 6.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 24.3 |
| 16Isaiah StewartGuard · Rockwall, TX | 6′6″ | 190 | 1 | 3 | 7.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.5 |
| 6Garrett Shelton · St. Louis, MO | 6′0″ | 165 | 1 | 2 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 9.3 |
| 11Damon Howard Jr.Guard · Indianapolis, IN | 6′1″ | 160 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15Joshua RiveraForward · New Brunswick, NJ | 6′6″ | 225 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Yrs = seasons with this program (transfers count from their arrival). Headshots appear once rights-cleared images are available.
Season schedule
Every game with consensus closing lines (median across sportsbooks) and against-the-spread results.
ATS overall
0–1
ATS as favorite
0–0
ATS as underdog
0–1
ATS neutral court
0–1
ATS vs. tournament teams
0–1
ATS vs. ranked teams
0–0
Over / under
0–1
| Date | Opponent | Result | Spread | Total | ATS | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2 | NMURMurray State12 | L64–94 | +10 | 165.25 | Miss | Under |
| Nov 5 | vsEASEast-West University | W127–61 | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 9 | vsFISKFisk | W123–73 | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 13 | @TEN#11Tennessee7 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 17 | @USFSouth Florida12 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 29 | @OKLOklahoma State11 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 4 | NGRAGrambling | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 5 | NFLOFlorida A&M | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 9 | vsOAKOakwood | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 11 | @W IWestern Illinois | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 19 | vsALAAlabama A&M16 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 31 | @SO Southern Indiana | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 2 | @E IEastern Illinois | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 7 | vsW IWestern Illinois | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 9 | vsSIUESIU Edwardsville | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 16 | vsMORMorehead State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 21 | @LINLindenwood15 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 23 | @SE Southeast Missouri State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 28 | vsSO Southern Indiana | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 30 | vsUT UT Martin | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 4 | vsLINLindenwood15 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 6 | @MORMorehead State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 11 | vsE IEastern Illinois | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 17 | @SIUESIU Edwardsville | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 25 | @UT UT Martin | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 27 | vsSE Southeast Missouri State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |