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Tennessee Tech tops SIU-Edwardsville, 60-51 in OVC opener

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) Mason Ramsey scored 19 points and fifth-seeded Tennessee Tech posted a 60-51 victory over SIU-Edwardsville in the first round of the Ohio Valley Conference tournament Wednesday night.

The Golden Eagles advance to play No. 4 seed Jacksonville State Thursday night in a tournament quarterfinal.

The Cougars trailed by five points at intermission, but Jalen Henry scored with 18:36 left to get them within three, 29-26. Tennessee Tech responded with an 8-0 run capped by back-to-back dunks by Courtney Alexander II and Shaq Calhoun, pushing the lead into double digits.

Leaders
Points:	J. Henry	16.2
Rebounds:	J. Henry	7.3
Assists:	C. Ellis	3.4
FG%:	J. Henry	42.0%
FT%:	D. Kinchen	90.4%
3P%:	D. Kinchen	31.0%
Steals:	D. McFarland	1.1
Blocks:	K. Simmons	1.0

AP Rankings
Rank	School	Rec
1	Virginia	31-3
2	Villanova	36-4
3	Xavier	29-6
4	Kansas	31-8
5	Michigan State	30-5
6	Cincinnati	31-5
7	Michigan	33-8
8	Gonzaga	32-5
9	Duke	29-8
10	North Carolina	26-11
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Coaches Rankings
Rank	School	Rec
1	Villanova	36-4
2	Michigan	33-8
3	Kansas	31-8
4	Duke	29-8
5	Virginia	31-3
6	Texas Tech	27-10
7	Loyola Chicago	32-6
8	Xavier	29-6
9	Purdue	30-7
10	Gonzaga	32-5
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Ohio Valley Standings
	Conference	Overall
	W-L	W-L
Murray State	16-2	26-6
Belmont	15-3	24-9
Austin Peay	12-6	19-15
Jacksonville State	11-7	23-13
Tennessee Tech	10-8	19-14
Tennessee State	10-8	15-15
Southeast Missouri State	8-10	14-17
Eastern Illinois	7-11	12-19
Eastern Kentucky	5-13	11-20
UT Martin	5-13	10-21
SIUE	5-13	9-21
Morehead State	4-14	8-21
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Offense (Rank)
Points:	69.7 (271)
Rebounds:	10.8 (131)
Assists:	12.4 (268)
FG%:	41.7% (316)
FT%:	70.7% (203)
3P%:	32.4% (309)

Defense (Rank)
Points:	78.7 (318)
Rebounds:	23.3 (304)
Assists:	14.3 (255)
FG%:	47.6% (320)
FT%:	73.4% (298)
3P%:	36.8% (287)