THURSDAY'S SCORES
@Tennessee Tech 118, Warren Wilson College 60
TENNESSEE TECH 118, WARREN WILSON COLLEGE 60
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. - A record-setting night propelled the Tennessee Tech men's basketball team to an easy victory in the Eblen Center Thursday evening, as the Golden Eagles (2-7) made it rain from 3-point range on their way to a 118-60 decision over Warren Wilson College (5-8).
Tillery, a junior guard, led the offensive onslaught with a Golden Eagle program record 10 3-pointers on 14 attempts. He finished with a Tech career-high 30 points and tied his own personal mark of 10 triples in a single game set when he was a freshman at Armstrong State. The previous Tech mark of eight was held by three players.
Tillery's 3-point effort also tied the Ohio Valley Conference single-game record for makes beyond the arc, matching the performances of Eastern Illinois' Marc Polite (1999-00), Eastern Kentucky's Glenn Cosey (2013-14) and Belmont's Nick Smith (2016-17). His 10 treys tied him for fourth in the nation for most in a single game this season.
He also broke the school record for 3-point field goal percentage with at least 10 attempts, hitting a 71.4 percent on the night. As a team, the Golden Eagles knocked down 16-of-35 tries from deep, tying for the second-most makes in school history with the 1999-2000 squad, which also set the record with 18.
The team's 118 points marked the most in the Steve Payne era and the most since the 1999-2000 team set the school record with 131. It also represents the fifth-highest scoring total in program history.
Defensively, the Golden Eagles held a block party in the paint, rejecting a whopping 12 shots on the night. The total marked the second-highest in program history, just one shy of tying the school record. Tech recorded 12 blocks five other times previously and 13 twice, all during the Lorenzo Coleman era (1993-97). Coleman recorded an OVC-record 439 blocks during his career.
Eleven players suited up for the purple and gold on the night, with each hauling in at least one rebound, 10 scoring at least five points, nine dishing out at least one assist, seven recording at least one steal and seven rejecting at least one shot.
Senior big man Micaiah Henry just missed a double-double on the night, finishing 9-of-13 from the floor on his way to 21 points and nine rebounds, including seven on the offensive glass. He blocked two more shots as well, moving into the top-10 all-time in program history in career rejections.
Coming off his first career OVC Freshman of the Week honors, Jr. Clay barley missed his own double-double, scoring 14 points while dishing out a career-high nine assists, the most by a Tech player since Torrance Rowe posted 12 against Southeast Missouri during the 2015-16 season. Clay corralled six rebounds and added a block and a steal.
Fellow freshman Jared Sherfield turned in his first career double-double, snagging a season-high and team-best 12 rebounds to go along with his first-double digit scoring effort of 11 points. He made three seals and collected three assists as well.
As a team, Tech shot 57.9 percent from the field and 45.7 percent from 3-point range while holding the Owls to 33.3 and 27.3 percent, respectively. The Golden Eagles crashed the glass to the tune of 57 rebounds while also totaling 27 assists, 12 blocks and 13 steals.