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QUICK FACTS TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY Location...Nashville, Tenn. Founded... 1912 Enrollment... 9,165 Nickname...Tigers Colors... Reflex Blue and White National Affiliation.

1 QUICK FACTS TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY Location...Nashville, Tenn. Founded Enrollment... 9,165 Nickname...Tigers Colors... Reflex Blue and White National Affiliation... NCAA Division I Conference...Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) Athletic Website...TSUTigers.com University Website... TNState.edu President... Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover Athletics Director... Teresa Phillips GENTRY CENTER First Season Current Capacity... 9,100 STAFF INFORMATION Head Coach...Dana Ford Alma Mater...Illinois St., 06 Record At TSU/Season /4th in Overall Record/Seasons... SAME Associate Head Coach... Randy Peele (Va. Wesleyan 80) Assistant Coach...Rodney Hamilton (Georgia St. 98)...Pierre Jordan (Florida St. 11) Director of Operations...Janna Eichelberger (IUPUI 12) SPORTS INFORMATION Men s Basketball Contact...Gavin Nevill ...TNevill@tnstate.edu Phone Cell RECORD Record OVC Postseason... OVC Tournament First Round OUTLOOK Returners/Lettermen Lost...9/6 Starters Returning/Lost...2/3 Returning Points...1,000/2,134 (46.9%) Returning Assists...131/339 (38.6%) Returning Rebounds...481/1,118 (43.0%) Returning Minutes...3,234/6,100 (53.0%) ROSTER AT A GLANCE RETURNERS NAME GP GS PPG RPG APG Armani Chaney Daniel Cummings Did not play as a freshman; Redshirt season Tripp Davis Jalen Duke Ken Darrius Hamilton * Christian Mekowulu Samson Oyediran * Darreon Reddick Delano Spencer * Indicates Starter LETTERWINNERS LOST NAME GP GS PPG RPG APG A Torey Everett * Wayne Martin * Tahjere McCall * Jordan Reed Khalill Spencer Xavier Williams * Indicates Starter NEWCOMERS NAME POS HT WT YR HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) Hampus Ahlin F Jr. Stockholm, Sweden (Monroe College) Stokley Chaffee F Jr. Oakland, Calif. (Las Positas College) Donte Fitzpatrick-Dorsey G Jr. Memphis, Tenn. (Ole Miss) DaJion Henderson F Jr. Los Angeles, Calif. (El Camino College Compton Center) Kamar McKnight G R-So. Toronto, Ont. (Georgia Highlands College) David Morris G Fr. Erie, Pa. (Strong Vincent HS) A.C. Reid G/F Sr. San Antonio, Texas (Liberty University) MEN S BASKETBALL HISTORY First Season OVC Regular Season Championships... (2) 1993 & 1995 OVC Tournament Record... (12-25) 27 appearances OVC Tournament Championships... (2) 1993 & 1994 D-1 NCAA Tournament Record... (0-2) last in 1994 National Championships... (3) NAIA , 1958 & Win Seasons Win Seasons... 3 Undefeated Seasons... (1) 1949

2 ROSTER NUMERICAL ROSTER NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. CL. HOMETOWN PREVIOUS SCHOOL 0 Armani Chaney G Jr. Chicago, Ill. St. Rita HS 1 Delano Spencer G Sr. Atlanta, Ga. Coffeyville CC 2 Kamar McKnight G R-So. Toronto, Ont. Georgia Highlands College 3 Donte Fitzpatrick-Dorsey G Jr. Memphis, Tenn. Ole Miss 4 Ken Darrius Hamilton F/C Sr. Montgomery, Ala. Meridian CC 5 David Morris G Fr. Erie, Pa. Strong Vincent HS 10 Tripp Davis G R-So. Nashville, Tenn. Lighthouse Christian HS 11 A.C. Reid G/F Sr. San Antonio, Texas Liberty University 12 Hampus Ahlin F Jr. Stockholm, Sweden Monroe College 13 Samson Oyediran F R-Jr. London, England Ancilla JC 14 Darreon Reddick G Sr. Belleville, Ill. Belleville East HS 21 Christian Mekowulu F R-Jr. Lagos, Nigeria Covenant Christian HS (Ga) 22 Daniel Cummings G/F R-Fr. Toronto, Ont. Orangeville Prep 23 DaJion Henderson F Jr. Los Angeles, Calif. EC-College Compton Center 30 Stokley Chaffee F Jr. Oakland, Calif. Las Positas College 34 Jalen Duke G R-So. Nashville, Tenn. Martin Luther King HS ALPHABETICAL ROSTER NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. CL. HOMETOWN PREVIOUS SCHOOL 12 Hampus Ahlin F Jr. Stockholm, Sweden Monroe College 30 Stokley Chaffee F Jr. Oakland, Calif. Las Positas College 0 Armani Chaney G Jr. Chicago, Ill. St. Rita HS 22 Daniel Cummings G/F R-Fr. Toronto, Ont. Orangeville Prep 10 Tripp Davis G R-So. Nashville, Tenn. Lighthouse Christian HS 34 Jalen Duke G R-So. Nashville, Tenn. Martin Luther King HS 4 Ken Darrius Hamilton F/C Sr. Montgomery, Ala. Meridian CC 23 DaJion Henderson F Jr. Los Angeles, Calif. EC-College Compton Center 2 Kamar McKnight G R-So. Toronto, Ont. Georgia Highlands College 21 Christian Mekowulu F R-Jr. Lagos, Nigeria Covenant Christian HS (Ga) 5 David Morris G Fr. Erie, Pa. Strong Vincent HS 13 Samson Oyediran F R-Jr. London, England Ancilla JC 14 Darreon Reddick G Sr. Belleville, Ill. Belleville East HS 11 A.C. Reid G/F Sr. San Antonio, Texas Liberty University 1 Delano Spencer G Sr. Atlanta, Ga. Coffeyville CC STAFF Head Coach: Dana Ford (Illinois State, 2006, 4th season) Associate Head Coach: Randy Peele (Virginia Wesleyan, 1980, 4th season) Assistant Coach: Rodney Hamilton (Georgia State, 1998, 6th season) Assistant Coach: Pierre Jordan (Florida State, 2011, 4th season) Director of Operations: Janna Eichelberger (IUPUI, 2012, 4th season) Strength and Conditioning Coach: Tersoo Uhaa (Furman, 2012, 2nd season) Athletic Trainer: Christina Carroll (Wingate, 2008, 2nd season)

3 SCHEDULE DATE DAY OPPONENT LOCATION VENUE Nov. 10 Friday at Kansas Lawrence, Kan. Allen Fieldhouse NOV. 13 Monday REINHARDT NASHVILLE, TENN. GENTRY CENTER NOV. 18 Saturday MIDDLE TENNESSEE NASHVILLE, TENN. GENTRY CENTER NOV. 21 Tuesday CANISIUS NASHVILLE, TENN. GENTRY CENTER Nov. 25 Saturday at Kennesaw State Kennesaw, Ga. KSU Convocation Center NOV. 28 Tuesday FISK NASHVILLE, TENN. GENTRY CENTER DEC. 2 Saturday LIPSCOMB NASHVILLE, TENN. GENTRY CENTER Dec. 12 Tuesday at Alabama State Montgomery, Ala. Dunn-Oliver Acadome Dec. 15 Friday at North Carolina A&T Greensboro, N.C. Corbett Sports Center Dec. 18 Monday at Texas Austin, Texas Frank Erwin Center Dec. 21 Thursday at Purdue West Lafayette, Ind. Mackey Arena Dec. 28 Thursday at UT Martin * Martin, Tenn. Skyhawk Arena Dec. 31 Sunday at Southeast Missouri * Cape Girardeau, Mo. Show Me Center JAN. 4 Thursday JACKSONVILLE STATE * NASHVILLE, TENN. GENTRY CENTER JAN. 6 Saturday TENNESSEE TECH * NASHVILLE, TENN. GENTRY CENTER Jan. 11 Thursday at Eastern Illinois * Charleston, Ill. Lantz Arena Jan. 13 Saturday at SIUE * Edwardsville, Ill. Vadalabene Center JAN. 18 Thursday AUSTIN PEAY * NASHVILLE, TENN. GENTRY CENTER JAN. 20 Saturday MURRAY STATE * NASHVILLE, TENN. GENTRY CENTER JAN. 25 Thursday SIUE * NASHVILLE, TENN. GENTRY CENTER JAN. 27 Saturday EASTERN ILLINOIS * NASHVILLE, TENN. GENTRY CENTER Feb. 1 Thursday at Morehead State * Morehead, Ky. Johnson Arena Feb. 3 Saturday at Eastern Kentucky * Richmond, Ky. Alumni Coliseum FEB. 8 Thursday BELMONT * NASHVILLE, TENN. GENTRY CENTER Feb. 10 Saturday at Jacksonville State * Jacksonville, Ala. Pete Mathews Coliseum FEB. 15 Thursday MOREHEAD STATE * NASHVILLE, TENN. GENTRY CENTER FEB. 17 Saturday EASTERN KENTUCKY * NASHVILLE, TENN. GENTRY CENTER Feb. 22 Thursday at Tennessee Tech * Cookeville, Tenn. Eblen Center Feb. 24 Saturday at Belmont * Nashville, Tenn. Curb Event Center Feb March 3 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament Evansville, Ind. Ford Center HOME GAMES BOLD AND ALL CAPS * Ohio Valley Conference Regular Season Game Schedule is subject to change

4 ROSTER BREAKDOWN RETURNERS Armani Chaney (#0, G, 5-10, 165, Jr., Chicago, Ill./St. Rita HS) } Made eight starts in , including each of the final seven games } Five games scoring in double figures with a season-high 15 at Jacksonville St. (2/11/17) CAREER Daniel Cummings (#22, G/F, 6-5, 210, R-Fr., Toronto, Ont./Orangeville Prep) } Redshirt in after 11 ppg, 7 rpg & 3 apg at Orangeville Prep in post-grad year } Played for Canada at the U-17 FIBA World Championships in DNP - REDSHIRT SEASON CAREER Tripp Davis (#10, G, 6-3, 175, R-So., Nashville, Tenn./Lighthouse Christian HS) } Appeared in five games as the team s backup point guard in } Redshirted in first year on campus in CAREER Jalen Duke (#34, G, 6-5, 213, R-So., Nashville, Tenn./Martin Luther King HS) } Played in five games in as a redshirt freshman } Redshirted in first year on campus in CAREER Ken Darrius Hamilton (#4, F/C, 6-9, 245, Sr., Montgomery, Ala./Meridian CC) } Had two double-doubles and eight games scoring in double digits in } Scored 10+ points in four of the final seven games last season CAREER Christian Mekowulu (#21, F, 6-9, 245, R-Jr., Lagos, Nigeria/Covenant Christian HS [Ga.]) } Started 15 of 16 Ohio Valley Conference regular season games in } Five double-digit scoring games last season CAREER Samson Oyediran (#13, F, 6-7, 211, R-Jr., London, England/Ancilla College) } Has played in 38 career games after transferring from Ancilla College } Two-time OVC Commissioner s Honor Roll for work in the classroom CAREER Darreon Reddick (#14, G, 6-4, 195, Sr., Belleville, Ill./Belleville East HS) } Leading scorer among TSU s returners (9.0 ppg in ) } 12 games with 10 or more points last season CAREER Delano Spencer (#1, G, 6-3, 200, Sr., Atlanta, Ga./Coffeyville CC) } Led TSU in 3-point shooting (Makes: 58; Percentage:.395) } Averaged 10.5 ppg in OVC play in CAREER NEWCOMERS Hampus Ahlin (#12, F, 6-6, 215, Jr., Stockholm, Sweden/Monroe College) } Averaged 8.8 points & 3.2 rebounds per game with 45 made 3-pointers as a sophomore } Led Monroe College to Region XV Championship & berth in the NJCAA Tournament Sweet 16 Stokley Chaffee (#30, F, 6-8, 215, Jr., Oakland Calif./Las Positas College) } Averaged a double-double with 13.0 ppg and 10.4 rpg as a sophomore at junior college } Played freshman season at the University of San Francisco (NCAA Division I) Donte Fitzpatrick-Dorsey (#3, G, 6-4, 191, Jr., Memphis, Tenn./Ole Miss) } Played in 43 games with three starts in two seasons at Ole Miss (2.5 ppg, 1.1 rpg) } Finalist for Tennessee AAA Mr. Basketball Award as a senior in at Southwind HS DaJion Henderson (#23, F, 6-7, 275, Jr., Los Angeles, Calif./El Camino College Compton Center) } Rated #67 in JucoRecruiting.com s Top 100 Power Rankings } First Team All-South Coast Conference as a sophomore with 10.4 ppg and 7.0 rpg Kamar McKnight (#2, G, 6-4, 205, R-So., Toronto, Ont./Georgia Highlands College) } Posted 10.0 points, 3.5 assists and 2.8 rebounds per game for Georgia Highlands JC } Won NJCAA Region XXVII Championship and earned trip to the NJCAA National Tournament David Morris (#5, G, 6-1, 175, Fr., Erie Pa./Strong Vincent HS) } Finalist for Mr. Basketball in the state of Pennsylvania as a senior } All-time leading scorer in Erie County (PA) history with 2,270 career points A.C. Reid (#11, G/F, 6-5, 215, Sr., San Antonio, Texas/Liberty University) } Graduated from Liberty University (NCAA D-1) in three years after 96 career games played } Averaged 5.6 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.4 assists during Liberty career

5 AT A GLANCE AT A GLANCE } Dana Ford enters his fourth season as TSU s Head Coach after posting a overall record and an 8-8 mark in the Ohio Valley Conference in } Coupled with a record in , Tennessee State secured back-to-back winning seasons for the ninth time since moving to Division I prior to the season. } The 37 wins over the two-year span are tied for the third most for TSU at the D-I level. The Tigers won 39 games between , 38 games from and 37 games from } Over the last two seasons, TSU is tied for the third-most wins among OVC programs. Only Belmont (43) and UT Martin (42) have won more games over that span. THE RETURNERS } Tennessee State returns nine players from last year s team, including eight who saw the floor. } Among the returners are two starters - Darreon Reddick (9.0 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 1.2 apg) and Christian Mekowulu (4.6 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 0.4 apg). } Other key returners who saw significant minutes a year ago are Armani Chaney (4.6 ppg, 1.4 rpg, 1.7 apg), Ken Darrius Hamilton (7.1 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 0.5 apg) and Delano Spencer (8.4 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 0.7 apg). THE NEWCOMERS } TSU will welcome new players for the season in a call class that includes players from high school, junior college and other Division I programs. } Among the junior college transfer are Hampus Ahlin (Monroe College), Stokley Chaffee (Las Positas College), DaJion Henderson (El Camino College Compton Center) and Kamar McKnight (Georgia Highlands College). } TSU also added David Morris from Strong Vincent High School in Pennsylvania, as well as transfer Donte Fitzpatrick-Dorsey from Ole Miss (NCAA Division I) and graduate transfer A.C. Reid, who graduated from Liberty University (NCAA Division I). THE CAPTAINS } In June, Head Coach Dana Ford announced that senior Darreon Reddick, as well as redshirt juniors Christian Mekowulu and Samson Oyediran will serve as captains for the upcoming season. NEED TO REPLACE } TSU graduates three starters from last year s team in Tahjere McCall (14.3 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 5.1 apg), Wayne Martin (14.4 ppg, 9.2 rpg, 0.8 apg) and Jordan Reed (8.1 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 0.9 apg). } McCall, who broke his own school record for single-season steals last year with 76, earned Ohio Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Year and First Team All-OVC in each of the last two seasons. } Martin was TSU s top rebounder (9.2 rpg) and a Second Team All-OVC selection in LOOKING BACK AT } Following a 4-0 start to the season, Tennessee State received one vote in the Associated Press Top 25 on Nov. 21. } After two more wins for a 6-0 start, TSU received two votes in the AP Top 25 on Nov. 28. } Tennessee State spent eight weeks ranked in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 poll on the season, reaching as high as No. 17 on Nov. 28 and Dec. 5. The Tigers also received votes in the poll in three other weeks. } For the second year in a row, TSU tied for the most non-conference wins (9) in the program s Division I history since joining the Ohio Valley Conference prior to the season.

6 MEN S BASKETBALL OVERALL STATISTICS RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 33 MARTIN, Wayne McCALL, Tahjere REDDICK, Darreon SPENCER, Delano REED, Jordan HAMILTON, K MEKOWULU, Christian CHANEY, Armani EVERETT, A'Torey DUKE, Jalen WILLIAMS, Xavier OYEDIRAN, Samson DAVIS, Thomas SPENCER, Khalill Team Total Opponents TEAM STATISTICS TSUMBB OPP SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct POINT FG-ATT point FG pct pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game ATTENDANCE Home games-avg/game Neutral site-avg/game Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Totals Tennessee State Opponents Date Opponent Score Att. # 11/11/16 vs UC Davis W # 11/12/16 vs Northern Arizona W # 11/13/16 at Santa Clara W /19/16 at Middle Tennessee W /23/16 at Canisius W /26/16 REINHARDT W /29/16 at Vanderbilt L /03/16 at LIPSCOMB W /10/16 at NC State Lot /14/16 ALABAMA STATE W /19/16 at Duke L /27/16 COVENANT W * 12/31/16 at Murray State L /02/17 KENNESAW STATE L * 01/05/17 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI W * 01/07/17 UT MARTIN W * 01/12/17 at Eastern Kentucky W * 01/14/17 at Morehead State L * 01/19/17 TENNESSEE TECH Lot * 01/21/17 JACKSONVILLE STATE L * 01/25/17 at SIUE W * 01/28/17 BELMONT L * 02/02/17 EASTERN ILLINOIS Lot * 02/04/17 at Austin Peay W * 02/09/17 at Tennessee Tech W * 02/11/17 at Jacksonville State L * 02/16/17 MOREHEAD STATE W * 02/18/17 EASTERN KENTUCKY W * 02/25/17 at Belmont L $ 03/01/17 vs Southeast Missouri Lot * = Ohio Valley Conference Game # = 50th Annual Cable Car Classic $ = Ohio Valley Conference Tournament First Round

7 MEN S BASKETBALL OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE STATISTICS RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 05 McCALL, Tahjere MARTIN, Wayne SPENCER, Delano REDDICK, Darreon REED, Jordan HAMILTON, K CHANEY, Armani MEKOWULU, Christian EVERETT, A'Torey OYEDIRAN, Samson SPENCER, Khalill DUKE, Jalen Team Total Opponents TEAM STATISTICS TSUMBB OPP SCORING Points per game Scoring margin FIELD GOALS-ATT Field goal pct POINT FG-ATT point FG pct pt FG made per game FREE THROWS-ATT Free throw pct F-Throws made per game REBOUNDS Rebounds per game Rebounding margin ASSISTS Assists per game TURNOVERS Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio STEALS Steals per game BLOCKS Blocks per game ATTENDANCE Home games-avg/game Neutral site-avg/game Date Opponent Score Att. * 12/31/16 at Murray State L * 01/05/17 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI W * 01/07/17 UT MARTIN W * 01/12/17 at Eastern Kentucky W * 01/14/17 at Morehead State L * 01/19/17 TENNESSEE TECH Lot * 01/21/17 JACKSONVILLE STATE L * 01/25/17 at SIUE W * 01/28/17 BELMONT L * 02/02/17 EASTERN ILLINOIS Lot * 02/04/17 at Austin Peay W * 02/09/17 at Tennessee Tech W * 02/11/17 at Jacksonville State L * 02/16/17 MOREHEAD STATE W * 02/18/17 EASTERN KENTUCKY W * 2/25/17 at Belmont L * = Ohio Valley Conference game Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Totals Tennessee State Opponents

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MEET TH 22 E TEAM 23 NUMERICAL ROSTER ROSTER 2017-18 ROSTER ## NAME POS HT WT CL HOMETOWN PREVIOUS SCHOOL 0 Armani Chaney G 5-10 165 Jr. Chicago, Ill. St. Rita HS 1 Delano Spencer G 6-3 200 Sr. Atlanta,