TENNESSEE TECH HOOPS UPDATE: Lady Birds fry Colonels with late bucket.

I really like that headline, especially with all the "KFC-style" references in it.
Tennessee Tech basketball has been picking up as of late, although I won't go
as far to say they're "back on track". I've done that already this season only to
watch them fall in the next game. I am not ready to jinx them again with the
progress we are making so far.

The men are now 10-5 in the Ohio Valley Conference and in a tie for third place. Overall, our men stand at 14-10. We just broke an eight-game winning streak with a 92-90 double overtime loss Saturday to the Eastern Kentucky Colonels (The above headline does not speak of the men's game, more on that to come). Five games remain in the regular season for the men, who will almost certainly be heading to the OVC Tournament late this month. Also likely is a first-round home game, which is crucial during the tournament. The top four seeds in the OVC all host first-round home games.

The women's basketball team is who fried the Colonels recently. They are who the headline above speaks of. The women started out very slow this season, and played some top notch national competition. We played now No. 17 Middle Tennessee State in November, and now No. 2 North Carolina in late February, not to mention Pepperdine, Virginia Tech and Clemson. All that helped prepare us for the OVC schedule to come. Even in the early conference schedule, Tech struggled to get victories. However, within the last few weeks, the team has begun to come together. The Lady Eagles have won four of their last five. The latest win came on Sunday night, in a see-saw contest that could have went either way. Tech senior Kendall Cavin put the game away with a three with 29 seconds to go, giving Tech a 65-64 victory in Richmond, Kentucky. If you had to pick one leader this season for Tech, you would have to pick Cavin. Juniors Cara Reed and Kristina Tyler as well as Sophomore Meagan Lyons have stepped up as well. Also crucial is Senior Deanna Apple and Junior Marissa Hensley. Five more games remain in the regular season schedule, with Tech now at 8-7 in the conference and 9-15 overall. We are now in a three-way tie for the fourth seed and that coveted first-round home playoff game. The next contest will be a double-header with the men's team in Jacksonville, Alabama on Thursday where we will play Jacksonville State.