Skyhawks Conclude November With 75-50 Wire-To-Wire Victory Over Brescia

Tuesday, November 25

Martin, Tenn.

6 p.m.

UT Martin

5-2,0-0OVC

Brescia

0-1

Brescia

UT Martin

Skyhawks Conclude November With 75-50 Wire-To-Wire Victory Over Brescia

11/25/2025 9:52:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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MARTIN, Tenn. – Each of the 13 University of Tennessee at Martin student-athletes who saw playing time this evening scored as the Skyhawks never trailed in a 75-50 win over Brescia inside the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center.

UT Martin more than doubled up the visiting Bearcats in rebounds, nabbing 61 caroms (including 24 on the offensive end) while conceding just 27 boards. That led to a 24-2 Skyhawk advantage in second chance points as UT Martin also outscored Brescia 44-20 in the paint and 38-11 in bench points.

Matas Deniusas (14 points) topped the Skyhawks in scoring for the third time in the last five outings while Andrija Bukumirović (13 points, 10 rebounds) collected his fourth double-double of the season. Ty Price splashed three triples on the way to a career-high nine points while Lamine Niang (season-highs of eight points, 11 rebounds) barely missed a double-double for UT Martin. Filip Radaković added a game-high six assists with seven rebounds in 19 minutes off the bench for the Skyhawks, who limited the Bearcats to 26.7 percent shooting overall (16-for-60) and 20 percent (5-of-25) from beyond the three-point arc.

Hailing from Owensboro, Ky., Brescia (0-7) received a game-high 16 points from Jaunte Jenkins while Israel Momudu tallied 10 points for the NAIA squad.

"It was probably the ugliest win we've had but we'll take a win any way we can get it," UT Martin head coach Jeremy Shulman said. "Coming off a long road trip against some bigtime teams that was emotionally taxing, we were tired but we got it done. It's nice to be 5-2 going into the Thanksgiving break and we are looking forward to three days off."

Deniusas had five of the Skyhawks' first seven points before a trey from Price at the 11:43 mark of the first half gave UT Martin its first double-digit lead (22-12) of the contest. That trifecta was part of a 21-0 Skyhawk run where the Bearcats were held scoreless for 9:14 of clock time as UT Martin's defense held Brescia to 0-for-16 shooting with three turnovers during that scoring drought.

A Niang putback off an offensive rebound concluded the first-half scoring and resulted in the Skyhawks' biggest advantage up to that point as UT Martin led 43-18 at the break. Deniusas' 10 points led all scorers at the half while Jenkins managed seven points for the Bearcats, who were 5-for-31 (16.1 percent) from the floor in the first 20 minutes.

Brescia started the second half with 14 unanswered points but never got any closer than 11 points in the final 13:56. The frontcourt duo of Bukumirović (seven) and Deniusas (four) teamed up for 11 of 15 Skyhawk points during one stretch before back-to-back buckets from Damien King gave UT Martin its largest lead of the evening at 66-40 with 4:32 remaining.

Following the holiday break, the Skyhawk homestand will continue with a matchup against Charleston Southern on Tuesday, Dec. 2. Tipoff from the Elam Center is set for 11 a.m. as part of the annual Education Day festivities.