Bukumirovic Goes Off For Career-High Scoring Tally In Dominant Skyhawk Win At Tennessee Tech

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Bukumirovic Goes Off For Career-High Scoring Tally In Dominant Skyhawk Win At Tennessee Tech

12/20/2025 8:02:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The University of Tennessee at Martin men's basketball squad rode the hot hand of junior wing Andrija Bukumirović today in a convincing 86-62 victory at Ohio Valley Conference rival Tennessee Tech.

A 6-7, 200-pound native of Sjenica, Serbia, Bukumirović poured in a career-best 28 points on 12-of-15 shooting, including a perfect 9-for-9 clip from inside the three-point arc. He tossed in 18 points on 8-of-9 shooting in the second half alone, helping the Skyhawks shoot 72 percent (18-for-25, including 9-of-12 from three-point range) and outscore the Golden Eagles by a 54-31 margin over the final 20 minutes.

Matas Deniusas added 16 points and a career-best four assists to complete UT Martin's double-digit scorers as the Skyhawks made 11 of their final 12 field goal tries on the way to a 53.4 percent shooting (31-of-58) performance. That marked the second-most efficient field goal percentage of the season for UT Martin (9-4, 1-1 OVC), who also committed a season-low seven turnovers – outscoring Tennessee Tech 23-3 in points off turnovers.

Damien King (4-of-6 shooting) and Luca Colceag (3-for-5 from three-point range) each scored nine points apiece for the Skyhawks, who led for 34:05 of clock time. Filip Radaković (seven points, career-high seven assists, team-best five rebounds) and Filip Petkovski (seven points, five assists) chipped in notable contributions.

The Golden Eagles (6-7, 1-1 OVC) were led by Mekhi Cameron's 19 points. Tennessee Tech was forced into 15 turnovers and shot 42.3 percent (22-for-52) from the floor.

"I thought our guys just executed incredibly well today and to take care of the ball like we did was impressive," UT Martin head coach Jeremy Shulman said. "We're very unique on defense and we've started to become more unique on offense now too. We didn't force shots and were so unselfish – we bought in to a couple of adjustments. To hold Tennessee Tech to 62 points with the way they can score, this was a special win."

The Skyhawks went on an 11-0 run early on, capped off with a tip-in layup from Radaković to make the score 15-7 with 13:31 remaining in the first half. UT Martin's lead extended to double digits at 27-17 after a Bukumirović layup with a little under five minutes left before the halftime intermission.

The Golden Eagles followed with a 14-3 run to briefly take the lead before a King turnaround mid-range jumper just before the halftime buzzer resulted in a 32-31 Skyhawk lead at the break. Bukumirović's 10 points led UT Martin while Cameron had 14 points in the first half.

A Tennessee Tech three-pointer opened the second-half scoring and gave the Golden Eagles a lead for 30 seconds. The Skyhawks struck for a 12-2 run immediately thereafter and never trailed the rest of the way.

Five straight points from King stretched UT Martin's lead back out to double figures (51-41) with 12:51 left to play and Tennessee Tech didn't get closer than six points for the remainder of the contest.

A 21-7 Skyhawk run in a 4:51 span officially put the game away as a Ty Price three-pointer from the left wing with 32 seconds to go gave UT Martin its biggest lead of the contest – the final scoring margin of 86-62.

The Skyhawks will take a break for the holiday season before returning to action with their home OVC opener against Western Illinois on New Year's Day. Tipoff time from the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center is set for 3:30 p.m. as the backend of a doubleheader with the women's basketball squad.