The game marks the Tigers’ senior night and their final game of the regular season. Stakes are high for TSU, as they are in a three-way tie with UT Martin and Tennessee Tech for second place in the conference standings.The last time Tennessee State won the conference title was in 1999. According to Big-South-OVC multiple ties tiebreaker rules: “If the tied teams played each other during the conference season, the team with the best cumulative record in games against the tied teams shall be declared champion. For example, if a team is 2-0 against the other tied teams, that team will be declared champion.”