Welcome back to planet Earth, Tennessee Tech, even if just for a moment, it was good to see you again.

The Tennessee Tech women’s basketball team finally checked back into reality this weekend, suffering its first conference loss of the season to Morehead State 77-56 on Thursday.

After rattling off six conference wins in a row, including one against OVC powerhouse Belmont, Tennessee Tech was dealt a humbling blow in a 21-point loss to Morehead State, one which saw the Golden Eagles shoot just 29 percent from the field.

Tennessee Tech’s Jordan Brock had just 13 points on 4-of-11 shooting, while on the other end of the court Morehead State’s conference-leading scorer Aliyah Jeune did what she could to put Tennessee Tech in its place.

Jeune had a game-high 26 points on 10-of-12 shooting and her teammate Miranda Crockett, third in the conference in scoring, added 20 points of her own.

Thursday Tennessee Tech and the rest of the OVC were reminded exactly how dangerous Morehead State’s duo of Jeune and Crockett can be.

After disposing of Tennessee Tech on Thursday, Morehead State continued to roll, beating Jacksonville State 66-55 on Saturday.

Crockett had 18 points in that game, Jeune regressed on the other hand, scoring just 12 points on an ugly 4-of-15 shooting.

Morehead State could be more dangerous than its record of 6-2 in the OVC suggests. The Eagles have beaten Tennessee-Martin (6-2) and now toppled Tennessee Tech. Morehead State’s losses came to Austin Peay in an 81-80 shootout and to Belmont 77-50.

But with two big wins on its resume and the conference’s best scoring duo in its back pocket, the sky could, no pun intended, be the limit for the Eagles in the OVC.

Morehead State plays Southern Illinois Edwardsville (4-4) on Thursday and Eastern (2-6) on Saturday.

Tennessee Tech came back to Earth and quickly shot back into the stratosphere following its ugly loss to Morehead State. The Golden Eagles rolled through Eastern Kentucky 81-68 on Saturday.

Eastern Kentucky is now 0-8 in the OVC and 2-17 overall.

Murray State and Eastern both had 0-2 weekends to fall to 2-6 in the conference and be removed from the conference tournament picture for the time being.

Murray State lost to Belmont 65-58 on Thursday and suffered an ugly loss to Tennessee State on Saturday 65-61.

Tennessee State is also 2-6 in the conference thanks to the win over Murray State.

No one is happier about the losses by Murray State and Eastern than Jacksonville State, who despite losing to Morehead State on Saturday, remains a tournament team with a 3-5 conference record.

Jacksonville State and Murray State meet in a pivotal game with tournament implications on Thursday.

JJ Bullock can be reached at 581-2812 or [email protected]