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EASTERN ILLINOIS 2013-14 Women’s Basketball EASTERN ILLINOIS (11-13, 6-7 OVC) SCHEDULE/RESULTS at Belmont (12-14, 9-4 OVC) N 8 at Evansville ....................................... L 46-81 Feb. 22, 2014 • 2 p.m. N 12 INDIANA STATE ............................... L 53-65 Curb Event Center • Nashville, Tenn. N 15 at Saint Louis ...................................... L 52-71 Radio: Hit Mix 88.9 FM • TV: None N 21 LOYOLA-CHICAGO .........................W 81-80 (Rich Moser) N 25 WESTERN ILLINOIS ........................W 68-64 HC: Debbie Black HC: Cameron Newbauer ^ UMKC Thanksgiving Tournament GAME 25 N 29 vs. UAB ^ ............................................ L 46-79 Eastern Illinois wraps up play against Ohio Valley Conference East Division N 30 at UMKC ^ .......................................... L 62-69 members this Saturday with an afternoon contest at Belmont. EIU opened D 4 at Bradley ..........................................W 71-67 conference play with five straight games against the OVC East posting a 2- D 16 at Southern Illinois .............................. L 60-66 3 record. The Panthers were 5-1 against the OVC East last year in the first season of the divisional format. EIU improved to 11-13 overall, 6-7 in the OVC # North Florida Holiday Tournament D 20 vs. Georgia Southern # .....................W 57-50 on Monday night as they beat Austin Peay, 65-63, for the Panthers first road D 21 vs. Air Force #....................................W 76-44 conference win. EIU is 2-9 in road games this year. Belmont won on Saturday over Tennessee State as the Bruins took over first place in the OVC East Division D 28 • TENNESSEE STATE ......................W 80-70 standings with a 12-14 record, 9-4 in the OVC. The Bruins are 8-3 at home this J 4 • MOREHEAD STATE ....................... L 64-75 season in the Curb Event Center. J 7 • EASTERN KENTUCKY ..................W 75-71 J 11 • at Jacksonville State ........................ L 46-61 J 13 • at Tennessee Tech .......................... L 54-64 PALOMBIZIO COMES UP BIG J 18 • AUSTIN PEAY .................................. L 56-64 Senior Morgan Palombizio put together her most complete game of the season J 20 • MURRAY STATE .............................W 80-74 during the win at Austin Peay on Monday night. Palombizio tied her career high J 25 • at Southeast Missouri ....................... L 49-66 J 27 • at UT Martin.................................... L 84-103 with 11 points as she made 3-of-3 from 3-point range and was 2-of-2 from the free throw line. Her free throws late in the game gave Eastern Illinois a lead F 1 • SIU EDWARDSVILLE ....................W 71-61 while she pulled down an offensive rebound in the final minute of action that F 8 • SOUTHEAST MISSOURI .............. W 53-48 F 15 • at Murray State ................................. L 74-83 allowed the Panthers to run more time off the game clock. It was the third time F 17 • at Austin Peay .................................W 65-63 this season that Palombizio has scored 11 points in a game. F 22 • at Belmont .............................................2 pm F 27 • UT MARTIN (WEIU) ............................. 7 pm OROSZOVA JOINS ELITE EIU CLUB M 1 • at SIU Edwardsville ...............................1 pm Junior Sabina Oroszova pulled down eight rebounds in the win over Austin Peay on Monday night. Her season total now stands at 243 which ranks fifth best M 5-8 OVC Tournament @ Municipal Auditorium on the EIU single season list. Oroszova moved her career total to 605 as she All Times Central became just the 14th player in school history to pass the 600 rebound mark * Ohio Valley Conference Games for her career. Oroszova ranks second in the OVC in rebounding this season ^ UMKC Tournament (Kansas City, Mo.) pulling down 10.1 rebounds per game. # North Florida Tournament (Jacksonville, Fla.) UP NEXT 2013-14 OVC Standings Thursday - Feb. 27 vs. UT Martin- 7 p.m. (Lantz Arena) EASTERN ILLINOIS PROJECTED STARTERS * West Division .......... OVC ......Pct............All ...... Pct. P # Name Ht Yr Hometown Pts Reb Ast UT Martin ..................12-1 .......923.........19-7 .......716 G 3 Katlyn Payne 5-11 R-Jr Chicago, Ill. 14.3 5.1 1.2 Eastern Illinois .............6-7 .......462.......11-13 .......458 G 22 Jordyne Crunk 5-10 Sr Belleville, Ill. 12.5 3.3 4.5 Austin Peay ..................6-8 .......429.........9-18 .......333 F 10 Sabina Oroszova 6-2 Jr Bratislava, Slovakia 17.5 10.1 2.3 SIU Edwardsville .........5-9 .......357.........9-18 .......333 F 24 Morgan Palombizio 6-0 R-Sr Chesterton, Ind. 5.5 4.3 1.6 Southeast Missouri .......4-9 .......308.........8-18 .......308 F 40 Taryn Olson 6-2 Sr Madison, Wis. 3.9 3.6 1.3 Murray State ...............3-10 .......231.......10-15 .......400 East Division ........... OVC ......Pct............All ...... Pct. EASTERN ILLINOIS RESERVES Belmont ........................9-4 .......692.......12-14 .......462 G 5 Aaliyah Gaines 5-8 Fr Fort Wayne, Ind. 2.5 1.9 0.9 Eastern Kentucky .........8-4 .......667.........14-9 .......609 F 11 Erica Brown 6-0 Fr Hoyleton, Ill. 2.9 3.4 0.8 Tennessee State ............7-6 .......538.......10-16 .......385 G 12 Georgia Danos 5-7 Fr Oak Lawn, Ill. 0.5 0.6 1.4 Tennessee Tech.............7-6 .......538.......10-16 .......385 F 20 Arnisha Thomas 5-11 Jr Milwaukee, Wis. 4.2 1.8 0.6 Jacksonville State .........7-7 .......500.......11-16 .......407 G 32 Alece Shumpert 5-9 So Belleville, Ill. 1.8 0.8 0.3 Morehead State ............5-8 .......387.......11-15 .......423 F 35 Kaycee Kallenberger 6-5 Fr Bettendorf, Iowa 0.7 1.0 0 Through games February 19, 2014 F 54 DeAnna Willis 6-3 Jr Chicago, Ill. 0.4 1.0 0.2 LAST TIME OUT INSIDE THE NUMBERS Eastern Illinois rallied from ten points down in the second half to pick up their first Ohio Valley Conference road win with a 65-63 victory at Austin Peay. Morgan Palombizio scored 11 points and pulled down eight rebounds to help the Panthers rally for the win. Sabina Oroszova led EIU with 24 points also pulling down eight rebounds. EIU shot 64 percent in the second half. The Panthers passed out 18 assists on 25 made baskets while winning the battle on the glass 35-31. SCOUTING BELMONT EIU Points Per Game ......................63.5 Belmont enters the game leading the Ohio Valley Conference East Division Opponents Points Per Game .......... 68.3 standings with a 9-4 conference mark. The Bruins have won five straight games Scoring Margin ............................. - 4.8 heading into the match-up. Jordyn Luffman leads Belmont in scoring averaging Field Goal Percentage ................. .406 14.4 points and 6.9 rebounds per game. Luffman has done a good deal of damage 3-Point Field Goal Percentage .... .351 at the free throw line where she is 93-of-109 this season (85 percent). Guard Free Throw Percentage ............... .732 Taylor Mills, a transfer from Kennesaw State, averages 8.5 points per game and Rebounds........................................ 38.2 has been named the OVC Newcomer of the Week six times including five of the last six weeks. Rebound Margin ........................... + 2.7 Assists Per Game ............................14.0 SERIES INFORMATION Turnovers Per Game ...................... 17.1 Eastern Illinois and Belmont will meet for just the fifth time on Saturday afternoon Steals Per Game ............................... 4.7 with the all-time series tied 2-2. EIU beat Belmont last season, 60-43, in the first Blocks Per Game .............................. 4.6 meeting between the two schools as Ohio Valley Conference members. The Field Goal Percentage Defense ... .405 schools played as AIAW members in 1981 and then played a home-and-home series in 1999 and 2000. This will be the Panthers first game in the Curb Event Center. IN THE PAINT • Katlyn Payne made one 3-pointer in the road win at Austin Peay on Monday night Twitter giving her 71 this season. Payne is the Panthers single season leader in 3-pointers @EIU_Panthers made breaking the record of 58 earlier this year. She has made at least one 3- @EIUWBB pointer in all 24 games. Her 138 career 3-pointers rank third on the EIU career list. @CoachBlackEIU • Eastern Illinois won for just the second time this season when trailing at the half. Facebook The Panthers are now 2-12 this season in games that they trailed at the half. The EIUPanthers other win was over Western Illinois. EIU shot 64 percent in the second half against EIU-Womens-Basketball Austin Peay. It was the third time this season that EIU has shot 60 percent or better in the second half of a game. EIU shot 70 percent in a home win over Tennessee Instagram State and 71 percent in a road loss at UT Martin. eiupanthernation • Senior Taryn Olson did a good job of feeding the post in the win over Austin Peay as the forward finished with a team high five assists. Earlier this season Olson had a career high six assists at Southern Illinois. Olson has 31 assists this year after a combined total of 16 assists entering her senior season. • Senior Jordyne Crunk made three free throws in the road win at Austin Peay on Monday. Crunk has now made 100 free throws this season and ranks first in the BEL Points Per Game .................... 64.9 OVC in free throw percentage at 85.5 percent. Crunk is seventh on the EIU career Opponents Points Per Game .......... 68.3 list for free throws made with 320-of-390, her career 82.1 percent is first on the EIU Scoring Margin ............................. - 3.5 all-time list. Field Goal Percentage ................. .391 3-Point Field Goal Percentage .... .307 • Eastern Illinois has done a good job of limiting second chance opportunities by Free Throw Percentage ..............