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EASTERN ILLINOIS 2010-11 Men’s Basketball EASTERN ILLINOIS (3-5) SCHEDULE/RESULTS vs. Ball State (3-3) N 6 ILLINOIS COLLEGE (ex.).................W 99-65 Dec. 8, 2010 • 7 p.m. (CST) N 12 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE ................... L 55-67 Lantz Arena • Charleston, Ill. N 14 at Ball State ....................................... L 46-77 Radio: Hit Mix 88.9 FM • TV: WEIU N 18 at Loyola-Chicago .............................. L 62-73 Mike Bradd & Jack Ashmore N 20 IU SOUTH BEND ..............................W 57-40 N 24 at Bradley ..........................................W 63-56 GAME 9 N 27 at South Dakota State ........................ L 58-84 Eastern Illinois continues its four game home stand on Wednesday night hosting D 2 * TENNESSEE STATE ......................W 68-67 Ball State in the return game of this season’s home-and-home series. EIU is D 4 * AUSTIN PEAY .......................... L 73-77 (ot) coming off a 1-1 start to Ohio Valley Conference play and is 3-5 overall. BSU D 8 BALL STATE .......................................... 7 pm has not played since Nov. 27 when they lost to Alaska Anchorage to finish in 6th D 11 WESTERN ILLINOIS ............................. 6 pm D 19 * at Tennessee Tech ................................4 pm place in the Great Alaska Shootout. BSU won the earlier season meeting 77-46 D 21 * at Jacksonville State ........................7:45 pm in Muncie, Ind. D 31 at Western Michigan ................................1 pm J 3 ANDERSON UNIVERSITY .................... 7 pm EIU-BALL STATE SERIES J 8 * at Southeast Missouri ...........................6 pm This will be the 20th meeting between Ball State and Eastern Illinois. BSU holds J 13 * EASTERN KENTUCKY ..................7:30 pm a 15-4 series lead including a 77-46 win over the Panthers on Nov. 14. This will J 15 * MOREHEAD STATE ............................ 6 pm be the first time Ball State has played at Lantz Arena since Dec. 7, 1983 when J 20 * at Murray State.................................7:30 pm J 22 * at UT Martin ..........................................6 pm the Cardinals picked up a 77-76 win in overtime. The last EIU win in the series J 27 * TENNESSEE TECH........................7:30 pm dates back to Jan. 18, 1966, an 84-75 win in the old Lantz Gym. J 29 * JACKSONVILLE STATE ..................... 6 pm F 5 * SOUTHEAST MISSOURI .................... 6 pm SCOUTING BALL STATE F 7 * MURRAY STATE ................................. 7 pm Ball State opened the season with wins over Eastern Illinois and Indiana State. F 10 * at Morehead State ...........................6:45 pm The Cardinals now stand at 3-3 on the season including a 1-2 record at the F 12 * at Eastern Kentucky ..............................6 pm F 15 * UT MARTIN ......................................... 7 pm Great Alaska Shootout. BSU has four players averaging in double figure scoring F 19 at ESPNU Bracketbusters ........................TBA with Jauwan Scaife the leader in that group at 14.2 points per game. BSU is F 24 * at Austin Peay ..................................7:30 pm shooting 43 percent from the field and 34 percent from 3-point range. Jesse F 26 * at Tennessee State ..........................7:30 pm Berry leads the team with 10 3-point baskets. M 2-5 OVC Tournament @ Municipal Auditorium McKINNEY RANKS AMONG TOP 75 IN STEALS M 15 NCAA Tournament 1st Round ..................TBA Eastern Illinois senior guard Curry McKinney contributed with four steals on All Times Central Saturday night against Austin Peay. Those four steals moved his season total * Ohio Valley Conference Games to 17 steals and ranks second in the Ohio Valley Conference. At 2.1 steals per game McKinney ranks 70th in the NCAA entering this week’s action. McKinney had three steals during Thursday’s OVC opener giving him seven in league play. That total of 3.5 per game ranks first in the OVC for conference statistics tied with Sam Goodman of Morehead State. EASTERN ILLINOIS PROJECTED STARTERS * P # Name Ht Wt Yr Hometown Pts Reb Ast G 2 Tyler Laser 6-1 185 Sr Hillsdale, Mich. 13.1 3.3 1.8 2010-11 OVC Standings G 12 Jeremy Granger 6-1 170 Jr Elgin, Ill. 11.4 3.1 4.0 Team......................... OVC.......Pct............All....... Pct. G 24 Curry McKinney 6-4 201 Sr Simi Valley, Calif. 8.3 4.9 2.7 Austin Peay ..................2-0 ....1.000...........5-4 .......555 F 15 James Hollowell 6-6 215 R-So Indianapolis, Ind. 8.1 4.9 1.5 Morehead State ............2-0 ....1.000...........5-3 .......625 F 21 Shaun Pratl 6-8 230 So Chicago Ridge, Ill. 10.1 5.1 1.8 Tennessee Tech.............1-0 ....1.000...........2-3 .......400 Eastern Illinois .............1-1 .......500...........3-5 .......375 EASTERN ILLINOIS RESERVES Eastern Kentucky .........1-1 .......000...........4-4 .......500 G 5 Taylor Jones 6-2 170 R-So Rochester, Ill. 0.4 0.7 0.6 Murray State .................1-1 .......500...........4-4 .......500 F 10 Alfonzo McKinnie 6-7 195 Fr Chicago, Ill. 3.0 3.3 0.3 Jacksonville State .........0-1 .......000...........2-7 .......222 G 11 Levi Noel 6-5 190 Fr Luton, England 1.6 1.0 0.2 Tennessee State ............1-1 .......500...........2-6 .......250 G 13 Isaac Smith III 6-2 185 Fr Chicago, Ill. 0.3 0.3 0.4 Southeast Missouri .......0-2 .......000...........0-8 .......000 G 20 L.C. Doss 6-2 180 R-Jr Omaha, Neb. Injured has not played UT Martin ....................0-2 .......000...........2-6 .......250 F 31 Nick McFarlin 6-7 237 R-Jr Davenport, Iowa 2.1 1.6 0.4 SIU Edwardsville .......................................1-8 ....... 111 C 32 Matt Dorlack 6-11 253 Sr New Berlin, Wis. 0.5 2.5 0.5 SIU Edwardsville is not eligible for OVC play until 2011-12 F 34 Zavier Sanders 6-6 215 Jr Kokomo, Ind. 2.5 2.0 0.4 Standings as of Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010 EIU DROPS SECOND HALF LEAD & GAME INSIDE THE NUMBERS Eastern Illinois had a double digit lead slip away against Austin Peay in the second half as the Panthers fell 77-73 to the Governors to stand at 1-1 in the OVC standings. Shaun Pratl led a solid shooting night for EIU as the Panthers hit 49 percent from the floor with Pratl hitting 7-of-8 to score 19 points. EIU had five players score in double figures including freshman Alfonzo McKinnie with a career-high 10 points. EIU surrendered 22 offensive rebounds and committed 19 turnovers. PRATL WARMING UP FROM THE FIELD EIU Points Per Game ..................... 60.2 Shaun Pratl had a solid weekend for the Panthers as the sophomore averaged Opponents Points Per Game .......... 67.6 16.5 points and 5.5 rebounds per game for the first two OVC contests. Pratl was Scoring Margin ............................. - 7.4 a solid 13-of-17 from the floor to shoot 76 percent. That solid shooting increased Field Goal Percentage ................. .423 his season field goal percentage to 56.6 percent which leads EIU and ranks sixth in 3-Point Field Goal Percentage .... .295 the OVC. Pratl would rank 58th in the nation in field goal percentage but currently Free Throw Percentage ............... .718 does not have enough made baskets to qualify for the rankings. Pratl’s 19 points Rebounds........................................ 32.4 on Saturday against Austin Peay where a career-high. He also is first on the team Rebound Margin ............................ - 1.1 with 5.1 rebounds per game. Assists Per Game ............................14.1 Turnovers Per Game ...................... 14.1 HOLLOWELL NEEDS TWO BLOCKS FOR TOP TEN Steals Per Game ............................... 7.6 James Hollowell swatted away three shots against Austin Peay on Saturday to move his career total to 48. He needs just two more blocks to tie Kyle Hill (1998- Blocks Per Game .............................. 2.3 01) for tenth place on the EIU career list. Last season Hollowell had 36 blocked Field Goal Percentage Defense ... .420 shots which ranked 5th on the single season list. He also had six blocked shots in a win over Jacksonville State which set the school single game record. His 12 blocked shots this season rank 3rd in the OVC and 133rd in the nation. It was the 10th time in Hollowell’s career that he had multiple blocks in a game. THE OTHER McKINNIE SCORES OFF THE BENCH Eastern Illinois’ other McKinnie - Alfonzo McKinnie - came off the bench on Saturday night to provide an offensive spark with a career-high 10 points. McKinnie was 3- BSU Points Per Game .................... 66.2 of-4 from the field with two of his makes coming on athletic dunks. He added a Opponents Points Per Game .......... 64.7 perfect 4-of-4 from the free throw line. In his last two games played McKinnie has Scoring Margin ............................ + 1.5 scored 16 points while pulling down 12 rebounds. McKinnie is now leading the Field Goal Percentage ................. .430 Panthers with points off the bench at 3 points per game. 3-Point Field Goal Percentage .... .342 Free Throw Percentage ............... .667 FIVE PLAYERS SCORE IN OVERTIME Rebounds........................................ 31.0 Eastern Illinois had five players reach double figure scoring during Saturday’s Rebound Margin ............................ - 4.5 overtime loss to Austin Peay. Shaun Pratl led the Panthers with 19 points with Tyler Assists Per Game ........................... 13.5 Laser (15), Jeremy Granger (12), James Hollowell (11) and Alfonzo McKinnie (10) Turnovers Per Game ...................... 10.8 also reaching double figures. McKinnie became the first bench player to score in double figures this season for EIU. It marked the first time since Jan. 10, 2009 that Steals Per Game ................................6.2 five EIU players had finished a game scoring in double figures. In that game EIU Blocks Per Game ...............................1.3 knocked off Southeast Missouri 83-63.