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EASTERN ILLINOIS 2011-12 Men’s Basketball EASTERN ILLINOIS (6-6, 0-1) SCHEDULE/RESULTS at SIU Edwardsville (4-7, 2-0) N 6 OLIVET NAZARENE (ex.) ................W 78-48 Jan. 4, 2012 • 7 p.m. (CST) N 11 at Indiana State .................................. L 72-79 Vadalabene Center • Edwardsville, Ill. N 16 LOYOLA-CHICAGO .........................W 65-61 Radio - EIU Odyssey • TV: None N 20 at Northern Illinois..............................W 67-55 Mike Bradd & Jack Ashmore N 23 EUREKA COLLEGE .........................W 87-56 N 26 at Central Arkansas .................. L 96-107 (2ot) GAME 13 N 30 MAINE ........................................ W 85-80 (ot) Eastern Illinois hits the road for a two game trip starting with Wednesday’s Ohio Valley Conference game at SIU Edwardsville. The Panthers will then travel to play D 3 STONY BROOK ................................W 72-69 Houston Baptist on Saturday before facing the heart of the conference schedule. D 7 OAKLAND CITY ...............................W 83-67 D 10 at Western Illinois ............................... L 48-64 EIU is on a four-game losing streak after dropping its first home game of the year on D 18 at Northwestern .................................. L 72-87 Friday to No. 20 Murray State. EIU is 0-1 in the OVC. The Panthers have struggled D 21 at Maine .............................................. L 60-64 on the road with a 1-5 record, the lone win coming at Northern Illinois. SIUE is off to D 30 * MURRAY STATE (#20) .................... L 40-73 a 2-0 start in their inaugural season in the OVC with home wins over Tennessee Tech J 4 * at SIU Edwardsville ...............................7 pm and Jacksonville State. SIUE is 4-7 overall with a 4-2 record at home. J 7 at Houston Baptist ...................................7 pm J 12 * UT MARTIN ......................................... 7 pm EIU-SIU EDWARDSVILLE SERIES J 14 * at Southeast Missouri ......................7:30 pm J 19 * TENNESSEE STATE ........................... 7 pm This will be only the fourth meeting between Eastern Illinois and SIU Edwardsville J 21 * AUSTIN PEAY ..................................... 6 pm in what will now become EIU’s closest OVC rival. The Panthers lead the series 2-1 J 26 * at Jacksonville State .............................7 pm with the last meeting taking place on Feb. 12, 1983 with EIU winning 80-57 in Lantz J 28 * at Murray State......................................7 pm Arena. SIUE was a long time NCAA Division II member before recently making the J 30 * SOUTHEAST MISSOURI .................... 7 pm transition to Division I. This is their first season playing an OVC conference schedule F 2 * EASTERN KENTUCKY ....................... 7 pm but the Cougars are not eligible for the OVC Tournament. F 4 * MOREHEAD STATE ............................ 6 pm F 9 * at Tennessee Tech ................................7 pm SCOUTING SIU EDWARDSVILLE F 11 * at UT Martin ..........................................6 pm F 15 * SIU EDWARDSVILLE.......................... 7 pm SIU Edwardsville is 2-0 as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference after the Cougars F 18 ESPN BRACKETBUSTERS .................. 6 pm picked up home wins over Tennessee Tech and Jacksonville State. Jerome Jones, F 23 * at Morehead State ...........................6:30 pm Mark Yelovich and Kris Davis all average between 12 and 14 points per game but F 25 * at Eastern Kentucky ..............................6 pm have increased those averages in their two OVC games. Jones is the team leader F 29-M 3 ..OVC Tournament @ Municipal Auditorium at 13.2 points and 7.1 rebounds per game. SIUE is averaging 64.1 points per game on the season but has upped that average to 74.5 in the two OVC contests. M 13 NCAA Tournament 1st Round ..................TBA GRANGER JUMPS INTO ONE TOP TEN LIST All Times Central Jeremy Granger stepped to the free throw line four times on Friday against Murray * Ohio Valley Conference Games State and with each of those four makes moved from 11th to 8th on the EIU career free throws made list passing Rick Kaye, Louis Jordan and Gary Yoder with each make. Granger is the EIU career leader in free throw percentage at 87 percent. He needs seven assists to join the EIU career top ten in that category. EASTERN ILLINOIS PROJECTED STARTERS * P # Name Ht Wt Yr Hometown Pts Reb Ast G 4 Joey Miller 6-3 170 Fr Charleston, Ill. 8.9 1.9 2.8 G 12 Jeremy Granger 6-1 175 Sr Elgin, Ill. 16.9 3.3 4.1 2011-12 OVC Standings G 20 Morris Woods 6-3 190 So Chicago, Ill. 1.6 1.0 0.2 Team......................... OVC.......Pct............All....... Pct. F 10 Alfonzo McKinnie 6-7 200 So Chicago, Ill. 11.3 7.4 0.4 Eastern Kentucky .........3-0 ....1.000...........9-6 .......600 F 34 Zavier Sanders 6-6 220 Sr Kokomo, Ind. 5.2 4.0 0.9 Murray State .................2-0 ....1.000.........14-0 ....1.000 SIU Edwardsville .........2-0 ....1.000...........4-7 .......364 EASTERN ILLINOIS RESERVES Southeast Missouri .......1-0 ....1.000...........6-7 .......462 F 2 Alex Lubsey 6-6 195 So Kingston, Jamaica 1.7 1.5 0.2 Tennessee State ............1-1 .......500...........8-7 .......533 G 5 Malcolm Herron 6-4 205 Jr Maywood, Ill. 3.4 1.3 0.2 Morehead State ............1-1 .......500...........7-8 .......467 Tennessee Tech.............1-1 .......500...........9-6 .......600 F 15 James Hollowell 6-6 215 Jr Indianapolis, Ind. 6.7 4.2 1.0 Eastern Illinois .............0-1 .......000...........6-6 .......500 G 21 Austin Akers 6-2 185 Jr Brazil, Ind. 1.3 0.8 2.4 Austin Peay ..................0-2 .......000.........3-12 .......200 G 22 Taylor Jones 6-2 190 Jr Rochester, Ill. 3.3 1.3 0.5 Jacksonville State .........0-2 .......000.........5-10 .......333 G 23 L.C. Doss 6-2 190 Sr Omaha, Neb. 6.9 2.3 1.2 UT Martin ....................0-3 .......000.........3-13 .......188 F 31 Nick McFarlin 6-7 230 Sr Davenport, Iowa 1.2 1.6 0.7 Through games on Saturday, December 31 G 32 Jonathan Miller 6-2 185 Jr Upper Marlboro, Md. 3.1 0.4 0.3 SIU Edwardsville is not eligible for OVC Tournament this season F 55 Josh Piper 6-7 225 Fr Champaign, Ill. 5.3 3.0 0.9 NATIONALLY RANKED MURRAY STATE PULLS AWAY EARLY Eastern Illinois held a lead in the first three minutes of the game with nationally ranked INSIDE THE NUMBERS Murray State. The Racers then shot 60 percent from 3-point range in the first half and 55 percent from beyond the arc for the game as they won 73-40. It was the first time EIU had been held to 40 points or less since Nov. 19, 2005 when the Panthers lost 80-35 at Xavier in Mike Miller’s first game as head coach. EIU shot 27 percent for the game as they fell to 5-1 at home. Jeremy Granger was the lone EIU player in double figures with 12 points. EIU Points Per Game ..................... 70.6 COLD NIGHT FROM THE FLOOR Murray State was red hot from the floor on Friday night, unfortunately Eastern Illinois Opponents Points Per Game .......... 71.8 was not as the Panthers finished the game shooting 27.1 percent. The last time EIU Scoring Margin ............................ + 1.2 shot 27 percent was in last year’s home loss to Ball State in which they made 18-of-65 Field Goal Percentage ................. .445 shots. EIU made only 13 shots against Murray State but was bolstered by a 12-of-15 3-Point Field Goal Percentage .... .330 night from the free throw line. The last time EIU made 13 or fewer field goals in a game Free Throw Percentage ............... .757 was Nov. 19, 2005 when EIU made only nine field goals while scoring 35 points at Rebounds........................................ 34.2 Xavier. Despite the cold night from the floor EIU is still fourth in the OVC in field goal Rebound Margin ............................ - 1.2 percentage for the season making 44.5 percent as a team. Assists Per Game ............................15.1 AMONG THE NATION’S BEST AT THE STRIPE Turnovers Per Game ...................... 13.1 Freshman Joey Miller and senior Jeremy Granger currently rank second and third in Steals Per Game ............................... 5.7 the Ohio Valley Conference in free throw shooting. However as a team Eastern Illinois Blocks Per Game .............................. 2.5 also ranks among the nation’s best free throw shooting teams. Entering the week Field Goal Percentage Defense ... .449 EIU is ranked 13th in the nation at 75.7 percent. Denver is the nation’s leader at 80.8 percent as three teams are currently at 80 percent or better. The Panthers have shot 80 percent or better from the free throw line in three straight games and five times on the season. EIU’s best free throw percentage season was in 2001 when they shot 77.5 percent making 504 shots at the line. EIU ONE LINERS • Eastern Illinois was limited to a season low four assists as a team on Friday against Murray State. Jeremy Granger was held without an assist ending a streak of 16 straight SIUE Points Per Game ................... 64.1 games with at least one assist. The last time EIU was held to five assists or less was Opponents Points Per Game .......... 69.3 last season at Morehead State when EIU had four assists. Scoring Margin ............................. - 5.2 • The Panthers played their sixth straight game without James Hollowell who has now Field Goal Percentage ................. .428 missed half of the regular season games. On Friday against Murray State, Malcolm 3-Point Field Goal Percentage .... .380 Herron missed the game giving EIU seven missed games due to injury this year. Free Throw Percentage ..............