EASTERN ILLINOIS 2016-17 Men’S Basketball
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EASTERN ILLINOIS 2016-17 Men’s Basketball EASTERN ILLINOIS (13-14, 5-9 OVC) at Murray State (14-13, 8-5 OVC) N 6 EUREKA COLLEGE (exhibition) .....W 94-58 N 11 SAINT FRANCIS (Ill.) .......................W 83-41 Saturday, Feb. 18 • 7 p.m. N 14 at Troy................................................. L 67-70 Murray, Ky. • CFSB Center (8,600) N 17 at Saint Louis (FSMW-Plus) ............... L 69-74 RADIO: Hit Mix 88.9 FM N 19 WESTERN ILLINOIS ........................W 73-64 TV: OVC Digital Network N 21 TROY (WEIU) ....................................W 71-67 LIVE STATS: www.goracers.com N 26 SOUTH ALABAMA ...........................W 72-62 SERIES RECORD: MSU leads 45-11 N 29 BRADLEY (WEIU) ...................... L 83-87 (ot) LAST MEETING: MUR 83, @EIU 72 - Jan. 12, 2017 D 4 at Illinois-Chicago ..............................W 90-76 D 7 at Northern Kentucky .......................... L 70-80 GAME 28 D 10 at Western Illinois ..............................W 63-49 Eastern Illinois lost on the road at Austin Peay on Thursday night and the Panthers D 17 at Missouri (SEC Network) ................W 67-64 must now win their final two Ohio Valley Conference games on the road and get a D 19 FONTBONNE UNIVERSITY ...........W 101-49 little help in order to make the OVC Tournament field for the fifth straight year. The D 21 at Indiana State .......................... L 85-88 (2ot) first of the two remaining home games is Saturday night at Murray State, a place the D 31 • JACKSONVILLE STATE ................. L 56-57 Panthers have won only two times in program history. EIU enters the game 13-14 J 5 • at Morehead State ............................ L 75-85 overall, 5-9 in the OVC. Murray State moved into a first place tie in the OVC West J 7 • at Eastern Kentucky ........................W 74-60 Division with a Thursday night win over SIU Edwardsville. The Racers are 14-13 J 12 • MURRAY STATE .............................. L 72-83 overall, 8-5 in the OVC. J 14 • AUSTIN PEAY (ASN) ....................... L 84-92 J 19 • at UT Martin.............................. L 71-82 (2ot) EIU TIES 3-POINT RECORD AT APSU J 21 • at Southeast Missouri ....................... L 71-83 Eastern Illinois tied the school record for 3-pointers made in a game on Thursday J 25 • BELMONT ....................................... L 64-77 night at Austin Peay as the Panthers went 17-of-35 from the floor. The 17 made J 28 • SIU EDWARDSVILLE (WEIU) ........W 75-60 3-pointers tie the school record previously set on Dec. 23, 1999 at Arkansas State F 2 • at Tennessee State (CBSSN) ....W 77-67 (ot) when EIU went 17-of-25. EIU made nine 3-pointers in the opening half and added F 4 • TENNESSEE TECH (WEIU) ............ L 68-87 eight in the second half. It was the third straight game EIU has made 12 or more F 9 • UT MARTIN ....................................W 81-71 3-pointers in a game and the fifth time in the last six games that EIU has drained F 11 • SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (ASN) .. W 86-80 (ot) double figure 3-pointers. EIU is currently tied with Murray State for second in the F 16 • at Austin Peay .................................. L 80-85 OVC in 3-pointers made per game at 8.9 per contest. F 18 • at Murray State ......................................7 pm F 25 • at SIU Edwardsville (FSN Midwest) ..... 7 pm M 1 at OVC Tournament (Nashville, Tenn.) .....TBA MULDOON WITH A DOUBLE-DOUBLE Patrick Muldoon became the fourth Eastern Illinois player to post a double-double this All Times Central season finishing Thursday night’s game with 13 points and 10 rebounds. It was the * Ohio Valley Conference Games third time this season Muldoon has scored in double figures with a high of 14 points at UT Martin and ten points at Southeast Missouri. The ten rebounds ties a career high set earlier this year when he pulled down ten boards at Illinois-Chicago. UP NEXT Saturday - February 25 at SIU Edwardsville - 7 p.m. EASTERN ILLINOIS PROJECTED STARTERS * P # Name Ht Wt Yr Hometown Pts Reb Ast 2016-17 OVC BASKETBALL STANDINGS G 1 Demetrius McReynolds 6-2 210 Sr Louisville, Ky. 14.4 4.8 2.3 West Division .......... OVC ......Pct............All ...... Pct. G 2 Terrell Lewis 5-7 150 Jr St. Louis, Mo. 10.8 1.3 4.9 UT Martin ....................8-5 .......615.......18-10 .......643 G 4 Montell Goodwin 6-2 190 Jr Cleveland, Ohio 14.7 2.9 3.2 Murray State .................8-5 .......615.......14-13 .......519 Southeast Missouri .......7-6 .......538.......12-16 .......429 W 5 Ray Crossland 6-6 220 Jr St. Louis, Mo. 10.8 6.2 1.6 Austin Peay ..................5-8 .......385.........9-18 .......333 F 25 Muusa Dama 6-9 225 Jr Parakou, West Africa 8.7 9.5 0.6 Eastern Illinois .............5-9 .......357.......13-14 .......481 SIU Edwardsville .......0-14 .......000.........5-23 .......179 EASTERN ILLINOIS RESERVES G 3 Casey Teson 6-2 190 So St. Charles, Mo. 6.9 1.6 0.9 East Division ........... OVC ......Pct............All ...... Pct. G 11 Logan Koch 6-1 200 Fr Shawnee, Kan. 0.6 0.3 0.8 Belmont ......................13-1 .......929.........19-5 .......792 W 12 Marshawn Blackmon 6-5 200 So St. Peters, Mo. 2.0 1.1 0.1 Morehead State ............9-4 .......692.......13-13 .......500 G 21 DeVantae’ Price 6-2 190 Jr Tamms, Ill. 1.8 1.8 0.3 Jacksonville State .........8-5 .......615.......16-12 .......571 F 24 Joe Kuligoski 6-6 220 Sr Orland Park, Ill. 1.7 1.0 0.6 Tennessee Tech.............7-6 .......538.......11-17 .......393 F 32 Patrick Muldoon 6-7 215 So Basehor, Kan. 5.4 4.6 1.0 Tennessee State ............7-7 .......500.......16-11 .......593 F 40 Lucas Jones 6-8 205 So Prairie Village, Kan. 0.6 1.9 0.4 Eastern Kentucky .......3-10 .......231.......10-18 .......357 F 54 Justin Earls 6-7 220 Jr Chicago, Ill. --- --- --- Through games played on Friday, February 17, 2017 F 55 Aboubacar Diallo 6-9 200 So Abidjan, Ivory Coast 0.5 2.5 0.2 INSIDE THE NUMBERS QUICK FACTS EIU BASKETBALL CONTACT INFO / QUICK FACTS Contact: ..................................................... Rich Moser Email: .............................................. [email protected] Phone:................................................... (217) 581-7480 Cell Phone: ........................................... (217) 508-8317 Website: ................................. www.EIUpanthers.com Location ...............................................Charleston, Ill. Enrollment ............................................................8,520 EIU Points Per Game ..................... 75.1 MUR Points Per Game.................. 81.6 Nickname ....................................................... Panthers Opponents Points Per Game .......... 71.9 Opponents Points Per Game ......... 76.7 Colors .......................................... Blue, Gray & White President ..................................... Dr. David Glassman Scoring Margin ............................ + 3.2 Scoring Margin ............................ + 4.9 Athletic Director ..................................... Tom Michael Field Goal Percentage ................. .417 Field Goal Percentage ................. .453 Basketball Arena .........................Lantz Arena (5,300) 3-Point Field Goal Percentage .... .370 3-Point Field Goal Percentage .... .371 Basketball Radio Station ............Hit Mix 88.9 WEIU Announcers ................. Mike Bradd & Jack Ashmore Free Throw Percentage ............... .729 Free Throw Percentage ............... .738 Rebounds........................................ 37.7 Rebounds....................................... 37.3 Rebound Margin ........................... - 1.1 Rebound Margin .......................... + 1.3 Assists Per Game ......................... 15.6 Assists Per Game ............................14.5 TWITTER FACEBOOK Turnovers Per Game ...................... 12.9 Turnovers Per Game ..................... 12.2 @EIU_Panthers EIUPanthers Steals Per Game ............................. 6.9 Steals Per Game ............................ 6.3 @eiubasketball EIUMensBasketball Blocks Per Game ............................ 4.0 Blocks Per Game ........................... 2.1 Field Goal Percentage Defense ... .431 Field Goal Percentage Defense ... .443 EASTERN ILLINOIS HEAD COACH JAY SPOONHOUR INSTAGRAM SNAPCHAT Jay Spoonhour is in his fifth season as the Panthers head coach having been eiupanthernation EIUPanthers hired on April 9, 2012. Spoonhour was previously the head coach at Moberly Area Community College where he coached for three seasons. He was a long Career Double-Doubles time assistant coach at the NCAA Division I level and served as the interim head DEMETRIUS McREYNOLDS (6) coach at UNLV to complete the 2004 season posting a 6-4 record and taking the LAST team to the finals of the Mountain West Conference Tournament along with an NIT 11 pts, 10 reb vs. Southeast Missouri (Feb. 11, 2017) appearance. In 2001 Spoonhour was named the National Junior College Coach of the Year leading Wabash Valley College to the NJCAA National Championship TERRELL LEWIS (3) with a 36-1 record. He is the son of the late legendary coach Charlie Spoonhour. LAST 12 pts, 10 ast at UT Martin (Feb. 18, 2016) Spoonhour played basketball at Pittsburg State earning his degree in 1994. He was an honorable mention All-Conference selection. He has assistant coaching stops at MUUSA DAMA (7) Central Missouri, Saint Louis, UNLV, Missouri and Texas San Antonio. Spoonhour’s LAST career mark is 172-118; 72-90 at the NCAA Division I level. His EIU record is 66-86 14 pts, 18 reb vs. Southeast Missouri (Feb. 11, 2017) with an OVC mark of 36-42. Spoonhour led the program to its first NCAA Division I postseason win