EASTERN ILLINOIS 2020-21 Men’s Basketball @EIU_Panthers @eiubasketball EASTERN ILLINOIS (7-15, 4-11 OVC) at Tennessee Tech (2-19, 2-12 OVC) N 25 at Wisconsin (#7) (BTN) ................. L 67-77 N 27 at Marquette (FS1) ......................... L 50-75 Saturday, Feb. 13 • 4 pm N 29 at Butler (FS1) .....................................PPD Cookeville, Tenn. • Eblen Center D 1 at Dayton ........................................ L 63-66 Hit Mix 88.9 FM RADIO: D 3 CHICAGO STATE .........................W 78-56 TV: ESPN+ D 5 at Green Bay ........................ W 93-91 (2ot) LIVE STATS: www.eiupanthers.com D 9 at Evansville ................................... L 65-68 SERIES RECORD: TTU leads 26-18 LAST MEETING: @EIU 87, TTU 81 on Jan. 2, 2021 D 12 WESTERN ILLINOIS ....................W 92-88 D 21 • at SIUE..............................................PPD GAME 23 Eastern Illinois travels to Tennessee Tech on Saturday afternoon as the Panthers wrap up their D 30 • at Eastern Kentucky ..................... L 61-69 long road trip to Alabama and East Tennessee. EIU is coming off a Thursday night loss at J 2 • TENNESSEE TECH ...................W 87-81 Jacksonville State dropping the Panthers to 7-15 overall, 4-11 in the OVC. Tennessee Tech lost J 5 • SIUE..................................................PPD its sixth straight game on Thursday night, falling to SIUE, as the Golden Eagles are 2-19 overall, J 7 • MURRAY STATE ........................W 74-68 2-12 in the OVC. EIU won the earlier season meeting in Charleston (87-81) and is looking to J 9 • AUSTIN PEAY .............................L 71-74 sweep the season series with TTU for the first time since the 1998-99 campaign. J 12 • at SIUE..............................................PPD J 14 • MOREHEAD STATE (ESPNU) ....L 61-87 JOHNSON SCORE 20+ AGAIN Marvin Johnson led the Panthers in scoring for the fourth straight game as the senior guard J 16 • EASTERN KENTUCKY ........ L 85-93 (ot) finished with 21 points. It was his second straight 20+ point performance after he had 25 points J 21 • at Belmont .................................... L 66-79 and ten assists last Saturday against Tennessee State for his fifth double-double of the year. J 23 • at Tennessee State ...................... L 54-65 Johnson’s season high was 28 points against SIUE as he has five 20-point game this season. J 26 • SIUE.............................................L 74-87 Johnson has been a jack of all trades for EIU this year as he ranks in the top 15 in the OVC in J 28 • at UT Martin ................................. L 41-51 scoring (7th), rebounding (14th), assists (4th) and steals (6th). In conference only games those J 30 • at Southeast Missouri ................. L 44-75 numbers increase as he is second in the OVC in steals while ranking third in scoring and assists. F 2 • at SIUE........................................W 71-60 PANTHERS BATTLE ON THE GLASS F 4 • BELMONT ...................................L 61-89 Eastern Illinois held its own on the glass on Thursday night against one of the OVC’s top F 6 • TENNESSEE STATE ..................W 86-72 rebounding teams. JSU ended the game with a plus one margin 46-45. Over the last four games F 11 • at Jacksonville State ................... 7:30 pm EIU has a plus seven rebound margin going 2-2 in games against SIUE, Belmont, Tennessee F 13 • at Tennessee Tech ........................... 4 pm State and Jacksonville State. EIU has had a different player lead the team in rebounding in each F 18 • at Murray State ........................... 7:30 pm of those games with three double figure rebounding nights. Marvin Johnson had ten rebounds F 20 • at Austin Peay .................................. 4 pm against SIUE. Madani Diarra had 11 rebounds against Belmont. Jordan Skipper-Brown had ten F 25 • SOUTHEAST MISSOURI ...........7:30 pm rebounds against Tennessee State. On Thursday, Mack Smith and Sammy Friday IV each pulled down eight rebounds to lead EIU. F 27 • UT MARTIN .....................................4 pm M 3 OVC Tournament ................................ TBA UP NEXT • Ohio Valley Conference Games Thursday, Feb. 18 at Murray State, 7:30 pm (ESPN+) All EIU home games televised on ESPN+ All OVC road games televised on ESPN+ EASTERN ILLINOIS PROJECTED STARTERS * P # Name Ht Wt Yr Hometown Pts Reb Ast G 3 Mack Smith 6-2 185 Sr Indianapolis, Ind. 9.2 3.2 2.0 G 4 Marvin Johnson 6-6 190 Sr Ardmore, Okla. 15.0 5.4 4.6 G 13 Henry Abraham 6-0 175 Fr Cambridge, Minn. 6.4 1.5 1.5 2020-21 OVC BASKETBALL STANDINGS F 11 Barlow Alleruzzo IV 6-9 235 Jr Chicago, Ill. 3.7 2.7 0.3 SCHOOL ......................... OVC ............... OVERALL F 20 Sammy Friday IV 6-9 240 Gr Jersey City, NJ 9.3 4.9 0.4 Belmont ........................... 15-0 ................ 21-1 Morehead State ............... 13-2 ................ 16-6 EASTERN ILLINOIS RESERVES Eastern Kentucky ............ 9-4 .................. 15-5 G 1 Kashawn Charles 6-1 185 Sr Wyandanch, NY 8.2 2.5 0.8 Jacksonville State ............ 9-5 .................. 13-7 F 2 Jordan Skipper-Brown 6-6 230 Sr Killeen, Texas 7.7 4.5 0.9 Austin Peay ..................... 8-6 .................. 12-8 G 5 Junior Farquhar 6-3 200 Jr Toronto, Ontario 3.3 1.9 1.1 SIUE ................................ 6-6 .................. 8-10 G 10 Ryan Leonard 6-4 200 So Kerry, Ireland 1.3 0.8 0.3 Murray State .................... 6-7 .................. 9-9 G 12 Micah Schnyders 6-4 185 Fr Yorkville, Ill. 1.2 0.8 0.2 Southeast Missouri .......... 5-8 .................. 7-12 G 14 Isaac Miller 6-3 180 Fr Charleston, Ill. - - - UT Martin ......................... 5-10 ................ 7-12 F 21 Madani Diarra 6-10 240 So Bamako, Mali 3.1 3.5 0.2 Eastern Illinois ................. 4-11 ................ 7-15 G 22 Josiah Wallace 6-4 185 Sr Marshall, Ill. 14.8 3.9 2.8 Tennessee Tech ............... 2-12 ................ 2-19 G 25 Deang Deang 6-4 185 Sr Madison, Wis. 4.3 1.8 1.1 Tennessee State .............. 2-13 ................ 3-15 F 35 George Dixon 6-5 230 Sr Milwaukee, Wis. 5.2 6.3 1.1 Through Feb. 11, 2021 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 ............................................................7,806 EIU Points Per Game ..................... 68.5 TTU Points Per Game .....................63.9 Nickname ....................................................... Panthers Opponents Points Per Game .......... 74.9 Opponents Points Per Game ...........76.5 Colors .......................................... Blue, Gray & White President ..................................... Dr. David Glassman Scoring Margin ............................. - 6.4 Scoring Margin ........................... - 12.7 Athletic Director ..................................... Tom Michael Field Goal Percentage ................. .418 Field Goal Percentage ................. .420 Basketball Arena ..................................... Lantz Arena 3-Point Field Goal Percentage .... .317 3-Point Field Goal Percentage .... .305 Basketball Radio Station ............Hit Mix 88.9 WEIU Announcers ................. Mike Bradd & Jack Ashmore Free Throw Percentage ............... .664 Free Throw Percentage ............... .671 Rebounds........................................ 35.5 Rebounds.........................................33.4 Rebound Margin ........................... - 2.2 Rebound Margin ........................... - 1.8 Assists Per Game ......................... 12.8 Assists Per Game ............................13.0 TWITTER FACEBOOK INSTAGRAM Turnovers Per Game ...................... 13.8 Turnovers Per Game .......................16.2 @EIU_Panthers EIUPanthers eiupanthernation Steals Per Game ............................. 7.2 Steals Per Game ................................6.4 @eiubasketball EIUMensBasketball Blocks Per Game ............................ 3.2 Blocks Per Game ...............................2.3 Field Goal Percentage Defense ... .450 Field Goal Percentage Defense ... .475 Career Double-Doubles EASTERN ILLINOIS HEAD COACH JAY SPOONHOUR Jay Spoonhour is in his ninth season as the Panthers head coach having been hired on LAST IS LISTED April 9, 2012. Spoonhour was previously the head coach at Moberly Area Community GEORGE DIXON (12) College where he coached for three seasons. He was a long time assistant coach at 12 pts, 15 reb at Eastern Kentucky (Dec. 30, 2020) the NCAA Division I level and served as the interim head coach at UNLV to complete the 2004 season posting a 6-4 record and taking the team to the finals of the Mountain SAMMY FRIDAY IV (2) West Conference Tournament along with an NIT appearance. In 2001 Spoonhour was 20 pts, 10 reb at Belmont (Jan. 21, 2021) named the National Junior College Coach of the Year leading Wabash Valley College to MARVIN JOHNSON (5) the NJCAA National Championship with a 36-1 record. He is the son of the late legendary 25 pts, 10 ast vs Tennessee State (Feb. 6, 2021) coach Charlie Spoonhour. Spoonhour played basketball at Pittsburg State earning his degree in 1994. He was an honorable mention All-Conference selection. He has JORDAN SKIPPER-BROWN (4) assistant coaching stops at Central Missouri,