Analysis: Perimeter defense is key for men’s basketball
Dillan Schorfheide, Sports Editor
October 7, 2019
While the offense could certainly be up-and-down at times last season, the Eastern men’s basketball team could usually rely on a basket to help its case. What the Panthers could not rely on, though, was their defense. Until the second half of the season, Eastern struggled to keep opposing teams...
Men’s basketball schedule released for upcoming season
Dillan Schorfheide, Sports Editor
September 25, 2019
The Eastern men’s basketball team’s schedule was released Wednesday afternoon, and the Panthers will start conference play Jan. 2 on the road. As previously reported in the Daily Eastern News, the Panthers open their regular-season schedule at national runner-up Texas Tech Nov. 5, with another r...
Eastern men’s basketball team to face Texas Tech, Wisconsin this upcoming season
Dillan Schorfheide, Sports Editor
August 18, 2019
The Eastern men’s basketball team will open its season on the road against the runner-up from the NCAA men’s basketball championship, Texas Tech, Tuesday Nov. 5, according to the Texas Tech website. While the Red Raiders lost some of their firepower from last season’s tournament run, namely...
Lennox’s final season not everything it looked like
JJ Bullock, Sports Editor
March 19, 2019
Eastern point guard Grace Lennox’s final game as a Panther looked, on the surface at least, like the exact type of game of performance that had come to be expected of Lennox over her five seasons at Eastern. The redshirt-senior had made a name for herself as a high-motor player, who rarely took a mi...
Column: Assessing OVC’s chances in March Madness
Dillan Schorfheide, Assistant Sports Editor
March 18, 2019
All the bidders doing Belmont’s work on Twitter can cheerfully watch the Bruins play in the NCAA tournament Tuesday. After losing to Murray State in the OVC championship game, it was questionable whether the Bruins would make it in the tournament. They certainly had the wins to do so: defeating L...
Spoonhour, OVC talk problematic floor logos
Dillan Schorfheide, Assistant Sports Editor
March 7, 2019
Losing in the first round of the OVC tournament was a sour way for the Eastern men’s basketball team’s season to end. The regular season itself ended on a sour note, as the Panthers started the conference schedule with a 5-2 record, but finished the regular season on a 2-9 stretch, not including ...
Morehead State knocks off SIUE, takes aim at Austin Peay
Dillan Schorfheide, Assistant Sports Editor
March 7, 2019
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Defeating Southern Illinois Edwardsville in the first round of the OVC tournament is not something to brag about. But, nonetheless, Morehead State did so by a 72-68 score. The score is not even that impressive, but the fifth-seeded Morehead State got the job done and now faces fourth...
Wallace named to all-OVC 1st team
JJ Bullock, Sports Editor
March 7, 2019
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — On Tuesday Eastern sophomore Josiah Wallace was named to the all-OVC first team, an honor he achieved after averaging 15.2 points per game for the Eastern men’s basketball team this season. While the honor was great, Wallace on Wednesday night stepped onto the court for Eastern...
Tournament Knockout: Eastern falls to Tennessee-Martin 78-71 in 1st round
Dillan Schorfheide, Assistant Sports Editor
March 7, 2019
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — The Eastern men’s basketball team’s offense is in its most lethal form when its three-point shots are falling and Josiah Wallace and Mack Smith are scoring. Wednesday, both of those things happened and the Eastern offense thrived, but only in the first half. The second hal...
Late loss by Eastern looked familiar
JJ Bullock, Sports Editor
March 7, 2019
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — On Feb. 28 the Eastern men’s basketball team led Jacksonville State 64-57 with three minutes to play in the second half of a game that would be ever important to the seeding of the conference tournament. A few late mistakes in regulation and in the two subsequent overtime period...
Notebook: OVC tournament field set with Belmont owning top seed
Oscar Rzodkiewicz, Basketball Reporter
March 5, 2019
The OVC field has already been whittled down to eight as the conference tournament gets underway Wednesday in Evansville, Indiana, as each team, including Eastern, must have a win-or-go-home mentality. The first matchup of the day comes between fifth-seeded Morehead State and eighth-seeded Southern...
Column: Panthers need to score inside in OVC tournament
Dillan Schorfheide, Assistant Sports Editor
March 5, 2019
There has never been a better time for the Eastern men’s basketball team to step up. Eastern faces Tennessee-Martin Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. in the first round of the OVC tournament, and while Eastern is the higher seed (six over seven), recent play is not indicative of an Eastern team ready for a tou...
