Column: New look Eastern picked 8th in preseaon poll
JJ Bullock, Editor-in-Chief
July 19, 2019
Eastern’s first year head coach Adam Cushing made bold predictions in his introductory press conference last winter, declaring that during his tenure at Eastern the Panthers would win both an Ohio Valley Conference championship and a national championship. While both of those predictions are clearly me...
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...
Column: What happened at Bradley needs to be learned from
JJ Bullock, Sports Editor
March 18, 2019
Bradley. Bradley, Bradley, Bradley... this is not a good look for you. What were you thinking? Last week Bradley University made the shocking and disappointing decision to pull credentials from Peoria Journal Star beat writer Dave Reynolds, a reporter who has covered the Bradley basketball team for 29 ...
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...
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...
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...
Column: Jacksonville State will win the OVC tournament
JJ Bullock, Sports Editor
March 5, 2019
Discussions about which team will represent the Ohio Valley Conference in the NCAA tournament later this month have gotten a bit too one-sided. It seems to be the consensus around the media that either Murray State (25-4, 16-2) or Belmont (25-4, 16-2) will win the conference tournament and play in the NCA...
Column: Eastern is 2-5 in its last 7 games, what happened?
Dillan Schorfheide, Assistant Sports
February 19, 2019
The Eastern men’s basketball team has two ironies working against it right now. Firstly, the offense is producing arguably the best it has all season in recent games, but the problem now lies within the defense’s ability to stop opposing offenses. Secondly, the Panthers have gone 2-5 in their l...
Column: Breaking tough defenses a must for Eastern
Dillan Schorfheide, Assistant Sports Editor
January 28, 2019
Shooting well from the outside has been the men’s basketball team’s bread and butter this season. Three of Eastern’s players are on OVC leaderboards for two different three-point shooting categories, Ben Harvey, Kashawn Charles and Mack Smith, and Smith has Eastern’s record by making a three-point...
Notebook: Murray State, Belmont clash in important OVC week
Dillan Schorfheide, Assistant Sports Editor
January 22, 2019
The Eastern men’s basketball team earned an important victory over Austin Peay Saturday, showing that not only can the Panthers play with the tougher OVC teams, but that they are deserving of sitting in the top half of the conference. The OVC is split so far in two perfectly even halves. Six...
Column: Three takeaways from Eastern’s win over Austin Peay
Dillan Schorfheide, Assistant Sports Editor
January 21, 2019
The Eastern men’s basketball team is now 4-2 in conference play and 11-8 overall, after losing to Murray State Thursday and defeating Austin Peay Saturday. Hosting those two teams back-to-back on one day’s rest was going to be one of the toughest challenges the team will face this season. ...
Column: Threes are fine, but inside scoring is necessary for victory
January 15, 2019
The most telling statistic for the Eastern men’s basketball team is its three-point shooting. Points from beyond the mark have been the Panthers’ best friend at times, and its worst friend at times. Whichever case it is, the three-point shot will be the narrator in the team’s story of this...
