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The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

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Easterns Kashawn Charles surveys the court in Easterns 78-71 loss against Tennessee-Martin Wednesday night in Evansville.

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...

Eastern’s Josiah Wallace drives the lane in the Panthers’ 63-57 loss to Tennesse Tech on March 1. Eastern plays Tennessee-Martin in the first round of the OVC tournament Wednesday at 8:30 p.m.

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...

Jacksonville State’s Jason Burnell (14) works on Eastern’s JaQualis Matlock in the Gamecock’s 89-84 win over Eastern on Feb. 28 in Lantz Arena. Jacksonville State finished OVC play with a 15-3 record.

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...

Cam Burrell (10) and Josiah Wallace (22) walk up court in the Panthers 84-78 loss to Morehead State on Feb. 2 in Lantz Arena. The Panthers have lost five of their last seven games.

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...

Rade Kukobat and Aboubacar Diallo try to block Ja Morant’s shot attempt during Eastern’s 83-61 loss to Murray State in Lantz Arena Jan. 17.

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,...

Eastern junior Josiah Wallace backs down an Austin Peay defender in the Panthers 85-83 win over the Governors Saturday in Lantz Arena. Eastern is now 4-2 in the OVC after the win.

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...

Eastern point guard Shareef Smith tries to keep a ball in Eastern’s posession during the Panthers’ 85-83 win over Austin Peay on Saturday in Lantz Arena. Smith made a game-winning shot with four seconds remaing to give Eastern the win.

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...

Cam Burrell looks to pass the ball to an open teammate during Eastern’s 79-44 victory over Eureka College in an exhibition match in Lantz Arena Nov. 2.

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...

Jordyn Hughes eyes up a defender as she dribbles the ball during Eastern’s 102-43 victory over Oakland City in Lantz Arena Nov. 6.

Column: Eastern women’s basketball team far from out of race after bad week

JJ Bullock, Sports Editor January 14, 2019

Last week Wednesday I wrote a column illustrating how the Eastern women’s basketball team was no longer a rebuilding program and had finally arrived to be big players in the conference tournament. It...

Members of the Eastern women’s basketball team celebrate during the team’s 102-43 win over Oakland City on Nov. 3. The Panthers are 7-6 this season, they were 3-26 last year.

Column: Women’s basketball team no longer rebuilding program, they’re here for real

JJ Bullock, Sports Editor January 9, 2019

Not very many coaches in the Ohio Valley Conference had the Eastern women’s basketball team pegged as a conference tournament team prior to the season, slotting them in 11th place of 12 teams in the...

Eastern forward Lucas Jones puts up a shot in the Panthers 90-37 win over Fontbonne on Tuesday night in Lantz Arena. The 90 points was the most Eastern has scored in a game this season.

Column: Fontbonne exposed to exhilaration of D-I hoops

Tom O'Connor, Columnist December 5, 2018

If there was one game that Fontbonne circled, underlined and highlighted on its schedule, it had to have been the one they played at Lantz Arena this past Tuesday. The matchup was more or less a litmus...

Eastern sophomore Kashawn Charles puts up a shot in Eastern’s 90-37 win over Fontbonne University Tuesday night at Lantz Arena. Charles had 21 points in the win that made the Panthers 4-5 this season.

Column: Zone defense could be helpful for Panthers

Dillan Schorfheide, Assistant Sports Editor December 5, 2018

Eastern’s men’s basketball team has almost exclusively run man-to-man defense so far this season, and head coach Jay Spoonhour, along with some players, have identified two key problems defensively. Ever...

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