Halftime adjustments were the reason the Eastern men’s basketball team escaped the first round of the Ohio Valley Conference tournament with a win, but it is also the reason the Panthers are going...
EVANSVILLE, IND--Survive and advance becomes the common phrase when March Madness arrives in college basketball and the Eastern men’s basketball team is living up to that with their seventh OVC tournament...
Tom O'Connor, Basketball Columnist
• February 27, 2018
Had the Panthers lost to Southern Illinois Edwardsville on Saturday, it would have marked the worst record in school history.
But the Panthers put together a refreshing 76-72 overtime win over Southern...
The Eastern women’s basketball team led Tennessee Tech for almost all of the game Saturday, yet, in a span of about 15 seconds, the Golden Eagles seized their first victory at Lantz Arena in seven years.
While...
Maher Kawash, Basketball Reporter
• January 31, 2018
The Eastern men’s basketball has three forwards that are 6-feet-8 or above yet somehow rank 10th in the Ohio Valley Conference in defensive rebounds.
It is important to note that height does not always...
JJ Bullock, Assistant Sports Editor
• January 29, 2018
Chalk up two more ugly second halves and two more conference losses for the Eastern women’s basketball team, after a weekend where it lost to Belmont and Tennessee State thanks to two second half collapses...
Kaitlin Cordes, Women's Basketball Reporter
• January 15, 2018
A loss handed down by none other than first-place Belmont could not stifle the fiery energy of freshmen guards Taylor Steele and Karle Pace.
In fact, the two underclassmen were the Panthers’ leading...
Two things have come up for the Eastern men’s basketball team in just the first month of the season. The first being the Panthers beating Illinois in the exhibition opener, which potentially...
JJ Bullock, Assistant Sports Editor
• November 30, 2017
Before the Eastern women’s basketball season started I wrote a piece detailing how much better the perennial losing program would be this season under the guidance of new head coach Matt Bollant...
Maher Kawash, Basketball Reporter
• November 28, 2017
Jajuan Starks just transferred into the Eastern men’s basketball team this season, but his ability to play bigger than himself is making a huge difference for the Panthers to start the campaign.
That...
A few weeks ago, teams across the Ohio Valley Conference were looking up at the Eastern football team.
Now, not so much.
The Panthers strung off four straight wins by three points or less to claim...
Two weeks ago, after the Panthers lost to Illinois State, it seemed like the season might be spiraling out of control.
Since then, redshirt freshman quarterback Scotty Gilkey Jr. has got the offense...
