Zaria Flippin , Men's Basketball Reporter
• February 6, 2023
Eastern's men's basketball team fell short in a nail-biter to the Tennessee State Tigers 65-61 in Lantz Arena on Saturday evening.
Junior guard Caleb Donaldson led the Panthers with 17 points and five...
After the women’s basketball team won against Tennessee State University in a 75-58 victory, it broke the EIU record for the longest win streak in the Ohio Valley Conference at 12 consecutive wins.
The...
In May of 2022, the NCAA released statistics breaking down NCAA athletes by ethnicity from 2021, finding that 8.8 percent were Black women athletes and 16.5 percent were Black male athletes.
Five current...
Kate Stevens, Assistant Sports Editor
• January 29, 2023
Senior guard Lariah Washington has exhibited true leadership skills on the court for the Eastern women's basketball team.
Her 6-0 run and 25 total points against SEMO late in the fourth quarter led...
Kate Stevens, Assistant Sports Editor
• January 18, 2023
Eastern Illinois University (14-3, 6-0 OVC) at Tennessee State (7-10, 2-4 OVC)
Gentry Center - Nashville, Tenn. at 5:30 p.m.
Series Record: EIU leads 33-17
Last Meeting: EIU fell to TSU 72-61 in the...
Kate Stevens, Assistant Sports Editor
• January 18, 2023
Let me get straight to it.
There is no reason to shout unnecessary things from the crowd at the players, referees, or opposing team’s bench during basketball games.
As a sports fan I am all...
Kate Stevens, Assistant Sports Editor
• January 18, 2023
Eastern women’s basketball coach Matt Bollant’s newest addition to his staff has quite the resume and brings her successes and experiences back to Eastern.
Mariah King is a former EIU women’s...
Kate Stevens, Assistant Sports Editor
• January 15, 2023
The Eastern women’s basketball team is now the front runner of the Ohio Valley Conference as they beat Little Rock 44-33 in a defensive matchup Saturday afternoon at Lantz Arena.
As they took the...
The spark that the men’s basketball team needed came late in the second half.
The Panthers had a 34-25 lead at halftime during Saturday’s OVC matchup against Little Rock but slowly but surely,...
The Eastern men’s basketball team lost its third OVC game in a row to the SIUE Cougars Thursday evening in Lantz Arena 80-62.
The Panthers are now 2-3 in the OVC and 6-12 overall.
Junior guard Kinyon...
Kate Stevens, Assistant Sports Editor
• January 13, 2023
The Eastern women’s basketball team has won their fifth game in a row as they defeated SIUE 88-79 at home Thursday evening.
The Panthers and the Cougars were neck and neck during the first half, but...
The Eastern men’s basketball team is 2-2 in the OVC with multiple Panthers in the top 20 of various OVC statistics.
Last season, the Panthers started off their OVC play with six losses in a row, and...
