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The Daily Eastern News

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

The Daily Eastern News

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

The Daily Eastern News

Senior Grace Lennox brings the ball up the court against Bradley Dec. 5 in Lantz Arena in one of her eight games played this year. Lennox tore her meniscus and decided to redshirt 2017-2018 and return next year.

A season without Lennox: Panthers push through season after losing its leader to injury

JJ Bullock, Assistant Sports Editor February 6, 2018

Senior point guard Grace Lennox was not supposed to get injured. Players like her do not get injured. But unfortunately for the Panthers, things that are not supposed to happen, find a way of happening...

Eastern foward Grace McRae guards Jacksonville State forward Rayven Pearson in the Panthers 59-50 loss to the Gamecocks Thursday at Lantz Arena. The two forwards squared off in a pivotal rebounding matchup, with McRae grabbing five and Pearson finishing with eight.

Rebounds lacking for women’s basketball

Kaitlin Cordes, Women's Basketball Reporter February 1, 2018

Rebounds did not abound for the women’s basketball team in its 50-59 loss to Jacksonville State on Thursday. While the defensive rebounds looked good on paper, it was the offensive rebounds that lacked...

Eastern freshmen Karle Pace guards a Tennessee-Martin player in the Panthers 72-44 loss to the Skyhawks Jan. 18. at Lantz Arena. Pace was named OVC Freshmen of the Week after she scored 31-points in Eastern’s loss to Tennessee State Saturday.

Pace picks up OVC Freshman of Week

JJ Bullock, Assistant Sports Editor January 30, 2018

Prior to getting her first start with the Panthers on Jan. 4 against Morehead State, Eastern freshman guard Karle Pace was spending most of her time, about 29 minutes per game to be exact, watching the...

Freshman Karlee Pace goes up for a layup in the Panthers’ 72-44 loss to Tennessee-Martin Jan. 18 in Lantz Arena. Pace scored 31 points for Eastern in its 86-68 loss Saturday to Tennessee State.

Pace scores career-high in loss to Tennessee State

Kaitlin Cordes, Women's Basketball Reporter January 28, 2018

Freshman guard Karle Pace earned a career-high 31 points in the women’s basketball team’s fifth-straight loss Saturday. Eastern has yet to win an away game with the 68-86 loss to Tennessee State putting...

Sophomore Danielle Berry guards Tennessee-Martin’s Emanye Robertson in the Panthers’ 72-44 loss to the Skyhawks Jan. 18 in Lantz Arena. The Panthers lost to Belmont on the road Thursday.

Women’s basketball team falls to 1-8

JJ Bullock, Assistant Sports Editor January 25, 2018

For three quarters it looked like the Eastern women’s basketball team had a real bid to end Belmont’s 33-game conference winning streak. But when the fourth quarter came, the Bruins became the Bruins...

Bright future ahead for freshman guard Steele

Tom O'Connor, Basketball Columnist January 18, 2018

Eastern women’s basketball coach Matt Bollant has planted the seeds for freshmen Taylor Steele to reach her potential as a guard for the Panthers After a game in which the Panthers lost to Tennessee-Martin...

Freshmen Karle Pace dribbles the ball upcourt in Eastern’s 72-44 loss against Tennessee-Martin at Lantz Arena Thursday. Pace scored five points in the game.

Panthers collapse in 2nd half, lose 72-44

JJ Bullock, Assistant Sports Editor January 18, 2018

Eastern head coach Matt Bollant was not shy in saying he needed more production from his team’s veteran players in what was one of Eastern’s worse losses of the season Thursday at Lantz Arena. All...

Sophomore Danielle Berry cuts to the basket in the Panthers’ 86-58 loss to Belmont Saturday in Lantz Arena. Berry has started every game for Eastern this season and averages 7.5 points and 4.5 rebounds per game.

Young guards leading way for Eastern

JJ Bullock, Assistant Sports Editor January 16, 2018

It would have been easy to write off the rest of the Eastern women’s basketball season when senior point guard Grace Lennox went down for the season, playing her last game Dec. 8 in a loss to Fort Wayne....

Outside defense key for Eastern

Tom O'Connor, Basketball Reporter January 11, 2018

The game of basketball has evolved more in the past five years than perhaps any other era in the sport’s history. Not only has three-point efficiency trended upward in recent years, but so too have...

1st place Belmont traveling to Eastern

JJ Bullock, Assistant Sports Editor January 11, 2018

Prior to the season beginning, no coach in the OVC was shy in saying that Belmont’s women’s basketball team was the team to beat and 18 games into the season, Belmont has lived up to that expectation. The...

Freshman Grace McRae drives to the basket through two Indiana State defenders in the Panthers’ 77-70 win over Indiana State Nov.3 in Lantz Arena. McRae finished with 5 points.

Underclassmen need to step up for women’s basketball

Kaitlin Cordes, Women's Basketball Reporter January 9, 2018

The Eastern women’s basketball team is without senior guard Grace Lennox and junior guard Carmen Tellez because of injury. Without the team’s leading scorer and one of the squad’s biggest rebounders,...

Eastern freshman Grace McRae tries for a layup underneath the basket at Lantz Arena against Bradley on Dec. 5. She had five points and five rebounds in the loss for the Panthers.

Slow start sinks Panthers against Eastern Kentucky

JJ Bullock, Assistant Sports Editor January 7, 2018

A meager four-point first quarter was too much for the Eastern women’s basketball to overcome as the Panthers were handed their 12th straight loss Saturday against Eastern Kentucky. Eastern Kentucky...

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