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 and can change the course of an entire season and career. The definition of an Ironhorse and gym rat, ...
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, the underclassmen need to step up to salvage what’s left of the season. The Panthers were ha...
Women’s basketball a force at home
Kaitlin Cordes, Women's Basketball Reporter
November 29, 2017
With two exhibition wins followed by five losses and just one win, it would be easy to assume the Eastern women’s basketball team will make a repeat of past seasons. However, this may not be the case. The Panthers’ first regular season win came over Evansville 79-52. Senior guard Grace Lennox once ag...
Women’s basketball team loses 93-64
JJ Bullock, Assistant Sports Editor
November 12, 2017
There were no surprises from Northern Illinois Friday night at Lantz Arena. The Huskies, who ranked fifth in the country in points per game last season, had four players score in double figures and shot 53 percent from the field as a team in a 93-64 offensive route over the Eastern women’s basketba...
Panthers ready for improved season
JJ Bullock, Assistant Sports Editor
October 31, 2017
Things are different this season around the Eastern women’s basketball team. Expectations are higher thanks to the addition of head coach Matt Bollant, the team finally having a league recognized game-changer in senior point guard Grace Lennox. And for the first time in a while, opposing teams vie...
Rebounding key in overtime win
JJ Bullock, Women's Basketball Reporter
January 18, 2017
The Eastern Illinois women’s basketball team knew that execution in the paint and on the glass would be a crucial factor in deciding their matchup with one of the conference’s poorest rebounding teams, UT-Martin, Wednesday night at Lantz arena. The theory proved to be true, as Eastern scored 26 ...
Poor shooting sinks women’s basketball
Mark Shanahan, Assistant Sports Editor
December 7, 2016
Cleveland State may have came into Lantz Arena Wednesday afternoon able to get almost whatever they wanted in the paint against the Eastern women’s basketball team, but poor shooting is what really downed the Panthers. This was the worst shooting percentage for the Panthers this season. The Vikings ...
Column: Losing streak must end now for women’s basketball team
Mark Shanahan, Assistant Sports Editor
December 5, 2016
With four more games until conference play, three of those being on the road, the Eastern women’s basketball team must end the three game skid they are on Wednesday at home against Cleveland State. The Panthers lost two tough road games against Illinois State and Valparaiso. Those two games went...
Women’s basketball begins road trip at Illinois State
Mark Shanahan, Assistant Sports Editor
November 30, 2016
The Eastern women’s basketball team is back on the road for two games starting with the Illinois State Redbirds tonight. The Redbirds (2-3) have reached above .500 for the first time since the 2012-13 season following a home opening victory over Valparaiso. Since the victory over Valparaiso, Illi...
Panthers fall to 4-3 on season following 88-61 loss to Indiana State on Monday
Mark Shanahan, Assistant Sports Editor
November 28, 2016
The Indiana State Sycamores came out shooting 6 for 8 from 3-point range in the first quarter and never looked back with an 88-61 over the Eastern women’s basketball team. The Sycamores finished the game shooting 57.9 percent from 3-point range and shot 60.3 percent from the field. Indiana State...
Women’s basketball set to host Wright State
Mark Shanahan, Assistant Sports Editor
November 16, 2016
The Eastern women’s basketball team returns home to take on the Wright State Raiders Thursday night for a battle of 2-0 teams. The Panthers come into the game leading the nation in shooting percentage at 58.4 percent. The women trailed at the half against Evansville Monday night, but they shot...
Women get first road victory in over a year
Mark Shanahan, Assistant Sports Editor
November 14, 2016
The Eastern women’s basketball team won its first road game since the 2014-15 season against Evansville on Monday night. Eastern coach Debbie Black stuck to the same starting lineup as she did on opening night last Friday with sophomore Carmen Tellez, junior Grace Lennox, freshman Allison Van Dyke,...
