Four Eastern Illinois men’s basketball players have entered the transfer portal this week, bringing the total number of transfers to nine within the last two seasons.
Last season, guards Henry Abraham,...
Kate Stevens, Assistant Sports Editor
• March 3, 2023
EVANSVILLE, IND. – After a back-and-forth game with Tennessee Tech, EIU lost 66-61 in the semifinal game at the OVC Tournament in Evansville, Ind.
The game started out with a 11-2 run by Tennessee...
EVANSVILLE, IND. -- Eastern women’s basketball seniors Lariah Washington and Morgan Litwillers’ fourth straight OVC Tournament appearance ended in a 66-61 loss, sealing the end to their careers as...
First Quarter
EVANSVILLE, IND. -- The Eastern women's basketball team is down 20-14 at the end of the first quarter of the OVC Tournament semifinal game against Tennessee Tech.
There was an 11-2...
Kate Stevens, Assistant Sports Editor
• March 2, 2023
With almost a week of preparation and rest, the women’s basketball team will hit the court at Ford Center in Evansville, Ind., and face the winner of the Thursday quarterfinal between SIUE and Tennessee...
Kate Stevens, Assistant Sports Editor
• February 25, 2023
115 games. 4,600 minutes. 67 wins. Four OVC Tournament appearances. Countless amounts of blood, sweat, and tears.
That is what seniors Morgan Litwiller and Lariah Washington have helped bring to the EIU...
Kate Stevens, Assistant Sports Editor
• February 20, 2023
After starting the conference season with a 13-0 record, the EIU women’s basketball team has lost its last three games.
EIU remains in second place in the OVC with a 13-3 conference record.
The...
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...
Kate Stevens, Assistant Sports Editor
• January 26, 2023
Eastern’s women’s basketball team is on a roll this season.
The Panthers have begun their season 8-0 for the first time since the 2012-2013 season when they began the OVC season 11-0.
As they...
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,...
