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Eastern Illinois Panthers at Eastern Kentucky Colonels

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Eastern Illinois Panthers
11-6, 4-4 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
72 - 65
Eastern Kentucky Colonels
10-6, 4-3 Home

E. Illinois holds off E. Kentucky 72-65

Cornell Johnston and LeTrell Viser added 10 points apiece for Eastern Illinois (11-6, 5-0 Ohio Valley), which shot 54 percent from the floor and 11 of 19 from long range to tie the program's Division I record with eight straight wins.

Leading 41-29 at the break, Eastern Illinois had to fend off an Eastern Kentucky (10-6, 2-1) surge in the second half.

The Colonels out-scored Eastern Illinois 36-31 after the break, narrowing the gap to 63-61 on a pair of free throws from Timmy Knipp with 2:02 to go. A 3-pointer from Viser at the other end extended Eastern Illinois' lead back to five and the Panthers padded it at the free throw line down the stretch.

Corey Walden led Eastern Kentucky with 29 points.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:07 Corey Walden made Jumper. 72 - 65
2nd 0:10 Cornell Johnston made Free Throw. 72 - 63
2nd 0:10 Cornell Johnston made Free Throw. 71 - 63
2nd 0:10 Foul on Tommy Matthews. 70 - 63
2nd 0:17 Eastern Illinois Defensive Rebound. 70 - 63

Statistics

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23-43 FG 20-53
53 Field Goal % 38
11-19 3PT 7-25
58 Three Point % 28
15-24 FT 18-23
63 Free Throw % 78
32 Rebounds 26
5 Offensive Rebounds 7
27 Defensive Rebounds 19
15 Assists 9
3 Steals 8
6 Blocks 3
18 Turnovers 11
1 Team Turnovers 0
18 Total Turnovers 11
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
14 Points Off Turnovers 14
5 Fast Break Points 6
22 Points in Paint 26
16 Fouls 20

Game Information

Venue: Baptist Health Arena

Location: Richmond, KY
Attendance: 2,400 | Capacity:

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Lindenwood 11-9 4 18-15
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