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Western Illinois Leathernecks at Eastern Illinois Panthers

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Western Illinois Leathernecks
4-0, 2-0 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
83 - 63
Eastern Illinois Panthers
0-3, 0-1 Home

Western Illinois tops Eastern Illinois 83-63

Fuller and Covington combined to make 17 of 29 field-goal attempts for Western Illinois (4-0), with both shooting 4 of 6 from beyond the arc. Covington added seven rebounds and three assists.

Trailing 40-38 with 18:34 left, Fuller turned a steal into a made jumper to tie it at 40. Then Covington stole and assisted on Fuller's dunk before Covington made a 3-pointer assisted by Fuller to give the Leathernecks a five-point lead.

Casey Teson made four 3-pointers for Eastern Illinois (0-3), scoring 12 points. Cornell Johnston had 11 points, five rebounds and four assists.

Western Illinois shot 55 percent from the field and 56 percent from deep.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 83 - 63
2nd 0:02 Jabari Sandifer made Jumper. 83 - 63
2nd 0:33 Tate Stensgaard Defensive Rebound. 81 - 63
2nd 0:33 Patrick Muldoon missed Jumper. 81 - 63
2nd 0:40 Cornell Johnston Defensive Rebound. 81 - 63

Statistics

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28-51 FG 20-56
55 Field Goal % 36
9-16 3PT 9-21
56 Three Point % 43
18-23 FT 14-22
78 Free Throw % 64
36 Rebounds 30
6 Offensive Rebounds 11
30 Defensive Rebounds 19
16 Assists 14
7 Steals 4
2 Blocks 1
12 Turnovers 10
0 Team Turnovers 0
12 Total Turnovers 10
0 Technical Fouls 1
0 Total Technical Fouls 1
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
16 Points Off Turnovers 10
2 Fast Break Points 2
26 Points in Paint 20
22 Fouls 22
20 Largest Lead 6

Game Information

Venue: Groniger Arena

Location: Charleston, IL
Attendance: 869 | Capacity:

2025-26 Ohio Valley Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Tennessee State 15-5 - 23-10
Morehead State 15-5 - 20-13
Southeast Missouri State 14-6 1 20-13
UT Martin 13-7 2 22-11
SIU Edwardsville 12-8 3 19-13
Lindenwood 11-9 4 18-15
Little Rock 9-11 6 12-20
Tennessee Tech 8-12 6 13-18
Eastern Illinois 8-12 7 13-20
Southern Indiana 4-16 11 7-23
Western Illinois 1-19 14 5-26
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