Eastern Illinois Panthers at Western Illinois Leathernecks
· NCAA Men's Basketball
74 - 67
Eastern Illinois roars back to beat Western Illinois, 76-65
Eastern Illinois now has won back-to-back games after a three-game losing streak.
Keshon Montague hit a 3-pointer in the final minute of the first half to send the Leathernecks into intermission with a 38-29 advantage and Ben Pyle pushed it to 41-29 in the opening seconds of the second half with another 3. Kobe Webster hit back-to-back 3s and Isaac Johnson hit a jumper to make it 49-33 with 16:43 left.
Wallace hit a jumper with just under 15 minutes left to start a 21-0 run that put the Panthers in the lead 52-49 on a Ben Harvey 3. Pyle answered with a 3 to end an 11 minute Western Illinois scoring drought, but the Panthers ran off another 10 straight points for a 62-52 lead.
Mack Smith added 14 points for Eastern Illinois (5-5). Ben Harvey added 12 points and six rebounds off the bench.
Webster led Western Illinois (4-6) with 17 points. Pyle contributed 16.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 76 - 65 |
| 2nd 0:05 | C.J. Duff made Layup. | 74 - 67 |
| 2nd 0:10 | Josiah Wallace made Free Throw. | 74 - 65 |
| 2nd 0:10 | Josiah Wallace made Free Throw. | 73 - 65 |
| 2nd 0:10 | Foul on Ben Pyle. | 72 - 65 |
Statistics
 EIU |
 WIU |
|
|---|---|---|
| 28-63 | FG | 24-59 |
| 44 | Field Goal % | 41 |
| 8-23 | 3PT | 13-27 |
| 35 | Three Point % | 48 |
| 10-15 | FT | 6-9 |
| 67 | Free Throw % | 67 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 12 | Offensive Rebounds | 9 |
| 28 | Defensive Rebounds | 27 |
| 12 | Assists | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 1 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 13 | Total Turnovers | 17 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 20 | Points Off Turnovers | 7 |
| 0 | Fast Break Points | 0 |
| 28 | Points in Paint | 18 |
| 14 | Fouls | 17 |
| 12 | Largest Lead | 16 |
Game Information
Location: Macomb, IL
Attendance: 522 | 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 |