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Eastern Kentucky Colonels at Eastern Illinois Panthers

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Eastern Kentucky Colonels
10-12, 2-8 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
66 - 67
Eastern Illinois Panthers
13-9, 7-2 Home

Wallace's late FTs gives Eastern Illinois 67-66 win over EKU

Eastern Illinois (13-9, 6-3 Ohio Valley Conference) was up 39-30 at the break and led for most of the second period until Nick Mayo scored under the basket and followed with three free throws to give Eastern Kentucky a 65-62 advantage with 3:40 remaining in the game. Eastern Illinois' Mack Smith hit a jumper and Wallace split a pair of free throws to trail by one before Wallace was fouled with 17 seconds remaining and made both free throws.

The Colonels had a chance for the win but Mayo and Kelvin Robinson both missed jump shots in the final seconds.

Smith finished with 17 points, Wallace totaled 14 and Cam Burrell had 10 points to go with 10 rebounds. Ben Harvey chipped in 11 points for the Panthers, who have won three of their last four games.

Dujuanta Weaver had 18 points and Mayo scored 15 while grabbing 10 rebounds for Eastern Kentucky (10-12, 3-6).

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 66 - 67
2nd 0:00 Eastern Illinois Defensive Rebound. 66 - 67
2nd 0:00 Kelvin Robinson missed Jumper. 66 - 67
2nd 0:02 Eastern Kentucky Timeout 66 - 67
2nd 0:03 Eastern Illinois Timeout 66 - 67

Statistics

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23-72 FG 20-56
32 Field Goal % 36
9-23 3PT 7-21
39 Three Point % 33
11-19 FT 20-29
58 Free Throw % 69
44 Rebounds 51
14 Offensive Rebounds 12
30 Defensive Rebounds 39
10 Assists 11
7 Steals 4
4 Blocks 9
11 Turnovers 18
0 Team Turnovers 1
11 Total Turnovers 18
1 Technical Fouls 2
1 Total Technical Fouls 2
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
17 Points Off Turnovers 13
8 Fast Break Points 5
20 Points in Paint 18
27 Fouls 20
6 Largest Lead 11

Game Information

Venue: Groniger Arena

Location: Charleston, IL
Attendance: 1,451 | Capacity:

2025-26 United Athletic Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Utah Valley 14-4 - 25-9
California Baptist 13-5 1 25-9
Utah Tech 11-7 3 19-15
UT Arlington 9-9 5 18-14
Southern Utah 6-12 7 10-22
Tarleton State 5-13 9 14-18
Abilene Christian 5-13 9 14-19

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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