Eastern Illinois Panthers at Southeast Missouri State Redhawks
· NCAA Men's Basketball
72 - 70
Wallace carries E. Illinois over SE Missouri 72-70
Marvin Johnson added 11 points for the Panthers (15-14, 8-9 Ohio Valley Conference), who survived a last-second shot after Shareef Smith made 1 of 2 free throws with five seconds left.
Quatarrius Wilson scored 19 points and grabbed eight rebounds for the Redhawks (7-23, 3-14), who have lost three straight. Sage Tolbert added 16 points and 14 rebounds. Skyler Hogan had 14 points.
A Wallace layup with just under three minutes to play had the Panthers up 67-63 but Isaiah Gable knocked down a 3-pointer and Hogan made a layup to put the Redhawks back on top with less than two minutes to go.
Wallace made two free throws with 1:41 to play and after a miss by SEMO, Wallace scored in the paint a minute to go. Both teams came up empty on their next possession before Alex Caldwell scored to cut the deficit to one but he couldn't connect on the final shot after the Smith free throw.
Eastern Illinois defeated Southeast Missouri 61-59 on Jan. 25. Eastern Illinois finishes out the regular season against Southern Illinois-Edwardsville on the road on Saturday. Southeast Missouri finishes out the regular season against UT Martin on the road on Saturday.
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| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 72 - 70 |
| 2nd 0:00 | Eastern Illinois Defensive Rebound. | 72 - 70 |
| 2nd 0:00 | Alex Caldwell missed Jumper. | 72 - 70 |
| 2nd 0:05 | Eastern Illinois Timeout | 72 - 70 |
| 2nd 0:05 | Southeast Missouri State Timeout | 72 - 70 |
Statistics
 EIU |
 SEMO |
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|---|---|---|
| 29-67 | FG | 25-62 |
| 43 | Field Goal % | 40 |
| 5-20 | 3PT | 5-20 |
| 25 | Three Point % | 25 |
| 9-13 | FT | 15-19 |
| 69 | Free Throw % | 79 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 10 | Offensive Rebounds | 12 |
| 26 | Defensive Rebounds | 30 |
| 14 | Assists | 14 |
| 4 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 7 | Total Turnovers | 13 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 19 | Points Off Turnovers | 4 |
| 8 | Fast Break Points | 4 |
| 36 | Points in Paint | 32 |
| 17 | Fouls | 18 |
| 12 | Largest Lead | 5 |
Game Information
Location: Cape Girardeau, MO
Attendance: 1,775 | 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 |