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FINAL
Jan 30, 2025

Game Recap

Eastern Illinois earns 71-59 win against Western Illinois. Artese Stapleton scored 16 points as Eastern Illinois beat Western Illinois 71-59 on Thursday night.

Box Score

12T
EIU323971
WIU194059
Eastern Illinois Panthers logoEASTERN ILLINOISMINFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
40Kooper Jacobi385-101-23-6112002314
23Rodolfo Bolis121-30-00-01010032
3Nakyel Shelton354-141-66-670100315
1Corey Sawyer Jr.284-72-32-421000012
2Artese Stapleton287-81-11-263001216
24Terry McMorris20-00-00-00100000
17Lazar Grbovic160-30-00-02020120
5Zion Fruster191-80-10-02320102
9Obadiah Curtis225-70-10-043000110
TOTAL27-6045.0%5-1435.7%12-1866.7%35136051471
Western Illinois Leathernecks logoWESTERN ILLINOISMINFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
5Trey Deveaux356-100-22-592003314
14Massal Diouf255-80-04-620030214
55Sean Smith393-101-20-04110127
0Julius Rollins302-71-51-14201016
2Ryan Myers355-101-53-352004314
24Tay Knox30-00-00-00010000
20Rodrick Payne30-00-00-00000000
1Kayden Carter30-00-00-00001100
3Marko Maletic271-50-12-23010334
TOTAL22-5044.0%3-1520.0%12-1770.6%27735121459

Play-by-Play

1st halfeiuwiu
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    +2 (19:42) Massal Diouf made Layup.
    02
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (19:09) Rodolfo Bolis missed Jumper.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (19:09) Massal Diouf Block.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (19:04) Julius Rollins Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    +2 (18:56) Massal Diouf made Layup.
    04
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (18:35) Nakyel Shelton missed Jumper.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (18:31) Julius Rollins Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (18:11) Sean Smith missed Jumper.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (18:08) Eastern Illinois Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (18:02) Foul on Massal Diouf.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    +1 (18:01) Kooper Jacobi made Free Throw.
    14
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    +1 (18:01) Kooper Jacobi made Free Throw.
    24
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (17:41) Ryan Myers missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (17:36) Artese Stapleton Defensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (17:26) Nakyel Shelton missed Jumper.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (17:21) Artese Stapleton Offensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    +2 (17:21) Artese Stapleton made Jumper.
    44
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (17:06) Julius Rollins missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (17:02) Nakyel Shelton Defensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (16:41) Lazar Grbovic missed Jumper.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (16:38) Sean Smith Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (16:29) Trey Deveaux Turnover.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (16:29) Lazar Grbovic Steal.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (16:20) Artese Stapleton missed Jumper.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (16:17) Massal Diouf Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (15:59) Ryan Myers Turnover.
  • (15:59) Official TV Timeout
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (15:28) Eastern Illinois Turnover.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (15:16) Sean Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (15:12) Nakyel Shelton Defensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (14:50) Corey Sawyer Jr. missed Layup.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (14:50) Kayden Carter Block.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (14:46) Julius Rollins Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (14:28) Marko Maletic missed Jumper.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (14:24) Kooper Jacobi Defensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (14:21) Kooper Jacobi missed Layup.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (14:18) Sean Smith Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (14:15) Marko Maletic Turnover.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (13:58) Zion Fruster missed Jumper.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (13:54) Trey Deveaux Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (13:36) Ryan Myers Turnover.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (13:36) Rodolfo Bolis Steal.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (13:32) Foul on Trey Deveaux.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    +1 (13:32) Nakyel Shelton made Free Throw.
    54
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    +1 (13:32) Nakyel Shelton made Free Throw.
    64
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (13:19) Kayden Carter Turnover.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (13:09) Foul on Ryan Myers.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (12:51) Rodolfo Bolis missed Jumper.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (12:48) Eastern Illinois Offensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (12:48) Eastern Illinois Turnover.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (12:31) Marko Maletic Turnover.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    +2 (12:09) Obadiah Curtis made Layup. Assisted by Terry McMorris.
    84
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    +2 (11:40) Massal Diouf made Jumper.
    86
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    +2 (11:24) Obadiah Curtis made Jumper. Assisted by Zion Fruster.
    106
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (11:10) Foul on Artese Stapleton.
  • (11:10) Official TV Timeout
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (10:51) Trey Deveaux missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (10:46) Artese Stapleton Defensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (10:38) Zion Fruster missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (10:35) Julius Rollins Defensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (10:26) Foul on Rodolfo Bolis.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (10:16) Massal Diouf missed Layup.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (10:13) Kooper Jacobi Defensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (9:53) Zion Fruster Turnover.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (9:38) Sean Smith missed Jumper.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (9:34) Kooper Jacobi Defensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (9:29) Nakyel Shelton missed Jumper.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (9:24) Trey Deveaux Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (9:12) Trey Deveaux Turnover.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    +3 (9:05) Corey Sawyer Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Obadiah Curtis.
    136
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    +3 (8:37) Julius Rollins made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Trey Deveaux.
    139
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    +2 (8:13) Obadiah Curtis made Layup. Assisted by Corey Sawyer Jr..
    159
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    +2 (7:48) Sean Smith made Layup.
    1511
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    +2 (7:22) Corey Sawyer Jr. made Jumper.
    1711
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (6:51) Sean Smith missed Jumper.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (6:47) Obadiah Curtis Defensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    +2 (6:32) Corey Sawyer Jr. made Layup.
    1911
  • (6:32) Official TV Timeout
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (6:01) Sean Smith missed Jumper.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (5:56) Artese Stapleton Defensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    +2 (5:45) Artese Stapleton made Jumper.
    2111
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    +3 (5:29) Ryan Myers made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Julius Rollins.
    2114
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (5:09) Kooper Jacobi Turnover.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (5:09) Tay Knox Steal.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (5:05) Ryan Myers Turnover.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    +2 (4:52) Artese Stapleton made Layup.
    2314
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (4:26) Trey Deveaux missed Layup.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (4:24) Kooper Jacobi Defensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (3:58) Nakyel Shelton missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (3:53) Ryan Myers Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (3:44) Marko Maletic missed Jumper.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (3:41) Kooper Jacobi Defensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (3:34) Corey Sawyer Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (3:30) Ryan Myers Defensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (3:21) Foul on Artese Stapleton.
  • (3:21) Official TV Timeout
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    +2 (3:07) Ryan Myers made Jumper.
    2316
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    +2 (2:49) Obadiah Curtis made Layup.
    2516
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    +2 (2:29) Trey Deveaux made Layup.
    2518
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (2:29) Foul on Lazar Grbovic.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    +1 (2:29) Trey Deveaux made Free Throw.
    2519
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (2:14) Zion Fruster missed Jumper.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (2:11) Sean Smith Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (1:47) Massal Diouf missed Layup.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (1:47) Trey Deveaux Offensive Rebound.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (1:47) Trey Deveaux Turnover.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (1:47) Zion Fruster Steal.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    +2 (1:46) Kooper Jacobi made Layup.
    2719
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (1:30) Julius Rollins missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (1:27) Eastern Illinois Defensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    +3 (1:10) Kooper Jacobi made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Zion Fruster.
    3019
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (0:39) Trey Deveaux missed Jumper.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (0:36) Zion Fruster Defensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    +2 (0:33) Zion Fruster made Layup.
    3219
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (0:32) Western Illinois Timeout
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (0:02) Ryan Myers missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Illinois Leathernecks logo
    (0:00) Ryan Myers Offensive Rebound.
  • (0:00) End of 1st half
2nd half

Team Stats

71Points59
27-60(45%)Field Goal(%)22-50(44%)
5-14(35.7%)3-Point(%)3-15(20%)
12-18(66.7%)Free Throw(%)12-17(70.6%)
40(12)Rebounds(Offensive)28(5)
13Assists7
6Steals3
0Blocks5
7Turnovers12
14(0)Fouls(Technical)14(0)
14Largest Lead4

Game Details

Thursday, January 30, 2025 · 8:30 PM
LeRoy A. Ufkes Court at Western Hall · Macomb, IL
attendance: 579 (11.3%)
tv: ESPN+
spread: WIU -1.5
over/under: 127.5