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FINAL
Feb 27, 2025

Game Recap

Eastern Illinois defeats Little Rock 71-60. Nakyel Shelton had 25 points in Eastern Illinois' 71-60 win against Little Rock on Thursday night.

Box Score

12T
LR273360
EIU363571
Little Rock Trojans logoLITTLE ROCKMINFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
21Ante Beljan333-50-04-441003210
32Tuongthach Gatkek363-70-02-77231348
12Jordan Jefferson314-80-37-952313515
5Mwani Wilkinson375-133-70-080031113
11Johnathan Lawson394-152-92-333212412
10Caleb Pennyfeather40-00-00-00001000
19Nikola Milosevic10-00-00-00000000
4Creed Williamson10-00-00-00000100
3Isaiah Lewis121-30-00-01110302
13Kristiyan Popov30-10-10-00000010
0Christian Hughes30-00-00-00000110
TOTAL-20-5238.5%5-2025.0%15-2365.2%28997171860
Eastern Illinois Panthers logoEASTERN ILLINOISMINFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
40Kooper Jacobi375-131-31-491101312
23Rodolfo Bolis300-40-00-06310140
3Nakyel Shelton336-114-79-1322414425
9Obadiah Curtis303-50-13-30121329
2Artese Stapleton388-111-26-753403223
24Terry McMorris30-00-02-20000002
17Lazar Grbovic100-40-00-03000110
11Malik Olafioye40-10-00-01000100
1Corey Sawyer Jr.150-20-10-02100030
TOTAL-22-5143.1%6-1442.9%21-2972.4%2811122141971

Play-by-Play

1st halflreiu
  • (20:00) Start game
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (19:59) Jump Ball won by Little Rock
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (19:59) Jump Ball lost by Eastern Illinois
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (19:47) Johnathan Lawson missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (19:44) Rodolfo Bolis Defensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (19:29) Artese Stapleton missed Layup.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (19:27) Johnathan Lawson Defensive Rebound.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (19:16) Tuongthach Gatkek missed Jumper.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (19:12) Ante Beljan Offensive Rebound.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (19:10) Ante Beljan Turnover.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (19:10) Artese Stapleton Steal.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (19:04) Foul on Johnathan Lawson.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (19:04) Kooper Jacobi missed Free Throw.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (19:04) Eastern Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (19:03) Kooper Jacobi missed Free Throw.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (19:00) Ante Beljan Defensive Rebound.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (18:41) Ante Beljan missed Jumper.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (18:41) Nakyel Shelton Block.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (18:40) Eastern Illinois Defensive Rebound.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (18:27) Foul on Jordan Jefferson.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (18:27) Nakyel Shelton missed Free Throw.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (18:27) Eastern Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    +1 (18:27) Nakyel Shelton made Free Throw.
    01
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    +2 (18:01) Mwani Wilkinson made Jumper.
    21
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (17:50) Rodolfo Bolis missed Layup.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (17:47) Jordan Jefferson Defensive Rebound.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (17:25) Ante Beljan Turnover.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (17:25) Obadiah Curtis Steal.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (17:06) Rodolfo Bolis Turnover.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (17:06) Tuongthach Gatkek Steal.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (16:59) Mwani Wilkinson Turnover.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (16:59) Nakyel Shelton Steal.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    +2 (16:54) Artese Stapleton made Layup. Assisted by Nakyel Shelton.
    23
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (16:38) Foul on Obadiah Curtis.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (16:38) Johnathan Lawson missed Free Throw.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (16:38) Little Rock Deadball Team Rebound.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (16:38) Mwani Wilkinson subbing out for Little Rock
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (16:38) Tuongthach Gatkek subbing out for Little Rock
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (16:38) Isaiah Lewis subbing in for Little Rock
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (16:38) Caleb Pennyfeather subbing in for Little Rock
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    +1 (16:38) Johnathan Lawson made Free Throw.
    33
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (16:16) Nakyel Shelton Turnover.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (15:59) Ante Beljan Turnover.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (15:59) Kooper Jacobi Steal.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (15:40) Kooper Jacobi missed Jumper.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (15:37) Johnathan Lawson Defensive Rebound.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (15:29) Jordan Jefferson missed Jumper.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (15:25) Rodolfo Bolis Defensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (15:20) Obadiah Curtis Turnover.
  • (15:20) Official TV Timeout
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (15:20) Obadiah Curtis subbing out for Eastern Illinois
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (15:20) Corey Sawyer Jr. subbing in for Eastern Illinois
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (15:20) Jordan Jefferson subbing out for Little Rock
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (15:20) Ante Beljan subbing out for Little Rock
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (15:20) Kristiyan Popov subbing in for Little Rock
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (15:20) Tuongthach Gatkek subbing in for Little Rock
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (14:56) Isaiah Lewis missed Layup.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (14:53) Kooper Jacobi Defensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (14:49) Nakyel Shelton missed Layup.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (14:49) Caleb Pennyfeather Block.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (14:49) Eastern Illinois Offensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (14:43) Nakyel Shelton missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (14:40) Rodolfo Bolis Offensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    +2 (14:38) Kooper Jacobi made Dunk. Assisted by Rodolfo Bolis.
    35
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (14:11) Tuongthach Gatkek missed Jumper.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (14:09) Isaiah Lewis Offensive Rebound.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (14:04) Little Rock Turnover.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (14:04) Ante Beljan subbing in for Little Rock
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (14:04) Caleb Pennyfeather subbing out for Little Rock
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (14:04) Mwani Wilkinson subbing in for Little Rock
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (14:04) Isaiah Lewis subbing out for Little Rock
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (13:49) Corey Sawyer Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (13:45) Rodolfo Bolis Offensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    +3 (13:38) Nakyel Shelton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Corey Sawyer Jr..
    38
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (13:06) Kristiyan Popov missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (13:03) Artese Stapleton Defensive Rebound.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (12:59) Foul on Kristiyan Popov.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    +1 (12:59) Nakyel Shelton made Free Throw.
    39
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (12:59) Rodolfo Bolis subbing out for Eastern Illinois
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (12:59) Lazar Grbovic subbing in for Eastern Illinois
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (12:59) Kristiyan Popov subbing out for Little Rock
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (12:59) Jordan Jefferson subbing in for Little Rock
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    +1 (12:59) Nakyel Shelton made Free Throw.
    310
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (12:36) Ante Beljan missed Layup.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (12:32) Artese Stapleton Defensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    +2 (12:26) Kooper Jacobi made Jumper.
    312
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    +3 (12:12) Johnathan Lawson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jordan Jefferson.
    612
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    +3 (11:51) Artese Stapleton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nakyel Shelton.
    615
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (11:36) Jordan Jefferson Turnover.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (11:36) Artese Stapleton Steal.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (11:29) Lazar Grbovic Turnover.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (11:29) Tuongthach Gatkek Steal.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (11:22) Johnathan Lawson missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (11:17) Mwani Wilkinson Offensive Rebound.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (11:16) Mwani Wilkinson missed Layup.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (11:12) Lazar Grbovic Defensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (11:04) Nakyel Shelton Turnover.
  • (11:04) Official TV Timeout
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (11:04) Artese Stapleton subbing out for Eastern Illinois
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (11:04) Kooper Jacobi subbing out for Eastern Illinois
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (11:04) Malik Olafioye subbing in for Eastern Illinois
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (11:04) Terry McMorris subbing in for Eastern Illinois
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (11:04) Ante Beljan subbing out for Little Rock
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (11:04) Isaiah Lewis subbing in for Little Rock
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    +2 (10:47) Tuongthach Gatkek made Layup. Assisted by Johnathan Lawson.
    815
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (10:36) Foul on Johnathan Lawson.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    +1 (10:36) Terry McMorris made Free Throw.
    816
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    +1 (10:36) Terry McMorris made Free Throw.
    817
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    +2 (10:15) Jordan Jefferson made Layup.
    1017
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (9:59) Corey Sawyer Jr. missed Jumper.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (9:57) Lazar Grbovic Offensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (9:55) Lazar Grbovic missed Jumper.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (9:55) Tuongthach Gatkek Block.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (9:51) Lazar Grbovic Offensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (9:50) Lazar Grbovic missed Jumper.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (9:50) Johnathan Lawson Block.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (9:50) Tuongthach Gatkek Defensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (9:50) Foul on Lazar Grbovic.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (9:50) Lazar Grbovic subbing out for Eastern Illinois
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (9:50) Rodolfo Bolis subbing in for Eastern Illinois
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (9:35) Isaiah Lewis Turnover.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (9:35) Rodolfo Bolis Steal.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (9:14) Foul on Jordan Jefferson.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (9:14) Nakyel Shelton subbing out for Eastern Illinois
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (9:14) Artese Stapleton subbing in for Eastern Illinois
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (8:57) Artese Stapleton missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (8:52) Rodolfo Bolis Offensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (8:41) Malik Olafioye missed Layup.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (8:41) Mwani Wilkinson Block.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (8:36) Malik Olafioye Offensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (8:36) Malik Olafioye Turnover.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (8:36) Johnathan Lawson Steal.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (8:28) Tuongthach Gatkek Turnover.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (8:28) Terry McMorris subbing out for Eastern Illinois
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (8:28) Kooper Jacobi subbing in for Eastern Illinois
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (8:28) Malik Olafioye subbing out for Eastern Illinois
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (8:28) Obadiah Curtis subbing in for Eastern Illinois
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (8:04) Obadiah Curtis Turnover.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (8:04) Jordan Jefferson Steal.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (7:48) Tuongthach Gatkek missed Layup.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (7:48) Kooper Jacobi Defensive Rebound.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (7:48) Foul on Jordan Jefferson.
  • (7:46) Official TV Timeout
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (7:46) Jordan Jefferson subbing out for Little Rock
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (7:46) Christian Hughes subbing in for Little Rock
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    +2 (7:39) Artese Stapleton made Layup.
    1019
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (7:22) Mwani Wilkinson missed Jumper.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (7:19) Artese Stapleton Defensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    +2 (7:15) Artese Stapleton made Layup.
    1021
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (6:48) Johnathan Lawson missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (6:46) Little Rock Offensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (6:46) Foul on Rodolfo Bolis.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (6:46) Corey Sawyer Jr. subbing out for Eastern Illinois
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (6:46) Nakyel Shelton subbing in for Eastern Illinois
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (6:41) Isaiah Lewis Turnover.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (6:41) Nakyel Shelton Steal.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    +2 (6:37) Nakyel Shelton made Layup.
    1023
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (6:34) Little Rock Timeout
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (6:34) Christian Hughes subbing out for Little Rock
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (6:34) Isaiah Lewis subbing out for Little Rock
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (6:34) Jordan Jefferson subbing in for Little Rock
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (6:34) Ante Beljan subbing in for Little Rock
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (6:13) Jordan Jefferson missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (6:09) Tuongthach Gatkek Offensive Rebound.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (6:07) Johnathan Lawson missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (6:06) Eastern Illinois Defensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (5:46) Kooper Jacobi missed Jumper.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (5:39) Kooper Jacobi Offensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    +2 (5:39) Kooper Jacobi made Two Point Tip Shot.
    1025
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    +3 (5:26) Mwani Wilkinson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ante Beljan.
    1325
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (5:05) Rodolfo Bolis missed Layup.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (5:05) Mwani Wilkinson Block.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (5:02) Jordan Jefferson Defensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (5:01) Foul on Artese Stapleton.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    +3 (4:44) Mwani Wilkinson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Johnathan Lawson.
    1625
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (4:27) Artese Stapleton Turnover.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (4:27) Jordan Jefferson Steal.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (4:22) Foul on Nakyel Shelton.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (4:22) Jordan Jefferson missed Free Throw.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (4:22) Little Rock Deadball Team Rebound.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    +1 (4:22) Jordan Jefferson made Free Throw.
    1725
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    +3 (4:12) Nakyel Shelton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Artese Stapleton.
    1728
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    +2 (3:47) Johnathan Lawson made Jumper.
    1928
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (3:35) Foul on Mwani Wilkinson.
  • (3:35) Official TV Timeout
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (3:35) Kooper Jacobi missed Free Throw.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (3:35) Eastern Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    +1 (3:35) Kooper Jacobi made Free Throw.
    1929
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    +2 (3:11) Mwani Wilkinson made Jumper. Assisted by Tuongthach Gatkek.
    2129
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (2:55) Obadiah Curtis missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (2:52) Jordan Jefferson Defensive Rebound.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    +2 (2:31) Ante Beljan made Layup. Assisted by Johnathan Lawson.
    2329
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (2:11) Nakyel Shelton missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (2:07) Mwani Wilkinson Defensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (1:55) Foul on Rodolfo Bolis.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (1:55) Rodolfo Bolis subbing out for Eastern Illinois
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (1:55) Lazar Grbovic subbing in for Eastern Illinois
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (1:55) Obadiah Curtis subbing out for Eastern Illinois
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (1:55) Corey Sawyer Jr. subbing in for Eastern Illinois
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (1:40) Mwani Wilkinson missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (1:40) Nakyel Shelton Defensive Rebound.
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (1:40) Foul on Ante Beljan.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    +1 (1:40) Nakyel Shelton made Free Throw.
    2330
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    +1 (1:40) Nakyel Shelton made Free Throw.
    2331
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    +2 (1:16) Tuongthach Gatkek made Layup.
    2531
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (1:16) Foul on Corey Sawyer Jr..
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    (1:16) Tuongthach Gatkek missed Free Throw.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    (1:14) Corey Sawyer Jr. Defensive Rebound.
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    +3 (0:58) Nakyel Shelton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Artese Stapleton.
    2534
  • Little Rock Trojans logo
    +2 (0:21) Jordan Jefferson made Layup.
    2734
  • Eastern Illinois Panthers logo
    +2 (0:02) Artese Stapleton made Layup.
    2736
  • (0:00) End of 1st half
2nd half

Team Stats

60Points71
20-52(38.5%)Field Goal(%)22-51(43.1%)
5-20(25%)3-Point(%)6-14(42.9%)
15-23(65.2%)Free Throw(%)21-29(72.4%)
30(14)Rebounds(Offensive)35(15)
9Assists11
9Steals12
7Blocks2
19Turnovers16
18(0)Fouls(Technical)19(0)
1Largest Lead15

Game Details

Thursday, February 27, 2025 · 7:30 PM
Lantz Arena · Charleston, IL
attendance: 1,367 (25.3%)
tv: ESPN+
spread: LR -5.5
over/under: 128.5