SIU Edwardsville Cougars vs. Eastern Illinois Panthers

Dec 18, 2025

FINAL / OT

Box Score

	1	2	OT	T
SIUE	33	30	9	72
EIU	33	30	13	76

Game Recap

Fruster scores 23, Eastern Illinois defeats SIU-Edwardsville 76-72 in OT. Zion Fruster had 23 points in Eastern Illinois' 76-72 overtime victory against SIU-Edwardsville on Thursday.

Player Stats

SIU EDWARDSVILLE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
33Jo Valrie	27	2-5	1-3	1-2	5	1	0	0	0	3	6
34Arnas Sakenis	24	4-8	0-0	2-2	4	0	0	5	1	1	10
0Ring Malith	39	5-12	5-8	8-8	5	2	1	0	3	3	23
1Jordan Pickett	25	1-6	0-3	0-0	3	3	3	0	2	1	2
5Jack Campion	37	0-5	0-0	1-2	2	10	0	0	3	4	1
4Darrion Baker	14	2-4	2-4	0-0	2	0	0	0	3	2	6
24Kyle Thomas	20	3-7	0-0	1-2	3	0	0	0	0	0	7
7Darius Robinson Jr.	6	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2CJ Hall	8	2-3	0-1	0-0	1	1	1	0	1	1	4
8Harrison Alexander	25	5-7	3-4	0-0	2	0	2	0	1	1	13
TOTAL	-	24-5841.4%	11-2445.8%	13-1681.3%	28	17	7	5	14	16	72

EASTERN ILLINOIS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
24Terry McMorris	36	2-6	0-1	3-4	6	1	3	1	3	1	7
13Nazareth Fisher	10	2-2	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	0	3	3	4
40Kooper Jacobi	43	4-14	0-4	0-0	10	4	1	1	0	2	8
3Meechie White	36	6-6	4-4	5-6	6	2	2	0	3	3	21
4Andre Washington	34	3-9	0-4	4-5	3	2	1	0	1	0	10
15Andrew Austin	13	1-3	1-3	0-0	2	1	1	0	1	1	3
7Prince Johnson	5	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
10Preston Turner	12	0-1	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0
5Zion Fruster	36	10-15	2-3	1-2	6	1	3	0	2	0	23

TOTAL	-	28-5749.1%	7-2035.0%	13-1776.5%	37	13	11	2	14	13	76

Play-by-Play

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1st halfSIUEEIU

(20:00) Start game.
(19:58) Jump Ball won by Eastern Illinois.
(19:58) Jump Ball lost by SIU Edwardsville.
(19:56) Foul on Ring Malith.
+1 (19:56) Terry McMorris makes free throw 1 of 2.
01
+1 (19:56) Terry McMorris makes free throw 2 of 2.
02
(19:36) Arnas Sakenis misses layup.
(19:31) Arnas Sakenis Offensive Rebound.
+2 (19:31) Arnas Sakenis makes 0-foot tip in layup.
22
(19:17) Terry McMorris bad pass turnover.
(19:06) Jordan Pickett misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(19:02) Andre Washington Defensive Rebound.
(18:41) Kooper Jacobi misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(18:38) Kooper Jacobi Offensive Rebound.
+2 (18:37) Kooper Jacobi makes layup.
24
(18:17) Ring Malith bad pass turnover.
(18:17) Meechie White Steal.
+3 (18:09) Meechie White makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nazareth Fisher assists).
27
(17:41) Ring Malith misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(17:37) Meechie White Defensive Rebound.
(17:13) Nazareth Fisher bad pass turnover.
(17:13) Jordan Pickett Steal.
(17:01) Foul on Nazareth Fisher.
+1 (17:01) Jo Valrie makes free throw 1 of 2.
37
(17:01) Jo Valrie misses free throw 2 of 2.
(17:00) Terry McMorris Defensive Rebound.
(16:53) Foul on Jordan Pickett.
+3 (16:32) Meechie White makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kooper Jacobi assists).
310
(16:04) Jordan Pickett misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(16:00) Kooper Jacobi Defensive Rebound.
(15:33) Kooper Jacobi misses 7-foot jumper.
(15:33) Arnas Sakenis Block.
(15:28) Jo Valrie Defensive Rebound.
(15:16) Arnas Sakenis bad pass turnover.
(15:16) Meechie White Steal.
(15:10) Foul on Jo Valrie.
+1 (15:10) Andre Washington makes free throw 1 of 2.
311
+1 (15:10) Andre Washington makes free throw 2 of 2.
312
(14:50) Foul on Prince Johnson.
+1 (14:50) Ring Malith makes free throw 1 of 2.
412
+1 (14:50) Ring Malith makes free throw 2 of 2.
512
(14:33) Andre Washington misses layup.
(14:30) Prince Johnson Offensive Rebound.
(14:28) Prince Johnson misses 6-foot jumper.
(14:25) Darrion Baker Defensive Rebound.
(14:04) Foul on Darrion Baker.
(14:04) Darrion Baker turnover.
(14:00) Kooper Jacobi misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(13:59) Jo Valrie Defensive Rebound.
(13:59) Foul on Prince Johnson.
(13:43) Kyle Thomas misses dunk.
(13:40) Kooper Jacobi Defensive Rebound.
(13:14) Andre Washington misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(13:11) SIU Edwardsville Defensive Rebound.
+2 (13:00) Kyle Thomas makes 5-foot dunk (Jack Campion assists).
712
+2 (12:44) Zion Fruster makes 16-foot jumper.
714
(12:35) Darius Robinson Jr. misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(12:31) Zion Fruster Defensive Rebound.
(12:31) Foul on Jo Valrie.
(12:02) team shot clock turnover .
(11:44) Darrion Baker misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(11:41) Kooper Jacobi Defensive Rebound.
+2 (11:38) Zion Fruster makes layup (Kooper Jacobi assists).
716
(11:20) Foul on Andrew Austin.
+1 (11:20) Kyle Thomas makes free throw 1 of 2.
816
(11:20) Kyle Thomas misses free throw 2 of 2.
(11:19) Preston Turner Defensive Rebound.
(10:51) Andrew Austin misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(10:47) Darius Robinson Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+3 (10:37) Darrion Baker makes 23-foot three point jumper (CJ Hall assists).
1116
(10:21) Andrew Austin bad pass turnover.
(10:21) CJ Hall Steal.
(10:15) Kyle Thomas misses layup.
(10:13) Kooper Jacobi Defensive Rebound.
+3 (9:56) Zion Fruster makes 25-foot three point jumper (Andre Washington assists).
1119
(9:35) Darrion Baker traveling turnover.
(9:06) Preston Turner misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(9:04) Eastern Illinois Offensive Rebound.
(9:04) Foul on Arnas Sakenis.
+2 (8:53) Zion Fruster makes layup.
1121
+3 (8:34) Harrison Alexander makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jack Campion assists).
1421
(8:22) Foul on Nazareth Fisher.
(8:22) Nazareth Fisher turnover.
(8:10) Jack Campion misses layup.
(8:08) Arnas Sakenis Offensive Rebound.
(8:08) Arnas Sakenis misses tip in layup.
(8:08) Eastern Illinois Defensive Rebound.
(7:34) Terry McMorris misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(7:30) Jordan Pickett Defensive Rebound.
+3 (7:04) Harrison Alexander makes 28-foot three point jumper (Jordan Pickett assists).
1721
(6:48) Kooper Jacobi misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(6:45) Harrison Alexander Defensive Rebound.
+2 (6:31) Arnas Sakenis makes layup (Ring Malith assists).
1921
(6:12) Zion Fruster misses layup.
(6:10) Jordan Pickett Defensive Rebound.
+3 (5:55) Ring Malith makes 22-foot three point jumper (Jack Campion assists).
2221
(5:29) Zion Fruster bad pass turnover.
(5:29) Jordan Pickett Steal.
+2 (5:26) Harrison Alexander makes 2-foot dunk (Jordan Pickett assists).
2421
(5:01) Terry McMorris misses layup.
(5:01) Arnas Sakenis Block.
(5:01) SIU Edwardsville Defensive Rebound.
(4:49) Jordan Pickett bad pass turnover.
(4:49) Terry McMorris Steal.
(4:46) Foul on Jack Campion.
+1 (4:46) Meechie White makes free throw 1 of 2.
2422
+1 (4:46) Meechie White makes free throw 2 of 2.
2423
+3 (4:32) Darrion Baker makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jack Campion assists).
2723
+3 (4:03) Meechie White makes 24-foot three point jumper (Andrew Austin assists).
2726
+2 (3:51) Kyle Thomas makes layup (Jack Campion assists).
2926
+2 (3:24) Zion Fruster makes 5-foot dunk (Andre Washington assists).
2928
(2:57) Jordan Pickett bad pass turnover.
(2:57) Andrew Austin Steal.
(2:50) Andrew Austin misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(2:46) Ring Malith Defensive Rebound.
(2:26) Foul on Meechie White.
+2 (2:10) Kyle Thomas makes 2-foot dunk (Jordan Pickett assists).
3128
(1:36) Andre Washington misses 29-foot three point jumper.
(1:31) Darrion Baker Defensive Rebound.
(1:28) Darrion Baker bad pass turnover.
(1:28) Andre Washington Steal.
+2 (1:19) Andre Washington makes layup.
3130
(1:19) Foul on Darrion Baker.
(1:18) Andre Washington misses free throw 1 of 1.
(1:16) Kooper Jacobi Offensive Rebound.
(1:12) Meechie White out of bounds bad pass turnover.
+2 (0:52) CJ Hall makes 16-foot jumper.
3330
+3 (0:29) Zion Fruster makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kooper Jacobi assists).
3333
(0:01) Ring Malith misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(0:00) Kyle Thomas Offensive Rebound.

2nd half

Overtime

Team Stats

SIUE

EIU

72Points76

24-58(41.4%)Field Goal(%)28-57(49.1%)

11-24(45.8%)3-Point(%)7-20(35.0%)

13-16(81.3%)Free Throw(%)13-17(76.5%)

30(8)Rebounds(Offensive)39(10)

17Assists13

7Steals11

5Blocks2

14Turnovers16

16(0)Fouls(Technical)13(0)

10Largest Lead10

Game Details

Thursday, December 18, 2025 · 6:30 PM

Lantz Arena · Charleston, IL

attendance: 869 (16.1%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: SIUE -6.5

over/under: 134.5