Eastern Illinois Panthers vs. Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles

Jan 22, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	OT	T
EIU	24	26	9	59
USI	27	23	1	51

Game Recap

Eastern Illinois defeats Southern Indiana 59-51 in OT. Zion Fruster had 25 points in Eastern Illinois' 59-51 overtime win over Southern Indiana on Thursday night.

Player Stats

EASTERN ILLINOIS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
13Nazareth Fisher	11	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
40Kooper Jacobi	39	3-10	0-2	0-0	8	0	0	1	1	2	6
3Meechie White	41	3-9	0-1	2-2	10	1	3	0	0	1	8
5Zion Fruster	39	8-18	2-7	7-8	7	2	1	0	1	3	25
4Andre Washington	29	2-8	0-0	1-3	1	0	1	0	1	3	5
15Andrew Austin	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
7Prince Johnson	12	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	2	1	4	0
24Terry McMorris	30	2-4	0-1	4-5	7	0	2	0	4	0	8
10Preston Turner	6	1-2	0-1	2-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
1Markus Blackwell	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11Malik Olafioye	14	1-3	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	0	1	4	3
TOTAL	-	20-5536.4%	2-1216.7%	17-2277.3%	35	3	7	3	11	21	59

SOUTHERN INDIANA	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
3Tolu Samuels	34	2-6	0-0	3-4	11	0	0	0	1	2	7
5Ola Ajiboye	17	3-3	0-0	0-1	6	0	2	0	1	1	6
15Amaree Brown	36	3-14	1-7	10-12	2	0	0	0	2	2	17
2Steven Clay	27	2-6	2-6	0-0	4	1	0	0	1	4	6
21Ismail Habib	39	4-19	1-10	3-4	3	3	0	0	5	2	12
13Devin Curtis	25	0-2	0-0	1-2	9	0	0	4	1	2	1
8Cardell Bailey	14	0-2	0-1	1-2	2	0	0	0	2	0	1
22Josiah Dunham	19	0-4	0-4	0-0	1	0	0	0	2	3	0
11Sheridan Sharp	14	0-1	0-0	1-2	1	0	1	0	2	1	1


TOTAL	-	14-5724.6%	4-2814.3%	19-2770.4%	39	4	3	4	17	17	51

Play-by-Play

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1st halfEIUUSI

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Southern Indiana.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Eastern Illinois.
(19:36) Amaree Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(19:30) Meechie White Defensive Rebound.
(19:06) Kooper Jacobi misses 16-foot jumper.
(19:03) Tolu Samuels Defensive Rebound.
(18:54) Steven Clay misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(18:53) Southern Indiana Offensive Rebound.
(18:53) Foul on Nazareth Fisher.
+3 (18:48) Ismail Habib makes 23-foot three point jumper (Steven Clay assists).
03
(18:17) Meechie White misses 17-foot jumper.
(18:14) Amaree Brown Defensive Rebound.
(18:10) Amaree Brown misses 12-foot jumper.
(18:10) Eastern Illinois Defensive Rebound.
(17:52) Kooper Jacobi misses 12-foot jumper.
(17:49) Tolu Samuels Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:29) Tolu Samuels makes layup.
05
(17:00) Zion Fruster misses 15-foot jumper.
(16:57) Tolu Samuels Defensive Rebound.
(16:56) Ismail Habib misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(16:54) Kooper Jacobi Defensive Rebound.
(16:28) Prince Johnson misses 12-foot jumper.
(16:24) Ola Ajiboye Defensive Rebound.
(16:19) Ismail Habib misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(16:16) Zion Fruster Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:55) Zion Fruster makes driving layup.
25
(15:40) Foul on Meechie White.
(15:32) Tolu Samuels traveling turnover.
(15:02) Terry McMorris misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(14:59) Ola Ajiboye Defensive Rebound.
(14:50) Steven Clay misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(14:47) Zion Fruster Defensive Rebound.
(14:44) Foul on Steven Clay.
+1 (14:44) Preston Turner makes free throw 1 of 2.
35
+1 (14:44) Preston Turner makes free throw 2 of 2.
45
(14:14) Amaree Brown misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(14:12) Ola Ajiboye Offensive Rebound.
(14:03) Sheridan Sharp misses layup.
(14:03) Prince Johnson Block.
(13:58) Zion Fruster Defensive Rebound.
(13:44) Terry McMorris bad pass turnover.
(13:44) Ola Ajiboye Steal.
(13:32) Foul on Prince Johnson.
+1 (13:32) Amaree Brown makes free throw 1 of 2.
46
+1 (13:32) Amaree Brown makes free throw 2 of 2.
47
(13:25) Malik Olafioye bad pass turnover.
(13:04) Amaree Brown misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(13:03) Southern Indiana Offensive Rebound.
+3 (13:01) Steven Clay makes 24-foot three point jumper.
410
(12:40) Meechie White misses 15-foot jumper.
(12:37) Devin Curtis Defensive Rebound.
(12:26) Foul on Andre Washington.
(12:26) Cardell Bailey misses free throw 1 of 2.
(12:26) Southern Indiana Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (12:26) Cardell Bailey makes free throw 2 of 2.
411
(12:20) Foul on Sheridan Sharp.
(12:05) Andre Washington bad pass turnover.
(11:55) Sheridan Sharp bad pass turnover.
(11:55) Meechie White Steal.
(11:50) Meechie White misses layup.
(11:47) Meechie White Offensive Rebound.
(11:35) Preston Turner misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(11:29) Sheridan Sharp Defensive Rebound.
(11:27) Ismail Habib misses layup.
(11:25) Prince Johnson Defensive Rebound.
+2 (11:21) Preston Turner makes layup.
611
(10:56) Devin Curtis misses layup.
(10:52) Kooper Jacobi Defensive Rebound.
(10:26) team shot clock turnover .
(10:22) Ismail Habib bad pass turnover.
(10:15) Andre Washington misses 9-foot jumper.
(10:09) Cardell Bailey Defensive Rebound.
(10:01) Ismail Habib misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(10:01) Meechie White Defensive Rebound.
(9:35) Kooper Jacobi misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(9:31) Ismail Habib Defensive Rebound.
(9:19) Sheridan Sharp bad pass turnover.
(9:19) Meechie White Steal.
(9:09) Zion Fruster misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(9:05) Ismail Habib Defensive Rebound.
(8:48) Cardell Bailey misses layup.
(8:45) Kooper Jacobi Defensive Rebound.
(8:24) Foul on Nazareth Fisher.
(8:24) Nazareth Fisher turnover.
(8:04) Ismail Habib misses layup.
(8:01) Prince Johnson Defensive Rebound.
(7:46) Kooper Jacobi out of bounds bad pass turnover.
(7:17) Foul on Zion Fruster.
+1 (7:17) Amaree Brown makes free throw 1 of 2.
612
+1 (7:17) Amaree Brown makes free throw 2 of 2.
613
(7:05) Foul on Steven Clay.
(7:05) Zion Fruster misses free throw 1 of 2.
(7:05) Eastern Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (7:05) Zion Fruster makes free throw 2 of 2.
713
(6:36) Foul on Preston Turner.
+1 (6:36) Amaree Brown makes free throw 1 of 2.
714
+1 (6:36) Amaree Brown makes free throw 2 of 2.
715
(6:21) Foul on Ola Ajiboye.
(6:21) Andre Washington misses free throw 1 of 2.
(6:21) Eastern Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (6:21) Andre Washington makes free throw 2 of 2.
815
(6:01) Foul on Zion Fruster.
+1 (6:01) Tolu Samuels makes free throw 1 of 2.
816
(6:01) Tolu Samuels misses free throw 2 of 2.
(6:01) Kooper Jacobi Defensive Rebound.
+2 (5:40) Andre Washington makes 4-foot jumper.
1016
(5:20) Amaree Brown misses layup.
(5:18) Tolu Samuels Offensive Rebound.
(5:18) Foul on Malik Olafioye.
+1 (5:18) Tolu Samuels makes free throw 1 of 2.
1017
+1 (5:18) Tolu Samuels makes free throw 2 of 2.
1018
(5:02) Andre Washington misses 20-foot jumper.
(4:59) Amaree Brown Defensive Rebound.
(4:54) Foul on Andre Washington.
+1 (4:54) Amaree Brown makes free throw 1 of 2.
1019
+1 (4:54) Amaree Brown makes free throw 2 of 2.
1020
(4:35) Foul on Ismail Habib.
+1 (4:35) Meechie White makes free throw 1 of 2.
1120
+1 (4:35) Meechie White makes free throw 2 of 2.
1220
(4:26) Ola Ajiboye traveling turnover.
(4:14) Andrew Austin bad pass turnover.
(3:51) Cardell Bailey misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(3:48) Ola Ajiboye Offensive Rebound.
+2 (3:46) Ola Ajiboye makes layup.
1222
+2 (3:29) Meechie White makes driving layup.
1422
+2 (3:14) Ola Ajiboye makes driving layup.
1424
(3:14) Foul on Markus Blackwell.
(3:14) Ola Ajiboye misses free throw 1 of 1.
(3:09) Terry McMorris Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:52) Zion Fruster makes 14-foot jumper.
1624
(2:28) Josiah Dunham misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(2:25) Zion Fruster Defensive Rebound.
(2:24) Foul on Ismail Habib.
(2:06) Zion Fruster misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(2:02) Tolu Samuels Defensive Rebound.
(1:55) Ismail Habib misses layup.
(1:53) Terry McMorris Defensive Rebound.
(1:51) Foul on Amaree Brown.
+1 (1:51) Zion Fruster makes free throw 1 of 2.
1724
+1 (1:51) Zion Fruster makes free throw 2 of 2.
1824
+2 (1:46) Amaree Brown makes layup.
1826
+2 (1:30) Terry McMorris makes layup.
2026
(1:25) Josiah Dunham bad pass turnover.
(1:20) Zion Fruster traveling turnover.
(1:18) Foul on Malik Olafioye.
+1 (1:18) Sheridan Sharp makes free throw 1 of 2.
2027
(1:18) Sheridan Sharp misses free throw 2 of 2.
(1:16) Cardell Bailey Offensive Rebound.
(1:16) Cardell Bailey traveling turnover.
(1:05) Zion Fruster misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(1:01) Kooper Jacobi Offensive Rebound.
+2 (0:59) Kooper Jacobi makes layup.
2227
(0:39) Amaree Brown bad pass turnover.
(0:26) Foul on Josiah Dunham.
+1 (0:26) Terry McMorris makes free throw 1 of 2.
2327
+1 (0:26) Terry McMorris makes free throw 2 of 2.
2427

2nd half

Overtime

Team Stats

EIU

USI

59Points51

20-55(36.4%)Field Goal(%)14-57(24.6%)

2-12(16.7%)3-Point(%)4-28(14.3%)

17-22(77.3%)Free Throw(%)19-27(70.4%)

41(7)Rebounds(Offensive)45(14)

3Assists4

7Steals3

3Blocks4

13Turnovers17

21(0)Fouls(Technical)17(0)

8Largest Lead10

Game Details

Thursday, January 22, 2026 · 8:30 PM

Screaming Eagles Arena · Evansville, IN

attendance: 1,369 (28.5%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: USI -2.5

over/under: 135.5