Eastern Illinois Panthers vs. Lindenwood Lions

FINAL

Feb 26, 2026

Box Score

	1	2	T
EIU	36	35	71
LIN	29	38	67

Game Recap

Jacobi scores 30, has double-double as Eastern Illinois downs Lindenwood 71-67. Kooper Jacobi's 30 points and double-double led Eastern Illinois past Lindenwood 71-67 on Thursday.

Player Stats

EASTERN ILLINOIS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
24Terry McMorris	38	1-1	0-0	6-7	3	4	4	3	4	1	8
13Nazareth Fisher	20	2-5	0-0	0-0	5	0	1	0	0	3	4
40Kooper Jacobi	36	11-16	4-4	4-6	13	0	1	0	4	0	30
3Meechie White	27	0-7	0-1	10-10	2	4	2	0	1	4	10
5Zion Fruster	36	1-12	1-3	3-6	2	2	3	0	2	3	6
7Prince Johnson	19	0-0	0-0	2-4	2	0	1	2	0	1	2
10Preston Turner	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1Markus Blackwell	19	5-8	1-1	0-0	1	2	0	0	1	2	11
TOTAL	-	20-4940.8%	6-966.7%	25-3375.8%	28	12	12	5	12	14	71

LINDENWOOD	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
7Milos Nenadic	27	2-9	1-3	0-0	7	0	2	2	1	1	5
8Anias Futrell	39	9-17	2-7	7-8	5	1	4	0	6	2	27
1Dontrez Williams	31	6-17	3-7	1-2	5	2	1	1	2	4	16
0Mekhi Cooper	35	2-4	1-3	0-0	1	4	1	0	2	4	5
10Jadis Jones	38	5-14	0-1	1-2	13	3	1	1	3	5	11
22Robert Lewis	5	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21Kevin Anthony	8	0-0	0-0	1-2	3	0	0	1	0	2	1
34Clayton Jackson	17	1-4	0-3	0-0	5	1	0	0	0	3	2
TOTAL	-	25-6637.9%	7-2429.2%	10-1471.4%	39	11	9	5	14	21	67

Play-by-Play

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1st halfEIULIN

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Lindenwood.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Eastern Illinois.
+3 (19:41) Dontrez Williams makes 23-foot three point jumper (Mekhi Cooper assists).
03
+2 (19:07) Kooper Jacobi makes 13-foot turnaround jump shot (Zion Fruster assists).
23
(18:56) Dontrez Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(18:52) Nazareth Fisher Defensive Rebound.
(18:45) Meechie White misses driving layup.
(18:45) Dontrez Williams Block.
(18:35) Nazareth Fisher Offensive Rebound.
(18:35) Nazareth Fisher misses layup.
(18:35) Milos Nenadic Defensive Rebound.
(18:35) Milos Nenadic Block.
(18:31) Mekhi Cooper out of bounds bad pass turnover.
(18:09) Kooper Jacobi misses 17-foot jumper.
(18:07) Jadis Jones Defensive Rebound.
(17:58) Jadis Jones misses layup.
(17:54) Jadis Jones Offensive Rebound.
+2 (17:54) Jadis Jones makes 0-foot tip in layup.
25
(17:38) Zion Fruster misses 12-foot turnaround jump shot.
(17:35) Jadis Jones Defensive Rebound.
(17:32) Mekhi Cooper misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(17:28) Anias Futrell Offensive Rebound.
(17:22) Anias Futrell misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(17:17) Dontrez Williams Offensive Rebound.
(17:17) Dontrez Williams misses tip in layup.
(17:16) Kooper Jacobi Defensive Rebound.
+3 (17:08) Kooper Jacobi makes 25-foot three point jumper (Meechie White assists).
55
(16:37) Dontrez Williams misses layup.
(16:35) Foul on Meechie White.
(16:35) Anias Futrell bad pass turnover.
(16:35) Zion Fruster Steal.
+2 (16:35) Kooper Jacobi makes layup.
75
(16:34) Milos Nenadic Offensive Rebound.
(15:59) Dontrez Williams bad pass turnover.
(15:59) Zion Fruster Steal.
(15:54) Nazareth Fisher misses dunk.
(15:52) Kooper Jacobi Offensive Rebound.
(15:51) Foul on Milos Nenadic.
+1 (15:51) Kooper Jacobi makes free throw 1 of 2.
85
+1 (15:51) Kooper Jacobi makes free throw 2 of 2.
95
(15:34) Robert Lewis misses layup.
(15:31) Nazareth Fisher Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:10) Terry McMorris makes driving layup.
115
(15:10) Foul on Jadis Jones.
+1 (15:10) Terry McMorris makes free throw 1 of 1.
125
(14:55) Dontrez Williams misses driving layup.
(14:55) Terry McMorris Block.
(14:51) Foul on Anias Futrell.
(14:51) Zion Fruster misses free throw 1 of 2.
(14:51) Eastern Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (14:51) Zion Fruster makes free throw 2 of 2.
135
(14:50) Meechie White Defensive Rebound.
(14:24) Dontrez Williams misses layup.
(14:22) Kooper Jacobi bad pass turnover.
(14:21) Kooper Jacobi Defensive Rebound.
(14:07) Jadis Jones misses driving layup.
(14:04) Jadis Jones Offensive Rebound.
(14:04) Jadis Jones misses layup.
(14:01) Jadis Jones Offensive Rebound.
(13:56) Foul on Zion Fruster.
(13:44) Dontrez Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(13:42) Kooper Jacobi Defensive Rebound.
(13:28) Zion Fruster misses 19-foot pullup jump shot.
(13:24) Kooper Jacobi Offensive Rebound.
(13:23) Kooper Jacobi bad pass turnover.
(13:23) Dontrez Williams Steal.
(12:55) Jadis Jones misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(12:51) Prince Johnson Defensive Rebound.
+3 (12:41) Kooper Jacobi makes 26-foot three point jumper (Markus Blackwell assists).
165
+2 (12:25) Anias Futrell makes driving layup.
167
(12:05) Meechie White misses 6-foot jumper.
(12:00) Clayton Jackson Defensive Rebound.
(11:52) Milos Nenadic misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(11:48) Anias Futrell Offensive Rebound.
+2 (11:47) Anias Futrell makes layup.
169
(11:31) Meechie White misses 7-foot jumper.
(11:31) Clayton Jackson Defensive Rebound.
+3 (11:22) Anias Futrell makes 22-foot three point jumper (Mekhi Cooper assists).
1612
(10:55) Foul on Mekhi Cooper.
+1 (10:55) Terry McMorris makes free throw 1 of 2.
1712
+1 (10:55) Terry McMorris makes free throw 2 of 2.
1812
(10:36) Milos Nenadic misses layup.
(10:33) Kooper Jacobi Defensive Rebound.
(10:12) Zion Fruster bad pass turnover.
(10:12) Anias Futrell Steal.
(10:10) Foul on Markus Blackwell.
(10:05) Anias Futrell misses 19-foot step back jumpshot.
(10:04) Eastern Illinois Defensive Rebound.
+3 (9:40) Kooper Jacobi makes 24-foot three point jumper (Markus Blackwell assists).
2112
(9:22) Milos Nenadic bad pass turnover.
(9:22) Zion Fruster Steal.
(9:19) Foul on Clayton Jackson.
(9:19) Zion Fruster misses free throw 1 of 2.
(9:19) Eastern Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (9:19) Zion Fruster makes free throw 2 of 2.
2212
(8:58) Jadis Jones misses driving layup.
(8:54) Markus Blackwell Defensive Rebound.
(8:40) Terry McMorris bad pass turnover.
(8:40) Milos Nenadic Steal.
(8:35) Dontrez Williams misses driving layup.
(8:30) Milos Nenadic Offensive Rebound.
(8:29) Milos Nenadic misses dunk.
(8:24) Milos Nenadic Offensive Rebound.
(8:23) Milos Nenadic misses layup.
(8:20) Zion Fruster Defensive Rebound.
(8:18) Zion Fruster misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(8:15) Clayton Jackson Defensive Rebound.
(8:03) Foul on Nazareth Fisher.
(8:03) Dontrez Williams misses free throw 1 of 2.
(8:03) Lindenwood Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (8:03) Dontrez Williams makes free throw 2 of 2.
2213
+3 (7:38) Zion Fruster makes 23-foot three point jumper (Terry McMorris assists).
2513
+3 (7:21) Milos Nenadic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Dontrez Williams assists).
2516
(6:54) Zion Fruster misses 17-foot pullup jump shot.
(6:51) Jadis Jones Defensive Rebound.
+2 (6:44) Jadis Jones makes layup (Mekhi Cooper assists).
2518
+2 (6:24) Markus Blackwell makes driving layup.
2718
+2 (6:17) Mekhi Cooper makes driving layup.
2720
+2 (5:54) Nazareth Fisher makes layup (Meechie White assists).
2920
(5:40) Anias Futrell misses 18-foot pullup jump shot.
(5:35) Meechie White Defensive Rebound.
(5:20) Meechie White misses 16-foot pullup jump shot.
(5:17) Dontrez Williams Defensive Rebound.
+2 (5:03) Dontrez Williams makes layup (Jadis Jones assists).
2922
(4:45) Meechie White misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(4:39) Kooper Jacobi Offensive Rebound.
(4:38) Kooper Jacobi misses layup.
(4:35) Dontrez Williams Defensive Rebound.
(4:34) Foul on Meechie White.
(4:24) Anias Futrell bad pass turnover.
(4:24) Nazareth Fisher Steal.
+3 (4:19) Markus Blackwell makes 23-foot three point jumper (Zion Fruster assists).
3222
+3 (4:06) Dontrez Williams makes 25-foot three point jumper (Clayton Jackson assists).
3225
+2 (3:45) Kooper Jacobi makes layup.
3425
(3:27) Dontrez Williams bad pass turnover.
(3:27) Terry McMorris Steal.
(3:21) Zion Fruster misses 7-foot jumper.
(3:21) Lindenwood Defensive Rebound.
(2:55) Dontrez Williams misses driving layup.
(2:55) Eastern Illinois Defensive Rebound.
(2:44) Foul on Clayton Jackson.
(2:27) Markus Blackwell misses 12-foot jumper.
(2:25) Anias Futrell Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:21) Anias Futrell makes driving layup.
3427
(1:45) Kooper Jacobi bad pass turnover.
(1:45) Milos Nenadic Steal.
(1:25) Foul on Markus Blackwell.
+1 (1:25) Anias Futrell makes free throw 1 of 2.
3428
+1 (1:25) Anias Futrell makes free throw 2 of 2.
3429
(1:13) Nazareth Fisher misses dunk.
(1:13) Jadis Jones Block.
(1:05) Kooper Jacobi Offensive Rebound.
(1:05) Kooper Jacobi misses layup.
(1:05) Anias Futrell Defensive Rebound.
(1:05) Foul on Nazareth Fisher.
(1:05) Anias Futrell misses free throw 1 of 1.
(1:04) Kooper Jacobi Defensive Rebound.
(0:35) Terry McMorris out of bounds bad pass turnover.
(0:22) Anias Futrell misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(0:19) Terry McMorris Defensive Rebound.
+2 (0:03) Markus Blackwell makes 17-foot pullup jump shot.
3629

2nd half

Team Stats

EIU

LIN

71Points67

20-49(40.8%)Field Goal(%)25-66(37.9%)

6-9(66.7%)3-Point(%)7-24(29.2%)

25-33(75.8%)Free Throw(%)10-14(71.4%)

32(8)Rebounds(Offensive)41(18)

12Assists11

12Steals9

5Blocks5

13Turnovers14

14(0)Fouls(Technical)21(0)

12Largest Lead3

Game Details

Thursday, February 26, 2026 · 8:30 PM

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attendance: 1,289

tv: ESPN+

spread: LIN -7.5

over/under: 144.5