Eastern Illinois University Athletics

#Jeremy Granger# of men's basketball and #Kelli Dicanio# of women's swimming have been named the EIU student-athletes of the week.

Granger led the Panthers to a Bracketbusters win at Toledo scoring 20 points with 8 rebounds and 7 assists.  He was 13-of-13 from the free throw line and made 18 straight free throws for the week.  He averaged 18 points and 7 rebounds per game for the week.  He currently ranks 5th in the NCAA in free throw percentage.

Dicanio set a pair of school records for the swimming team as they placed 5th at the Summit League Championships last week.  Dicanio swam both the 100 and 200 backstroke setting the school record in both events.  Her time in 100 was 1:06.29 while her time in the 200 was 2:21.90.