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EASTERN ILLINOIS (13-9) vs. Baker University (7-14)
 
Tuesday, February 3  •  7 pm
Charleston, Ill. - Lantz Arena (5,300)

RADIO: Hit Mix 88.9 FM
TV: OVC Digital Network
LIVE STATS: eiupanthers.com
SERIES RECORD: First Meeting
LAST MEETING: N/A
 
PROMO: EIU Faculty and Staff can pick up two free tickets for the game as part of faculty/staff appreciation… Tickets must picked up with a valid EIU Panther Card by 3 p.m. at the Lantz Ticket Office.

GAME 23
Eastern Illinois takes a break from Ohio Valley Conference action hosting NAIA member Baker University on Tuesday evening.  The Panthers snapped a three-game OVC losing skid on Saturday with a 57-54 win over SIU Edwardsville improving to 13-9 overall, 7-3 in the OVC.  Baker University comes into the game with a 7-14 record having lost nine straight games.  

ANDERSON LEADS PANTHERS IN SCORING
Trae Anderson scored 20 points on Saturday against SIU Edwardsville including three points in the final 26 seconds.  Anderson now leads the Panthers in scoring at 12.6 points per game.  In Ohio Valley Conference play Anderson has increased that average to 15 points per game which ranks 10th in conference games only.  Anderson has 13 double figure scoring games this season including four straight.  His season high is 22 points against Austin Peay.  In the last four games Anderson had increased his 3-point production hitting 5-of-9.

JOHNSTON CHASING EIU FRESHMAN ASSISTS RECORD
Cornell Johnston passed out four assists during Saturday's win over SIU Edwardsville.  Johnston now has 92 assists on the season as he ranks fifth in the OVC in assists per game at 4.2.  In OVC games only Johnston ranks fourth in assists per game at 4.3  The EIU freshman assist record is 115 set by Michael Robinson during the 2005-06 when Robinson was named the OVC Freshman of the Year.  EIU has had 28 players with 100 or more assists in a season, the last was Jeremy Granger in 2010 with 105 assists.

UP NEXT
Saturday, February 7 at Southeast Missouri - 6 p.m.