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EASTERN ILLINOIS (15-12, 8-6 OVC) vs. Southeast Missouri (12-15, 6-8 OVC)
 
Sunday, February 22  •  5:30 pm
Charleston, Ill. - Lantz Arena (5,300)

RADIO: Hit Mix 88.9 FM
TV: American Sports Network
LIVE STATS: eiupanthers.com
SERIES RECORD: SEMO leads 27-25
LAST MEETING: @SEMO 68, EIU 64 - Feb. 7, 2015
 
PROMO: Black Out Lantz, 500 fans will receive a free EIU Black T-Shirt at the Game… Future Panther Appreciation Day, fans high school age and younger will be admitted free to the game.

GAME 28
Eastern Illinois will play its final regular season home game this Sunday hosting Southeast Missouri for the Panthers senior day.  EIU will honor seniors Keenen Anderson, Dylan Chatman, Mat Piotrowski, Josh Piper and Reggie Smith as part of the night.  EIU enters the game with a 15-12 record, 8-6 in the OVC after falling in overtime to UT Martin on Thursday night.  Southeast Missouri lost on the road at SIU Edwardsville on Thursday dropping to 12-15, 6-8 in the OVC.  The game will be carried on the American Sports Network.

OLIVIER TIES SCHOOL RECORD
Chris Olivier tied the school record for blocks in a game on Thursday with six against UT Martin.  Olivier now has 30 blocks this season and ranks eighth on the EIU single season list.  Olivier has 63 career blocks which moved him into ninth on the EIU career blocks list.  This season he ranks fifth in the OVC with 1.4 blocks per game.  On the offensive end of the floor he scored a career high 25 points going 9-of-17 from the field and 7-of-10 from the foul line.  Olivier is shooting 52.9 percent from the field which ranks ninth in the league.

JOHNSTON SOLID FROM 3
Guard Cornell Johnston set the EIU freshman record for assists on Feb. 14 at SIU Edwardsville.  He needs four assists to crack the EIU single season top ten.  In addition to being one of the top distributors in the OVC (3rd at 4.5 apg), Johnston has become the top 3-pointer shooter in the OVC leading the league at 51.8 percent.  On Thursday, Johnston was 5-of-6 from 3-point range for 83 percent.  Since January 15, Johnston is 28-of-38 (73.7 pct) while averaging 11.6 points per game.

UP NEXT
Thursday, February 26 at Murray State - 7 p.m.