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COLUMBIA, Mo. - Montell Goodwin and Demetrius McReynolds hit big 3-pointers in the final minutes as Eastern Illinois shocked Missouri, 67-64, on Saturday afternoon in Mizzou Arena.

EIU improved to 7-4 on the season and will host Fontbonne University on Monday night at 7 p.m. in Lantz Arena.  It was the Panthers third win over a Power 5 school with previous wins over Ole Miss and Wisconsin.  Mizzou fell to 5-5.

Goodwin snapped a cold streak from 3-point range for the Panthers in the first half as EIU opened the game 0-of-14 from 3-point range.  Goodwin knocked a 3-pointer with 1:28 to play in the first half that tied the game at 30-30 in the first half.  Mizzou led 32-30 at the half.

EIU opened the second half with back-to-back 3-pointers by Cornell Johnston and Goodwin.  Johnston dropped in another 3-pointer to put EIU up 53-46 with 12:35 to play.  EIU was 7-of-14 from 3-point range in the second half.

Mizzou tied the game with ten minutes left and the two teams traded the lead until the final four minutes.  Willie Jackson had a put-back dunk that put Mizzou up three with 4:31 remaining.

Goodwin answered with a 3-pointer with 4:09 to play.  After a break-away lay-up by Frankie Hughes put the Tigers up 63-61 with 3:31 to play, McReynolds gave the Panthers a lead with a 3-pointer at 3:14.  Goodwin gave the Panthers their final bucket with 1:36 to play and Mizzou missed its final three shots.

Eastern Illinois fell behind by as many as ten points in the first half as the Panthers had a cold streak of 7:32 in which the Panthers failed to knock down a field goal.  Mizzou took an 18-8 lead on a lay-up by K.J. Walton with 10:31 to play in the first half.

McReynolds snapped the Panthers cold streak with a jumper on the right baseline with 10:08 to play.  McReynolds scored six straight points as the Panthers closed the Mizzou lead down to five points.  McReynolds had ten first half points finishing the game with 16 points.

Mizzou led 32-30 at the half after shooting 46 percent from the floor in the first half.  EIU kept the game close in the first half hitting 11-of-12 from the foul line. The Panthers shot 27 percent from the field in the first half including 1-of-15 from 3-point range.  Montell Goodwin broke the seal for Panthers 3-pointers with 1:28 to play in the half that tied the game at 30-30.  Goodwin led all players with 22 points.

Walton and Jackson led Mizzou with nine points each.

It was the first win by an OVC team over a Southeastern Conference opponent since Murray State beat Auburn on Nov. 15, 2012.