EASTERN ILLINOIS (8-4) at Indiana State (5-6)
Wednesday, Dec. 21 • 4:30 p.m.
Terre Haute, Ind. • Hulman Center (10,200)
TV: ESPN3
LIVE STATS: www.gosycamores.com
SERIES RECORD: INST leads 86-38
LAST MEETING: @EIU 68, INST 62 - Dec. 1, 2015
GAME 13
Eastern Illinois will play its final non-conference game as the Panthers head to Terre Haute to face regional rival Indiana State. EIU is 8-4 on the year after wins at Missouri and against Fontbonne over the weekend. This marks the fourth time in the school's Division I history EIU has opened a season with an 8-4 record, the last time was during the 1991-92 season. The best start during the NCAA Division I era was the 1985-86 season as EIU was 8-4 in non-conference play and won its first four Mid-Continent games to start 12-4 on the year. Indiana State is 5-6 on the season having lost two straight. The Sycamores are 3-1 in the Hulman Center including a win over Butler on Dec. 7.
GOODWIN WINS OVC PLAYER AND NEWCOMER OF THE WEEK
Montell Goodwin was named the Ohio Valley Conference Player and Newcomer of the Week after scoring 22 points in the road win at Missouri. Goodwin was 8-of-16 from the floor and 4-of-8 from 3-point range as he posted his season high for points. Goodwin is currently averaging 14.4 points per game which ranks 11th in the OVC. He has scored in double figures in ten of 12 games. He ranks 10th in the OVC in 3-point percentage at 41.9 percent.
WINS OVER POWER 5 CONFERENCE
Eastern Illinois posted its third win over a Power 5 Conference team on Saturday as the Panthers picked up a win over Missouri, 67-64, in Columbia. It was the first time EIU had beaten a Power 5 Conference team on the road. The two previous wins both came in Lantz Arena as the Panthers knocked off Ole Miss in 1974 and beat Wisconsin in 1987. EIU was 2-40 all-time against Power 5 Conference schools prior to that win. The Panthers do hold one additional win over a current Power 5 Conference team as the beat Miami (Fla.) in the opening round of the 1949 NAIB National Tournament in Kansas City. EIU had been 0-3 against Missouri entering last Saturday's game with two of the losses to Mizzou when the Tigers were nationally ranked.
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Saturday - December 31 vs. Jacksonville State - 3:15 p.m. (OVC Opener)
