MILWAUKEE – Eastern Illinois pushed Big East member Marquette on Monday night at the BMO Harris Bradley Center but in the end the Golden Eagles were able to pull out an 86-83 overtime win.

The Panthers had five players finish in double figures led by Jajuan Starks with 27 points as EIU fell to 2-4 on the year.  Marquette was led by Sam Hauser with 30 points to improve to 4-2.

Hauser hit a pair of free throws with nine seconds remaining in regulation that tied the game at 68-68.  EIU had one final shot to win in regulation but came up short. 

Hauser and Montell Goodwin traded 3-pointers for Marquette and EIU to open the overtime session.  Andrew Rowsey then hit a 3-pointer with 3:03 to play that gave Marquette the lead for good.  Goodwin had 12 points for EIU.  Rowsey finished with 16 for Marquette.

In the final 2:30 of the overtime EIU traded free throws by Marquette for lay-ups by D'Angelo Jackson.  Marquette was 21-of-28 from the line in the game and 8-of-10 on free throws in overtime.

EIU cut the lead to 82-81 with 15 seconds remaining as Ray Crossland converted a four-point play.  Crossland had 13 points.  Jackson added 11 and Muusa Dama had 12.

EIU lead by 11 points in the first half and held a seven point lead in the second half.  Hauser was able to shoot the Golden Eagles back into the game each time.  He was 6-of-10 from 3-point range in the game.

Eastern Illinois shot 58 percent in the opening half and held a 15-13 rebound advantage as the Panthers took a 38-35 lead to the locker room. 

The Panthers opened with an early 11-1 run as Marquette went without a field goal for just over six minutes.  The Golden Eagles had 3-pointers by Hauser and Markus Howard to quickly get back in the game.  They were 5-of-15 from 3-point range in the first half and 11-of-27 from beyond the arc in the game.  Howard added 14 points for Marquette.

Marquette took its first leads with 8:56 to play in the first on a driving basket by Sacar Anim.  The two teams would then trade the lead several times with EIU closing the half on a 6-0 run with a lay-up by Jackson, free throws by Starks and a jumper at the buzzer by Goodwin. 

EIU is back in action on Friday night at Bradley.