Box Score

Eastern Illinois EIU 9-19, 5-11 OVC

SIUE SIUE 13-16, 9-7 OVC

Eastern Illinois EIU

9-19, 5-11 OVC

Final

Feb. 25, 2017

SIUE SIUE

13-16, 9-7 OVC

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Eastern Illinois EIU	9	9	21	13	52
SIUE SIUE	16	15	18	19	68

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | 2/25/2017 4:37:00 PM

EIU Women Fall In Season Finale At SIUE

The Eastern Illinois women's basketball team closed out the 2016-17 season falling to SIUE 68-52 Saturday afternoon.

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EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - The Eastern Illinois women's basketball team went cold from the floor Saturday afternoon falling to SIU Edwardsville 68-52 in their season finale.

The Panthers finish the 2016-17 season with a 9-19 overall record going 5-11 in conference play.

Zharia Lenoir led the Panthers with 12 points while Erica Brown nearly recorded a double-double with 11 points and nine rebounds.

Both teams traded buckets early in the game until SIUE gained a 13-6 lead at the 3:14 mark off a 7-0 run capped off by free throws from Donshel Beck.

The Cougars kept their seven-point lead heading into the second period leading 16-9, but EIU chipped away early with a 7-2 run to open the second period.

Halle Stull had five of her nine points in the game during the Panther run to pull EIU within two 18-16 with 7:57 left to play in the first half. The Panthers only scored one more bucket the rest of the quarter as EIU went cold from the floor going 1-for-14 in the closing minutes of the half.

A three-pointer from Beck as the buzzer sounded sent the Panthers into halftime trailing 31-18. EIU shot only 17.6 percent in the second quarter.

EIU got to within six points in the third quarter following a 7-0 run capped off by free throw from Lenoir at the 3:01 mark to make it 41-35. Lenoir scored all 12 of her points in the second half.

EIU closed out the third quarter trailing 49-39 despite out-shooting the Cougars 21-18 in the period.

SIUE extended their lead to as much as 22 points as the Panthers went 0-for-7 to open the fourth quarter. EIU recorded their first bucket of the period at the 3:57 mark as Lenoir hit a three-pointer to make it 62-43.

EIU scored the final eight points of the quarter finishing the game shooting 29.7 percent.

Beck led all scorers with 20 points and eight rebounds as SIUE out-rebounded EIU 48-36.

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