EASTERN ILLINOIS (0-1) at IUPUI (0-1)
Saturday, November 10 • 12 pm
Indianapolis, Ind. • Indiana Farmers Coliseum
EIU Game Notes: Link
RADIO: The Odyssey - Internet Only
TV: ESPN3
LIVE STATS: www.iupuijags.com
SERIES RECORD: EIU leads 3-2
LAST MEETING: @EIU 80, IUPUI 79 on Nov. 17, 2017
GAME 2
Eastern Illinois plays its second game on the road to open the 2018-19 season as the Panthers visit IUPUI. EIU lost its opening game on Tuesday at Texas, 71-59, after the Longhorns went on a 15-0 run in the final four minutes of the opening half to break open a two-point game. IUPUI lost on the road, 82-69, at Xavier after the Jags trailed by three at the half. The game will be a homecoming for sophomore guard
Mack Smith who played at Warren Central High School in Indianapolis, just ten miles from the Indiana Farmers Coliseum.
KUKOBAT WITH GOOD EIU DEBUT
Transfer forward
Rade Kukobat opened the season draining a 3-pointer at Texas to score the first points of the year for the Panthers. He would finish the game with a team high 12 points and 7 rebounds during the 71-59 loss to the Longhorns. Kukobat was 5-of-6 from the foul line and 1-of-2 from 3-point range. He would add a block and two steals. Last season at Vincennes University, Kukobat had 11 double figure scoring games as he helped lead the team to a fourth place finish at the Junior College National Tournament in Hutchinson, Kansas.
PANTHERS ON THE STEAL
Eastern Illinois had nine steals in the season opener against Texas on Tuesday with transfer guard
Shareef Smith collecting four of those steals.
Rade Kukobat and
Josiah Wallace both added a pair of steals. Last season EIU averaged 5.9 steals per game getting nine or more steals in five games. The season high was ten steals against both Nebraska in the season opener and Saint Francis (Ill.). The Panthers forced 16 Texas turnovers in the game resulting in 11 points off turnovers.
UP NEXT
Saturday, Nov. 17 vs. Western Illinois at 7 pm (TV - ESPN+)
