EASTERN ILLINOIS (14-14, 7-8 OVC) at Tennessee State (8-19, 5-10 OVC)
Saturday, February 23 • 7:30 pmÂ
Nashville, Tenn. • Gentry Center
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SERIES RECORD: 54th meeting, TSU leads 29-24
LAST MEETING: EIU 73, TSU 71 on Feb. 28, 2018 at OVC Tournament (Evansville, Ind.)
GAME 29
Eastern Illinois continues its Nashville swing on Saturday evening as the Panthers play at Tennessee State. This will also wrap up a string of games that has seen EIU play five of six on the road. EIU is currently 1-4 to open that stretch of games following a 99-58 loss at Belmont on Thursday. EIU is currently 14-14 on the season, 7-8 in the OVC. This will be the lone regular season meeting between EIU and Tennessee State. TSU enters at 8-19 overall, 5-10 in the OVC following a home loss to SIUE on Thursday night. TSU has now lost four games in a row.Â
KUKOBAT BACK IN DOUBLE FIGURES
Junior
Rade Kukobat was the Panthers leading scorer with 11 points on Thursday during the EIU loss at Belmont. Kukobat was 4-of-8 from the field including 1-of-2 from 3-point range. It was the ninth time this season Kukobat has reached double figures in a game but the first time in over a month with Kukobat's last double figure game coming on Jan. 12 at Murray State (12 points). He opened the season with double figures in four of the Panthers first five games with a season high 18 points at IUPUI.
DIALLO INCHES UP CAREER LIST
Senior
Aboubacar Diallo added another block to his career total as he now has 99 career blocks in a Panther uniform.  Diallo currently ranks third all-time at EIU and needs one block to move into a tie for second with Eric Frankford with 100 blocks. Former NBA player Kevin Duckworth is the Panthers career leader with 123. Diallo has 25 blocks this season including a season high five blocks against SIUE. He is currently sixth in the OVC in blocks. In addition to his blocked shot at Belmont, Diallo picked up four steals, his second game this season with four steals.
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Thursday, February 28 vs. Jacksonville State - 8 pm (ESPNNews)
