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CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Eastern Illinois made several second half runs at an Austin Peay lead but in the end the Panthers came up short, 94-86, on the road Saturday afternoon at the Dunn Center.

EIU fell to 13-12 overall, 6-6 in the OVC.  APSU improved to 18-7 overall, 10-2 in the league.

Austin Peay came out red hot shooting the basketball with Zach Glotta knocking down his first three 3-point attempts.  The Governors led by ten points 36-26 with 7:47 to play in the first on a jumper by Chris Porter-Bunton.

EIU would go on a 10-0 run late in the first half with the Panthers taking a 41-40 lead with 1:51 remaining in the half on a dunk by Cam Burrell.

APSU would retake the lead and go into the locker room with a 44-43 advantage.  Shareef Smith had 13 first half points for the Panthers finishing the game with 29.  Glotta knocked down five 3-pointers in the first half and finished the game with 22 points for APSU.

Austin Peay would stretch the lead to 12 points twice during the second half.  Porter-Bunton made a pair of free throws at the 12:51 mark to make it 67-55.   EIU would answer with a short run that cut the lead to 67-62.

Three free throws by Glotta at the 9:25 mark again pushed the Governors lead out to 12 at 74-62 with 9:25 to play.

Shareef Smith continued his solid play for the Panthers in the second half draining a pair of 3-pointers that helped EIU close to within three points with 5:14 left in the game.

EIU made it a two-point game at 85-83 with 2:58 remaining on a jumper by Rade Kukobat.

Terry Taylor would knock down a pair of free throws on the next APSU possession to extend the lead back to four.  A Taylor bucket following an empty trip by EIU gave the Governors an 89-83 cushion.  Taylor finished with 25 points including 9-of-10 from the foul line.

For the game Austin Peay was 27-of-32 at the foul line including 22-of-26 in the second half.  Five APSU players would finish in double figures for the game.

EIU finished the game shooting 52 percent from the field including 11-of-25 from 3-point range.  Mack Smith had 14 points while Ben Harvey added 12 points with eight rebounds.