CHARLESTON, Ill. - Eastern Illinois men's basketball has added its second player of the spring signing period as the Panthers signed junior college guard Deang Deang to next year's roster.
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Deang (6'4", 185) played at Highland (Ill.) Junior College the last three seasons. As a freshman in 2016-17 he played for current EIU assistant coach
Tone Boyle averaging 16.5 points, five rebounds and 5.4 assists per game earning first team All-Region honors.  During his freshman campaign he had nine 20-point scoring games with five double figure assist games and one double figure rebounding game.  Deang would then miss the 2017-18 season with an injury before returning this past season to play for coach Chad Boudreau.  Deang averaged 13.3 points, five rebounds and five assists per game as he earned first team All-Region honors. He finished the year with five 20-point games including a season high of 29. He added two double figure rebounding games and one double figure assist game.
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Deang is from Madison, Wis., and played at Madison East HS where he was the Area Player of the Year and a first-team All-State selection as a senior. He averaged 19.1 points and 3.1 assists during his senior campaign.
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Deang joins George Dixon and Jordan Skipper-Brown as members of the Panthers 2019-20 recruiting class. Dixon signed earlier this week after helping Vincennes University win this year's NJCAA National Championship. Skipper-Brown signed during the November signing period and averaged 11.1 points and 4.8 rebounds per game at McLennan JC in Texas. Â
