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EASTERN ILLINOIS (5-12, 2-8 OVC) at Southeast Missouri (5-10, 3-6)
Saturday, Jan. 30 •  5 pm 
Cape Girardeau, Mo.  •  Show Me Center

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TV: ESPN+
LIVE STATS: www.eiupanthers.com
SERIES RECORD: SEMO leads 32-31
LAST MEETING: EIU 72, @SEMO 70 on Feb. 27, 2020

GAME 18
Eastern Illinois continues Ohio Valley Conference play on the road on Saturday as the Panthers visit Southeast Missouri.  EIU suffered a 51-41 loss on Thursday night at UT Martin as they dropped to 5-12 overall, 2-8 in the OVC.  Two players - Deang Deang and Josiah Wallace - scored in double figures in the loss as EIU was held to 28 percent shooting.  Southeast Missouri enters at 5-10 overall, 3-6 in the OVC following a dramatic 64-62 win over SIUE.  SEMO is now 3-3 at home in the Show Me Center this year. 

DEANG JUST MISSES A DOUBLE-DOUBLE
Guard Deang Deang continued to impress over the last two games as he posted his second straight double figure scoring game with 14 points at UT Martin.  Deang narrowly collected his first career double-double finishing with nine rebounds.  Deang has now made back-to-back starts scoring 11 points on Tuesday against SIUE.  Last season Deang played in ten games making five starts prior to suffering a season ending Achilles injury at Milwaukee (Dec. 14, 2019).  In those ten games he averaged 9.5 points per game and led the team with 17 steals.  His first return to action this season was on Dec. 30 at Eastern Kentucky.

THREE PLAYERS CRASH THE GLASS AT UT MARTIN
Eastern Illinois had several players active on the glass on Thursday night at UT Martin as three Panthers just missed posting double figure rebounding totals.  Barlow Alleruzzo IV led EIU with a season-high ten rebounds while Deang Deang and Madani Diarra both added nine rebounds.  EIU was edged in the overall rebound total by just one board (43-42).  Alleruzzo became the fifth different Panthers player this season to post double figure rebounds in a game.  George Dixon leads EIU in rebounding and has three double figure rebounding games followed by Sammy Friday IV (2), Marvin Johnson (2), Josiah Wallace (1) and Alleruzzo (1).

UP NEXT
Tuesday, Feb. 2 at SIUE, 5 pm  (ESPN+)