As the Ohio Valley Conference celebrates its 75th anniversary this academic year, we look back at Eastern Illinois part in that history each Tuesday
Mack Smith from EIU men's basketball set the NCAA record for consecutive games with a made 3-pointer with 91.  Smith set the NCAA record for consecutive games with a 3-pointer made, nailing a trifecta in his 89th-straight game on Dec. 30, 2020 at Eastern Kentucky.
In the game at Eastern Kentucky, Smith knocked down the NCAA record shot with 11:52 to play in the first half. Smith started his streak in the same venue as he knocked down the first of the streak on January 6, 2018 at EKU. The streak would come to an end a couple games later ending at 91.
Here is a look at the longest streaks in NCAA history:
91 - Mack Smith, Eastern Illinois (ended 2021)
88 - Cory Bradford, Illinois (ended 2001)
73 - Wally Lancaster, Virginia Tech (ended 1989)
69 - Jaylen Minnett, IUPUI (ended 2021)
66 - Marshall Henderson, Ole Miss (ended 2014)
64 - Justin Jaworski, Lafayette (ended 2020)
60 - Fletcher Magee, Wofford (ended 2018)
60 - Pat Bradley, Arkansas (ended 1998)
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