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CHARLESTON, Ill. – Eastern Illinois men's basketball held Eureka College without a field goal for the first nine and half minutes of action on Saturday afternoon as the Panthers easily picked up a 85-39 win handing head coach
Marty Simmons his 300th career win as a college head coach.
EIU improved to 3-4 on the season while Eureka is 2-3.
The Panthers opened with a 17-1 run out of the gates as seven different players scored on a night when EIU had balanced scoring across the board.
Kooper Jacobi had five early points as he finished the game as the lone Panther in double figures with 16 points while just missing a double-double with nine rebounds.
Eureka's first field goal came with 10:28 left in the first half on a jumper by Dylan Logsdon. He would finish with eight points, one of two Red Devils to finish with eight for team-high honors. Cody Baer was the other.
EIU led 37-12 at the half with the defense holding Eureka to 13 percent shooting in the half. The Red Devils finished the game shooting 25 percent for the contest.
After shooting 43 percent in the opening half, EIU connected for 59 percent in the second half to finish shooting 51 percent for the game.
Following Jacobi as top scorers for EIU in the game were
Jermaine Hamlin with nine points and
Dan Luers with nine points.
The Panthers finished with a 46-34 rebound edge and had an impressive 54 points in the paint.