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Eastern Illinois had three players score in double figures on Saturday afternoon but the Panthers could not overcome a Tennessee State run midway through the first half falling 84-65 in Nashville.
Zion Fruster led EIU with 18 points followed by
Kooper Jacobi and
Artese Stapleton both with 14 points.  Jacobi collected his OVC leading seventh double-double pulling down 13 rebounds.
EIU trailed 16-14 heading into the eight minute media timeout of the first half when a video review took away a basket by
Rodolfo Bolis. Â
TSU seemed to use that momentum to go on a 13-4 run to build a 40-28 lead at the half.
EIU cut the lead to ten on the opening possession of the second half to trail 40-30 but never got the lead back to single digits.
Brandon Weston led four TSU players in double figures finishing with 20 points.
The Panthers fell to 5-13 overall, 1-6 in the OVC. TSU improved to 7-12 overall, 3-5 in the OVC.