EASTERN ILLINOIS (0-3) at #24 Michigan State (4-0)
Thursday, November 20  •  5:30 pm 
East Lansing, Mich.  •  Breslin Center

GAME LINKS
RADIO: Hit Mix 88.9 WEIU
TV: Big Ten Plus
LIVE STATS: www.eiupanthers.com
SERIES RECORD: MSU leads 1-0
LAST MEETING: @MSU 85, EIU 45 on Dec. 9, 2004
NOTES:  EIU Complete Game Notes

GAME 4
Eastern Illinois travels to East Lansing, Michigan on Thursday evening as the Panthers take on the 24th ranked Michigan State Spartans.  This will be the second of two games this season against Big Ten opponents with EIU losing in early November at Purdue.  EIU lost its lone game last week at Indiana State falling to 0-3 on the year.   Michigan State improved to 4-0 on the season over the weekend with the Spartans holding a plus 54 scoring margin this season.   Following the game at Michigan State, EIU will remain in the area traveling to Mount Pleasant to play a Saturday afternoon game at Central Michigan.

STOLLER REMAINS CONSISTENT
Junior guard Ava Stoller was back to the number 13 in the Panthers game at Indiana State.  Stoller scored 13 points in both of EIU's exhibition games with Illinois Wesleyan and UIC and then posted 13 points in the regular season opener with Drake.  She broke that streak at Purdue with a career high 25 points.  At Indiana State she reverted to the number 13 leading EIU with 13 points.  On the season she is averaging 17.0 points per game to rank third in the OVC while her 94.7 percent clip at the free throw line (18-of-19) ranks first in the league. 

DESROCHES SPARK OFF THE BENCH
Sydney-James Desroches has played in two games this season coming back from an injury in the early fall.  At Indiana State she played 23 minutes scoring 13 points on 5-of-9 shooting from the floor with five rebounds and three blocks.  Last season Desroches started 28 games with an average of 6.7 points and 4.0 rebounds per game.  She closed the 2024-25 season with back-to-back double figure scoring games including a career high 18 points in the OVC Tournament against Western Illinois.

PANTHER STEALS
Eastern Illinois posted double figure steals for the first time this season finishing with 14 at Indiana State that the Panthers converted into 23 points off turnovers.  The steals were a balanced team effort with Clara Glad and Nyah Hardy both collecting three while Ella Lune and Sydney-James Desroches each had two.  Glad is currently ninth in the OVC at 2.0 steals per game.  Last season EIU had 16 games with double figure steals with a season high of 19 (vs. Indiana State) while averaging 9.8 steals per game. 

UP NEXT
Saturday, November 22 at Central Michigan (12 pm on ESPN+)