EASTERN ILLINOIS (2-5) vs. Blackburn (0-7)
Monday, December 1  •  7 pm 
Charleston, Ill.  •  Groniger Arena

GAME INFO
RADIO: Hit Mix 88.9 WEIU
TV: ESPN+
LIVE STATS: www.eiupanthers.com
SERIES RECORD: Eastern Illinois leads 5-0
LAST MEETING: @EIU 99, Blackburn 55 on Dec. 28, 2024

GAME 8
Eastern Illinois returns home on Monday night as the Panthers will play three straight at Groniger Arena beginning with a home game against Blackburn College.  EIU is coming off road losses at Central Arkansas and No. 1 Purdue, falling to 2-5 on the season.  Blackburn is 0-7 on the season.  Following the game with Blackburn, EIU will play Lindenwood on Saturday to open Ohio Valley Conference play and then former OVC rival Eastern Kentucky on Dec. 10.
 
WHITE IN DOUBLE FIGURES AT PURDUE
Junior college guard Meechie White picked the biggest stage to have his biggest game of the season leading the Panthers in scoring at No. 1 Purdue.  White scored 23 points, going 8-of-10 from the floor which included 2-of-3 from 3-point range and 5-of-6 from the free throw line.  It was White's second double figure scoring game this season after 11 points in the home win over Tiffin.  White dished out three assists at Purdue for this fourth straight game with multiple assists.

McMORRIS CONTINUES TO GROW
Sophomore Terry McMorris continues to produce for the Panthers offense.  Last season he posted season highs of five points and five rebounds late in the year.  He broke out in the season opener at Valparaiso with a double-double and has continued to be steady through the opening seven games.  McMorris posted his fourth straight double figures game scoring 11 points at No. 1 Purdue.  The forward  is shooting 50.9 percent from the floor and 76.7 percent from the free throw line.

FISHER WORKING HIS WAY BACK
Nazareth Fisher averaged a double-double last season playing at NCAA Division II Point Park.  He was limited to just four minutes in each of the first two games of the season before missing the next four games due to injury.  Fisher worked his way back into the line-up with 15 minutes on Friday at No. 1 Purdue.  He scored four points and pulled down two rebounds in the game.   

SERIES NOTES
Eastern Illinois and Blackburn meet for the sixth time on the basketball hardwood on Monday night.  EIU leads the all-time series 5-0 including a 99-55 win last year in Groniger Arena.  This marks the fourth straight season EIU has hosted Blackburn.  Prior to that the two schools had not met since 1917 when both schools played as members of the Little 19 Conference.

UP NEXT
Saturday - December 6, 2025 vs. Lindenwood (7 pm / ESPN+)