EASTERN ILLINOIS (0-3) at Saint Louis (1-1)
Wednesday, Nov. 11  •  4 pm 
St. Louis, Mo.  •  Chaifetz Center

GAME COVERAGE
RADIO: Hit Mix 88.9 WEIU
TV: ESPN+
LIVE STATS: www.eiupanthers.com
SERIES RECORD: Saint Louis leads 7-6
LAST MEETING: @SLU 78, EIU 47 on Nov. 28, 2015
NOTES: EIU Complete Game Notes

GAME 4
Eastern Illinois plays one more road game this week before the Panthers return home to Groniger Arena this Saturday.  On Wednesday, EIU travels to play Saint Louis for a late afternoon contest at Chaifetz Center.  EIU is 0-3 coming off a week long season opening road trip to the state of Iowa with games at Drake, No. 10 Iowa, and Iowa State.  Saint Louis is 1-1 on the year coming off a win over Milwaukee after an overtime loss at Middle Tennessee.  

DICKMAN WITH A CAREER HIGH
Nevaeh Dickman had increased contributions at the end of last season as she closed out her freshman season playing at Loyola Chicago scoring in the final two WNIT games for the Ramblers.  After joining the Eastern Illinois roster through the transfer portal this season, Dickman has started all three games posting her best production of the season on Sunday at Iowa State.  Dickman reached double figures for the first time in her collegiate career finishing with a team-high 13 points on 6-of-11 shooting from the field.  The sophomore added five rebounds while passing out four assists against the Cyclones.  

GLAD GETS TO DOUBLE FIGURES
Senior Clara Glad came up one point short of double figures in the Panthers loss at No. 10 Iowa last Thursday.  On Sunday at Big 12 member Iowa State she was one of three Eastern Illinois players in double figures finishing with 11 points for her tenth career double figure game (nine at EIU, one at UC Davis).  She was 3-of-6 from 3-point range against the Cyclones and 2-of-2 from the free throw line in the game.  Glad also picked up two steals for the second straight game.  Last season Glad was the lone EIU player to appear in all 31 games as she led the Panthers with 37 steals while averaging 6.7 points and 3.8 rebounds per game.  

HARDY IN DOUBLE FIGURES OFF THE BENCH AGAIN
For the second time this season and the fifth time in her Eastern Illinois career guard Nyah Hardy scored in double figures with every game in her Panthers career coming off the bench.  In the season opener at Drake Hardy finished as EIU's leading scorer with 15 points.  On Sunday at Iowa State the junior finished with ten points going 4-of-5 from the floor and 2-of-3 from 3-point range.   During her freshman season in junior college Hardy led her JUCO conference in 3-point field goal percentage.  Early on this season Hardy is connecting for 60 percent from long range (6-of-10) and 52.6 percent overall from the field.

UP NEXT
Saturday, November 14 vs. Evansville - 1 pm (ESPN+)

SERIES INFORMATION
Eastern Illinois and Saint Louis meet for the 14th time in program history on Wednesday afternoon but the first time in more than ten years as SLU holds a slight 7-6 all-time series lead.  The Billikens have won four straight in the series including a 78-47 win over EIU in the last meeting on Nov. 28, 2015.  EIU's last win in the series came more than 30 years ago with EIU winning 83-78 at Saint Louis on Dec. 6, 1994. 

DID YOU KNOW
Eastern Illinois collected five blocks in Sunday's game at Iowa State as the Panthers have turned away multiple shots in each of the first three games of the season.  As a team EIU is averaging 5.7 blocks per game which lands the Panthers in 37th in the NCAA early this season and first in the OVC.  EIU turned away eight shots in the opener at Drake before four blocked shots at No. 10 Iowa.   Last season EIU led the OVC in blocks finishing the year with 110, the eighth most in school history.  Hawai'i is currently the NCAA leader in blocked shots with 10.5 per game.  Saint Louis enters the game ranked fourth in the NCAA at 8.5 blocks per contest.