EASTERN ILLINOIS (0-4) vs. Evansville (0-3)
Saturday, Nov. 14 • 1 pm
Charleston, Ill. • Groniger Arena
GAME COVERAGE
RADIO: None
TV: ESPN+
LIVE STATS: www.eiupanthers.com
SERIES RECORD: Eastern Illinois leads 13-5
LAST MEETING: @EIU 85, Evansville 74 (2ot) on Nov. 20, 2021
NOTES: Complete EIU Game Notes
GAME 5
Eastern Illinois returns home for its regular season opener at Groniger Arena on Saturday afternoon hosting Evansville. The Panthers played three games in the State of Iowa last week and then visited Saint Louis on Wednesday. EIU enters the home opener at 0-4 on the season. Evansville has also played all of its games on the road this season opening the year with an 0-3 mark.
STOLLER POSTS A DOUBLE-DOUBLE
Ava Stoller provided a good portion of the Panthers offense and rebounding on Wednesday at Saint Louis as the senior guard collected her second career double-double, first in an EIU uniform. Stoller scored a season high 18 points while pulling down a career high 13 rebounds. It was her second double figure scoring game this season after a ten point performance on the road at No. 10 Iowa. Stoller's previous double-double came while playing at SIUE with 11 points and 12 rebounds against Morehead State in January 2024. She did see her consecutive streak of made free throws end at 31 with a miss in the third quarter at Saint Louis.
BOHANON WITH A DOUBLE-DOUBLE
Janyah Bohanon gave the Panthers a second player with a double-double on Wednesday night at Saint Louis as the senior transfer posted her first career double-double with 12 points and ten rebounds. It was Bohanon's second double figure scoring game this season after opening the year with ten points at Drake. The ten rebounds were a collegiate career high for Bohanon who spent her first two seasons at Howard before playing last year at Buffalo. She just missed her third double figure scoring game of the season with nine points at Iowa State. She is currently third on the team in scoring while shooting 42.9 percent from the field.
DICKMAN PROVIDES POST SCORING
Nevaeh Dickman continues to improve her play with each of the Panthers opening four games after transferring into the program from Loyola Chicago where she came off the bench in all 28 appearances last season. In Sunday's loss at Iowa State the sophomore posted her first career double figure game with a season high 13 points going 6-of-11 from the field. On Wednesday at Saint Louis she posted her second straight double figure game finishing with 12 points on 5-of-11 shooting. Dickman also pulled down seven rebounds against Saint Louis with three on the offensive glass. She has passed out seven assists from the post over the last two games.
UP NEXT
Tuesday, November 17 at Southern Illinois - 6 pm (ESPN+)
SERIES INFORMATION
Eastern Illinois and Evansville will be meeting for 19th time in program history when the two schools meet for EIU's regular season home opener on Saturday. EIU has won four straight in the series including a double overtime, 85-74, win in their last meeting on Nov. 20, 2021. Evansville's last win in the series was the 2013 season opener for both teams with that game played in Evansville at the Ford Center. The Purple Aces last win in Charleston was the 1997-98 season opener with a 58-44 win.
DID YOU KNOW
A majority of the series meetings between Eastern Illinois and Evansville have been at the NCAA Division I level but the two schools, separated by 126 miles, did play three times as members of the AIAW. The last match-up between the schools at the AIAW level was in the Midwest Regional Championships in Chicago with EIU winning 74-62 on March 11, 1982. EIU would lose to Butler in the semifinals before beating Xavier in the Regional consolation. The Panthers women's athletics teams transitioned to the NCAA Division I level the next academic year (1982-83).
