EASTERN ILLINOIS (0-2) at Iowa State (2-0)
Sunday, Nov. 8  •  2 pm 
Ames, Iowa  •  Hilton Coliseum

GAME COVERAGE
RADIO: Hit Mix 88.9 WEIU
TV: ESPN+
LIVE STATS: www.eiupanthers.com
SERIES RECORD: Iowa State leads 4-0
LAST MEETING: @Iowa State 87, EIU 55 on Dec. 15, 2024
NOTES: EIU Complete Game Notes

GAME 3
Eastern Illinois wraps up its season opening week long road trip to the state of Iowa as the Panthers play on Sunday afternoon at Iowa State.  The Panthers have dropped their first two games of this road swing falling at Drake on Tuesday night and then at No. 10 Iowa on Thursday evening.  EIU faces an Iowa State team that is 2-0 following wins over Grambling and Nicholls earlier this week.  EIU plays at Saint Louis on Wednesday before the regular season home opener at Groniger Arena on Saturday, November 14 against Evansville.    

STOLLER IN DOUBLE FIGURES AT IOWA
Senior Ava Stoller was held scoreless for just the second time in her EIU career in the season opener at Drake on Tuesday.  The Panthers leading scorer last year at 11.9 points per game, Stoller bounced back on Thursday at No. 10 Iowa with her 38th career double figure scoring game.  Stoller scored ten points including knocking down all four free throw attempts.  Last season Stoller set the EIU single season record for free throw percentage at 90 percent closing the season with 21 straight made free throws.  Her four makes on Thursday at Iowa extended that streak to 25 straight. 

GLAD JUST SHORT OF DOUBLE FIGURES
Senior Clara Glad came up one point shy of her tenth career double figure scoring game on Thursday night as she finished with nine points.  Glad knocked down one of two made 3-pointers for the Panthers as she went 3-of-6 from the field and 2-for-2 from the free throw line.  Last season Glad was the lone EIU player to appear in all 31 games making 30 starts.  Through two games this season she currently ranks seventh in minutes played in the OVC.  Glad picked two steals at Iowa after leading the Panthers last season with 37.

STILL DEFENDING THE RIM
Eastern Illinois turned away eight shots in the season opener at Drake with Janyah Bohanon blocking three shots with Abbie Boutilier and Meioshe Mason turning away two shots each.  On Thursday at No. 10 Iowa the Panthers added four more blocks to their early season total with blocks by Bohanon, Boutilier, Nevaeh Dickman, and Dalia Grandberry.  Last season EIU led the OVC as a team with 110 blocks, that total ranking as the eighth most blocks in school history.  Bohanon is the early season OVC leader in blocks with four.  EIU is currently ranked 42nd in the NCAA in blocks during the opening week of the year at 6.0 blocks per game.  Last year EIU ranked 104th nationally at 3.5 blocks per game.

UP NEXT
Wednesday, November 11 at Saint Louis - 4 pm (ESPN+)