NCAAB Game Recap - Eastern Illinois at Eastern Kentucky
Thu Jan 9, 2020 7:30 PM EST

Gonz
94
USD
50
F
Minn
58
MSU
74
F
Ariz
73
Oreg
74
F(OT)
Purd
78
Mich
84
F(2OT)
Mem
67
WichSt
76
F
Drex
73
Tows
89
F
LaTec
73
UTSA
89
F
Merrim
62
StFPA
80
F
FlGlf
74
NFla
89
F
NJIT
52
JU
68
F
ArkLR
71
Troy
76
F
MtStM
61
(N/A)
64
F
Oakl
60
YSU
61
F
UNCW
63
W&M
79
F
StPet
58
Sien
61
F
StFNY
52
RobM
78
F
CenCT
78
LIU
90
F
N AL
52
Lib
63
F
Del
80
JMU
76
F
UL
52
GASt
90
F
ULM
56
GaSo
67
F
SacHr
77
FaDi
75
F
Charl
73
Elon
65
F
(N/A)
56
Colum
86
F
Detr
59
Clev
64
F
KennSt
73
Lipsco
85
F
Marsh
79
MTSU
75
F
E IL
74
E KY
77
F
APSU
75
TNTec
62
F
SIU-E
77
MorSt
83
F
Hof
74
NE
72
F
UMKC
64
UTRGV
76
F
App
56
TexAr
66
F
CoCar
66
TxSt
78
F
ArkSt
59
USA
75
F
FAU
81
Rice
76
F
NDSU
73
ORU
79
F
FIU
56
N TX
74
F
W Ky
62
UAB
72
F
Belm
89
SEMO
64
F
TNSt
74
TN-M
87
F
Wash
55
Stan
61
F
N CO
65
Web
64
F
USM
64
UTEP
76
F
ChiSt
54
NMSt
93
F
S UT
71
IdaSt
55
F
Murr
72
JSU
68
F
Mont
90
E WA
63
F
MTSt
71
Ida
68
F
HI
75
CS-Ful
69
F
UCRiv
65
UCDav
59
F
NoAZ
57
Sac
64
F
WaSt
66
Cal
73
F
BYU
84
StMar
87
F(OT)
SCla
61
USF
80
F
AzSt
82
OrSt
76
F

Jan 9, 2020, 7:30 PM EST

Final

1

2

T

Eastern Illinois

32

42

74

Eastern Kentucky

46

31

77

Brown scores 24 to lift E. Kentucky past E. Illinois 77-74
Thu Jan 9, 2020 10:21 PM

RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) Jomaru Brown scored 24 points, including the tie-breaking layup with 50 seconds to play and Eastern Kentucky edged Eastern Illinois 77-74 on Thursday night.

Ty Taylor added 17 points for the Colonels (5-11, 2-1 Ohio Valley Conference), including four free throws in the last 20 seconds to preserve the win. Lachlan Anderson scored 13 points and Michael Moreno had nine rebounds.

Josiah Wallace had 16 points for the Panthers (7-8, 0-3), who have now lost four straight games. George Dixon added 15 points and 11 rebounds for his sixth double-double and Marvin Johnson had 15 points and nine rebounds.

Eastern Kentucky led by 12 points with 12 minutes to go after a four-point play by Brown but Eastern Illinois responded with the next 10 points, eight from Wallace.

The Colonels shot 56% in the first half to take a 46-32 lead but the Panthers came back a 51% second half to make it a game.

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Leaders

Eastern Illinois PTS +/- AST REB ST BLK
J. Wallace 16 0 3 5 1 0
G. Dixon 15 0 2 11 2 2
Eastern Kentucky PTS +/- AST REB ST BLK
J. Brown 24 0 2 3 3 0
T. Taylor 17 0 0 3 0 0

Team Comparison

E IL E KY
Points For 74 77
Field Goals 28/64-44% 27/60-45%
Three Pointers 3/16-19% 4/14-29%
Free Throws 15/19-79% 19/28-68%
Offensive Rebounds 12 13
Defensive Rebounds 26 25
Rebounds 40 41
Blocks 7 4
Steals 7 9
Turnovers 11 14
Personal Fouls 20 15
Technical Fouls 0 0
Ejections 0 0

2019-20 Reg Season - E KY Leads Series 1-0

Date Result Away Pts Ldr Home Pts Ldr
Thu Jan 9 E IL 74 @ E KY 77 J. Wallace 16 J. Brown 24

Game Information

Stadium: McBrayer Arena, Richmond, Kentucky
Attendance: 1,517
Game Time: