The Govs didn?t just snap an 11-game losing streak in Thursday?s contest at SIU Edwardsville?Austin Peay picked up its first true road win of the season and got on the board in OVC play with the win.
A victory over the Panthers on Saturday would put the Govs firmly back in the OVC West conversation as they return home next week for a four-game homestand.
About the Eastern Illinois Panthers
Eastern Illinois PanthersAfter enjoying an 8-4 start to the season, the Panthers have dropped four of their last five, beginning OVC play with a 1-3 mark.
Featuring a balanced attack (six players averaging 6.8 ppg or more), the Panthers boast a 38.0 percent mark from three as a team (second only to Jacksonville State among OVC schools) and have limited foes to a 30.3 percent mark from long range overall.
Junior college transfer Montell Goodwin leads the way for EIU with 14.8 ppg, while Muusa Dama is nearly averaging a double-double (8.8 ppg, 9.8 rpg).
Summing Up SIU Edwardsville
It wasn?t easy, but the Govs held off SIU Edwardsville for their first overtime victory since 2010, winning an 83-81 contest at the Vadalabene Center, Thursday. Austin Peay got big nights from Josh Robinson (26 points) and John Murry (23) and were able to rally after a regulation-ending 19-5 run for the Cougars with 13 points from Murry, Robinson and Jared Savage in the extra period.
Keep An Eye On
A victory over the Panthers on Saturday would put the Govs firmly back in the OVC West conversation as they return home next week for a four-game homestand.
About the Eastern Illinois Panthers
Eastern Illinois PanthersAfter enjoying an 8-4 start to the season, the Panthers have dropped four of their last five, beginning OVC play with a 1-3 mark.
Featuring a balanced attack (six players averaging 6.8 ppg or more), the Panthers boast a 38.0 percent mark from three as a team (second only to Jacksonville State among OVC schools) and have limited foes to a 30.3 percent mark from long range overall.
Junior college transfer Montell Goodwin leads the way for EIU with 14.8 ppg, while Muusa Dama is nearly averaging a double-double (8.8 ppg, 9.8 rpg).
Summing Up SIU Edwardsville
It wasn?t easy, but the Govs held off SIU Edwardsville for their first overtime victory since 2010, winning an 83-81 contest at the Vadalabene Center, Thursday. Austin Peay got big nights from Josh Robinson (26 points) and John Murry (23) and were able to rally after a regulation-ending 19-5 run for the Cougars with 13 points from Murry, Robinson and Jared Savage in the extra period.
Keep An Eye On
- Josh Robinson (21.1 ppg) retook the OVC lead in scoring thanks to a 26-point night against SIU Edwardsville; Murray State?s Jonathan Stark (20.9 ppg) is hot on his heels.
- In 13 of 18 games this season, senior Kenny Jones has shot at least 60 percent from the floor. He ranks third (60.7 percent) in the conference in shooting among qualified players.
- Since OVC play started, John Murry is averaging 17.5 ppg and 2.5 steals per contest, while maintaining one of the conference?s best free-throw shooting marks (17-for-21, 81.0 percent).
- Only two players in the conference are averaging at least 14.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and hitting 60 percent of their shots?Jones (14.7 ppg/7.5 rpg/62.6 percent) and Preseason Player of the Year Evan Bradds.
- EIU combines a bulldog defense (68.0 ppg, 41.7 field goal percentage defense) with a highly-efficient three-point shooting squad that ranks second in the conference in three-point shooting (38.0 percent).
