Eastern Illinois Panthers

4thin Ohio Valley · 9-11

YES!

Eastern Illinois Panthers beat the Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles

9-11 59 – 51

4-15

Final/OT · Thu, Jan 22

Game Details

Liberty Arena (IN) (Evansville) · 1,369 fans · ESPN+

Highlights

Eastern Illinois defeats Southern Indiana 59-51 in OT

Zion Fruster had 25 points in Eastern Illinois' 59-51 overtime win over Southern Indiana on Thursday night.

Recap via ESPN

0:18 Ola Ajiboye fights off defender for and-1

0:14 Devin Curtis denies Eastern Illinois Panthers with swat

0:18 Devin Curtis gets up for the rejection

0:18 Terry McMorris somehow gets the and-1 to fall

Clips play on ESPN

Line Score

	1	2	3	T
EIU	24	26	9	59
USI	27	23	1	51

Game Flow

EIU USI

H1H2OT

9-0Biggest Run6-0

8Largest Lead10

3 lead changes · tied 6 times

Win Probability · Eastern Illinois Panthers

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Game Leaders

Eastern Illinois Panthers

Zion Fruster · 25Points
Zion Fruster · 2Assists
Meechie White · 10Rebounds

Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles

Amaree Brown · 17Points
Ismail Habib · 3Assists
Tolu Samuels · 11Rebounds

2025-26 Ohio Valley Conference Standings

Team	GB
Tennessee State	-
Morehead State	-
Southeast Missouri State	1
UT Martin	2
SIU Edwardsville	3
Lindenwood	4
Little Rock	6
Tennessee Tech	6
Eastern Illinois	7
Southern Indiana	11
Western Illinois	14

Team Stats

Eastern Illinois PanthersSouthern Indiana Screaming Eagles

Shooting

20-55, 36% Field Goals 14-57, 25%

2-12, 17% 3-Pointers 4-28, 14%

17-22, 77% Free Throws 19-27, 70%

Possessions

41 Rebounds 45

7 Offensive Rebounds 14

3 Assists 4

7 Steals 3

3 Blocks 4

13 Turnovers 17

21 Fouls 17

Scoring

30 Points in Paint 18

15 Fast Break Points 5

8 Largest Lead 10

Box Score

Eastern Illinois Panthers ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
N. FisherF	0	0	0	11	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2
K. JacobiF	6	8	0	39	3-10	0-2	0-0	1	0	1	2	6	2
M. WhiteG	8	10	1	41	3-9	0-1	2-2	0	3	0	1	9	1
Z. FrusterG	25	7	2	39	8-18	2-7	7-8	1	1	0	1	6	3
A. WashingtonG	5	1	0	29	2-8	0-0	1-3	1	1	0	1	0	3
Bench
A. AustinF	0	0	0	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
P. JohnsonF	0	2	0	12	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	2	0	2	4
T. McMorrisF	8	7	0	30	2-4	0-1	4-5	4	2	0	0	7	0
P. TurnerG	4	0	0	6	1-2	0-1	2-2	0	0	0	0	0	1
M. BlackwellG	0	0	0	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1
M. OlafioyeG	3	0	0	14	1-3	0-0	1-2	1	0	0	0	0	4
S. SimsG	DNP: Did not play
K. LaytonG	DNP: Did not play
JT ElderG	DNP: Did not play
Team	59	41	3		20-55	2-12	17-22	13	7	3	7	34	21

Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
T. SamuelsF	7	11	0	34	2-6	0-0	3-4	1	0	0	2	9	2
O. AjiboyeF	6	6	0	17	3-3	0-0	0-1	1	2	0	3	3	1
A. BrownG	17	2	0	36	3-14	1-7	10-12	2	0	0	0	2	2
S. ClayG	6	4	1	27	2-6	2-6	0-0	1	0	0	0	4	4
I. HabibG	12	3	3	39	4-19	1-10	3-4	5	0	0	0	3	2
Bench
D. CurtisF	1	9	0	25	0-2	0-0	1-2	1	0	4	4	5	2
C. BaileyG	1	2	0	14	0-2	0-1	1-2	2	0	0	1	1	0
J. DunhamG	0	1	0	19	0-4	0-4	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	3
S. SharpG	1	1	0	14	0-1	0-0	1-2	2	1	0	0	1	1
B. EzeaguF	DNP: Did not play
A. FejzicG	DNP: Did not play
C. GehlhausenG	DNP: Did not play
K. BrownG	DNP: Did not play
B. JonesG	DNP: Did not play
T. ThomasG	DNP: Did not play
Team	51	45	4		14-57	4-28	19-27	17	3	4	14	31	17

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