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EASTERN ILLINOIS (4-26, 3-16 OVC) at SIUE (14-15, 7-12 OVC)
\nSaturday, February 28\u00a0 \u2022\u00a0 1:00 pm\u00a0
\nEdwardsville, Ill.\u00a0 \u2022\u00a0 First Community Arena<\/p>\n
GAME INFO GAME 31 PANTHERS CRACK SCHOOL SINGLE SEASON TOP TEN DESROCHES SUCCESSFUL AT THE LINE
\nRADIO: Hit Mix 88.9 WEIU<\/a>
\nTV: ESPN+<\/a>
\nLIVE STATS: www.eiupanthers.com<\/a>
\nSERIES RECORD: EIU leads 31-15
\nLAST MEETING: SIUE 59, @EIU 52 (2ot) on December 18, 2025
\nNOTES: EIU Complete Game Notes<\/a><\/p>\n
\nEastern Illinois closes out the 2025-26 season on Saturday afternoon playing at SIUE.\u00a0 The Panthers lost on the road on Thursday at Lindenwood falling to 4-26 overall, 3-16 in the OVC.\u00a0 EIU has picked up two of its four wins this season on the road at Bellarmine in the non-conference season and at Tennessee State in OVC play.\u00a0 EIU has two of its losses this season in overtime in conference play.\u00a0 The OVC season will end at SIUE which is playing to try and lock up a spot in the OVC Tournament on the final day of action.\u00a0 The Cougars are 14-15 overall, 7-12 in the OVC.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nEastern Illinois picked up four more team blocks on Thursday at Lindenwood as the Panthers cracked the EIU single season Top Ten for blocks in a season.\u00a0 The Panthers current total of 107 is tied for ninth on the school’s top ten list with the 1980-81 team.\u00a0 EIU is averaging 3.57 blocks per game which leads the OVC this season.\u00a0 The EIU school record for blocks is 142 set in 2014-15.\u00a0 By comparison last year’s EIU team posted 115 team blocked shots with that total ranking sixth on the Panthers all-time chart.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nA game after getting to the line eleven times and knocking down ten of them, Sydney-James Desroches<\/a> failed to get to the stripe in Thursday’s loss at Lindenwood.\u00a0 The junior did finish with ten points for her tenth double figure performance this season with nine of those taking place in OVC games.\u00a0 Desroches has two double-doubles this season against Tennessee State and Little Rock.\u00a0 She missed six weeks of the early season with a broken wrist and did not play in the Panthers OVC opener with SIUE.\u00a0<\/p>\n