Eastern Illinois vs SIU Edwardsville — College Basketball, Feb 28, 2026

SIU Edwardsville beat Eastern Illinois 77–50 at home on Feb 28, 2026.

FinalSat, Feb 28Conference game

Eastern Illinois Panthers

8-18 · 2-14 on the road

50

SIU Edwardsville Cougars

12-13 · 6-6 at home

77

RecapPropsStatsHead to head

Line score◷History

Team	1st	2nd	Final
EIU	26	24	50
SIUE	35	42	77

Top performersiEach team's three leading scorers in this game, with rebounds and assists. The full box score is below.◷History

Eastern Illinois Panthers

• Zion FrusterG

  11 pts · 1 reb
  3-6 FG

  1-2 3PT
• Terry McMorrisF

  9 pts · 4 reb · 3 ast
  2-4 FG

  0-1 3PT
• Markus BlackwellG

  9 pts · 1 reb
  4-9 FG

  1-4 3PT

SIU Edwardsville Cougars

• Arnas SakenisC

  16 pts · 5 reb
  8-11 FG
• Tyler KingG

  15 pts · 7 reb · 4 ast
  6-10 FG

  2-3 3PT
• Jordan PickettG

  10 pts · 5 reb · 1 ast
  4-6 FG

  2-4 3PT

Box score◷History

every player+

EIU	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Terry McMorris	35	9	4	3	0	2	1	2-4	0-1	5-7	—
Kooper Jacobi	33	8	4	1	2	0	0	3-13	1-7	1-4	—
Meechie White	28	8	4	2	2	0	3	4-10	0-4	0-0	—
Zion Fruster	26	11	1	0	0	0	3	3-6	1-2	4-4	—
Nazareth Fisher	19	2	3	0	0	0	1	1-3	0-0	0-0	—
Markus Blackwell	30	9	1	0	1	0	1	4-9	1-4	0-0	—
Prince Johnson	17	3	1	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	1-2	—
Andrew Austin	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-1	—
Preston Turner	3	0	1	0	1	0	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	—
Totals		50	19	6	7	2	11	18-47	3-19	11-18

SIUE	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Tyler King	33	15	7	4	1	0	1	6-10	2-3	1-2	—
Jack Campion	31	8	1	9	3	1	4	3-6	2-3	0-0	—
Arnas Sakenis	29	16	5	0	2	2	0	8-11	0-0	0-0	—
Darrion Baker	23	8	3	3	1	0	1	3-7	2-5	0-0	—
Jo Valrie	14	9	3	0	1	0	0	3-5	3-4	0-0	—
Jordan Pickett	23	10	5	1	0	0	1	4-6	2-4	0-0	—
Kyle Thomas	21	7	5	1	0	0	1	2-4	1-3	2-2	—
CJ Hall	10	0	0	2	0	0	1	0-3	0-2	0-0	—
Darius Robinson Jr.	7	0	3	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-2	0-0	—
Harrison Alexander	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	2-3	0-1	0-0	—
Corentin Efono	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	—
Iwo Baganc	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	—
Totals		77	32	21	8	3	11	31-57	12-27	3-4

Starters first, then by minutes. +/- is the team's point margin while he was on the floor.

Team statsiTeam stats: green marks the better side; a longer bar is a bigger number, not always a better one.◷History

EIUSIUE

38.3%

Field goals?Made-attempted: away 18-47, home 31-57.

54.4%

15.8%

Three-pointers?Made-attempted: away 3-19, home 12-27.

44.4%

61.1%

Free throws?Made-attempted: away 11-18, home 3-4.

75.0%

25

Rebounds

34

8

Offensive rebounds

9

6

Assists

21

12

Turnovers?Fewer is better.

11

7

Steals

8

2

Blocks

3

16

Points in the paint

36

8

Fast-break points

7

8

Fouls?Fewer is better.

17

This game's box score totals; green marks the better side (fewer turnovers and fouls are better).

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Going into the game · matchup numbers, form, rest+

Offense vs defense: the four factorsiEach offense's league rank against the defense it faces in shooting, turnovers, rebounding and free throws; longer = better.◷History

ranks betterranks worseStronger72+ places apartleague middleLonger bar = better rank of 361 (#1 = best)

EIU offensevsSIUE defense

EIU offense ranks better in 0 of 4 matchups · SIUE defense in 4 (3 by a clear margin)

Shooting · effective FG%?Field-goal percentage with threes counted at 1.5; the defense's number is what it allows.

46.2%

#345

46.6%

Stronger#16

Turnovers · per 100 plays?Turnovers the offense commits (fewer is better) and the turnovers the defense forces.

16.7%

#317

14.2%

Stronger#199

Offensive rebounding %?Share of its own misses the offense rebounds; the defense's number is what it allows.

27.7%

#274

31.0%

Stronger#200

Free throw rate?Free throws made per field-goal attempt; the defense's number is what it allows.

24.2%

#219

25.2%

slight#168

SIUE offensevsEIU defense

SIUE offense ranks better in 1 of 4 matchups (1 by a clear margin) · EIU defense in 3 (2 by a clear margin)

Shooting · effective FG%?Field-goal percentage with threes counted at 1.5; the defense's number is what it allows.

49.6%

#261

52.0%

slight#207

Turnovers · per 100 plays?Turnovers the offense commits (fewer is better) and the turnovers the defense forces.

15.0%

#217

16.5%

Stronger#57

Offensive rebounding %?Share of its own misses the offense rebounds; the defense's number is what it allows.

30.1%

#192Stronger

35.3%

#340

Free throw rate?Free throws made per field-goal attempt; the defense's number is what it allows.

19.4%

#344

26.0%

Stronger#199

Season box-score numbers; ranks of 361 teams. A defense ranks well for allowing less and forcing more turnovers.

Key numbers and mismatchesiHeadline ratings, then the biggest mismatches between one team's offense and the other's defense.◷History

EIUSIUE

−13.5 331stNet rating?Points scored minus points allowed per 100 possessions149th +1.6

97.1 347thOffensive rating?Points scored per 100 possessions283rd 104.2

110.6 205thDefensive rating?Points allowed per 100 possessions (rank 1 = allows least)40th 102.6

65.9 287thPace?Possessions per game (rank 1 = fastest)310th 65.3

Expected pace: about 66 possessions a team (the two teams' average). Rank among 361 teams, 1st = best.

Where one side has the better of it

• 
  SIUE offensive rebounding

  SIUE offense 30.1% (192nd) vs EIU defense allowing 35.3% (340th)
  +148 spots

ContextiEach team's last ten days going into this game (filled = home, outline = road; travel distance is not tracked)◷History

last 10 days

TFSSMTWTFGame

EIU

MORE

SIUE

8 days rest

TFSSMTWTFGame

SIUE

TNTC

TNST

WIU

EIU

1 day rest

homeroadday offthis gameFrom the schedule; travel distance is not tracked.

EIU · last 10

8-18 · 8 days rest

• Feb 19 vs MOREL 70–73
• Feb 14 vs LRW 78–72
• Feb 10 @ WIUL 70–79
• Feb 7 @ TNTCW 60–54
• Feb 5 @ TNSTL 68–77
• Jan 31 vs SEMOL 59–77
• Jan 29 vs UTML 68–76
• Jan 24 @ MOREL 68–73
• Jan 15 @ LRL 63–74
• Jan 13 vs WIUW 57–55

3-7 in these

SIUE · last 10

12-13 · 1 day rest

• Feb 26 vs WIUW 67–47
• Feb 21 @ TNSTL 53–80
• Feb 19 @ TNTCL 52–62
• Feb 14 vs UTML 76–81
• Feb 12 vs SEMOW 74–56
• Feb 7 @ LRW 71–61
• Jan 29 @ MOREL 65–67
• Jan 24 vs TNTCW 62–58
• Jan 22 vs TNSTW 74–66
• Jan 17 @ SEMOW 68–55

6-4 in these

From box scores. Ratings are per 100 possessions (possessions estimated from box scores). Prop lines from DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM and Caesars; hit rates are past games against a number, not a forecast or a pick. For information only, not betting advice. 21+ only. Gambling problem? Call or text 1-800-GAMBLER.