Eastern Illinois vs SIU Edwardsville — College Basketball, Mar 4, 2026

Eastern Illinois beat SIU Edwardsville 77–71 at a neutral site on Mar 4, 2026.

FinalWed, Mar 4Neutral siteConference game

Eastern Illinois Panthers

8-18 · 2-14 on the road

77

SIU Edwardsville Cougars

12-13 · 6-6 at home

71

RecapPropsStatsHead to head

Line score◷History

Team	1st	2nd	OT	Final
EIU	40	25	12	77
SIUE	31	34	6	71

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

  23 pts · 4 reb · 1 ast
  10-14 FG

  0-2 3PT
• Kooper JacobiF

  18 pts · 8 reb · 3 ast
  7-15 FG

  2-5 3PT
• Terry McMorrisF

  15 pts · 13 reb · 1 ast · 3 blk · Double-double
  7-7 FG

SIU Edwardsville Cougars

• Tyler KingG

  19 pts · 6 reb · 1 ast
  7-15 FG

  4-8 3PT
• Arnas SakenisC

  15 pts · 12 reb · 2 ast · 3 blk · Double-double
  3-5 FG
• Jordan PickettG

  12 pts · 3 reb · 1 ast
  4-11 FG

  4-8 3PT

Box score◷History

every player+

EIU	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Zion Fruster	44	23	4	1	2	0	2	10-14	0-2	3-6	—
Kooper Jacobi	42	18	8	3	1	0	1	7-15	2-5	2-2	—
Meechie White	39	10	3	5	1	0	1	3-14	1-3	3-4	—
Terry McMorris	32	15	13	1	1	3	2	7-7	0-0	1-2	—
Nazareth Fisher	13	6	0	0	1	0	1	3-4	0-0	0-0	—
Markus Blackwell	29	0	3	4	0	1	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	—
Preston Turner	14	3	1	0	2	0	2	1-4	1-2	0-0	—
Prince Johnson	8	2	0	0	1	0	0	0-1	0-0	2-2	—
Andrew Austin	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	—
Totals		77	32	14	9	4	9	31-61	4-13	11-16

SIUE	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Tyler King	42	19	6	1	1	0	0	7-15	4-8	1-2	—
Jack Campion	40	0	5	8	1	1	1	0-7	0-1	0-0	—
Arnas Sakenis	39	15	12	2	0	3	2	3-5	0-0	9-13	—
Darrion Baker	31	8	4	0	0	0	4	2-8	1-4	3-5	—
Jo Valrie	21	10	2	0	2	0	1	4-7	2-4	0-0	—
Jordan Pickett	24	12	3	1	1	0	1	4-11	4-8	0-0	—
Kyle Thomas	18	5	3	0	0	0	1	2-5	1-2	0-0	—
CJ Hall	8	2	1	1	0	0	1	1-3	0-2	0-0	—
Harrison Alexander	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	—
Totals		71	36	13	5	4	12	23-62	12-30	13-20

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

50.8%

Field goals?Made-attempted: away 31-61, home 23-62.

37.1%

30.8%

Three-pointers?Made-attempted: away 4-13, home 12-30.

40.0%

68.8%

Free throws?Made-attempted: away 11-16, home 13-20.

65.0%

37

Rebounds

39

9

Offensive rebounds

15

14

Assists

13

10

Turnovers?Fewer is better.

12

9

Steals

5

4

Blocks

4

44

Points in the paint

20

24

Fast-break points

2

19

Fouls?Fewer is better.

16

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

MTWTFSSMTGame

EIU

SIUE

SIUE

3 days rest

MTWTFSSMTGame

SIUE

WIU

EIU

EIU

3 days rest3rd straight home game

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

EIU · last 10

8-18 · 3 days rest

• Feb 28 @ SIUEL 50–77
• 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

2-8 in these

SIUE · last 10

12-13 · 3 days rest

• Feb 28 vs EIUW 77–50
• 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

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.