The Eastern Illinois women's basketball team played two overtime games against Eastern Kentucky last season. They won them both. But none of that matters to Panthers' head coach Brady Sallee as he prepares for today's Ohio Valley Conference game against the Colonels at 5:30 p. (0) comments
As the Eastern men's basketball team returns home after a three game road stretch they must avoid getting stuck by a Rose. The Panthers will square off against senior guard Mike Rose and the Eastern Kentucky Colonels at 8 p.m. roday at Lantz Arena in an Ohio Valley Conference game. (0) comments
T.J. Marion has been a team player his entire life. It is no wonder his success has translated this season for the junior guard. Marion, who has played on successful teams, has helped the players around him improve as well. And that's something that the Eastern men's basketball team is benefitting from this season. (0) comments
Granted, it is only January and about five games into the conference season, but so far the Ohio Valley Conference looks weak in men's basketball. There are great players across the league like Tennessee Martin's Lester Hudson (NBA-caliber), Austin Peay's Drake Reed, Eastern Kentucky's Mike Rose and Morehead State's Kenneth Faried. (0) comments
Eastern men's track athletes Zye Boey and Tyler Carter, and women's track athlete Chandra Golden were honored by the Ohio Valley Conference for their performances in indoor track. Boey, a red-shirt freshman, was named the OVC Male Track Athlete of the Week for his performance at the EIU Early Bird on Dec. (0) comments