Offensive Efficiencies
Northwest Missouri State: At the rim (6/11 54.5%) Inside (9/16 56.3%) Mid-range (5/14 35.7%) Beyond the Arc (11/24 45.8%)
Eastern Illinois: At the rim (7/9 77.8%) Inside (18/29 62.1%) Mid-range (4/10 40.0%) Beyond the Arc (5/18 27.8%)
1st Half: 20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Eastern Illinois gains possession on the jump ball... 19:55 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Blocker leads the fast break with Shaw to the right. Blocker passes the ball to Shaw on the perimeter. Shaw shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Blocker grabs the offensive rebound. 19:50 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker has the rebound and restarts the offense. Blocker shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 2 - 0. 19:44 - Northwest Missouri State: Bird brings up the ball against a zone defense. Bird passes the ball to Abel in the paint. Abel passes the ball to Bird on the perimeter. Bird shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the rebound. 19:29 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Blocker leads the fast break with Strong and Shaw. Blocker passes the ball to Strong. Strong shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Morgan grabs the rebound. 19:24 - Northwest Missouri State: McNamara brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. McNamara passes the ball to Bird on the perimeter. Bird shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Cramer grabs the rebound. 19:10 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Blocker leads the fast break with Shaw to the right. Blocker passes the ball to Shaw on the perimeter. Shaw shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Abel grabs the rebound. 19:07 - Northwest Missouri State: McNamara brings up the ball against a zone defense. McNamara passes the ball to Morgan in the paint. Morgan shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by McNamara. Tied 2 - 2. 18:57 - Game Event: Time out. Northwest Missouri State substitutes Robertson to Point Guard, Alexander to Power Forward and Kearns to Center. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Point Guard and Nieves to Center. 18:57 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Sager outside. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Kearns steals the pass from Nieves. 18:32 - Northwest Missouri State: Breakaway! Kearns takes the ball the length of the court. Kearns lays it up. It's blocked by Nieves! Nieves grabs the rebound. 18:27 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Shaw leads the fast break with Strong and Sager. Shaw lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 4 - 2. 18:23 - Northwest Missouri State: Robertson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Robertson passes the ball to Alexander in the paint. Alexander passes the ball to Robertson on the perimeter. Robertson passes the ball to Abel in the paint. Abel passes the ball to Robertson on the perimeter. Robertson passes the ball to Bird. Bird tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bird passes the ball to Abel in the paint. Abel shoots in the paint. Foul! Sager fouls Abel on the shot. Abel makes the first free throw. Abel missed the second free throw. Shaw grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 4 - 3. 17:49 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Shaw on the perimeter. Shaw shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Kearns grabs the rebound. 17:37 - Northwest Missouri State: Fast break opportunity! Bird leads the fast break with Abel to the right. Bird lays it up. The shot goes in! Northwest Missouri State 5 - 4. 17:33 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Foul! Kearns commits a foul away from the ball. 17:27 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Shaw. Shaw passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Eastern Illinois 6 - 5. 17:17 - Northwest Missouri State: Robertson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Robertson passes the ball to Bird on the perimeter. Bird shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the rebound. 17:07 - Eastern Illinois: Shaw brings up the ball against a zone defense. Shaw passes the ball to Strong outside. Strong passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Strong. Eastern Illinois 8 - 5. 16:50 - Northwest Missouri State: Robertson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Robertson passes the ball to Kearns in the paint. Offensive foul! Robertson commits the foul away from the ball. 16:45 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Offensive foul! Sager commits the foul away from the ball. 16:39 - Northwest Missouri State: Bird brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Bird drives to the basket. Foul! Sager commits the foul on Bird. 16:28 - Game Event: Time out. Sager must sit with 3 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Franz to Point Guard. 16:28 - Northwest Missouri State: The ball is inbounded to Bird. Bird passes the ball to Abel on the perimeter. Abel passes the ball to Bird outside. Bird passes the ball to Robertson on the perimeter. Robertson passes the ball to Alexander. Alexander shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Alexander grabs the offensive rebound. 15:59 - Northwest Missouri State: Alexander has the rebound and restarts the offense. Alexander passes the ball to Bird outside. Bird passes the ball to Robertson on the perimeter. Escalante steals the pass from Robertson. 15:44 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Shaw leads the fast break with Franz to the right. Shaw passes the ball to Franz on the perimeter. Franz shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Shaw. Eastern Illinois 11 - 5. 15:38 - Game Event: Time out. Northwest Missouri State substitutes Jackson to Small Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Blocker to Point Guard and Chadwick to Small Forward. 15:38 - Northwest Missouri State: Robertson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Robertson passes the ball to Bird on the perimeter. Bird passes the ball to Kearns in the paint. Kearns passes the ball to Robertson on the perimeter. Robertson drives down the lane. Robertson passes the ball to Jackson on the perimeter. Jackson shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Robertson. Eastern Illinois 11 - 8. 15:12 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Blocker passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots in the paint. Foul! Kearns fouls Nieves on the shot. Nieves makes the first free throw. Nieves missed the second free throw. Alexander grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 12 - 8. 15:04 - Northwest Missouri State: Robertson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Robertson passes the ball to Kearns in the paint. Kearns drives by Nieves. Kearns lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 12 - 10. 14:46 - Game Event: Time out. Kearns must sit with 2 fouls. Northwest Missouri State substitutes Luna to Small Forward, Jackson to Power Forward and Alexander to Center. 14:46 - Eastern Illinois: Shaw brings up the ball against a zone defense. Shaw passes the ball to Blocker. Blocker passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Blocker tips it in. Eastern Illinois 14 - 10. 14:46 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Eastern Illinois! 14:33 - Northwest Missouri State: Robertson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Robertson passes the ball to Alexander in the paint. Alexander passes the ball to Bird on the perimeter. Bird drives by Chadwick. Bird passes the ball to Robertson on the perimeter. Robertson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Foul! Shaw fouls Bird blocking out to get the rebound. 14:12 - Northwest Missouri State: The ball is inbounded to Alexander. Alexander passes the ball to Luna on the perimeter. Luna shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Alexander. Eastern Illinois 14 - 13. 14:00 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Blocker passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Blocker outside. Blocker passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Blocker outside. Blocker passes the ball to Shaw. Shaw shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blocker. Eastern Illinois 16 - 13. 13:29 - Game Event: Time out. Northwest Missouri State substitutes McNamara to Point Guard, Jackson to Small Forward and Robertson to Power Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Cramer to Center. 13:29 - Northwest Missouri State: McNamara brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. McNamara passes the ball to Alexander in the paint. Chadwick steals the pass from Alexander. 13:19 - Eastern Illinois: Breakaway! Chadwick takes the ball the length of the court. Chadwick attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Eastern Illinois 18 - 13. 13:14 - Northwest Missouri State: McNamara brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. McNamara passes the ball to Alexander in the paint. Alexander passes the ball to McNamara on the perimeter. McNamara passes the ball to Bird on the perimeter. Bird drives by Shaw. Bird lays it up. Foul! Shaw fouls Bird on the shot. Bird missed the first free throw. Bird makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 18 - 14. 12:49 - Game Event: Time out. Northwest Missouri State substitutes Luna to Shooting Guard, Alexander to Power Forward and Morgan to Center. Shaw must sit with 2 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Franz to Shooting Guard and Nieves to Power Forward. 12:49 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Blocker passes the ball to Nieves. Nieves shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Morgan grabs the rebound. 12:40 - Northwest Missouri State: McNamara brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Franz steals the pass from McNamara. 12:36 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Franz leads the fast break with Blocker to the right. Franz lays it up. Foul! McNamara fouls Franz on the shot. Franz makes the first free throw. Franz makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 20 - 14. 12:29 - Northwest Missouri State: McNamara brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. McNamara drives by Blocker. McNamara passes the ball to Jackson on the perimeter. Jackson shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by McNamara. Eastern Illinois 20 - 17. 12:22 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Blocker passes the ball to Chadwick on the perimeter. Chadwick shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blocker. Eastern Illinois 23 - 17. 12:12 - Northwest Missouri State: McNamara brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. McNamara passes the ball to Alexander. Alexander shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Foul! McNamara fouls Blocker trying to grab the offensive rebound. 12:02 - Game Event: Time out. McNamara must sit with 2 fouls. Northwest Missouri State substitutes Robertson to Point Guard. 12:02 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Cramer. Morgan steals the pass from Cramer. 11:55 - Northwest Missouri State: Breakaway! Morgan takes the ball the length of the court. Morgan lays it up. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the rebound. 11:51 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Blocker passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Nieves charged with the foul while taking the shot over Morgan. 11:41 - Northwest Missouri State: Luna brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Luna hands off the ball to Jackson. Jackson passes the ball to Robertson on the perimeter. Robertson passes the ball to Luna on the perimeter. Luna shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Chadwick grabs the long rebound. 11:20 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Franz leads the fast break. Foul! Robertson commits the foul on Franz. 11:14 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Nieves. Nieves passes the ball to Chadwick in the paint. Chadwick shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Luna grabs the rebound. 11:03 - Northwest Missouri State: Fast break opportunity! Luna leads the fast break with Robertson and Jackson. Luna passes the ball to Robertson on the perimeter. Robertson shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Luna. Eastern Illinois 23 - 20. 10:56 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Blocker passes the ball to Cramer in the paint. Cramer shoots from the low post. Foul! Morgan fouls Cramer on the shot. Cramer makes the first free throw. Cramer missed the second free throw. Morgan grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 24 - 20. 10:46 - Northwest Missouri State: Robertson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Robertson passes the ball to Luna in the paint. Luna shoots in the paint. Foul! Cramer fouls Luna on the shot. Luna missed the first free throw. Luna makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 24 - 21. 10:36 - Eastern Illinois: Franz brings up the ball against a zone defense. Franz passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots in the paint. Foul! Morgan fouls Nieves on the shot. Nieves makes the first free throw. Nieves makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 26 - 21. 10:27 - Game Event: Time out. Morgan must sit with 2 fouls. Northwest Missouri State substitutes Reeves to Shooting Guard, Luna to Small Forward, Jackson to Power Forward and Alexander to Center. 10:27 - Northwest Missouri State: Robertson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Robertson passes the ball to Luna on the perimeter. Luna shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Robertson. Eastern Illinois 26 - 24. 10:17 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Blocker passes the ball to Franz on the perimeter. Franz shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the offensive rebound. 10:08 - Eastern Illinois: Nieves has the rebound and restarts the offense. Nieves passes the ball to Cramer in the paint. Cramer shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 28 - 24. 10:00 - Northwest Missouri State: Robertson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Robertson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Robertson passes the ball to Luna. Luna with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Chadwick grabs the rebound. 9:50 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Franz leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Franz passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Alexander grabs the rebound. 9:38 - Northwest Missouri State: Robertson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Robertson passes the ball to Reeves in the paint. Reeves passes the ball to Jackson. Jackson shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Cramer grabs the rebound. 9:23 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Franz leads the fast break with Blocker to the right. Franz passes the ball to Blocker on the perimeter. Blocker shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Luna grabs the rebound. 9:19 - Northwest Missouri State: Fast break opportunity! Reeves attacks with the ball on the fast break. Reeves passes the ball to Robertson on the perimeter. Robertson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Cramer grabs the rebound. 9:14 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Franz leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Franz tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Franz passes the ball to Chadwick in the paint. Chadwick shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Franz. Eastern Illinois 30 - 24. 9:14 - Game Event: The home crowds goes crazy as their team has captured the momentum! 9:01 - Game Event: Time out. Northwest Missouri State substitutes Luna to Shooting Guard and Abel to Small Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Strong to Small Forward. 9:01 - Northwest Missouri State: Robertson brings up the ball against pressure defense. Robertson passes the ball to Jackson on the perimeter. Strong steals the pass from Jackson. 8:52 - Eastern Illinois: Franz brings up the ball against a zone defense. Franz passes the ball to Blocker on the perimeter. Blocker drives down the lane. Blocker lays it up. Foul! Jackson fouls Blocker on the shot. Blocker makes the first free throw. Blocker makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 32 - 24. 8:33 - Game Event: Time out. Northwest Missouri State substitutes Bird to Shooting Guard. 8:33 - Northwest Missouri State: Bird brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Bird drives to the basket. Foul! Blocker commits the foul on Bird. In the bonus, Bird is shooting one-and-one. Bird missed the first free throw. Cramer grabs the rebound. 8:22 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Blocker drives down the lane. Blocker lays it up. The shot misses. Bird grabs the rebound. 8:14 - Northwest Missouri State: Fast break opportunity! Bird leads the fast break with Robertson to the right. Bird passes the ball to Robertson at the basket. Robertson attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Assisted by Bird. Eastern Illinois 32 - 26. 8:10 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Blocker passes the ball to Cramer in the paint. Cramer passes the ball to Nieves. Nieves shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Cramer. Eastern Illinois 34 - 26. 7:51 - Northwest Missouri State: Robertson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Strong steals the pass from Robertson. 7:47 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Blocker attacks with the ball on the fast break. Blocker lays it up. Foul! Bird fouls Blocker on the shot. Blocker missed the first free throw. Blocker missed the second free throw. Alexander grabs the rebound. 7:40 - Northwest Missouri State: Robertson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Robertson passes the ball to Abel in the paint. Foul! Blocker commits the foul on Abel. In the bonus, Abel is shooting one-and-one. Abel makes the first free throw. Abel makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 34 - 28. 7:34 - Game Event: Time out. Blocker must sit with 2 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Franz to Point Guard and Shaw to Shooting Guard. 7:34 - Eastern Illinois: Franz brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Franz passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the low post. Foul! Jackson fouls Nieves on the shot. Nieves missed the first free throw. Nieves makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 35 - 28. 7:25 - Northwest Missouri State: Robertson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Robertson passes the ball to Abel on the perimeter. Abel passes the ball to Jackson on the perimeter. Jackson drives down the lane. Jackson lays it up. The shot misses. Cramer grabs the rebound. 7:02 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Shaw leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Shaw passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 37 - 28. 6:49 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Escalante to Power Forward. 6:49 - Northwest Missouri State: Robertson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Robertson passes the ball to Bird outside. Bird drives by Shaw. Bird lays it up. The shot goes in! And Bird is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Bird makes the first free throw. Eastern Illinois 37 - 31. 6:34 - Eastern Illinois: Franz brings up the ball against a zone defense. Franz passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong carelessly turns the ball over to the other team. 6:29 - Northwest Missouri State: Fast break opportunity! Robertson leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Robertson passes the ball to Bird on the perimeter. Bird shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Robertson. Eastern Illinois 37 - 34. 6:12 - Eastern Illinois: Franz brings up the ball against a zone defense. Franz passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante passes the ball to Franz on the perimeter. Franz drives down the lane. Franz passes the ball to Escalante at the basket. Escalante lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Franz. Eastern Illinois 39 - 34. 5:50 - Northwest Missouri State: Robertson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Robertson passes the ball to Abel. Franz steals the pass from Abel. 5:37 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Shaw leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Shaw passes the ball to Franz. Franz passes the ball to Cramer on the perimeter. Cramer drives down the lane. Cramer passes the ball to Shaw on the perimeter. Shaw shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Alexander grabs the rebound. 5:05 - Northwest Missouri State: Robertson brings up the ball against pressure defense. Robertson passes the ball to Abel on the perimeter. Abel turns the ball over out of bounds. 4:59 - Game Event: Time out. Northwest Missouri State substitutes McNamara to Point Guard, Alexander to Power Forward and Morgan to Center. Shaw must sit with 3 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Blocker to Point Guard and Franz to Shooting Guard. 4:59 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Blocker passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante passes the ball to Blocker outside. Blocker passes the ball to Cramer in the paint. Cramer shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Morgan! Morgan grabs the rebound. 4:38 - Northwest Missouri State: McNamara brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. McNamara passes the ball to Abel on the perimeter. Abel tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Abel passes the ball to Bird. Bird with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Abel. Eastern Illinois 39 - 36. 4:23 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Blocker passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blocker. Eastern Illinois 41 - 36. 4:14 - Northwest Missouri State: McNamara brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. McNamara passes the ball to Morgan in the paint. Morgan shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by McNamara. Eastern Illinois 41 - 38. 4:02 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Blocker passes the ball to Franz outside. Franz passes the ball to Cramer in the paint. Cramer passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong passes the ball to Cramer in the paint. Cramer shoots in the paint. Foul! Morgan fouls Cramer on the shot. Cramer makes the first free throw. Cramer makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 43 - 38. 3:36 - Game Event: Time out. Morgan must sit with 3 fouls. Northwest Missouri State substitutes Robertson to Power Forward and Alexander to Center. 3:36 - Northwest Missouri State: McNamara brings up the ball against pressure defense. Cramer steals the pass from McNamara. 3:30 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Blocker drives down the lane. Blocker lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 45 - 38. 3:20 - Northwest Missouri State: Bird brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Bird drives to the basket. Foul! Escalante commits the foul on Bird. In the double bonus, Bird is shooting two free throws. Bird makes the first free throw. Bird makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 45 - 40. 3:10 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Blocker passes the ball to Cramer in the paint. Cramer shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blocker. Eastern Illinois 47 - 40. 2:59 - Northwest Missouri State: McNamara brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. McNamara passes the ball to Bird on the perimeter. Bird tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bird with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by McNamara. Eastern Illinois 47 - 42. 2:42 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. McNamara steals the pass from Blocker. 2:39 - Northwest Missouri State: Fast break opportunity! Bird leads the fast break with Abel and McNamara. Bird passes the ball to Abel on the perimeter. Abel shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. McNamara grabs the long offensive rebound. 2:35 - Northwest Missouri State: McNamara has the rebound and restarts the offense. McNamara drives to the basket. Offensive foul! McNamara commits the foul on the drive. 2:23 - Game Event: Time out. McNamara must sit with 3 fouls. Northwest Missouri State substitutes Robertson to Point Guard and Jackson to Power Forward. 2:23 - Eastern Illinois: Franz brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Franz passes the ball to Blocker on the perimeter. Blocker shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Alexander grabs the rebound. 2:12 - Northwest Missouri State: Robertson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Robertson turns the ball over out of bounds. 2:05 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Blocker passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Strong. Eastern Illinois 49 - 42. 1:52 - Northwest Missouri State: Robertson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Robertson passes the ball to Jackson in the paint. Jackson shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Cramer grabs the rebound. 1:40 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Blocker passes the ball to Franz on the perimeter. Franz passes the ball to Cramer in the paint. Cramer shoots from the low post. Foul! Alexander fouls Cramer on the shot. Cramer makes the first free throw. Cramer makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 51 - 42. 1:25 - Northwest Missouri State: Robertson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Robertson passes the ball to Alexander in the paint. Strong steals the pass from Alexander. 1:13 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Blocker attacks with the ball on the fast break. Blocker passes the ball to Franz on the perimeter. Franz shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blocker. Eastern Illinois 54 - 42. 1:10 - Northwest Missouri State: Robertson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Robertson passes the ball to Jackson on the perimeter. Jackson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Robertson. Eastern Illinois 54 - 45. 1:01 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Blocker passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Abel grabs the rebound. 0:52 - Northwest Missouri State: Robertson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Robertson passes the ball to Alexander in the paint. Alexander passes the ball to Jackson on the perimeter. Jackson passes the ball to Robertson on the perimeter. Robertson passes the ball to Bird on the perimeter. Bird shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Cramer grabs the long rebound. 0:27 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Blocker leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Blocker passes the ball to Cramer in the paint. Cramer passes the ball to Blocker in the paint. Blocker goes for the dunk. Foul! Robertson fouls Blocker on the shot. Blocker missed the first free throw. Blocker makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 55 - 45. 0:08 - Northwest Missouri State: Robertson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Robertson passes the ball to Bird. Bird drives by Franz. Bird lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 55 - 47. 0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Northwest Missouri State 47, Eastern Illinois 55
Half-Time
2nd Half: 20:00 - Game Event: Robertson must sit with 3 fouls. Northwest Missouri State substitutes Abel to Point Guard and Luna to Small Forward. Blocker must sit with 2 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Franz to Point Guard and Shaw to Shooting Guard. 20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors Northwest Missouri State. They receive the ball... 19:55 - Northwest Missouri State: The ball is inbounded to Abel. Abel passes the ball to Bird on the perimeter. Bird shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Abel. Eastern Illinois 55 - 50. 19:46 - Game Event: Time out. Northwest Missouri State substitutes McNamara to Point Guard, Abel to Small Forward, Kearns to Power Forward and Morgan to Center. Eastern Illinois substitutes Blocker to Point Guard. 19:46 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Blocker passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots in the paint. Offensive foul! Escalante charged with the foul while taking the shot over Kearns. 19:33 - Northwest Missouri State: McNamara brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. McNamara passes the ball to Bird on the perimeter. Bird tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bird with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 55 - 52. 19:18 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Blocker passes the ball to Cramer in the paint. Cramer shoots from the low post. Kearns rotates over and blocks the shot! Bird grabs the rebound. 19:07 - Northwest Missouri State: McNamara brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. McNamara passes the ball to Morgan in the paint. Foul! Cramer commits the foul on Morgan. 19:00 - Northwest Missouri State: The ball is inbounded to Abel. Abel passes the ball to Kearns in the paint. Kearns shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Abel. Eastern Illinois 55 - 54. 18:50 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Nieves to Center. 18:50 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Blocker passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blocker. Eastern Illinois 57 - 54. 18:42 - Northwest Missouri State: McNamara brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. McNamara passes the ball to Morgan in the paint. Morgan passes the ball to Abel on the perimeter. Abel shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Tied 57 - 57. 18:25 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Blocker passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Strong. Strong shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Bird grabs the rebound. 18:00 - Northwest Missouri State: McNamara brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. McNamara passes the ball to Morgan on the perimeter. Morgan passes the ball to Kearns on the perimeter. Kearns passes the ball to McNamara on the perimeter. McNamara drives by Blocker. McNamara lays it up. Foul! Blocker fouls McNamara on the shot. McNamara makes the first free throw. McNamara makes the second free throw. Northwest Missouri State 59 - 57. 17:35 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Blocker passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Tied 59 - 59. 17:24 - Northwest Missouri State: McNamara brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. McNamara passes the ball to Abel on the perimeter. Abel shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Northwest Missouri State 62 - 59. 17:14 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Blocker passes the ball to Strong. Strong shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blocker. Northwest Missouri State 62 - 61. 17:06 - Northwest Missouri State: McNamara brings up the ball against pressure defense. McNamara passes the ball to Abel on the perimeter. Abel passes the ball to McNamara. McNamara passes the ball to Kearns. Kearns shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by McNamara. Northwest Missouri State 64 - 61. 16:45 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Blocker passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong passes the ball to Nieves. Nieves with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Strong. Northwest Missouri State 64 - 63. 16:25 - Northwest Missouri State: Bird brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Bird passes the ball to Morgan in the paint. Morgan passes the ball to Abel in the paint. Abel passes the ball to Morgan in the paint. Morgan shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Abel. Northwest Missouri State 66 - 63. 16:04 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Bird steals the pass from Blocker. 15:58 - Northwest Missouri State: Breakaway! Bird takes the ball the length of the court. Bird lays it up. Foul! Shaw fouls Bird on the shot. Bird makes the first free throw. Bird makes the second free throw. Northwest Missouri State 68 - 63. 15:54 - Game Event: Time out. Northwest Missouri State substitutes Jackson to Small Forward. Shaw must sit with 4 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Franz to Shooting Guard and Chadwick to Small Forward. 15:54 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Blocker passes the ball to Franz outside. Franz passes the ball to Chadwick on the perimeter. Chadwick passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Nieves charged with the foul while taking the shot over Morgan. 15:37 - Northwest Missouri State: McNamara brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. McNamara tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. McNamara with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the rebound. 15:24 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Franz leads the fast break with Blocker and Chadwick. Franz lays it up. Foul! McNamara fouls Franz on the shot. Franz makes the first free throw. Franz makes the second free throw. Northwest Missouri State 68 - 65. 15:20 - Game Event: Time out. McNamara must sit with 4 fouls. Northwest Missouri State substitutes Robertson to Point Guard. 15:20 - Northwest Missouri State: Robertson brings up the ball against pressure defense. Robertson passes the ball to Morgan in the paint. Morgan shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Robertson. Northwest Missouri State 70 - 65. 15:10 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Blocker passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante passes the ball to Nieves on the perimeter. Nieves hands off the ball to Blocker. Blocker passes the ball to Franz outside. Franz passes the ball to Chadwick on the perimeter. Chadwick shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Northwest Missouri State 70 - 68. 14:41 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Cramer to Center. 14:41 - Northwest Missouri State: Robertson brings up the ball against pressure defense. Robertson passes the ball to Morgan in the paint. Morgan turns the ball over to the other team. 14:34 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Blocker tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Blocker with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Robertson grabs the rebound. 14:22 - Northwest Missouri State: Robertson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Robertson passes the ball to Jackson. Jackson shoots a jumper from the elbow. Foul! Chadwick fouls Jackson on the shot. Jackson missed the first free throw. Jackson makes the second free throw. Northwest Missouri State 71 - 68. 14:10 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Nieves to Center. 14:10 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Blocker drives down the lane. Blocker lays it up. The shot goes in! Northwest Missouri State 71 - 70. 14:10 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Eastern Illinois! 14:00 - Northwest Missouri State: Robertson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Robertson passes the ball to Jackson. Jackson shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Kearns grabs the offensive rebound. 13:47 - Northwest Missouri State: Kearns has the rebound and restarts the offense. Kearns passes the ball to Robertson outside. Robertson passes the ball to Bird in the paint. Bird passes the ball to Jackson. Jackson passes the ball to Kearns on the perimeter. And the shot clock expires! 13:27 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Cramer to Center. 13:27 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Blocker passes the ball to Franz on the perimeter. Franz passes the ball to Cramer in the paint. Cramer shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 72 - 71. 13:09 - Northwest Missouri State: Robertson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Chadwick steals the pass from Robertson. 13:05 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Franz leads the fast break with Blocker to the right. Franz passes the ball to Blocker on the perimeter. Blocker shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Kearns grabs the rebound. 13:01 - Northwest Missouri State: Fast break opportunity! Bird leads the fast break with Robertson and Jackson. Bird attempts to dunk it. Foul! Blocker fouls Bird on the shot. Bird makes the first free throw. Bird makes the second free throw. Northwest Missouri State 73 - 72. 12:58 - Game Event: Time out. Northwest Missouri State substitutes Luna to Shooting Guard. Blocker must sit with 4 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Point Guard and Nieves to Power Forward. 12:58 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Cramer in the paint. Cramer shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 74 - 73. 12:48 - Northwest Missouri State: Robertson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Robertson passes the ball to Luna on the perimeter. Luna shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Cramer grabs the rebound. 12:38 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Franz leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Franz passes the ball to Sager in the paint. Sager passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Chadwick. Chadwick shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Foul! Nieves fouls Kearns trying to grab the offensive rebound. In the bonus, Kearns is shooting one-and-one. Kearns makes the first free throw. Kearns makes the second free throw. Northwest Missouri State 75 - 74. 12:14 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Morgan grabs the rebound. 11:56 - Northwest Missouri State: Fast break opportunity! Luna leads the fast break with Robertson to the right. Luna lays it up. The shot misses. Kearns grabs the offensive rebound. 11:52 - Northwest Missouri State: Kearns has the rebound and restarts the offense. Kearns shoots from the low post. Foul! Nieves fouls Kearns on the shot. Kearns missed the first free throw. Kearns makes the second free throw. Northwest Missouri State 76 - 74. 11:45 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Chadwick in the paint. Chadwick passes the ball to Nieves on the perimeter. Nieves passes the ball to Cramer in the paint. Cramer shoots in the paint. Foul! Kearns fouls Cramer on the shot. Cramer makes the first free throw. Cramer missed the second free throw. Jackson grabs the rebound. Northwest Missouri State 76 - 75. 11:23 - Northwest Missouri State: Robertson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Robertson passes the ball to Jackson on the perimeter. Jackson passes the ball to Robertson outside. Robertson passes the ball to Jackson. Jackson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Cramer grabs the rebound. 11:03 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Sager shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Morgan grabs the long rebound. 10:58 - Northwest Missouri State: Fast break opportunity! Luna leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Luna passes the ball to Morgan in the paint. Morgan shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Luna. Northwest Missouri State 78 - 75. 10:39 - Game Event: Time out. Northwest Missouri State substitutes Abel to Small Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Strong to Small Forward. 10:39 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Franz on the perimeter. Franz passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Cramer in the paint. Cramer passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager passes the ball to Cramer in the paint. The shot clock winding down. Cramer shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Northwest Missouri State 78 - 77. 10:05 - Game Event: Time out. Northwest Missouri State substitutes Abel to Point Guard and Jackson to Small Forward. 10:05 - Northwest Missouri State: Luna brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Luna passes the ball to Abel. Abel tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Abel passes the ball to Kearns in the paint. Kearns shoots in the paint. Cramer rotates over and blocks the shot! Cramer grabs the rebound. 9:51 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Franz leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Franz passes the ball to Cramer in the paint. Cramer shoots from the low post. Morgan rotates over and blocks the shot! Kearns grabs the rebound. 9:35 - Northwest Missouri State: Fast break opportunity! Luna leads the fast break with Jackson to the right. Luna passes the ball to Jackson on the perimeter. Jackson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Abel grabs the long offensive rebound. 9:28 - Northwest Missouri State: Abel has the rebound and restarts the offense. Abel tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Abel with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the rebound. 9:15 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Sager shoots from downtown. Foul! Abel fouls Sager on the shot. Sager makes the first free throw. Sager makes the second free throw. Sager missed the third free throw. Morgan grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 79 - 78. 9:11 - Northwest Missouri State: Luna brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Luna hands off the ball to Abel. Abel passes the ball to Kearns in the paint. Kearns shoots from the low post. Foul! Nieves fouls Kearns on the shot. Nieves fouls out. Fontenot replaces Nieves at power forward. Kearns makes the first free throw. Kearns missed the second free throw. Cramer grabs the rebound. Tied 79 - 79. 9:01 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong passes the ball to Franz. Franz passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager passes the ball to Franz on the perimeter. Franz passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Sager grabs the long offensive rebound. 8:32 - Eastern Illinois: Sager has the rebound and restarts the offense. Sager passes the ball to Cramer in the paint. Cramer goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 81 - 79. 8:32 - Game Event: The home crowds goes crazy as their team has captured the momentum! 8:21 - Game Event: Time out. Northwest Missouri State substitutes McNamara to Point Guard, Bird to Shooting Guard and Abel to Small Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Blocker to Point Guard and Shaw to Shooting Guard. 8:21 - Northwest Missouri State: McNamara brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. McNamara passes the ball to Kearns in the paint. Kearns shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Cramer grabs the rebound. 8:10 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Blocker turns the ball over out of bounds. 8:06 - Northwest Missouri State: McNamara brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. McNamara passes the ball to Abel on the perimeter. Abel passes the ball to Bird on the perimeter. Bird shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Abel. Northwest Missouri State 82 - 81. 7:52 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Escalante to Power Forward. 7:52 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Blocker passes the ball to Cramer in the paint. Cramer shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Morgan grabs the rebound. 7:45 - Northwest Missouri State: McNamara brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. McNamara passes the ball to Abel on the perimeter. Abel passes the ball to Kearns in the paint. Kearns goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Abel. Northwest Missouri State 84 - 81. 7:31 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Fontenot to Power Forward. 7:31 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Blocker passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the block. The shot misses. Cramer grabs the offensive rebound. 7:22 - Eastern Illinois: Cramer has the rebound and restarts the offense. Cramer shoots from the low post. Foul! Morgan fouls Cramer on the shot. Cramer makes the first free throw. Cramer missed the second free throw. Kearns grabs the rebound. Northwest Missouri State 84 - 82. 7:18 - Northwest Missouri State: McNamara brings up the ball against pressure defense. McNamara passes the ball to Abel in the paint. Abel shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Northwest Missouri State 86 - 82. 7:05 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Blocker passes the ball to Cramer in the paint. Cramer shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blocker. Northwest Missouri State 86 - 84. 6:52 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Escalante to Power Forward. 6:52 - Northwest Missouri State: McNamara brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. McNamara drives down the lane. McNamara lays it up. The shot misses. Cramer grabs the rebound. 6:42 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Shaw leads the fast break with Blocker to the right. Shaw passes the ball to Blocker on the perimeter. Blocker shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the offensive rebound. 6:37 - Eastern Illinois: Escalante has the rebound. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Kearns grabs the rebound. 6:35 - Northwest Missouri State: Fast break opportunity! Bird attacks with the ball on the fast break. Bird passes the ball to McNamara on the perimeter. McNamara shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Blocker grabs the rebound. 6:31 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Blocker passes the ball to Shaw on the perimeter. Shaw passes the ball to Blocker on the perimeter. Blocker passes the ball to Cramer in the paint. Foul! Bird commits a foul away from the ball. 6:16 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Shaw. Shaw tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Shaw passes the ball to Cramer in the paint. Cramer shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Tied 86 - 86. 6:06 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Fontenot to Power Forward. 6:06 - Northwest Missouri State: McNamara brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. McNamara passes the ball to Kearns in the paint. Kearns passes the ball to McNamara in the paint. McNamara passes the ball to Bird. Bird shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Cramer grabs the rebound. 5:43 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Blocker passes the ball to Cramer in the paint. Cramer passes the ball to Blocker. Blocker drives down the lane. Blocker lays it up. It's blocked by Abel! Abel grabs the rebound. 5:27 - Northwest Missouri State: McNamara brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. McNamara passes the ball to Bird. Bird drives by Shaw. Bird lays it up. Offensive foul! Bird charged with the foul while taking the shot over Shaw. 5:11 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Escalante to Power Forward. 5:11 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Blocker passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blocker. And Strong is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Strong missed the first free throw. Kearns grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 88 - 86. 5:00 - Northwest Missouri State: McNamara brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. McNamara passes the ball to Kearns on the perimeter. Kearns passes the ball to Morgan in the paint. Morgan shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Foul! Escalante fouls Kearns blocking out to get the rebound. In the double bonus, Kearns is shooting two free throws. Kearns makes the first free throw. Kearns makes the second free throw. Tied 88 - 88. 4:42 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Blocker passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Blocker outside. Blocker carelessly turns the ball over to the other team. 4:31 - Northwest Missouri State: Fast break opportunity! Bird attacks with the ball on the fast break. Bird lays it up. The shot goes in! Northwest Missouri State 90 - 88. 4:27 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Blocker passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Cramer in the paint. Cramer turns the ball over out of bounds. 4:18 - Northwest Missouri State: McNamara brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. McNamara passes the ball to Abel on the perimeter. Abel passes the ball to McNamara on the perimeter. McNamara passes the ball to Morgan in the paint. Morgan shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Cramer grabs the rebound. 3:57 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Blocker passes the ball to Shaw. Shaw passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante passes the ball to Cramer in the paint. Cramer passes the ball to Blocker on the perimeter. Blocker shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Abel grabs the rebound. 3:34 - Northwest Missouri State: McNamara brings up the ball against pressure defense. McNamara passes the ball to Abel on the perimeter. Abel passes the ball to McNamara. McNamara passes the ball to Kearns in the paint. Kearns goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by McNamara. Northwest Missouri State 92 - 88. 3:15 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Blocker passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Foul! Kearns commits the foul on Escalante. In the bonus, Escalante is shooting one-and-one. Escalante makes the first free throw. Escalante makes the second free throw. Northwest Missouri State 92 - 90. 3:05 - Northwest Missouri State: McNamara brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. McNamara drives down the lane. McNamara passes the ball to Morgan at the basket. Morgan lays it up. Foul! Cramer fouls Morgan on the shot. Morgan makes the first free throw. Morgan makes the second free throw. Northwest Missouri State 94 - 90. 2:53 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Blocker passes the ball to Escalante outside. Escalante turns the ball over out of bounds. 2:43 - Northwest Missouri State: McNamara brings up the ball against pressure defense. McNamara tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. McNamara passes the ball to Morgan in the paint. Morgan shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Cramer grabs the rebound. 2:32 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Blocker passes the ball to Shaw. Shaw passes the ball to Cramer on the perimeter. Cramer passes the ball to Blocker on the perimeter. Blocker passes the ball to Shaw on the perimeter. Shaw shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blocker. Northwest Missouri State 94 - 93. 2:07 - Northwest Missouri State: McNamara brings up the ball against pressure defense. McNamara passes the ball to Morgan in the paint. Morgan shoots from the block. The shot misses. Blocker grabs the rebound. 1:57 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Blocker passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the offensive rebound. 1:47 - Eastern Illinois: Escalante has the rebound. Escalante shoots from the low post. Foul! Kearns fouls Escalante on the shot. Kearns fouls out. Alexander replaces Kearns at power forward. Escalante missed the first free throw. Escalante makes the second free throw. Tied 94 - 94. 1:45 - Northwest Missouri State: McNamara brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. McNamara tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. McNamara with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Northwest Missouri State 96 - 94. 1:32 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Blocker passes the ball to Shaw. Shaw shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot misses. Cramer tips it in. Tied 96 - 96. 1:20 - Northwest Missouri State: McNamara brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. McNamara passes the ball to Abel. Abel passes the ball to Bird on the perimeter. Bird shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Shaw grabs the rebound. 1:04 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Shaw leads the fast break with Blocker to the right. Shaw lays it up. Foul! McNamara fouls Shaw on the shot. McNamara fouls out. Robertson replaces McNamara at point guard. Shaw missed the first free throw. Shaw missed the second free throw. Morgan grabs the rebound. 0:57 - Northwest Missouri State: Robertson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Shaw steals the pass from Robertson. 0:50 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Shaw leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Shaw passes the ball to Blocker outside. Blocker passes the ball to Escalante on the perimeter. Escalante passes the ball to Cramer in the paint. Cramer passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante drives down the lane. Escalante passes the ball to Blocker at the basket. Blocker lays it up. Foul! Bird fouls Blocker on the shot. Blocker makes the first free throw. Blocker makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 98 - 96. 0:19 - Northwest Missouri State: Robertson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Robertson passes the ball to Morgan in the paint. Morgan shoots from the low post. Foul! Escalante fouls Morgan on the shot. Morgan missed the first free throw. Morgan makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 98 - 97. 0:06 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball while the defense tries to foul. Blocker passes the ball to Escalante. Escalante turns the ball over out of bounds. 0:02 - Northwest Missouri State: Robertson brings up the ball against pressure defense. The shot clock winding down. Robertson shoots from deep. The shot misses. Robertson grabs the long offensive rebound. 0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!