Game Date: Oct 24th, 2040
Eastern Illinois 117 - Tufts 77
Date: December 31st, 2039
Game: College [Conference] [#937889] 
Arena: Cousens Gym
Attendance: 8,429
Player Of The Game: Teddy Shaw (1)
| Team / Score | 1 | 2 | F | |
| Eastern Illinois Panthers | 61 | 56 | 117 | |
| Tufts Jumbos | 40 | 37 | 77 | |
| Eastern Illinois Panthers | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 32 | T. Shaw sf | 30 | 8-14 | 7-10 | 2-2 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +27 | 19.9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 21 | B. Strong pf | 28 | 3-11 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +22 | 0.3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 55 | D. Cramer c | 28 | 10-14 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 21 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | +28 | 1.4 | 20 | 0 | 3 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 5 | J. Jefferson sg | 30 | 7-14 | 4-8 | 3-6 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +25 | 15.9 | 4 | 7 | 4 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 40 | J. Blocker pg | 34 | 6-10 | 1-4 | 4-4 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +41 | 12.2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 31 | C. Franz sf | 17 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +21 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 14 | M. Nieves c | 19 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +19 | 3.7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 3 | C. Sager pg | 10 | 3-8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +6 | 6.0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 35 | G. Fontenot pf | 6 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +11 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 44-81 | 12-26 | 17-23 | 117 | 8 | 35 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 12 | +200 | 8.8 | 54 | 16 | 21 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 54.3% | 46.2% | 73.9% | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tufts Jumbos | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 12 | B. Bergen sf | 31 | 5-14 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -25 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 22 | I. Colbert pf | 35 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | -36 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 31 | J. Austin c | 25 | 4-13 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -23 | 2.5 | 8 | 0 | 4 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 20 | R. Bliss sg | 9 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 3-5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | -12 | - | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 43 | X. Nixon pg | 25 | 6-12 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | -16 | 13.7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 15 | L. Oliver c | 4 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 8 | E. Kimmel pg | 16 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -24 | 22.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 24 | M. Whitehead sg | 29 | 8-13 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -28 | 8.9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 32 | H. Rogers c | 16 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -16 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 26 | H. Spicer sf | 9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -15 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 31-72 | 7-22 | 8-13 | 77 | 14 | 46 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 21 | -200 | 8.3 | 40 | 7 | 12 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 43.1% | 31.8% | 61.5% | |||||||||||||||||||
Player of the Game
Eastern Illinois: Teddy Shaw
Head Coaches
Eastern Illinois: Robby Sawyer
Tufts: George Farley
Offensive Efficiencies
Eastern Illinois: At the rim (15/17 88.2%) Inside (12/23 52.2%) Mid-range (5/15 33.3%) Beyond the Arc (12/26 46.2%)
Tufts: At the rim (5/8 62.5%) Inside (15/29 51.7%) Mid-range (4/13 30.8%) Beyond the Arc (7/22 31.8%)
Defensive Tactics
Eastern Illinois: Man-To-Man (33.3%) Zone (31.4%) Pressure (17.1%) 2nd Chance (7.6%) Transition (10.5%) Int. Foul (0.0%)
Tufts: Man-To-Man (12.0%) Zone (61.0%) Pressure (9.0%) 2nd Chance (3.0%) Transition (15.0%) Int. Foul (0.0%)
Weighted Skill Index (SI) & Team Power Index (TPI)
Eastern Illinois: 144.4 / 143.7
Tufts: 140.4 / 146.4
Injuries
Eastern Illinois: none
Tufts: none
Game Information
Date: Saturday, December 31st, 2039
Game Type: College [Conference]
Arena: Cousens Gym
City: Medford, MA
Attendance: 8,429
Version: 1.030
Simulated: Thu Jul 25 2024 @ 9:06:00 am PDT
Standard Dialog
Starting Line-Ups
Eastern Illinois: PG-Blocker (6' 5½"), SG-Jefferson (5' 11½"), SF-Shaw (6' ), PF-Strong (6' 9"), C-Cramer (6' 9½")
Tufts: PG-Nixon (6' 9"), SG-Bliss (6' 5"), SF-Bergen (6' 7"), PF-Colbert (6' 6½"), C-Austin (6' 10")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Tufts gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Tufts: Fast break opportunity! Bliss leads the fast break. Offensive foul! Bliss commits the foul on the break.
19:50 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker drives down the lane. Blocker passes the ball to Cramer at the basket. Cramer lays it up. Colbert rotates over and blocks the shot! Colbert grabs the rebound.
19:41 - Tufts: Fast break opportunity! Bliss leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Bliss tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bliss passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Cramer grabs the rebound.
19:24 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jefferson leads the fast break with Blocker and Shaw. Jefferson lays it up. Foul! Bliss fouls Jefferson on the shot. Jefferson makes the first free throw. Jefferson makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 2 - 0.
19:17 - Game Event: Time out. Bliss must sit with 2 fouls. Tufts substitutes Whitehead to Shooting Guard.
19:17 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Nixon passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Austin charged with the foul while taking the shot over Cramer.
19:08 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Jefferson shoots from downtown. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 5 - 0.
19:01 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Nixon passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nixon. Eastern Illinois 5 - 2.
18:50 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Point Guard and Nieves to Center. Tufts substitutes Rogers to Center.
18:50 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Jefferson passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Shaw. Shaw passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Nixon grabs the rebound.
18:28 - Tufts: Fast break opportunity! Whitehead leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Whitehead passes the ball to Bergen. Bergen passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Shaw grabs the rebound.
18:08 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against pressure defense. Jefferson passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Rogers grabs the rebound.
17:52 - Tufts: Fast break opportunity! Whitehead attacks with the ball on the fast break. Whitehead turns the ball over out of bounds.
17:48 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against pressure defense. Jefferson passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Jefferson. Eastern Illinois 7 - 2.
17:40 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Nixon passes the ball to Colbert in the paint. Colbert shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nixon. Eastern Illinois 7 - 4.
17:29 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Nieves. Nieves passes the ball to Sager. Sager with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nieves. Eastern Illinois 9 - 4.
17:12 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Nixon passes the ball to Whitehead on the perimeter. Whitehead shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 9 - 7.
17:00 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sager shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Foul! Rogers fouls Nieves blocking out to get the rebound.
16:54 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Nieves. Nieves passes the ball to Strong outside. Strong passes the ball to Shaw. Shaw with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Rogers grabs the rebound.
16:37 - Tufts: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Nixon drives down the lane. Nixon passes the ball to Whitehead at the basket. Whitehead lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nixon. Tied 9 - 9.
16:23 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Shaw. Shaw shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot misses. Rogers grabs the rebound.
16:12 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Nixon shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Sager grabs the long rebound.
16:08 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jefferson leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Jefferson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Jefferson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Whitehead grabs the rebound.
15:53 - Tufts: Fast break opportunity! Whitehead leads the fast break with Nixon to the right. Whitehead lays it up. The shot goes in! Tufts 11 - 9.
15:49 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Blocker to Point Guard and Franz to Small Forward. Tufts substitutes Kimmel to Point Guard and Oliver to Power Forward.
15:49 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Franz on the perimeter. Franz passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the block. The shot misses. Rogers grabs the rebound.
15:36 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Kimmel passes the ball to Whitehead outside. Whitehead passes the ball to Rogers in the paint. Rogers passes the ball to Bergen on the perimeter. Foul! Nieves commits a foul away from the ball.
15:24 - Tufts: The ball is inbounded to Kimmel. Kimmel passes the ball to Rogers in the paint. Rogers shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Kimmel. Tufts 13 - 9.
15:13 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker drives down the lane. Blocker attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Tufts 13 - 11.
15:04 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kimmel passes the ball to Oliver in the paint. Oliver passes the ball to Whitehead on the perimeter. Whitehead passes the ball to Kimmel on the perimeter. Kimmel passes the ball to Oliver on the perimeter. Oliver shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Tufts 16 - 11.
14:41 - Game Event: Time out. Tufts substitutes Rogers to Power Forward and Austin to Center.
14:41 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker drives down the lane. Blocker passes the ball to Strong at the basket. Strong lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blocker. Tufts 16 - 13.
14:30 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Kimmel drives by Blocker. Kimmel passes the ball to Rogers at the basket. Rogers lays it up. Foul! Strong fouls Rogers on the shot. Rogers missed the first free throw. Rogers makes the second free throw. Tufts 17 - 13.
14:19 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Jefferson passes the ball to Franz in the paint. Franz passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Franz in the paint. Franz passes the ball to Blocker in the paint. Blocker drives down the lane. Blocker passes the ball to Strong at the basket. Strong lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blocker. Tufts 17 - 15.
13:46 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Cramer to Center. Tufts substitutes Colbert to Power Forward.
13:46 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Kimmel passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin passes the ball to Whitehead outside. Whitehead passes the ball to Kimmel on the perimeter. Kimmel passes the ball to Bergen on the perimeter. Bergen shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Cramer grabs the rebound.
13:21 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jefferson leads the fast break with Blocker and Franz. Jefferson passes the ball to Blocker on the perimeter. Blocker shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Cramer grabs the long offensive rebound.
13:15 - Eastern Illinois: Cramer has the rebound and restarts the offense. Cramer drives down the lane. Cramer lays it up. Offensive foul! Cramer charged with the foul while taking the shot over Austin.
13:03 - Game Event: Time out. Tufts substitutes Rogers to Power Forward.
13:03 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Kimmel passes the ball to Bergen on the perimeter. Bergen passes the ball to Kimmel on the perimeter. Kimmel passes the ball to Rogers in the paint. Rogers shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Kimmel. Tufts 19 - 15.
12:38 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Shooting Guard and Nieves to Power Forward. Tufts substitutes Spicer to Small Forward, Colbert to Power Forward and Rogers to Center.
12:38 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Franz. Franz drives down the lane. Franz passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Kimmel grabs the rebound.
12:20 - Tufts: Fast break opportunity! Whitehead leads the fast break with Kimmel to the right. Whitehead passes the ball to Kimmel on the perimeter. Kimmel shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Whitehead. Tufts 22 - 15.
12:14 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Nieves. Nieves passes the ball to Blocker outside. Blocker passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Blocker on the perimeter. Blocker shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nieves. Tufts 22 - 18.
11:48 - Game Event: Time out. Tufts substitutes Nixon to Point Guard.
11:48 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Cramer steals the pass from Nixon.
11:42 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Blocker leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Blocker drives down the lane. Blocker lays it up. Foul! Nixon fouls Blocker on the shot. Blocker makes the first free throw. Blocker makes the second free throw. Tufts 22 - 20.
11:31 - Tufts: Whitehead brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitehead passes the ball to Rogers in the paint. Rogers shoots from the inside. Foul! Cramer fouls Rogers on the shot. Rogers makes the first free throw. Rogers makes the second free throw. Tufts 24 - 20.
11:19 - Game Event: Time out. Cramer must sit with 2 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Fontenot to Power Forward and Nieves to Center.
11:19 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Sager in the paint. Sager passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Franz outside. Franz drives down the lane. Franz lays it up. The shot goes in! And Franz is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Franz missed the first free throw. Rogers grabs the rebound. Tufts 24 - 22.
10:58 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Nixon passes the ball to Colbert in the paint. Colbert shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Tufts 26 - 22.
10:49 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Franz to Shooting Guard and Shaw to Small Forward.
10:49 - Eastern Illinois: Franz brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Franz passes the ball to Fontenot in the paint. Fontenot passes the ball to Shaw in the paint. Shaw shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Fontenot. Tufts 26 - 24.
10:36 - Tufts: Whitehead brings up the ball against pressure defense. Whitehead passes the ball to Rogers on the perimeter. Rogers shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Shaw grabs the rebound.
10:28 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker drives down the lane. Blocker passes the ball to Fontenot at the basket. Fontenot lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blocker. Tied 26 - 26.
10:16 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Shaw steals the pass from Nixon.
10:11 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Blocker tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Blocker passes the ball to Shaw in the paint. Shaw shoots from the inside. It's blocked by Rogers! Rogers grabs the rebound.
10:02 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Franz steals the pass from Nixon.
9:55 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Blocker passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves turns the ball over out of bounds.
9:43 - Game Event: Time out. Tufts substitutes Kimmel to Point Guard and Austin to Center.
9:43 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Kimmel passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin turns the ball over to the other team.
9:37 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Franz leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Franz drives down the lane. Franz passes the ball to Shaw on the perimeter. Shaw shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Franz. Eastern Illinois 29 - 26.
9:23 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Kimmel passes the ball to Whitehead in the paint. Whitehead shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Shaw grabs the rebound.
9:12 - Eastern Illinois: Franz brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Franz passes the ball to Nieves on the perimeter. Nieves turns the ball over out of bounds.
9:03 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Kimmel passes the ball to Whitehead outside. Whitehead passes the ball to Spicer on the perimeter. Spicer passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin shoots in the paint. Foul! Nieves fouls Austin on the shot. Austin missed the first free throw. Austin makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 29 - 27.
8:42 - Game Event: Time out. Tufts substitutes Bergen to Small Forward.
8:42 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Blocker passes the ball to Fontenot on the perimeter. Fontenot hands off the ball to Blocker. Blocker tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Blocker passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots in the paint. Foul! Austin fouls Nieves on the shot. Nieves makes the first free throw. Nieves makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 31 - 27.
8:21 - Game Event: Time out. Austin must sit with 2 fouls. Tufts substitutes Spicer to Small Forward and Rogers to Center.
8:21 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Kimmel passes the ball to Spicer in the paint. Spicer shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Colbert grabs the offensive rebound.
8:13 - Tufts: Colbert has the rebound. Colbert goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Eastern Illinois 31 - 29.
8:11 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Franz leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Franz drives by Spicer. Franz lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 33 - 29.
7:54 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Jefferson to Shooting Guard. Tufts substitutes Bergen to Small Forward.
7:54 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kimmel passes the ball to Colbert. Colbert passes the ball to Whitehead. Whitehead shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Colbert. Eastern Illinois 33 - 31.
7:38 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Blocker passes the ball to Shaw on the perimeter. Shaw shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blocker. Eastern Illinois 36 - 31.
7:24 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kimmel passes the ball to Colbert in the paint. Colbert passes the ball to Bergen in the paint. Bergen passes the ball to Rogers in the paint. Rogers passes the ball to Colbert in the paint. Colbert tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Colbert passes the ball to Bergen in the paint. Bergen shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Colbert. Eastern Illinois 36 - 33.
6:50 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Strong to Power Forward. Tufts substitutes Nixon to Point Guard.
6:50 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Jefferson on the perimeter. Foul! Rogers commits a foul away from the ball. In the bonus, Nieves is shooting one-and-one. Nieves makes the first free throw. Nieves makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 38 - 33.
6:43 - Game Event: Time out. Rogers must sit with 3 fouls. Tufts substitutes Oliver to Center.
6:43 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Nixon drives down the lane. Nixon passes the ball to Colbert at the basket. Colbert lays it up. The shot misses. Shaw grabs the rebound.
6:32 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 40 - 33.
6:20 - Game Event: Time out. Tufts substitutes Kimmel to Point Guard.
6:20 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against pressure defense. Jefferson steals the pass from Kimmel.
6:16 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jefferson leads the fast break with Blocker to the right. Jefferson lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 42 - 33.
6:13 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Franz to Shooting Guard.
6:13 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Kimmel passes the ball to Bergen on the perimeter. Bergen passes the ball to Whitehead in the paint. Whitehead turns the ball over to the other team.
6:05 - 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 Blocker. Blocker passes the ball to Franz on the perimeter. Franz passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Colbert steals the pass from Nieves.
5:42 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against pressure defense. Kimmel passes the ball to Bergen on the perimeter. Bergen passes the ball to Colbert in the paint. Colbert shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Oliver grabs the offensive rebound.
5:26 - Tufts: Oliver has the rebound. Oliver shoots from the block. The shot misses. Shaw grabs the rebound.
5:24 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker drives down the lane. Blocker passes the ball to Nieves at the basket. Nieves lays it up. Offensive foul! Nieves charged with the foul while taking the shot over Oliver.
5:11 - Game Event: Time out. Nieves must sit with 3 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Jefferson to Shooting Guard and Fontenot to Center. Tufts substitutes Nixon to Point Guard.
5:11 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Jefferson steals the pass from Nixon.
5:05 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jefferson leads the fast break with Blocker to the right. Jefferson lays it up. Foul! Nixon fouls Jefferson on the shot. Jefferson missed the first free throw. Jefferson missed the second free throw. Oliver grabs the rebound.
5:00 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Nixon passes the ball to Oliver in the paint. Oliver passes the ball to Bergen outside. Bergen passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon passes the ball to Colbert on the perimeter. Colbert drives down the lane. Colbert passes the ball to Bergen at the basket. Bergen lays it up. The shot misses. Shaw grabs the rebound.
4:27 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jefferson leads the fast break with Blocker to the right. Jefferson lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 44 - 33.
4:27 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Eastern Illinois!
4:24 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Cramer to Center. Tufts substitutes Bliss to Shooting Guard and Austin to Center.
4:24 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Nixon passes the ball to Colbert in the paint. Foul! Jefferson commits a foul away from the ball. In the bonus, Bliss is shooting one-and-one. Bliss missed the first free throw. Strong grabs the rebound.
4:17 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Cramer in the paint. Cramer shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blocker. Eastern Illinois 46 - 33.
4:09 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Nixon passes the ball to Colbert in the paint. Colbert passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 46 - 35.
3:52 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Blocker passes the ball to Shaw on the perimeter. Shaw passes the ball to Blocker. Blocker passes the ball to Cramer in the paint. Cramer shoots from the block. Colbert rotates over and blocks the shot! Colbert grabs the rebound.
3:31 - Tufts: Fast break opportunity! Bliss attacks with the ball on the fast break. Bliss lays it up. Foul! Blocker fouls Bliss on the shot. Bliss missed the first free throw. Bliss makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 46 - 36.
3:24 - 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! Austin fouls Cramer on the shot. Cramer makes the first free throw. Cramer missed the second free throw. Bliss grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 47 - 36.
3:15 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Nixon tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Nixon with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 47 - 38.
3:04 - Game Event: Time out. Austin must sit with 3 fouls. Tufts substitutes Rogers to Center.
3:04 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Jefferson passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Cramer. Cramer shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Colbert grabs the rebound.
2:52 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Nixon passes the ball to Bergen on the perimeter. Bergen tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bergen with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nixon. Eastern Illinois 47 - 40.
2:38 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Blocker passes the ball to Shaw on the perimeter. Shaw shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blocker. Eastern Illinois 50 - 40.
2:24 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Nixon passes the ball to Rogers on the perimeter. Rogers passes the ball to Colbert outside. Colbert passes the ball to Nixon in the paint. Nixon passes the ball to Colbert. Colbert shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Cramer grabs the rebound.
2:00 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Jefferson. Jefferson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Bergen grabs the rebound.
1:45 - Tufts: Fast break opportunity! Bliss leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Bliss drives by Blocker. Bliss passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Jefferson grabs the long rebound.
1:28 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jefferson leads the fast break with Blocker to the right. Jefferson passes the ball to Blocker at the basket. Blocker attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Assisted by Jefferson. Eastern Illinois 52 - 40.
1:22 - Tufts: Bliss brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Bliss shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Colbert grabs the long offensive rebound.
1:16 - Tufts: Colbert has the rebound and restarts the offense. Colbert passes the ball to Bliss on the perimeter. Bliss passes the ball to Nixon outside. Nixon passes the ball to Bergen in the paint. Bergen shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
0:53 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Shaw on the perimeter. Shaw shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blocker. Eastern Illinois 55 - 40.
0:44 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Nixon passes the ball to Bergen on the perimeter. Bergen passes the ball to Bliss. Bliss turns the ball over to the other team.
0:32 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Blocker leads the fast break with Jefferson and Shaw. Blocker passes the ball to Jefferson on the perimeter. Jefferson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blocker. Eastern Illinois 58 - 40.
0:26 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Nixon passes the ball to Bliss on the perimeter. Bliss drives down the lane. Bliss lays it up. Offensive foul! Bliss charged with the foul while taking the shot over Strong.
0:10 - Game Event: Time out. Bliss must sit with 3 fouls. Tufts substitutes Whitehead to Shooting Guard.
0:10 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Jefferson outside. Jefferson shoots from downtown. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 61 - 40.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Eastern Illinois 61, Tufts 40
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Cramer must sit with 2 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Fontenot to Center. Nixon must sit with 2 fouls. Rogers must sit with 3 fouls. Tufts substitutes Kimmel to Point Guard and Oliver to Center.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors Eastern Illinois. They receive the ball...
19:55 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Fontenot. Fontenot shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Blocker grabs the long offensive rebound.
19:50 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker has the rebound and restarts the offense. Blocker passes the ball to Fontenot. Fontenot passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the block. Foul! Colbert fouls Strong on the shot. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 63 - 40.
19:33 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Cramer to Center. Tufts substitutes Nixon to Point Guard, Bliss to Shooting Guard and Austin to Center.
19:33 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nixon passes the ball to Colbert on the perimeter. Colbert passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
19:11 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Jefferson on the perimeter. Jefferson passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Offensive foul! Strong commits the foul.
19:01 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Nixon passes the ball to Colbert in the paint. Colbert shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nixon. Eastern Illinois 63 - 42.
18:53 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Point Guard.
18:53 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Jefferson in the paint. Jefferson passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Colbert! Nixon grabs the rebound.
18:31 - Tufts: Fast break opportunity! Bliss leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Bliss drives down the lane. Bliss lays it up. Offensive foul! Bliss charged with the foul while taking the shot over Cramer.
18:17 - Game Event: Time out. Bliss must sit with 4 fouls. Tufts substitutes Whitehead to Shooting Guard.
18:17 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Jefferson shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Colbert grabs the rebound.
18:11 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Shaw steals the pass from Nixon.
18:06 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Sager leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the block. It's blocked by Colbert! Austin grabs the rebound.
17:51 - Tufts: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break with Whitehead and Bergen. Nixon lays it up. Foul! Sager fouls Nixon on the shot. Nixon missed the first free throw. Nixon makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 63 - 43.
17:44 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Sager with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Austin grabs the rebound.
17:35 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nixon passes the ball to Whitehead. Shaw steals the pass from Whitehead.
17:24 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jefferson leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Jefferson shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Sager grabs the long offensive rebound.
17:11 - Eastern Illinois: Sager has the rebound and restarts the offense. Sager passes the ball to Shaw outside. Shaw passes the ball to Jefferson. Jefferson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 65 - 43.
16:54 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Nixon passes the ball to Whitehead outside. Whitehead passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin passes the ball to Whitehead in the paint. Whitehead shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Shaw grabs the rebound.
16:31 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Sager leads the fast break with Shaw and Jefferson. Sager lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 67 - 43.
16:28 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nixon passes the ball to Whitehead on the perimeter. Whitehead passes the ball to Bergen on the perimeter. Cramer steals the pass from Bergen.
16:13 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jefferson leads the fast break with Shaw and Sager. Jefferson passes the ball to Shaw on the perimeter. Shaw shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Jefferson. Eastern Illinois 70 - 43.
16:09 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Jefferson steals the pass from Nixon.
16:03 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jefferson leads the fast break with Shaw to the right. Jefferson passes the ball to Shaw on the perimeter. Shaw shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Colbert grabs the rebound.
15:56 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nixon tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Nixon passes the ball to Bergen in the paint. Bergen shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 70 - 45.
15:44 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Blocker to Point Guard and Franz to Small Forward. Tufts substitutes Kimmel to Point Guard and Rogers to Power Forward.
15:44 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Jefferson passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Jefferson outside. Jefferson shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Cramer tips it in. Eastern Illinois 72 - 45.
15:29 - Tufts: Whitehead brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitehead tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Whitehead with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Foul! Cramer fouls Austin blocking out to get the rebound.
15:18 - Tufts: The ball is inbounded to Whitehead. Whitehead passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin turns the ball over to the other team.
15:13 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jefferson leads the fast break. Foul! Whitehead commits the foul on Jefferson.
15:08 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Blocker. Blocker passes the ball to Cramer in the paint. Cramer shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blocker. Eastern Illinois 74 - 45.
15:00 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Kimmel passes the ball to Bergen on the perimeter. Bergen passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin passes the ball to Kimmel in the paint. Kimmel passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 74 - 47.
14:32 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. Rogers rotates over and blocks the shot! Cramer grabs the offensive rebound.
14:22 - Eastern Illinois: Cramer has the rebound. Cramer goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Eastern Illinois 76 - 47.
14:22 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Eastern Illinois!
14:20 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Kimmel passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Cramer grabs the rebound.
14:08 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jefferson leads the fast break with Blocker to the right. Jefferson passes the ball to Blocker on the perimeter. Blocker shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Cramer grabs the offensive rebound.
14:03 - Eastern Illinois: Cramer has the rebound. Cramer shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 78 - 47.
14:01 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Kimmel passes the ball to Bergen. Bergen passes the ball to Kimmel on the perimeter. Kimmel passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin passes the ball to Rogers in the paint. Rogers passes the ball to Austin in the paint. The shot clock winding down. Austin shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Austin grabs the offensive rebound.
13:27 - Tufts: Austin has the rebound and restarts the offense. Austin shoots from the block. The shot misses. Rogers grabs the offensive rebound.
13:21 - Tufts: Rogers has the rebound and restarts the offense. Rogers passes the ball to Whitehead. Whitehead passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin passes the ball to Bergen. Bergen passes the ball to Kimmel on the perimeter. Kimmel passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Offensive foul! Kimmel commits the foul away from the ball.
13:00 - Game Event: Time out. Tufts substitutes Colbert to Power Forward.
13:00 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Strong. Strong passes the ball to Blocker. Blocker shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 80 - 47.
12:45 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Shooting Guard and Nieves to Power Forward. Tufts substitutes Spicer to Small Forward.
12:45 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Kimmel passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin shoots from the inside. Nieves rotates over and blocks the shot! Cramer grabs the rebound.
12:36 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Nieves. Nieves shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Cramer tips it in. Eastern Illinois 82 - 47.
12:24 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against pressure defense. Kimmel passes the ball to Colbert in the paint. Colbert passes the ball to Whitehead on the perimeter. Whitehead shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Austin grabs the offensive rebound.
12:07 - Tufts: Austin has the rebound. Austin shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Colbert grabs the offensive rebound.
12:05 - Tufts: Colbert has the rebound. Colbert shoots from the block. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the rebound.
12:03 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Sager leads the fast break with Blocker and Franz. Sager lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 84 - 47.
11:58 - Game Event: Time out. Tufts substitutes Nixon to Point Guard.
11:58 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Nixon passes the ball to Austin. Austin shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Cramer grabs the rebound.
11:50 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Blocker passes the ball to Cramer in the paint. Cramer shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blocker. Eastern Illinois 86 - 47.
11:43 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Nixon passes the ball to Colbert on the perimeter. Colbert tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Colbert passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Cramer grabs the rebound.
11:27 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Sager leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Sager 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 88 - 47.
11:05 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Nixon shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 88 - 50.
11:00 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Franz. Franz drives down the lane. Franz passes the ball to Sager at the basket. Sager lays it up. The shot misses. Cramer grabs the offensive rebound.
10:38 - Eastern Illinois: Cramer has the rebound. Cramer shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 90 - 50.
10:36 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Franz to Shooting Guard and Shaw to Small Forward.
10:36 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nixon passes the ball to Whitehead outside. Whitehead shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nixon. Eastern Illinois 90 - 53.
10:23 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Blocker with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 92 - 53.
10:12 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Nixon passes the ball to Spicer. Spicer passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Spicer. Eastern Illinois 92 - 56.
9:58 - Game Event: Time out. Tufts substitutes Kimmel to Point Guard.
9:58 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Foul! Colbert commits the foul on Nieves.
9:52 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Nieves. Nieves passes the ball to Blocker. Blocker drives down the lane. Blocker passes the ball to Cramer at the basket. Cramer lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blocker. Eastern Illinois 94 - 56.
9:36 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Kimmel passes the ball to Colbert in the paint. Colbert passes the ball to Whitehead. Whitehead shoots a jumper from the elbow. It's blocked by Franz! Cramer grabs the rebound.
9:23 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Blocker leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Blocker drives down the lane. Blocker passes the ball to Shaw at the basket. Shaw lays it up. Foul! Spicer fouls Shaw on the shot. Shaw makes the first free throw. Shaw makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 96 - 56.
9:08 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Kimmel passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Kimmel. Eastern Illinois 96 - 58.
8:57 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Jefferson to Shooting Guard. Tufts substitutes Bliss to Shooting Guard and Bergen to Small Forward.
8:57 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Jefferson. Jefferson passes the ball to Shaw outside. Shaw shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Jefferson. Eastern Illinois 99 - 58.
8:44 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Kimmel tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Kimmel with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Bergen grabs the offensive rebound.
8:34 - Tufts: Bergen has the rebound. Bergen goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Eastern Illinois 99 - 60.
8:32 - Game Event: Time out. Tufts substitutes Spicer to Small Forward.
8:32 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Jefferson on the perimeter. Jefferson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Spicer grabs the rebound.
8:20 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against pressure defense. Kimmel passes the ball to Bliss on the perimeter. Bliss shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Shaw grabs the rebound.
8:09 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blocker. Eastern Illinois 101 - 60.
8:01 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Franz to Shooting Guard.
8:01 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Kimmel passes the ball to Bliss on the perimeter. Bliss shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Kimmel grabs the long offensive rebound.
7:51 - Tufts: Kimmel has the rebound and restarts the offense. Kimmel passes the ball to Spicer in the paint. Spicer passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin passes the ball to Kimmel on the perimeter. Kimmel shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Cramer grabs the rebound.
7:30 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Blocker passes the ball to Franz on the perimeter. Franz drives down the lane. Franz lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 103 - 60.
7:30 - Game Event: The home crowd has gone silent as the visiting team has seized the momentum!
7:14 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Jefferson to Shooting Guard. Tufts substitutes Nixon to Point Guard and Bergen to Small Forward.
7:14 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nixon passes the ball to Bergen on the perimeter. Bergen passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Cramer steals the pass from Austin.
6:57 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jefferson leads the fast break with Blocker and Shaw. Jefferson passes the ball to Blocker on the perimeter. Blocker shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Bliss grabs the rebound.
6:52 - Tufts: Fast break opportunity! Bliss leads the fast break with Nixon to the right. Bliss passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon shoots from the three point line. Offensive foul! Nixon charged with the foul while taking the shot over Blocker.
6:48 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Strong to Power Forward.
6:48 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Jefferson passes the ball to Shaw on the perimeter. Shaw shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Colbert grabs the rebound.
6:37 - Tufts: Fast break opportunity! Bliss leads the fast break with Bergen and Nixon. Bliss lays it up. Foul! Jefferson fouls Bliss on the shot. Bliss makes the first free throw. Bliss makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 103 - 62.
6:30 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Blocker tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Blocker with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Bergen grabs the rebound.
6:19 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Cramer steals the pass from Nixon.
6:12 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone 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 105 - 62.
6:01 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Nieves to Power Forward.
6:01 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Cramer steals the pass from Nixon.
5:56 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jefferson leads the fast break with Shaw and Blocker. Jefferson lays it up. Foul! Bliss fouls Jefferson on the shot. Bliss fouls out. Whitehead replaces Bliss at shooting guard. Jefferson missed the first free throw. Jefferson makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 106 - 62.
5:51 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Strong to Power Forward.
5:51 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nixon tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Nixon passes the ball to Bergen. Bergen with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Whitehead grabs the offensive rebound.
5:38 - Tufts: Whitehead has the rebound and restarts the offense. Whitehead shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 106 - 64.
5:31 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Blocker passes the ball to Shaw on the perimeter. Shaw shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blocker. Eastern Illinois 109 - 64.
5:21 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Nixon drives down the lane. Nixon lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 109 - 66.
5:11 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong passes the ball to Jefferson in the paint. Jefferson passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Colbert grabs the rebound.
4:48 - Tufts: Fast break opportunity! Whitehead leads the fast break with Bergen and Nixon. Whitehead passes the ball to Bergen on the perimeter. Bergen shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Bergen grabs the long offensive rebound.
4:43 - Tufts: Bergen has the rebound and restarts the offense. Bergen passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Cramer grabs the rebound.
4:35 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Jefferson on the perimeter. Jefferson passes the ball to Strong. Strong with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Colbert grabs the rebound.
4:17 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Nixon drives down the lane. Nixon lays it up. The shot misses. Blocker grabs the rebound.
4:10 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Blocker with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 111 - 66.
3:58 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nixon passes the ball to Bergen outside. Bergen shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
3:47 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Jefferson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Jefferson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Colbert grabs the rebound.
3:36 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Nixon passes the ball to Whitehead outside. Whitehead passes the ball to Austin. Austin passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon turns the ball over out of bounds.
3:21 - Game Event: Time out. Tufts substitutes Kimmel to Shooting Guard.
3:21 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker drives to the basket. Foul! Bergen commits the foul on Blocker. In the bonus, Blocker is shooting one-and-one. Blocker makes the first free throw. Blocker makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 113 - 66.
3:11 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Nixon passes the ball to Bergen on the perimeter. Bergen passes the ball to Colbert on the perimeter. Colbert passes the ball to Bergen. Bergen passes the ball to Colbert in the paint. Colbert turns the ball over to the other team.
2:53 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jefferson leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Jefferson passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. Foul! Austin fouls Strong on the shot. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong missed the second free throw. Colbert grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 114 - 66.
2:39 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Nixon passes the ball to Colbert in the paint. Colbert passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin passes the ball to Bergen on the perimeter. Bergen shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Nixon grabs the long offensive rebound.
2:16 - Tufts: Nixon has the rebound and restarts the offense. Nixon passes the ball to Colbert in the paint. Colbert passes the ball to Bergen on the perimeter. Bergen passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Bergen. Eastern Illinois 114 - 69.
1:56 - Game Event: Time out. Tufts substitutes Whitehead to Shooting Guard.
1:56 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Blocker passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Whitehead grabs the rebound.
1:46 - Tufts: Fast break opportunity! Whitehead leads the fast break with Nixon and Bergen. Whitehead lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 114 - 71.
1:40 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tufts is fatigued and are showing low defensive energy. Blocker passes the ball to Cramer in the paint. Cramer shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Whitehead grabs the rebound.
1:28 - Tufts: Fast break opportunity! Whitehead leads the fast break with Bergen and Nixon. Whitehead passes the ball to Bergen on the perimeter. Bergen shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Austin grabs the long offensive rebound.
1:23 - Tufts: Austin has the rebound and restarts the offense. Austin shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Whitehead grabs the long offensive rebound.
1:18 - Tufts: Whitehead has the rebound and restarts the offense. Whitehead passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon passes the ball to Whitehead. Whitehead passes the ball to Bergen. Bergen shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Cramer grabs the rebound.
1:00 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Shaw on the perimeter. Shaw shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Whitehead grabs the long rebound.
0:49 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Nixon drives down the lane. Nixon lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 114 - 73.
0:36 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Jefferson on the perimeter. Jefferson shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blocker. Eastern Illinois 117 - 73.
0:26 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Nixon passes the ball to Whitehead. Whitehead shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nixon. Eastern Illinois 117 - 75.
0:18 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Colbert! Austin grabs the rebound.
0:08 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nixon passes the ball to Bergen in the paint. Bergen shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 117 - 77.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Eastern Illinois 117, Tufts 77
Starting Line-Ups
Eastern Illinois: PG-Blocker (6' 5½"), SG-Jefferson (5' 11½"), SF-Shaw (6' ), PF-Strong (6' 9"), C-Cramer (6' 9½")
Tufts: PG-Nixon (6' 9"), SG-Bliss (6' 5"), SF-Bergen (6' 7"), PF-Colbert (6' 6½"), C-Austin (6' 10")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Tufts gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Tufts: Fast break opportunity! Bliss leads the fast break. Offensive foul! Bliss commits the foul on the break.
19:50 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker drives down the lane. Blocker passes the ball to Cramer at the basket. Cramer lays it up. Colbert rotates over and blocks the shot! Colbert grabs the rebound.
19:41 - Tufts: Fast break opportunity! Bliss leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Bliss tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bliss passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Cramer grabs the rebound.
19:24 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jefferson leads the fast break with Blocker and Shaw. Jefferson lays it up. Foul! Bliss fouls Jefferson on the shot. Jefferson makes the first free throw. Jefferson makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 2 - 0.
19:17 - Game Event: Time out. Bliss must sit with 2 fouls. Tufts substitutes Whitehead to Shooting Guard.
19:17 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Nixon passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Austin charged with the foul while taking the shot over Cramer.
19:08 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Jefferson shoots from downtown. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 5 - 0.
19:01 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Nixon passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nixon. Eastern Illinois 5 - 2.
18:50 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Point Guard and Nieves to Center. Tufts substitutes Rogers to Center.
18:50 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Jefferson passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Shaw. Shaw passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Nixon grabs the rebound.
18:28 - Tufts: Fast break opportunity! Whitehead leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Whitehead passes the ball to Bergen. Bergen passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Shaw grabs the rebound.
18:08 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against pressure defense. Jefferson passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Rogers grabs the rebound.
17:52 - Tufts: Fast break opportunity! Whitehead attacks with the ball on the fast break. Whitehead turns the ball over out of bounds.
17:48 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against pressure defense. Jefferson passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Jefferson. Eastern Illinois 7 - 2.
17:40 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Nixon passes the ball to Colbert in the paint. Colbert shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nixon. Eastern Illinois 7 - 4.
17:29 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Nieves. Nieves passes the ball to Sager. Sager with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nieves. Eastern Illinois 9 - 4.
17:12 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Nixon passes the ball to Whitehead on the perimeter. Whitehead shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 9 - 7.
17:00 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sager shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Foul! Rogers fouls Nieves blocking out to get the rebound.
16:54 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Nieves. Nieves passes the ball to Strong outside. Strong passes the ball to Shaw. Shaw with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Rogers grabs the rebound.
16:37 - Tufts: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Nixon drives down the lane. Nixon passes the ball to Whitehead at the basket. Whitehead lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nixon. Tied 9 - 9.
16:23 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Shaw. Shaw shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot misses. Rogers grabs the rebound.
16:12 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Nixon shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Sager grabs the long rebound.
16:08 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jefferson leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Jefferson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Jefferson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Whitehead grabs the rebound.
15:53 - Tufts: Fast break opportunity! Whitehead leads the fast break with Nixon to the right. Whitehead lays it up. The shot goes in! Tufts 11 - 9.
15:49 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Blocker to Point Guard and Franz to Small Forward. Tufts substitutes Kimmel to Point Guard and Oliver to Power Forward.
15:49 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Franz on the perimeter. Franz passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the block. The shot misses. Rogers grabs the rebound.
15:36 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Kimmel passes the ball to Whitehead outside. Whitehead passes the ball to Rogers in the paint. Rogers passes the ball to Bergen on the perimeter. Foul! Nieves commits a foul away from the ball.
15:24 - Tufts: The ball is inbounded to Kimmel. Kimmel passes the ball to Rogers in the paint. Rogers shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Kimmel. Tufts 13 - 9.
15:13 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker drives down the lane. Blocker attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Tufts 13 - 11.
15:04 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kimmel passes the ball to Oliver in the paint. Oliver passes the ball to Whitehead on the perimeter. Whitehead passes the ball to Kimmel on the perimeter. Kimmel passes the ball to Oliver on the perimeter. Oliver shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Tufts 16 - 11.
14:41 - Game Event: Time out. Tufts substitutes Rogers to Power Forward and Austin to Center.
14:41 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker drives down the lane. Blocker passes the ball to Strong at the basket. Strong lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blocker. Tufts 16 - 13.
14:30 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Kimmel drives by Blocker. Kimmel passes the ball to Rogers at the basket. Rogers lays it up. Foul! Strong fouls Rogers on the shot. Rogers missed the first free throw. Rogers makes the second free throw. Tufts 17 - 13.
14:19 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Jefferson passes the ball to Franz in the paint. Franz passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Franz in the paint. Franz passes the ball to Blocker in the paint. Blocker drives down the lane. Blocker passes the ball to Strong at the basket. Strong lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blocker. Tufts 17 - 15.
13:46 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Cramer to Center. Tufts substitutes Colbert to Power Forward.
13:46 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Kimmel passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin passes the ball to Whitehead outside. Whitehead passes the ball to Kimmel on the perimeter. Kimmel passes the ball to Bergen on the perimeter. Bergen shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Cramer grabs the rebound.
13:21 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jefferson leads the fast break with Blocker and Franz. Jefferson passes the ball to Blocker on the perimeter. Blocker shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Cramer grabs the long offensive rebound.
13:15 - Eastern Illinois: Cramer has the rebound and restarts the offense. Cramer drives down the lane. Cramer lays it up. Offensive foul! Cramer charged with the foul while taking the shot over Austin.
13:03 - Game Event: Time out. Tufts substitutes Rogers to Power Forward.
13:03 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Kimmel passes the ball to Bergen on the perimeter. Bergen passes the ball to Kimmel on the perimeter. Kimmel passes the ball to Rogers in the paint. Rogers shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Kimmel. Tufts 19 - 15.
12:38 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Shooting Guard and Nieves to Power Forward. Tufts substitutes Spicer to Small Forward, Colbert to Power Forward and Rogers to Center.
12:38 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Franz. Franz drives down the lane. Franz passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Kimmel grabs the rebound.
12:20 - Tufts: Fast break opportunity! Whitehead leads the fast break with Kimmel to the right. Whitehead passes the ball to Kimmel on the perimeter. Kimmel shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Whitehead. Tufts 22 - 15.
12:14 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Nieves. Nieves passes the ball to Blocker outside. Blocker passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Blocker on the perimeter. Blocker shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nieves. Tufts 22 - 18.
11:48 - Game Event: Time out. Tufts substitutes Nixon to Point Guard.
11:48 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Cramer steals the pass from Nixon.
11:42 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Blocker leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Blocker drives down the lane. Blocker lays it up. Foul! Nixon fouls Blocker on the shot. Blocker makes the first free throw. Blocker makes the second free throw. Tufts 22 - 20.
11:31 - Tufts: Whitehead brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Whitehead passes the ball to Rogers in the paint. Rogers shoots from the inside. Foul! Cramer fouls Rogers on the shot. Rogers makes the first free throw. Rogers makes the second free throw. Tufts 24 - 20.
11:19 - Game Event: Time out. Cramer must sit with 2 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Fontenot to Power Forward and Nieves to Center.
11:19 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Sager in the paint. Sager passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Franz outside. Franz drives down the lane. Franz lays it up. The shot goes in! And Franz is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Franz missed the first free throw. Rogers grabs the rebound. Tufts 24 - 22.
10:58 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Nixon passes the ball to Colbert in the paint. Colbert shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Tufts 26 - 22.
10:49 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Franz to Shooting Guard and Shaw to Small Forward.
10:49 - Eastern Illinois: Franz brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Franz passes the ball to Fontenot in the paint. Fontenot passes the ball to Shaw in the paint. Shaw shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Fontenot. Tufts 26 - 24.
10:36 - Tufts: Whitehead brings up the ball against pressure defense. Whitehead passes the ball to Rogers on the perimeter. Rogers shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Shaw grabs the rebound.
10:28 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker drives down the lane. Blocker passes the ball to Fontenot at the basket. Fontenot lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blocker. Tied 26 - 26.
10:16 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Shaw steals the pass from Nixon.
10:11 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Blocker tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Blocker passes the ball to Shaw in the paint. Shaw shoots from the inside. It's blocked by Rogers! Rogers grabs the rebound.
10:02 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Franz steals the pass from Nixon.
9:55 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Blocker passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves turns the ball over out of bounds.
9:43 - Game Event: Time out. Tufts substitutes Kimmel to Point Guard and Austin to Center.
9:43 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Kimmel passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin turns the ball over to the other team.
9:37 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Franz leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Franz drives down the lane. Franz passes the ball to Shaw on the perimeter. Shaw shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Franz. Eastern Illinois 29 - 26.
9:23 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Kimmel passes the ball to Whitehead in the paint. Whitehead shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Shaw grabs the rebound.
9:12 - Eastern Illinois: Franz brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Franz passes the ball to Nieves on the perimeter. Nieves turns the ball over out of bounds.
9:03 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Kimmel passes the ball to Whitehead outside. Whitehead passes the ball to Spicer on the perimeter. Spicer passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin shoots in the paint. Foul! Nieves fouls Austin on the shot. Austin missed the first free throw. Austin makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 29 - 27.
8:42 - Game Event: Time out. Tufts substitutes Bergen to Small Forward.
8:42 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Blocker passes the ball to Fontenot on the perimeter. Fontenot hands off the ball to Blocker. Blocker tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Blocker passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots in the paint. Foul! Austin fouls Nieves on the shot. Nieves makes the first free throw. Nieves makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 31 - 27.
8:21 - Game Event: Time out. Austin must sit with 2 fouls. Tufts substitutes Spicer to Small Forward and Rogers to Center.
8:21 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Kimmel passes the ball to Spicer in the paint. Spicer shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Colbert grabs the offensive rebound.
8:13 - Tufts: Colbert has the rebound. Colbert goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Eastern Illinois 31 - 29.
8:11 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Franz leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Franz drives by Spicer. Franz lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 33 - 29.
7:54 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Jefferson to Shooting Guard. Tufts substitutes Bergen to Small Forward.
7:54 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kimmel passes the ball to Colbert. Colbert passes the ball to Whitehead. Whitehead shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Colbert. Eastern Illinois 33 - 31.
7:38 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Blocker passes the ball to Shaw on the perimeter. Shaw shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blocker. Eastern Illinois 36 - 31.
7:24 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Kimmel passes the ball to Colbert in the paint. Colbert passes the ball to Bergen in the paint. Bergen passes the ball to Rogers in the paint. Rogers passes the ball to Colbert in the paint. Colbert tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Colbert passes the ball to Bergen in the paint. Bergen shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Colbert. Eastern Illinois 36 - 33.
6:50 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Strong to Power Forward. Tufts substitutes Nixon to Point Guard.
6:50 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Jefferson on the perimeter. Foul! Rogers commits a foul away from the ball. In the bonus, Nieves is shooting one-and-one. Nieves makes the first free throw. Nieves makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 38 - 33.
6:43 - Game Event: Time out. Rogers must sit with 3 fouls. Tufts substitutes Oliver to Center.
6:43 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Nixon drives down the lane. Nixon passes the ball to Colbert at the basket. Colbert lays it up. The shot misses. Shaw grabs the rebound.
6:32 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 40 - 33.
6:20 - Game Event: Time out. Tufts substitutes Kimmel to Point Guard.
6:20 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against pressure defense. Jefferson steals the pass from Kimmel.
6:16 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jefferson leads the fast break with Blocker to the right. Jefferson lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 42 - 33.
6:13 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Franz to Shooting Guard.
6:13 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Kimmel passes the ball to Bergen on the perimeter. Bergen passes the ball to Whitehead in the paint. Whitehead turns the ball over to the other team.
6:05 - 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 Blocker. Blocker passes the ball to Franz on the perimeter. Franz passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Colbert steals the pass from Nieves.
5:42 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against pressure defense. Kimmel passes the ball to Bergen on the perimeter. Bergen passes the ball to Colbert in the paint. Colbert shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Oliver grabs the offensive rebound.
5:26 - Tufts: Oliver has the rebound. Oliver shoots from the block. The shot misses. Shaw grabs the rebound.
5:24 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker drives down the lane. Blocker passes the ball to Nieves at the basket. Nieves lays it up. Offensive foul! Nieves charged with the foul while taking the shot over Oliver.
5:11 - Game Event: Time out. Nieves must sit with 3 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Jefferson to Shooting Guard and Fontenot to Center. Tufts substitutes Nixon to Point Guard.
5:11 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Jefferson steals the pass from Nixon.
5:05 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jefferson leads the fast break with Blocker to the right. Jefferson lays it up. Foul! Nixon fouls Jefferson on the shot. Jefferson missed the first free throw. Jefferson missed the second free throw. Oliver grabs the rebound.
5:00 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Nixon passes the ball to Oliver in the paint. Oliver passes the ball to Bergen outside. Bergen passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon passes the ball to Colbert on the perimeter. Colbert drives down the lane. Colbert passes the ball to Bergen at the basket. Bergen lays it up. The shot misses. Shaw grabs the rebound.
4:27 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jefferson leads the fast break with Blocker to the right. Jefferson lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 44 - 33.
4:27 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Eastern Illinois!
4:24 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Cramer to Center. Tufts substitutes Bliss to Shooting Guard and Austin to Center.
4:24 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Nixon passes the ball to Colbert in the paint. Foul! Jefferson commits a foul away from the ball. In the bonus, Bliss is shooting one-and-one. Bliss missed the first free throw. Strong grabs the rebound.
4:17 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Cramer in the paint. Cramer shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blocker. Eastern Illinois 46 - 33.
4:09 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Nixon passes the ball to Colbert in the paint. Colbert passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 46 - 35.
3:52 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Blocker passes the ball to Shaw on the perimeter. Shaw passes the ball to Blocker. Blocker passes the ball to Cramer in the paint. Cramer shoots from the block. Colbert rotates over and blocks the shot! Colbert grabs the rebound.
3:31 - Tufts: Fast break opportunity! Bliss attacks with the ball on the fast break. Bliss lays it up. Foul! Blocker fouls Bliss on the shot. Bliss missed the first free throw. Bliss makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 46 - 36.
3:24 - 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! Austin fouls Cramer on the shot. Cramer makes the first free throw. Cramer missed the second free throw. Bliss grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 47 - 36.
3:15 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Nixon tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Nixon with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 47 - 38.
3:04 - Game Event: Time out. Austin must sit with 3 fouls. Tufts substitutes Rogers to Center.
3:04 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Jefferson passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Cramer. Cramer shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Colbert grabs the rebound.
2:52 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Nixon passes the ball to Bergen on the perimeter. Bergen tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bergen with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nixon. Eastern Illinois 47 - 40.
2:38 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Blocker passes the ball to Shaw on the perimeter. Shaw shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blocker. Eastern Illinois 50 - 40.
2:24 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Nixon passes the ball to Rogers on the perimeter. Rogers passes the ball to Colbert outside. Colbert passes the ball to Nixon in the paint. Nixon passes the ball to Colbert. Colbert shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Cramer grabs the rebound.
2:00 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Jefferson. Jefferson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Bergen grabs the rebound.
1:45 - Tufts: Fast break opportunity! Bliss leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Bliss drives by Blocker. Bliss passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Jefferson grabs the long rebound.
1:28 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jefferson leads the fast break with Blocker to the right. Jefferson passes the ball to Blocker at the basket. Blocker attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Assisted by Jefferson. Eastern Illinois 52 - 40.
1:22 - Tufts: Bliss brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Bliss shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Colbert grabs the long offensive rebound.
1:16 - Tufts: Colbert has the rebound and restarts the offense. Colbert passes the ball to Bliss on the perimeter. Bliss passes the ball to Nixon outside. Nixon passes the ball to Bergen in the paint. Bergen shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
0:53 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Shaw on the perimeter. Shaw shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blocker. Eastern Illinois 55 - 40.
0:44 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Nixon passes the ball to Bergen on the perimeter. Bergen passes the ball to Bliss. Bliss turns the ball over to the other team.
0:32 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Blocker leads the fast break with Jefferson and Shaw. Blocker passes the ball to Jefferson on the perimeter. Jefferson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blocker. Eastern Illinois 58 - 40.
0:26 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Nixon passes the ball to Bliss on the perimeter. Bliss drives down the lane. Bliss lays it up. Offensive foul! Bliss charged with the foul while taking the shot over Strong.
0:10 - Game Event: Time out. Bliss must sit with 3 fouls. Tufts substitutes Whitehead to Shooting Guard.
0:10 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Jefferson outside. Jefferson shoots from downtown. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 61 - 40.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Eastern Illinois 61, Tufts 40
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Cramer must sit with 2 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Fontenot to Center. Nixon must sit with 2 fouls. Rogers must sit with 3 fouls. Tufts substitutes Kimmel to Point Guard and Oliver to Center.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors Eastern Illinois. They receive the ball...
19:55 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Fontenot. Fontenot shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Blocker grabs the long offensive rebound.
19:50 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker has the rebound and restarts the offense. Blocker passes the ball to Fontenot. Fontenot passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the block. Foul! Colbert fouls Strong on the shot. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 63 - 40.
19:33 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Cramer to Center. Tufts substitutes Nixon to Point Guard, Bliss to Shooting Guard and Austin to Center.
19:33 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nixon passes the ball to Colbert on the perimeter. Colbert passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
19:11 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Jefferson on the perimeter. Jefferson passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Offensive foul! Strong commits the foul.
19:01 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Nixon passes the ball to Colbert in the paint. Colbert shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nixon. Eastern Illinois 63 - 42.
18:53 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Point Guard.
18:53 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Jefferson in the paint. Jefferson passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Colbert! Nixon grabs the rebound.
18:31 - Tufts: Fast break opportunity! Bliss leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Bliss drives down the lane. Bliss lays it up. Offensive foul! Bliss charged with the foul while taking the shot over Cramer.
18:17 - Game Event: Time out. Bliss must sit with 4 fouls. Tufts substitutes Whitehead to Shooting Guard.
18:17 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Jefferson shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Colbert grabs the rebound.
18:11 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Shaw steals the pass from Nixon.
18:06 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Sager leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the block. It's blocked by Colbert! Austin grabs the rebound.
17:51 - Tufts: Fast break opportunity! Nixon leads the fast break with Whitehead and Bergen. Nixon lays it up. Foul! Sager fouls Nixon on the shot. Nixon missed the first free throw. Nixon makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 63 - 43.
17:44 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Sager with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Austin grabs the rebound.
17:35 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nixon passes the ball to Whitehead. Shaw steals the pass from Whitehead.
17:24 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jefferson leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Jefferson shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Sager grabs the long offensive rebound.
17:11 - Eastern Illinois: Sager has the rebound and restarts the offense. Sager passes the ball to Shaw outside. Shaw passes the ball to Jefferson. Jefferson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 65 - 43.
16:54 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Nixon passes the ball to Whitehead outside. Whitehead passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin passes the ball to Whitehead in the paint. Whitehead shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Shaw grabs the rebound.
16:31 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Sager leads the fast break with Shaw and Jefferson. Sager lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 67 - 43.
16:28 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nixon passes the ball to Whitehead on the perimeter. Whitehead passes the ball to Bergen on the perimeter. Cramer steals the pass from Bergen.
16:13 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jefferson leads the fast break with Shaw and Sager. Jefferson passes the ball to Shaw on the perimeter. Shaw shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Jefferson. Eastern Illinois 70 - 43.
16:09 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Jefferson steals the pass from Nixon.
16:03 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jefferson leads the fast break with Shaw to the right. Jefferson passes the ball to Shaw on the perimeter. Shaw shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Colbert grabs the rebound.
15:56 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nixon tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Nixon passes the ball to Bergen in the paint. Bergen shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 70 - 45.
15:44 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Blocker to Point Guard and Franz to Small Forward. Tufts substitutes Kimmel to Point Guard and Rogers to Power Forward.
15:44 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Jefferson passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Jefferson outside. Jefferson shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Cramer tips it in. Eastern Illinois 72 - 45.
15:29 - Tufts: Whitehead brings up the ball against a zone defense. Whitehead tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Whitehead with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Foul! Cramer fouls Austin blocking out to get the rebound.
15:18 - Tufts: The ball is inbounded to Whitehead. Whitehead passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin turns the ball over to the other team.
15:13 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jefferson leads the fast break. Foul! Whitehead commits the foul on Jefferson.
15:08 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Blocker. Blocker passes the ball to Cramer in the paint. Cramer shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blocker. Eastern Illinois 74 - 45.
15:00 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Kimmel passes the ball to Bergen on the perimeter. Bergen passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin passes the ball to Kimmel in the paint. Kimmel passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 74 - 47.
14:32 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. Rogers rotates over and blocks the shot! Cramer grabs the offensive rebound.
14:22 - Eastern Illinois: Cramer has the rebound. Cramer goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Eastern Illinois 76 - 47.
14:22 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Eastern Illinois!
14:20 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Kimmel passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Cramer grabs the rebound.
14:08 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jefferson leads the fast break with Blocker to the right. Jefferson passes the ball to Blocker on the perimeter. Blocker shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Cramer grabs the offensive rebound.
14:03 - Eastern Illinois: Cramer has the rebound. Cramer shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 78 - 47.
14:01 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Kimmel passes the ball to Bergen. Bergen passes the ball to Kimmel on the perimeter. Kimmel passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin passes the ball to Rogers in the paint. Rogers passes the ball to Austin in the paint. The shot clock winding down. Austin shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Austin grabs the offensive rebound.
13:27 - Tufts: Austin has the rebound and restarts the offense. Austin shoots from the block. The shot misses. Rogers grabs the offensive rebound.
13:21 - Tufts: Rogers has the rebound and restarts the offense. Rogers passes the ball to Whitehead. Whitehead passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin passes the ball to Bergen. Bergen passes the ball to Kimmel on the perimeter. Kimmel passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Offensive foul! Kimmel commits the foul away from the ball.
13:00 - Game Event: Time out. Tufts substitutes Colbert to Power Forward.
13:00 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Strong. Strong passes the ball to Blocker. Blocker shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 80 - 47.
12:45 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Shooting Guard and Nieves to Power Forward. Tufts substitutes Spicer to Small Forward.
12:45 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Kimmel passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin shoots from the inside. Nieves rotates over and blocks the shot! Cramer grabs the rebound.
12:36 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Nieves. Nieves shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Cramer tips it in. Eastern Illinois 82 - 47.
12:24 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against pressure defense. Kimmel passes the ball to Colbert in the paint. Colbert passes the ball to Whitehead on the perimeter. Whitehead shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Austin grabs the offensive rebound.
12:07 - Tufts: Austin has the rebound. Austin shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Colbert grabs the offensive rebound.
12:05 - Tufts: Colbert has the rebound. Colbert shoots from the block. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the rebound.
12:03 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Sager leads the fast break with Blocker and Franz. Sager lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 84 - 47.
11:58 - Game Event: Time out. Tufts substitutes Nixon to Point Guard.
11:58 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Nixon passes the ball to Austin. Austin shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Cramer grabs the rebound.
11:50 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Blocker passes the ball to Cramer in the paint. Cramer shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blocker. Eastern Illinois 86 - 47.
11:43 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Nixon passes the ball to Colbert on the perimeter. Colbert tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Colbert passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Cramer grabs the rebound.
11:27 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Sager leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Sager 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 88 - 47.
11:05 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Nixon shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 88 - 50.
11:00 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Franz. Franz drives down the lane. Franz passes the ball to Sager at the basket. Sager lays it up. The shot misses. Cramer grabs the offensive rebound.
10:38 - Eastern Illinois: Cramer has the rebound. Cramer shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 90 - 50.
10:36 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Franz to Shooting Guard and Shaw to Small Forward.
10:36 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nixon passes the ball to Whitehead outside. Whitehead shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nixon. Eastern Illinois 90 - 53.
10:23 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Blocker with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 92 - 53.
10:12 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Nixon passes the ball to Spicer. Spicer passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Spicer. Eastern Illinois 92 - 56.
9:58 - Game Event: Time out. Tufts substitutes Kimmel to Point Guard.
9:58 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Foul! Colbert commits the foul on Nieves.
9:52 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Nieves. Nieves passes the ball to Blocker. Blocker drives down the lane. Blocker passes the ball to Cramer at the basket. Cramer lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blocker. Eastern Illinois 94 - 56.
9:36 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Kimmel passes the ball to Colbert in the paint. Colbert passes the ball to Whitehead. Whitehead shoots a jumper from the elbow. It's blocked by Franz! Cramer grabs the rebound.
9:23 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Blocker leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Blocker drives down the lane. Blocker passes the ball to Shaw at the basket. Shaw lays it up. Foul! Spicer fouls Shaw on the shot. Shaw makes the first free throw. Shaw makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 96 - 56.
9:08 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Kimmel passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Kimmel. Eastern Illinois 96 - 58.
8:57 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Jefferson to Shooting Guard. Tufts substitutes Bliss to Shooting Guard and Bergen to Small Forward.
8:57 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Jefferson. Jefferson passes the ball to Shaw outside. Shaw shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Jefferson. Eastern Illinois 99 - 58.
8:44 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Kimmel tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Kimmel with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Bergen grabs the offensive rebound.
8:34 - Tufts: Bergen has the rebound. Bergen goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Eastern Illinois 99 - 60.
8:32 - Game Event: Time out. Tufts substitutes Spicer to Small Forward.
8:32 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Jefferson on the perimeter. Jefferson shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Spicer grabs the rebound.
8:20 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against pressure defense. Kimmel passes the ball to Bliss on the perimeter. Bliss shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Shaw grabs the rebound.
8:09 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blocker. Eastern Illinois 101 - 60.
8:01 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Franz to Shooting Guard.
8:01 - Tufts: Kimmel brings up the ball against a zone defense. Kimmel passes the ball to Bliss on the perimeter. Bliss shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Kimmel grabs the long offensive rebound.
7:51 - Tufts: Kimmel has the rebound and restarts the offense. Kimmel passes the ball to Spicer in the paint. Spicer passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin passes the ball to Kimmel on the perimeter. Kimmel shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Cramer grabs the rebound.
7:30 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Blocker passes the ball to Franz on the perimeter. Franz drives down the lane. Franz lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 103 - 60.
7:30 - Game Event: The home crowd has gone silent as the visiting team has seized the momentum!
7:14 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Jefferson to Shooting Guard. Tufts substitutes Nixon to Point Guard and Bergen to Small Forward.
7:14 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nixon passes the ball to Bergen on the perimeter. Bergen passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Cramer steals the pass from Austin.
6:57 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jefferson leads the fast break with Blocker and Shaw. Jefferson passes the ball to Blocker on the perimeter. Blocker shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Bliss grabs the rebound.
6:52 - Tufts: Fast break opportunity! Bliss leads the fast break with Nixon to the right. Bliss passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon shoots from the three point line. Offensive foul! Nixon charged with the foul while taking the shot over Blocker.
6:48 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Strong to Power Forward.
6:48 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against a zone defense. Jefferson passes the ball to Shaw on the perimeter. Shaw shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Colbert grabs the rebound.
6:37 - Tufts: Fast break opportunity! Bliss leads the fast break with Bergen and Nixon. Bliss lays it up. Foul! Jefferson fouls Bliss on the shot. Bliss makes the first free throw. Bliss makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 103 - 62.
6:30 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Blocker tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Blocker with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Bergen grabs the rebound.
6:19 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Cramer steals the pass from Nixon.
6:12 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone 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 105 - 62.
6:01 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Nieves to Power Forward.
6:01 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Cramer steals the pass from Nixon.
5:56 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jefferson leads the fast break with Shaw and Blocker. Jefferson lays it up. Foul! Bliss fouls Jefferson on the shot. Bliss fouls out. Whitehead replaces Bliss at shooting guard. Jefferson missed the first free throw. Jefferson makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 106 - 62.
5:51 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Strong to Power Forward.
5:51 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nixon tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Nixon passes the ball to Bergen. Bergen with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Whitehead grabs the offensive rebound.
5:38 - Tufts: Whitehead has the rebound and restarts the offense. Whitehead shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 106 - 64.
5:31 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Blocker passes the ball to Shaw on the perimeter. Shaw shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blocker. Eastern Illinois 109 - 64.
5:21 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Nixon drives down the lane. Nixon lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 109 - 66.
5:11 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong passes the ball to Jefferson in the paint. Jefferson passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Colbert grabs the rebound.
4:48 - Tufts: Fast break opportunity! Whitehead leads the fast break with Bergen and Nixon. Whitehead passes the ball to Bergen on the perimeter. Bergen shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Bergen grabs the long offensive rebound.
4:43 - Tufts: Bergen has the rebound and restarts the offense. Bergen passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Cramer grabs the rebound.
4:35 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Jefferson on the perimeter. Jefferson passes the ball to Strong. Strong with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Colbert grabs the rebound.
4:17 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Nixon drives down the lane. Nixon lays it up. The shot misses. Blocker grabs the rebound.
4:10 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Blocker with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 111 - 66.
3:58 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nixon passes the ball to Bergen outside. Bergen shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
3:47 - Eastern Illinois: Jefferson brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Jefferson tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Jefferson with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Colbert grabs the rebound.
3:36 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Nixon passes the ball to Whitehead outside. Whitehead passes the ball to Austin. Austin passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon turns the ball over out of bounds.
3:21 - Game Event: Time out. Tufts substitutes Kimmel to Shooting Guard.
3:21 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker drives to the basket. Foul! Bergen commits the foul on Blocker. In the bonus, Blocker is shooting one-and-one. Blocker makes the first free throw. Blocker makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 113 - 66.
3:11 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against pressure defense. Nixon passes the ball to Bergen on the perimeter. Bergen passes the ball to Colbert on the perimeter. Colbert passes the ball to Bergen. Bergen passes the ball to Colbert in the paint. Colbert turns the ball over to the other team.
2:53 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jefferson leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Jefferson passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. Foul! Austin fouls Strong on the shot. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong missed the second free throw. Colbert grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 114 - 66.
2:39 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Nixon passes the ball to Colbert in the paint. Colbert passes the ball to Austin in the paint. Austin passes the ball to Bergen on the perimeter. Bergen shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Nixon grabs the long offensive rebound.
2:16 - Tufts: Nixon has the rebound and restarts the offense. Nixon passes the ball to Colbert in the paint. Colbert passes the ball to Bergen on the perimeter. Bergen passes the ball to Nixon on the perimeter. Nixon shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Bergen. Eastern Illinois 114 - 69.
1:56 - Game Event: Time out. Tufts substitutes Whitehead to Shooting Guard.
1:56 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Blocker passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Whitehead grabs the rebound.
1:46 - Tufts: Fast break opportunity! Whitehead leads the fast break with Nixon and Bergen. Whitehead lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 114 - 71.
1:40 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tufts is fatigued and are showing low defensive energy. Blocker passes the ball to Cramer in the paint. Cramer shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Whitehead grabs the rebound.
1:28 - Tufts: Fast break opportunity! Whitehead leads the fast break with Bergen and Nixon. Whitehead passes the ball to Bergen on the perimeter. Bergen shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Austin grabs the long offensive rebound.
1:23 - Tufts: Austin has the rebound and restarts the offense. Austin shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Whitehead grabs the long offensive rebound.
1:18 - Tufts: Whitehead has the rebound and restarts the offense. Whitehead passes the ball to Nixon. Nixon passes the ball to Whitehead. Whitehead passes the ball to Bergen. Bergen shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Cramer grabs the rebound.
1:00 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Shaw on the perimeter. Shaw shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Whitehead grabs the long rebound.
0:49 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Nixon drives down the lane. Nixon lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 114 - 73.
0:36 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Jefferson on the perimeter. Jefferson shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blocker. Eastern Illinois 117 - 73.
0:26 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Nixon passes the ball to Whitehead. Whitehead shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nixon. Eastern Illinois 117 - 75.
0:18 - Eastern Illinois: Blocker brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Blocker passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Colbert! Austin grabs the rebound.
0:08 - Tufts: Nixon brings up the ball against a zone defense. Nixon passes the ball to Bergen in the paint. Bergen shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 117 - 77.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Eastern Illinois 117, Tufts 77
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