Game Date: Feb 6th, 2042
Western Michigan 112 - Eastern Illinois 99
Date: January 25th, 2042
Game: College [Conference] [#987110] 
Arena: Lantz Arena
Attendance: 6,677
Player Of The Game: Luis Ramos (7)
| Team / Score | 1 | 2 | F | |
| Western Michigan Broncos | 54 | 58 | 112 | |
| Eastern Illinois Panthers | 47 | 52 | 99 | |
| Western Michigan Broncos | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 44 | W. Carter sf | 30 | 6-11 | 4-8 | 3-3 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | +13 | 17.8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Hvy | 🏀 | ||
| 7 | H. Box pf | 30 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | +18 | - | 0 | 0 | 3 | Hvy | 🏀 | ||
| 30 | L. Woods c | 17 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | +14 | 1.0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 5 | S. Sanchez sg | 33 | 10-19 | 5-10 | 4-6 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +16 | 13.1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | Hvy | 🏀 | ||
| 2 | L. Ramos pg | 32 | 13-20 | 5-9 | 5-7 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | +11 | 12.2 | 10 | 15 | 6 | Hvy | 🏀 | ||
| 1 | P. Butts pf | 10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 14 | S. McDermott c | 23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 13 | B. Duncan sf | 10 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 4 | K. Sorrentino pg | 15 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0.0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 40-72 | 14-29 | 18-27 | 112 | 7 | 34 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 22 | +65 | 10.2 | 42 | 21 | 21 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 55.6% | 48.3% | 66.7% | |||||||||||||||||||
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| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 25 | H. Marcus sf | 28 | 7-11 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 10.7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 21 | B. Strong pf | 24 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -12 | 0.7 | 14 | 0 | 3 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 15 | C. Escalante c | 28 | 9-14 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.3 | 18 | 0 | 4 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 2 | G. Hughes sg | 28 | 6-15 | 3-10 | 3-4 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -14 | 13.3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 3 | C. Sager pg | 28 | 3-6 | 1-4 | 2-3 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14.0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 14 | M. Nieves c | 21 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | -8 | 7.5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 44 | K. Zimmerman sf | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -5 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 23 | C. Tubbs sg | 12 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 13.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 11 | L. Chadwick pg | 4 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -5 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 45 | C. Pope pg | 8 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -8 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 50 | J. Reilly sf | 15 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -18 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 38-74 | 6-20 | 17-25 | 99 | 11 | 39 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 21 | -65 | 7.2 | 52 | 10 | 22 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 51.4% | 30.0% | 68.0% | |||||||||||||||||||
Player of the Game
Western Michigan: Luis Ramos
Head Coaches
Western Michigan: Joe Upton
Eastern Illinois: Robby Sawyer
Offensive Efficiencies
Western Michigan: At the rim (15/17 88.2%) Inside (6/11 54.5%) Mid-range (5/15 33.3%) Beyond the Arc (14/29 48.3%)
Eastern Illinois: At the rim (8/9 88.9%) Inside (18/38 47.4%) Mid-range (6/7 85.7%) Beyond the Arc (6/20 30.0%)
Defensive Tactics
Western Michigan: Man-To-Man (20.9%) Zone (19.1%) Pressure (45.5%) 2nd Chance (5.5%) Transition (9.1%) Int. Foul (0.0%)
Eastern Illinois: Man-To-Man (48.1%) Zone (18.3%) Pressure (15.4%) 2nd Chance (3.8%) Transition (14.4%) Int. Foul (0.0%)
Weighted Skill Index (SI) & Team Power Index (TPI)
Western Michigan: 153.4 / 157.0
Eastern Illinois: 149.2 / 151.1
Injuries
Western Michigan: none
Eastern Illinois: none
Game Information
Date: Saturday, January 25th, 2042
Game Type: College [Conference]
Arena: Lantz Arena
City: Charleston, IL
Attendance: 6,677
Version: 1.031
Simulated: Fri Nov 22 2024 @ 9:08:49 am PST
Standard Dialog
Starting Line-Ups
Western Michigan: PG-Ramos (6' ½"), SG-Sanchez (6' 5"), SF-Carter (6' 2"), PF-Box (6' 9½"), C-Woods (6' 11½")
Eastern Illinois: PG-Sager (6' ½"), SG-Hughes (6' 2"), SF-Marcus (6' 5"), PF-Strong (6' 9"), C-Escalante (6' 8½")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Western Michigan gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ramos shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Foul! Strong fouls Box blocking out to get the rebound.
19:49 - Western Michigan: The ball is inbounded to Sanchez. Sanchez shoots from downtown. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 3 - 0.
19:43 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Strong charged with the foul while taking the shot over Box.
19:32 - Game Event: Time out. Strong must sit with 2 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Nieves to Power Forward.
19:32 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Ramos drives down the lane. Ramos passes the ball to Woods at the basket. Woods lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Ramos. Western Michigan 5 - 0.
19:21 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager shoots from downtown. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 5 - 3.
19:17 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ramos tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ramos passes the ball to Sanchez. Sanchez with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Ramos. Western Michigan 7 - 3.
19:07 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hughes passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nieves. Western Michigan 7 - 5.
18:50 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Sorrentino to Point Guard and McDermott to Center. Eastern Illinois substitutes Pope to Point Guard, Reilly to Power Forward and Nieves to Center.
18:50 - Western Michigan: Sorrentino brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sorrentino passes the ball to Carter outside. Hughes steals the pass from Carter.
18:39 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope passes the ball to Hughes in the paint. Hughes passes the ball to Pope in the paint. Pope shoots from the block. McDermott rotates over and blocks the shot! Carter grabs the rebound.
18:24 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sanchez leads the fast break with Sorrentino and Carter. Sanchez lays it up. Foul! Pope fouls Sanchez on the shot. Sanchez makes the first free throw. Sanchez missed the second free throw. Nieves grabs the rebound. Western Michigan 8 - 5.
18:18 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope passes the ball to Nieves on the perimeter. Nieves passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Tied 8 - 8.
18:04 - Western Michigan: Sorrentino brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sorrentino drives down the lane. Sorrentino lays it up. Nieves rotates over and blocks the shot! Nieves grabs the rebound.
17:54 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Pope and Marcus. Hughes passes the ball to Pope at the basket. Pope lays it up. Offensive foul! Pope charged with the foul while taking the shot over Carter.
17:49 - Western Michigan: Sorrentino brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sorrentino passes the ball to McDermott in the paint. McDermott passes the ball to Box in the paint. Box passes the ball to Carter outside. Carter shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Hughes grabs the long rebound.
17:30 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Pope to the right. Hughes attempts to dunk it. Foul! Carter fouls Hughes on the shot. Hughes makes the first free throw. Hughes makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 10 - 8.
17:24 - Western Michigan: Sorrentino brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sorrentino drives down the lane. Sorrentino lays it up. The shot goes in! Tied 10 - 10.
17:14 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Hughes in the paint. Hughes shoots in the paint. Foul! Sanchez fouls Hughes on the shot. Hughes missed the first free throw. Hughes makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 11 - 10.
17:04 - Western Michigan: Sorrentino brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sorrentino passes the ball to Carter on the perimeter. Carter shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the long rebound.
16:54 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Pope leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Pope passes the ball to Reilly outside. Sanchez steals the pass from Reilly.
16:42 - Western Michigan: Breakaway! Sanchez takes the ball the length of the court. Sanchez attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Western Michigan 12 - 11.
16:36 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope passes the ball to Nieves on the perimeter. Nieves passes the ball to Pope on the perimeter. Pope passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Reilly passes the ball to Hughes in the paint. Hughes shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Box grabs the rebound.
16:05 - Western Michigan: Sorrentino brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sorrentino passes the ball to Sanchez. Sanchez shoots a jumper. Foul! Hughes fouls Sanchez on the shot. Sanchez makes the first free throw. Sanchez makes the second free throw. Western Michigan 14 - 11.
15:55 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Ramos to Point Guard and Duncan to Small Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Zimmerman to Small Forward.
15:55 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against a zone defense. Pope passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Pope in the paint. Offensive foul! Pope commits the foul.
15:46 - Game Event: Time out. Pope must sit with 3 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Chadwick to Point Guard.
15:46 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ramos passes the ball to Duncan on the perimeter. Duncan passes the ball to Ramos outside. Ramos passes the ball to Box in the paint. Box passes the ball to McDermott in the paint. McDermott passes the ball to Duncan in the paint. Duncan goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by McDermott. And Duncan is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Duncan makes the first free throw. Western Michigan 17 - 11.
15:15 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Sorrentino to Point Guard.
15:15 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hughes passes the ball to Chadwick on the perimeter. Chadwick tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Chadwick with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Sorrentino fouls Chadwick on the shot. Chadwick missed the first free throw. Chadwick makes the second free throw. Western Michigan 17 - 12.
15:00 - Western Michigan: Sorrentino brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sorrentino passes the ball to Sanchez. Sanchez passes the ball to McDermott on the perimeter. McDermott passes the ball to Duncan. Duncan shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot misses. Chadwick grabs the rebound.
14:42 - Eastern Illinois: Chadwick brings up the ball against pressure defense. Duncan steals the pass from Chadwick.
14:36 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sorrentino leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Sorrentino passes the ball to Duncan in the paint. Duncan shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 19 - 12.
14:21 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Ramos to Point Guard.
14:21 - Eastern Illinois: Chadwick brings up the ball against pressure defense. Chadwick passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. McDermott steals the pass from Nieves.
14:10 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ramos passes the ball to McDermott in the paint. McDermott passes the ball to Sanchez outside. Sanchez drives down the lane. Sanchez passes the ball to Ramos on the perimeter. Ramos shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sanchez. Western Michigan 22 - 12.
14:10 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Western Michigan!
13:49 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Woods to Center.
13:49 - Eastern Illinois: Chadwick brings up the ball against pressure defense. Chadwick passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Chadwick. Chadwick passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Reilly shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Chadwick. Western Michigan 22 - 14.
13:32 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ramos passes the ball to Woods in the paint. Woods shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Ramos. Western Michigan 24 - 14.
13:22 - Eastern Illinois: Chadwick brings up the ball against pressure defense. Chadwick passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Reilly shoots from the low post. Woods rotates over and blocks the shot! Woods grabs the rebound.
13:15 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sanchez leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Zimmerman steals the pass from Sanchez.
13:04 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes passes the ball to Chadwick on the perimeter. Chadwick shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Duncan grabs the rebound.
12:46 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ramos passes the ball to Box outside. Box turns the ball over to the other team.
12:40 - Eastern Illinois: Chadwick brings up the ball against pressure defense. Chadwick passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Duncan steals the pass from Reilly.
12:31 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Ramos leads the fast break with Duncan and Sanchez. Ramos passes the ball to Duncan. Duncan shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Reilly grabs the rebound.
12:24 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Reilly goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Hughes. Western Michigan 24 - 16.
12:13 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Sorrentino to Shooting Guard, Carter to Small Forward and Butts to Power Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Point Guard, Tubbs to Shooting Guard, Reilly to Small Forward, Nieves to Power Forward and Escalante to Center.
12:13 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against a zone defense. Ramos drives down the lane. Ramos passes the ball to Butts at the basket. Butts lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Ramos. Western Michigan 26 - 16.
12:03 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Western Michigan 26 - 18.
11:53 - Western Michigan: Sorrentino brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sorrentino passes the ball to Woods in the paint. Woods shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sorrentino. Western Michigan 28 - 18.
11:43 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Nieves on the perimeter. Nieves drives to the basket. Foul! Woods commits the foul on Nieves.
11:29 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Nieves. Nieves passes the ball to Tubbs. Tubbs passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Tubbs. Western Michigan 28 - 20.
11:16 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sorrentino attacks with the ball on the fast break. Sorrentino passes the ball to Ramos at the basket. Ramos lays it up. The shot goes in! And Ramos is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Ramos makes the first free throw. Western Michigan 31 - 20.
11:12 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Tubbs in the paint. Tubbs turns the ball over to the other team.
11:08 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sorrentino leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Sorrentino tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Sorrentino passes the ball to Ramos. Ramos with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sorrentino. Western Michigan 33 - 20.
10:54 - Eastern Illinois: Tubbs brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tubbs hands off the ball to Sager. Woods steals the pass from Sager.
10:45 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sorrentino leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Sorrentino passes the ball to Ramos. Ramos shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Foul! Carter fouls Reilly trying to grab the offensive rebound.
10:30 - Game Event: Time out. Carter must sit with 2 fouls. Western Michigan substitutes Duncan to Small Forward.
10:30 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Reilly. Woods steals the pass from Reilly.
10:24 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sorrentino leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Sorrentino passes the ball to Ramos. Ramos passes the ball to Sorrentino on the perimeter. Sorrentino carelessly turns the ball over out of bounds.
10:05 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Reilly on the perimeter. Reilly passes the ball to Tubbs outside. Foul! Woods commits a foul away from the ball.
9:56 - Game Event: Time out. Woods must sit with 2 fouls. Western Michigan substitutes McDermott to Center. Eastern Illinois substitutes Marcus to Small Forward.
9:56 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Marcus. Marcus shoots from downtown. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 33 - 23.
9:52 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ramos drives down the lane. Ramos passes the ball to Butts at the basket. Butts lays it up. Foul! Nieves fouls Butts on the shot. Butts missed the first free throw. Butts missed the second free throw. Nieves grabs the rebound.
9:44 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Western Michigan 33 - 25.
9:33 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ramos passes the ball to Sorrentino on the perimeter. Sorrentino passes the ball to McDermott. McDermott passes the ball to Butts on the perimeter. Butts passes the ball to Ramos. Ramos tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ramos passes the ball to Duncan. Duncan with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Marcus fouls Duncan on the shot. Duncan missed the first free throw. Duncan missed the second free throw. Nieves grabs the rebound.
9:03 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Western Michigan 33 - 27.
8:52 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Sanchez to Shooting Guard.
8:52 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ramos drives down the lane. Ramos lays it up. Offensive foul! Ramos charged with the foul while taking the shot over Sager.
8:42 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. Foul! Butts fouls Escalante on the shot. Escalante makes the first free throw. Escalante makes the second free throw. Western Michigan 33 - 29.
8:36 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against a zone defense. Ramos tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ramos with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the rebound.
8:25 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Butts steals the pass from Sager.
8:20 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sanchez leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Sager steals the pass from Sanchez.
8:10 - Eastern Illinois: Breakaway! Sager takes the ball the length of the court. Sager lays it up. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 33 - 31.
8:10 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Eastern Illinois!
8:03 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Sorrentino to Shooting Guard.
8:03 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ramos passes the ball to Sorrentino on the perimeter. Sorrentino passes the ball to Butts in the paint. Butts passes the ball to McDermott in the paint. McDermott passes the ball to Duncan outside. Duncan passes the ball to McDermott in the paint. McDermott passes the ball to Butts in the paint. And the shot clock expires!
7:33 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Sanchez to Shooting Guard and Box to Power Forward.
7:33 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots in the paint. The shot misses. McDermott grabs the rebound.
7:16 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sanchez leads the fast break with Ramos to the right. Sanchez passes the ball to Ramos on the perimeter. Ramos shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sanchez. Western Michigan 36 - 31.
7:12 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Butts to Power Forward.
7:12 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Tubbs on the perimeter. Tubbs shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Butts grabs the long rebound.
7:01 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sanchez leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Sanchez shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 39 - 31.
6:53 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Box to Power Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard.
6:53 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante passes the ball to Nieves. Nieves shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Escalante. Western Michigan 39 - 33.
6:40 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ramos passes the ball to McDermott. McDermott carelessly turns the ball over to the other team.
6:33 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes passes the ball to Nieves on the perimeter. Nieves passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 39 - 35.
6:12 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tubbs to Shooting Guard.
6:12 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ramos passes the ball to Box in the paint. Box passes the ball to Duncan on the perimeter. Duncan drives by Marcus. Duncan passes the ball to Sanchez at the basket. Sanchez lays it up. Offensive foul! Sanchez charged with the foul while taking the shot over Tubbs.
5:50 - Game Event: Time out. Sanchez must sit with 2 fouls. Western Michigan substitutes Sorrentino to Shooting Guard. Eastern Illinois substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard.
5:50 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. McDermott steals the pass from Sager.
5:46 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sorrentino leads the fast break with Duncan and Ramos. Sorrentino passes the ball to Duncan. Duncan shoots a jumper. The shot misses. McDermott grabs the offensive rebound.
5:42 - Western Michigan: McDermott has the rebound and restarts the offense. McDermott passes the ball to Sorrentino on the perimeter. Sorrentino shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Duncan grabs the long offensive rebound.
5:29 - Western Michigan: Duncan has the rebound and restarts the offense. Duncan passes the ball to Sorrentino on the perimeter. Sorrentino drives down the lane. Sorrentino lays it up. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 41 - 35.
5:14 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tubbs to Shooting Guard.
5:14 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Sager. Sager passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Ramos steals the pass from Nieves.
4:55 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sorrentino leads the fast break. Foul! Tubbs commits the foul on Sorrentino. In the double bonus, Sorrentino is shooting two free throws. Sorrentino makes the first free throw. Sorrentino missed the second free throw. Nieves grabs the rebound. Western Michigan 42 - 35.
4:51 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. Foul! McDermott fouls Escalante on the shot. Escalante missed the first free throw. Escalante makes the second free throw. Western Michigan 42 - 36.
4:37 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Sanchez to Shooting Guard, Carter to Small Forward and Woods to Center. Eastern Illinois substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard and Strong to Power Forward.
4:37 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ramos passes the ball to Carter outside. Carter passes the ball to Ramos on the perimeter. Ramos drives down the lane. Ramos lays it up. Offensive foul! Ramos charged with the foul while taking the shot over Sager.
4:14 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Strong grabs the offensive rebound.
3:59 - Eastern Illinois: Strong has the rebound. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Woods grabs the rebound.
3:57 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sanchez leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Sanchez shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 45 - 36.
3:46 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Box grabs the rebound.
3:31 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sanchez leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Sanchez shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the rebound.
3:20 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes attacks with the ball on the fast break. Hughes passes the ball to Marcus at the basket. Marcus attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Assisted by Hughes. Western Michigan 45 - 38.
3:14 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against a zone defense. Ramos drives down the lane. Ramos lays it up. Foul! Escalante fouls Ramos on the shot. Ramos missed the first free throw. Ramos makes the second free throw. Western Michigan 46 - 38.
3:04 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hughes tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hughes with a fadeaway jumper. Offensive foul! Hughes charged with the foul while taking the shot over Carter.
2:54 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ramos passes the ball to Woods in the paint. Woods goes for the dunk. It's blocked by Escalante! Woods grabs the offensive rebound.
2:47 - Western Michigan: Woods has the rebound and restarts the offense. Woods shoots from the block. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the rebound.
2:41 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hughes shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Box grabs the long rebound.
2:36 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sanchez leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Sanchez tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Sanchez passes the ball to Woods in the paint. Woods shoots in the paint. Strong rotates over and blocks the shot! Escalante grabs the rebound.
2:20 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes attacks with the ball on the fast break. Hughes passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Sager grabs the long offensive rebound.
2:15 - Eastern Illinois: Sager has the rebound and restarts the offense. Sager passes the ball to Hughes in the paint. Hughes shoots from the block. Woods rotates over and blocks the shot! Box grabs the rebound.
2:07 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sanchez leads the fast break with Ramos and Carter. Sanchez passes the ball to Ramos on the perimeter. Ramos shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sanchez. Western Michigan 49 - 38.
2:03 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Box grabs the rebound.
1:46 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Ramos passes the ball to Box in the paint. Box passes the ball to Carter. Carter with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 51 - 38.
1:34 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 51 - 40.
1:24 - Western Michigan: Sanchez brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sanchez passes the ball to Box in the paint. Box turns the ball over to the other team.
1:17 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Western Michigan 51 - 42.
1:09 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Ramos passes the ball to Carter outside. Carter passes the ball to Box in the paint. Box passes the ball to Woods in the paint. Woods shoots from the low post. Foul! Strong fouls Woods on the shot. Woods makes the first free throw. Woods makes the second free throw. Western Michigan 53 - 42.
0:48 - Game Event: Time out. Strong must sit with 3 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Nieves to Power Forward.
0:48 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus passes the ball to Sager in the paint. Sager passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Foul! Box commits the foul on Nieves. In the double bonus, Nieves is shooting two free throws. Nieves makes the first free throw. Nieves makes the second free throw. Western Michigan 53 - 44.
0:34 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ramos passes the ball to Sanchez. Sanchez shoots a jumper from the elbow. Foul! Hughes fouls Sanchez on the shot. Sanchez makes the first free throw. Sanchez missed the second free throw. Nieves grabs the rebound. Western Michigan 54 - 44.
0:24 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Nieves on the perimeter. Nieves passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nieves. Western Michigan 54 - 47.
0:11 - Game Event: Time out. Hughes must sit with 3 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tubbs to Shooting Guard.
0:11 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Ramos shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the rebound.
0:06 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Tubbs leads the fast break with Sager to the right. Tubbs passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Ramos grabs the rebound.
0:02 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sanchez leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. And the shot clock expires!
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Western Michigan 54, Eastern Illinois 47
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Ramos must sit with 2 fouls. Carter must sit with 2 fouls. Woods must sit with 2 fouls. Western Michigan substitutes Sorrentino to Point Guard, Duncan to Small Forward and McDermott to Center.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors Eastern Illinois. They receive the ball...
19:55 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Escalante. Escalante passes the ball to Nieves on the perimeter. Nieves passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus passes the ball to Sager. Sager passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the low post. The shot misses. McDermott grabs the rebound.
19:30 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sanchez leads the fast break with Duncan to the right. Sanchez lays it up. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 56 - 47.
19:25 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Ramos to Point Guard, Carter to Small Forward and Woods to Center. Eastern Illinois substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard and Strong to Power Forward.
19:25 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the block. The shot misses. Carter grabs the rebound.
19:14 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Ramos passes the ball to Sanchez. Sanchez shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the rebound.
19:05 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Hughes in the paint. Hughes passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Box grabs the rebound.
18:53 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Ramos leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Ramos passes the ball to Sanchez on the perimeter. Sanchez tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Sanchez passes the ball to Woods in the paint. Woods shoots in the paint. Foul! Escalante fouls Woods on the shot. Woods makes the first free throw. Woods makes the second free throw. Western Michigan 58 - 47.
18:34 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Sorrentino to Point Guard. Eastern Illinois substitutes Pope to Point Guard and Nieves to Center.
18:34 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Sorrentino steals the pass from Nieves.
18:24 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sanchez leads the fast break with Sorrentino and Carter. Sanchez passes the ball to Sorrentino on the perimeter. Sorrentino shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the rebound.
18:20 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hughes shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Sanchez grabs the long rebound.
18:16 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sanchez attacks with the ball on the fast break. Sanchez turns the ball over to the other team.
18:11 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Pope to the right. Hughes passes the ball to Pope on the perimeter. Pope shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the offensive rebound.
18:05 - Eastern Illinois: Nieves has the rebound and restarts the offense. Nieves passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. Foul! Box fouls Strong on the shot. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. Western Michigan 58 - 49.
17:52 - Western Michigan: Sorrentino brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Sorrentino passes the ball to Sanchez on the perimeter. Sanchez shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
17:42 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Pope leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Pope turns the ball over out of bounds.
17:33 - Western Michigan: Sorrentino brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Sorrentino passes the ball to Carter on the perimeter. Carter shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sorrentino. Western Michigan 61 - 49.
17:22 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope passes the ball to Hughes in the paint. Hughes passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Foul! Woods commits a foul away from the ball.
17:07 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Marcus. Marcus passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Carter grabs the rebound.
16:57 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sanchez leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Sanchez passes the ball to Sorrentino on the perimeter. Sorrentino passes the ball to Sanchez on the perimeter. Sanchez drives down the lane. Sanchez passes the ball to Carter on the perimeter. Carter shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sanchez. Western Michigan 64 - 49.
16:32 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Ramos to Point Guard.
16:32 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hughes passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Strong grabs the offensive rebound.
16:22 - Eastern Illinois: Strong has the rebound. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 64 - 51.
16:20 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Sorrentino to Point Guard.
16:20 - Western Michigan: Sorrentino brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sorrentino passes the ball to Sanchez on the perimeter. Sanchez passes the ball to Sorrentino outside. Sorrentino drives down the lane. Sorrentino lays it up. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 66 - 51.
16:04 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Pope. Western Michigan 66 - 53.
15:53 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Ramos to Point Guard. Eastern Illinois substitutes Reilly to Small Forward.
15:53 - Western Michigan: Sanchez brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sanchez passes the ball to Box. Box passes the ball to Woods in the paint. Woods shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 68 - 53.
15:39 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope passes the ball to Hughes. Hughes tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hughes passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Reilly shoots in the paint. Foul! Ramos fouls Reilly on the shot. Reilly missed the first free throw. Reilly makes the second free throw. Western Michigan 68 - 54.
15:26 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Ramos drives by Reilly. Ramos lays it up. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 70 - 54.
15:17 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Strong grabs the long offensive rebound.
15:09 - Eastern Illinois: Strong has the rebound and restarts the offense. Strong passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Reilly passes the ball to Pope in the paint. Pope passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the low post. Foul! Woods fouls Nieves on the shot. Nieves makes the first free throw. Nieves makes the second free throw. Western Michigan 70 - 56.
14:50 - Game Event: Time out. Woods must sit with 4 fouls. Western Michigan substitutes McDermott to Center.
14:50 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Ramos passes the ball to Box in the paint. Box passes the ball to Ramos. Ramos tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ramos passes the ball to McDermott in the paint. McDermott shoots in the paint. Offensive foul! McDermott charged with the foul while taking the shot over Nieves.
14:27 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Reilly. Reilly passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong turns the ball over to the other team.
14:12 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sanchez leads the fast break with Ramos to the right. Sanchez passes the ball to Ramos at the basket. Ramos attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Assisted by Sanchez. Western Michigan 72 - 56.
14:06 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Pope. Western Michigan 72 - 59.
13:55 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Point Guard and Escalante to Center.
13:55 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Ramos tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ramos with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 74 - 59.
13:45 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong turns the ball over to the other team.
13:42 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Ramos leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Ramos drives down the lane. Ramos passes the ball to Sanchez at the basket. Sanchez lays it up. Escalante rotates over and blocks the shot! Reilly grabs the rebound.
13:29 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Sager to the right. Hughes lays it up. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 74 - 61.
13:23 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Pope to Point Guard and Nieves to Center.
13:23 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Ramos drives down the lane. Ramos passes the ball to Sanchez at the basket. Sanchez lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Ramos. Western Michigan 76 - 61.
13:11 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope passes the ball to Reilly on the perimeter. Reilly drives down the lane. Reilly lays it up. The shot misses. Box grabs the rebound.
12:57 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ramos shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 79 - 61.
12:51 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Sorrentino to Shooting Guard and Butts to Power Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Point Guard, Tubbs to Shooting Guard and Escalante to Center.
12:51 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Tubbs. Tubbs shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Western Michigan 79 - 63.
12:43 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ramos drives to the basket. Foul! Sager commits the foul on Ramos.
12:34 - Western Michigan: The ball is inbounded to Butts. Butts passes the ball to McDermott in the paint. McDermott passes the ball to Ramos on the perimeter. Ramos drives by Reilly. Ramos lays it up. Foul! Reilly fouls Ramos on the shot. Ramos makes the first free throw. Ramos makes the second free throw. Western Michigan 81 - 63.
12:15 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Reilly on the perimeter. Reilly hands off the ball to Tubbs. Tubbs passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong drives by McDermott. Strong lays it up. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 81 - 65.
11:52 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Sanchez to Shooting Guard.
11:52 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ramos tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ramos with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
11:45 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Tubbs on the perimeter. Tubbs shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Ramos grabs the long rebound.
11:35 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ramos drives down the lane. Ramos lays it up. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 83 - 65.
11:24 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Sorrentino to Shooting Guard.
11:24 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Sager. Western Michigan 83 - 67.
11:15 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ramos drives down the lane. Ramos passes the ball to Carter on the perimeter. Carter shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
11:04 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Foul! Butts commits a foul away from the ball.
10:59 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Sanchez to Shooting Guard.
10:59 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Escalante. Escalante passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots in the paint. It's blocked by McDermott! Strong grabs the offensive rebound.
10:46 - Eastern Illinois: Strong has the rebound. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Carter grabs the rebound.
10:44 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Ramos leads the fast break with Sanchez to the right. Ramos attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Western Michigan 85 - 67.
10:41 - 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 goes in! Western Michigan 85 - 69.
10:32 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ramos passes the ball to Carter in the paint. Carter passes the ball to Butts in the paint. Butts passes the ball to Sanchez on the perimeter. Sanchez shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 88 - 69.
10:13 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Sorrentino to Shooting Guard.
10:13 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante passes the ball to Strong outside. Strong passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from the three point line. Foul! Ramos fouls Sager on the shot. Sager makes the first free throw. Sager makes the second free throw. Sager missed the third free throw. Butts grabs the rebound. Western Michigan 88 - 71.
9:54 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Ramos passes the ball to Carter on the perimeter. Carter shoots from beyond the arc. Foul! Reilly fouls Carter on the shot. Carter makes the first free throw. Carter makes the second free throw. Carter makes the third free throw. Western Michigan 91 - 71.
9:43 - Game Event: Time out. Ramos must sit with 4 fouls. Western Michigan substitutes Sorrentino to Point Guard and Sanchez to Shooting Guard. Eastern Illinois substitutes Marcus to Small Forward.
9:43 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Tubbs in the paint. Tubbs shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 91 - 73.
9:31 - Western Michigan: Sorrentino brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Sorrentino tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Sorrentino with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the rebound.
9:21 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Tubbs. Tubbs passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the offensive rebound.
9:05 - Eastern Illinois: Escalante has the rebound. Escalante shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 91 - 75.
9:05 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Eastern Illinois!
9:03 - Western Michigan: Sorrentino brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sorrentino passes the ball to Butts in the paint. Butts passes the ball to Carter on the perimeter. Carter shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the rebound.
8:50 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Tubbs leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Tubbs passes the ball to Sager outside. Sager passes the ball to Tubbs. Tubbs passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Strong tips it in. Western Michigan 91 - 77.
8:20 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Ramos to Point Guard and Woods to Center. Eastern Illinois substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard.
8:20 - Western Michigan: Sanchez brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sanchez passes the ball to Ramos in the paint. Ramos passes the ball to Woods in the paint. Woods passes the ball to Sanchez on the perimeter. Sanchez passes the ball to Ramos on the perimeter. Ramos tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ramos passes the ball to Carter in the paint. Carter shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Ramos. Western Michigan 93 - 77.
7:45 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Box to Power Forward.
7:45 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hughes passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Strong grabs the offensive rebound.
7:29 - Eastern Illinois: Strong has the rebound and restarts the offense. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 93 - 79.
7:23 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Ramos tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ramos with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 95 - 79.
7:11 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tubbs to Shooting Guard.
7:11 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Western Michigan 95 - 81.
7:01 - Western Michigan: Sanchez brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sanchez passes the ball to Carter on the perimeter. Carter shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sanchez. Western Michigan 98 - 81.
6:53 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard.
6:53 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Western Michigan 98 - 83.
6:33 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Ramos passes the ball to Woods in the paint. Woods passes the ball to Sanchez in the paint. Sanchez passes the ball to Ramos. Ramos passes the ball to Box. Box tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Box passes the ball to Sanchez. Sanchez with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Woods tips it in. Western Michigan 100 - 83.
6:02 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hughes shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Woods grabs the rebound.
5:57 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Ramos shoots from deep. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
5:52 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante passes the ball to Sager in the paint. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. Foul! Woods fouls Strong on the shot. Woods fouls out. McDermott replaces Woods at center. Strong missed the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. Western Michigan 100 - 84.
5:32 - Western Michigan: Sanchez brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sanchez shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Sanchez grabs the long offensive rebound.
5:26 - Western Michigan: Sanchez has the rebound and restarts the offense. Sanchez shoots from deep. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 103 - 84.
5:20 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Sager grabs the long offensive rebound.
5:11 - Eastern Illinois: Sager has the rebound and restarts the offense. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Ramos grabs the rebound.
5:03 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Ramos passes the ball to Box in the paint. Box passes the ball to Carter on the perimeter. Carter shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 106 - 84.
4:49 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Hughes. Hughes shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 106 - 86.
4:41 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against pressure defense. Eastern Illinois is fatigued and are showing low defensive energy. Marcus steals the pass from Ramos.
4:37 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hughes passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Strong tips it in. Western Michigan 106 - 88.
4:22 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ramos passes the ball to McDermott in the paint. Marcus steals the pass from McDermott.
4:12 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Sager leads the fast break with Marcus to the right. Sager passes the ball to Marcus at the basket. Marcus lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Western Michigan 106 - 90.
4:07 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Ramos tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ramos passes the ball to Sanchez. Sanchez with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Sager grabs the rebound.
3:57 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Hughes in the paint. Hughes passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Ramos grabs the rebound.
3:44 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Ramos leads the fast break. Foul! Sager commits the foul on Ramos.
3:38 - Western Michigan: The ball is inbounded to Carter. Carter passes the ball to Box in the paint. Box passes the ball to Ramos outside. Ramos passes the ball to McDermott on the perimeter. McDermott passes the ball to Carter. Carter passes the ball to Sanchez on the perimeter. Sanchez shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the long rebound.
3:12 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Box grabs the long rebound.
3:03 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sanchez leads the fast break with Ramos to the right. Sanchez passes the ball to Ramos on the perimeter. Ramos shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sanchez. Western Michigan 109 - 90.
2:59 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Hughes outside. Hughes passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Western Michigan 109 - 92.
2:38 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Ramos shoots from downtown. Air ball! McDermott grabs the offensive rebound.
2:32 - Western Michigan: McDermott has the rebound and restarts the offense. McDermott passes the ball to Box in the paint. Box passes the ball to McDermott in the paint. McDermott passes the ball to Ramos. Ramos shoots a jumper from the base line. Foul! Sager fouls Ramos on the shot. Ramos missed the first free throw. Ramos makes the second free throw. Western Michigan 110 - 92.
2:14 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Hughes shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 110 - 95.
2:14 - Game Event: The home crowds goes crazy as their team has captured the momentum!
2:10 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Ramos tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ramos passes the ball to Box in the paint. Box shoots from the inside. Escalante rotates over and blocks the shot! Marcus grabs the rebound.
1:59 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante goes for the dunk. Foul! Box fouls Escalante on the shot. Escalante missed the first free throw. Escalante missed the second free throw. McDermott grabs the rebound.
1:45 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Ramos passes the ball to Box in the paint. Box passes the ball to McDermott in the paint. McDermott passes the ball to Sanchez. Sanchez tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Sanchez passes the ball to Carter in the paint. Carter shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Carter grabs the offensive rebound.
1:22 - Western Michigan: Carter has the rebound. Carter shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Carter charged with the foul while taking the shot over Hughes.
1:20 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong passes the ball to Hughes. Hughes passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 110 - 97.
1:02 - Western Michigan: Sanchez brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Sager steals the pass from Sanchez.
0:58 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Marcus and Sager. Hughes lays it up. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 110 - 99.
0:54 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Ramos passes the ball to McDermott. McDermott passes the ball to Carter outside. Carter passes the ball to McDermott in the paint. McDermott passes the ball to Sanchez outside. Sanchez shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Sager grabs the long rebound.
0:30 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes attacks with the ball on the fast break. Hughes turns the ball over to the other team.
0:25 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Ramos leads the fast break with Sanchez and Carter. Ramos passes the ball to Sanchez at the basket. Sanchez lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Ramos. Western Michigan 112 - 99.
0:18 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes shoots from the three point line. It's blocked by Sanchez! Box grabs the rebound.
0:09 - Western Michigan: Sanchez dribbles out the clock until time expires.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Western Michigan 112, Eastern Illinois 99
Starting Line-Ups
Western Michigan: PG-Ramos (6' ½"), SG-Sanchez (6' 5"), SF-Carter (6' 2"), PF-Box (6' 9½"), C-Woods (6' 11½")
Eastern Illinois: PG-Sager (6' ½"), SG-Hughes (6' 2"), SF-Marcus (6' 5"), PF-Strong (6' 9"), C-Escalante (6' 8½")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Western Michigan gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ramos shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Foul! Strong fouls Box blocking out to get the rebound.
19:49 - Western Michigan: The ball is inbounded to Sanchez. Sanchez shoots from downtown. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 3 - 0.
19:43 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Strong charged with the foul while taking the shot over Box.
19:32 - Game Event: Time out. Strong must sit with 2 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Nieves to Power Forward.
19:32 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Ramos drives down the lane. Ramos passes the ball to Woods at the basket. Woods lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Ramos. Western Michigan 5 - 0.
19:21 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager shoots from downtown. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 5 - 3.
19:17 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ramos tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ramos passes the ball to Sanchez. Sanchez with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Ramos. Western Michigan 7 - 3.
19:07 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hughes passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nieves. Western Michigan 7 - 5.
18:50 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Sorrentino to Point Guard and McDermott to Center. Eastern Illinois substitutes Pope to Point Guard, Reilly to Power Forward and Nieves to Center.
18:50 - Western Michigan: Sorrentino brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sorrentino passes the ball to Carter outside. Hughes steals the pass from Carter.
18:39 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope passes the ball to Hughes in the paint. Hughes passes the ball to Pope in the paint. Pope shoots from the block. McDermott rotates over and blocks the shot! Carter grabs the rebound.
18:24 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sanchez leads the fast break with Sorrentino and Carter. Sanchez lays it up. Foul! Pope fouls Sanchez on the shot. Sanchez makes the first free throw. Sanchez missed the second free throw. Nieves grabs the rebound. Western Michigan 8 - 5.
18:18 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope passes the ball to Nieves on the perimeter. Nieves passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Tied 8 - 8.
18:04 - Western Michigan: Sorrentino brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sorrentino drives down the lane. Sorrentino lays it up. Nieves rotates over and blocks the shot! Nieves grabs the rebound.
17:54 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Pope and Marcus. Hughes passes the ball to Pope at the basket. Pope lays it up. Offensive foul! Pope charged with the foul while taking the shot over Carter.
17:49 - Western Michigan: Sorrentino brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sorrentino passes the ball to McDermott in the paint. McDermott passes the ball to Box in the paint. Box passes the ball to Carter outside. Carter shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Hughes grabs the long rebound.
17:30 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Pope to the right. Hughes attempts to dunk it. Foul! Carter fouls Hughes on the shot. Hughes makes the first free throw. Hughes makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 10 - 8.
17:24 - Western Michigan: Sorrentino brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sorrentino drives down the lane. Sorrentino lays it up. The shot goes in! Tied 10 - 10.
17:14 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Hughes in the paint. Hughes shoots in the paint. Foul! Sanchez fouls Hughes on the shot. Hughes missed the first free throw. Hughes makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 11 - 10.
17:04 - Western Michigan: Sorrentino brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sorrentino passes the ball to Carter on the perimeter. Carter shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the long rebound.
16:54 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Pope leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Pope passes the ball to Reilly outside. Sanchez steals the pass from Reilly.
16:42 - Western Michigan: Breakaway! Sanchez takes the ball the length of the court. Sanchez attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Western Michigan 12 - 11.
16:36 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope passes the ball to Nieves on the perimeter. Nieves passes the ball to Pope on the perimeter. Pope passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Reilly passes the ball to Hughes in the paint. Hughes shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Box grabs the rebound.
16:05 - Western Michigan: Sorrentino brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sorrentino passes the ball to Sanchez. Sanchez shoots a jumper. Foul! Hughes fouls Sanchez on the shot. Sanchez makes the first free throw. Sanchez makes the second free throw. Western Michigan 14 - 11.
15:55 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Ramos to Point Guard and Duncan to Small Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Zimmerman to Small Forward.
15:55 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against a zone defense. Pope passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Pope in the paint. Offensive foul! Pope commits the foul.
15:46 - Game Event: Time out. Pope must sit with 3 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Chadwick to Point Guard.
15:46 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ramos passes the ball to Duncan on the perimeter. Duncan passes the ball to Ramos outside. Ramos passes the ball to Box in the paint. Box passes the ball to McDermott in the paint. McDermott passes the ball to Duncan in the paint. Duncan goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by McDermott. And Duncan is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Duncan makes the first free throw. Western Michigan 17 - 11.
15:15 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Sorrentino to Point Guard.
15:15 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hughes passes the ball to Chadwick on the perimeter. Chadwick tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Chadwick with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Sorrentino fouls Chadwick on the shot. Chadwick missed the first free throw. Chadwick makes the second free throw. Western Michigan 17 - 12.
15:00 - Western Michigan: Sorrentino brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sorrentino passes the ball to Sanchez. Sanchez passes the ball to McDermott on the perimeter. McDermott passes the ball to Duncan. Duncan shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot misses. Chadwick grabs the rebound.
14:42 - Eastern Illinois: Chadwick brings up the ball against pressure defense. Duncan steals the pass from Chadwick.
14:36 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sorrentino leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Sorrentino passes the ball to Duncan in the paint. Duncan shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 19 - 12.
14:21 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Ramos to Point Guard.
14:21 - Eastern Illinois: Chadwick brings up the ball against pressure defense. Chadwick passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. McDermott steals the pass from Nieves.
14:10 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ramos passes the ball to McDermott in the paint. McDermott passes the ball to Sanchez outside. Sanchez drives down the lane. Sanchez passes the ball to Ramos on the perimeter. Ramos shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sanchez. Western Michigan 22 - 12.
14:10 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Western Michigan!
13:49 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Woods to Center.
13:49 - Eastern Illinois: Chadwick brings up the ball against pressure defense. Chadwick passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Chadwick. Chadwick passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Reilly shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Chadwick. Western Michigan 22 - 14.
13:32 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ramos passes the ball to Woods in the paint. Woods shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Ramos. Western Michigan 24 - 14.
13:22 - Eastern Illinois: Chadwick brings up the ball against pressure defense. Chadwick passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Reilly shoots from the low post. Woods rotates over and blocks the shot! Woods grabs the rebound.
13:15 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sanchez leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Zimmerman steals the pass from Sanchez.
13:04 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes passes the ball to Chadwick on the perimeter. Chadwick shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Duncan grabs the rebound.
12:46 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ramos passes the ball to Box outside. Box turns the ball over to the other team.
12:40 - Eastern Illinois: Chadwick brings up the ball against pressure defense. Chadwick passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Duncan steals the pass from Reilly.
12:31 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Ramos leads the fast break with Duncan and Sanchez. Ramos passes the ball to Duncan. Duncan shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Reilly grabs the rebound.
12:24 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Reilly goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Hughes. Western Michigan 24 - 16.
12:13 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Sorrentino to Shooting Guard, Carter to Small Forward and Butts to Power Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Point Guard, Tubbs to Shooting Guard, Reilly to Small Forward, Nieves to Power Forward and Escalante to Center.
12:13 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against a zone defense. Ramos drives down the lane. Ramos passes the ball to Butts at the basket. Butts lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Ramos. Western Michigan 26 - 16.
12:03 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Western Michigan 26 - 18.
11:53 - Western Michigan: Sorrentino brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sorrentino passes the ball to Woods in the paint. Woods shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sorrentino. Western Michigan 28 - 18.
11:43 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Nieves on the perimeter. Nieves drives to the basket. Foul! Woods commits the foul on Nieves.
11:29 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Nieves. Nieves passes the ball to Tubbs. Tubbs passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Tubbs. Western Michigan 28 - 20.
11:16 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sorrentino attacks with the ball on the fast break. Sorrentino passes the ball to Ramos at the basket. Ramos lays it up. The shot goes in! And Ramos is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Ramos makes the first free throw. Western Michigan 31 - 20.
11:12 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Tubbs in the paint. Tubbs turns the ball over to the other team.
11:08 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sorrentino leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Sorrentino tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Sorrentino passes the ball to Ramos. Ramos with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sorrentino. Western Michigan 33 - 20.
10:54 - Eastern Illinois: Tubbs brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tubbs hands off the ball to Sager. Woods steals the pass from Sager.
10:45 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sorrentino leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Sorrentino passes the ball to Ramos. Ramos shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Foul! Carter fouls Reilly trying to grab the offensive rebound.
10:30 - Game Event: Time out. Carter must sit with 2 fouls. Western Michigan substitutes Duncan to Small Forward.
10:30 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Reilly. Woods steals the pass from Reilly.
10:24 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sorrentino leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Sorrentino passes the ball to Ramos. Ramos passes the ball to Sorrentino on the perimeter. Sorrentino carelessly turns the ball over out of bounds.
10:05 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Reilly on the perimeter. Reilly passes the ball to Tubbs outside. Foul! Woods commits a foul away from the ball.
9:56 - Game Event: Time out. Woods must sit with 2 fouls. Western Michigan substitutes McDermott to Center. Eastern Illinois substitutes Marcus to Small Forward.
9:56 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Marcus. Marcus shoots from downtown. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 33 - 23.
9:52 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ramos drives down the lane. Ramos passes the ball to Butts at the basket. Butts lays it up. Foul! Nieves fouls Butts on the shot. Butts missed the first free throw. Butts missed the second free throw. Nieves grabs the rebound.
9:44 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Western Michigan 33 - 25.
9:33 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ramos passes the ball to Sorrentino on the perimeter. Sorrentino passes the ball to McDermott. McDermott passes the ball to Butts on the perimeter. Butts passes the ball to Ramos. Ramos tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ramos passes the ball to Duncan. Duncan with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Marcus fouls Duncan on the shot. Duncan missed the first free throw. Duncan missed the second free throw. Nieves grabs the rebound.
9:03 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Western Michigan 33 - 27.
8:52 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Sanchez to Shooting Guard.
8:52 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ramos drives down the lane. Ramos lays it up. Offensive foul! Ramos charged with the foul while taking the shot over Sager.
8:42 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. Foul! Butts fouls Escalante on the shot. Escalante makes the first free throw. Escalante makes the second free throw. Western Michigan 33 - 29.
8:36 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against a zone defense. Ramos tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ramos with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the rebound.
8:25 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Butts steals the pass from Sager.
8:20 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sanchez leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Sager steals the pass from Sanchez.
8:10 - Eastern Illinois: Breakaway! Sager takes the ball the length of the court. Sager lays it up. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 33 - 31.
8:10 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Eastern Illinois!
8:03 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Sorrentino to Shooting Guard.
8:03 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ramos passes the ball to Sorrentino on the perimeter. Sorrentino passes the ball to Butts in the paint. Butts passes the ball to McDermott in the paint. McDermott passes the ball to Duncan outside. Duncan passes the ball to McDermott in the paint. McDermott passes the ball to Butts in the paint. And the shot clock expires!
7:33 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Sanchez to Shooting Guard and Box to Power Forward.
7:33 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots in the paint. The shot misses. McDermott grabs the rebound.
7:16 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sanchez leads the fast break with Ramos to the right. Sanchez passes the ball to Ramos on the perimeter. Ramos shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sanchez. Western Michigan 36 - 31.
7:12 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Butts to Power Forward.
7:12 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Tubbs on the perimeter. Tubbs shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Butts grabs the long rebound.
7:01 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sanchez leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Sanchez shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 39 - 31.
6:53 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Box to Power Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard.
6:53 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante passes the ball to Nieves. Nieves shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Escalante. Western Michigan 39 - 33.
6:40 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ramos passes the ball to McDermott. McDermott carelessly turns the ball over to the other team.
6:33 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes passes the ball to Nieves on the perimeter. Nieves passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 39 - 35.
6:12 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tubbs to Shooting Guard.
6:12 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ramos passes the ball to Box in the paint. Box passes the ball to Duncan on the perimeter. Duncan drives by Marcus. Duncan passes the ball to Sanchez at the basket. Sanchez lays it up. Offensive foul! Sanchez charged with the foul while taking the shot over Tubbs.
5:50 - Game Event: Time out. Sanchez must sit with 2 fouls. Western Michigan substitutes Sorrentino to Shooting Guard. Eastern Illinois substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard.
5:50 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. McDermott steals the pass from Sager.
5:46 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sorrentino leads the fast break with Duncan and Ramos. Sorrentino passes the ball to Duncan. Duncan shoots a jumper. The shot misses. McDermott grabs the offensive rebound.
5:42 - Western Michigan: McDermott has the rebound and restarts the offense. McDermott passes the ball to Sorrentino on the perimeter. Sorrentino shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Duncan grabs the long offensive rebound.
5:29 - Western Michigan: Duncan has the rebound and restarts the offense. Duncan passes the ball to Sorrentino on the perimeter. Sorrentino drives down the lane. Sorrentino lays it up. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 41 - 35.
5:14 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tubbs to Shooting Guard.
5:14 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Sager. Sager passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Ramos steals the pass from Nieves.
4:55 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sorrentino leads the fast break. Foul! Tubbs commits the foul on Sorrentino. In the double bonus, Sorrentino is shooting two free throws. Sorrentino makes the first free throw. Sorrentino missed the second free throw. Nieves grabs the rebound. Western Michigan 42 - 35.
4:51 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. Foul! McDermott fouls Escalante on the shot. Escalante missed the first free throw. Escalante makes the second free throw. Western Michigan 42 - 36.
4:37 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Sanchez to Shooting Guard, Carter to Small Forward and Woods to Center. Eastern Illinois substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard and Strong to Power Forward.
4:37 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ramos passes the ball to Carter outside. Carter passes the ball to Ramos on the perimeter. Ramos drives down the lane. Ramos lays it up. Offensive foul! Ramos charged with the foul while taking the shot over Sager.
4:14 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Strong grabs the offensive rebound.
3:59 - Eastern Illinois: Strong has the rebound. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Woods grabs the rebound.
3:57 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sanchez leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Sanchez shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 45 - 36.
3:46 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Box grabs the rebound.
3:31 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sanchez leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Sanchez shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the rebound.
3:20 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes attacks with the ball on the fast break. Hughes passes the ball to Marcus at the basket. Marcus attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Assisted by Hughes. Western Michigan 45 - 38.
3:14 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against a zone defense. Ramos drives down the lane. Ramos lays it up. Foul! Escalante fouls Ramos on the shot. Ramos missed the first free throw. Ramos makes the second free throw. Western Michigan 46 - 38.
3:04 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hughes tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hughes with a fadeaway jumper. Offensive foul! Hughes charged with the foul while taking the shot over Carter.
2:54 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ramos passes the ball to Woods in the paint. Woods goes for the dunk. It's blocked by Escalante! Woods grabs the offensive rebound.
2:47 - Western Michigan: Woods has the rebound and restarts the offense. Woods shoots from the block. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the rebound.
2:41 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hughes shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Box grabs the long rebound.
2:36 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sanchez leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Sanchez tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Sanchez passes the ball to Woods in the paint. Woods shoots in the paint. Strong rotates over and blocks the shot! Escalante grabs the rebound.
2:20 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes attacks with the ball on the fast break. Hughes passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Sager grabs the long offensive rebound.
2:15 - Eastern Illinois: Sager has the rebound and restarts the offense. Sager passes the ball to Hughes in the paint. Hughes shoots from the block. Woods rotates over and blocks the shot! Box grabs the rebound.
2:07 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sanchez leads the fast break with Ramos and Carter. Sanchez passes the ball to Ramos on the perimeter. Ramos shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sanchez. Western Michigan 49 - 38.
2:03 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Box grabs the rebound.
1:46 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Ramos passes the ball to Box in the paint. Box passes the ball to Carter. Carter with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 51 - 38.
1:34 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 51 - 40.
1:24 - Western Michigan: Sanchez brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sanchez passes the ball to Box in the paint. Box turns the ball over to the other team.
1:17 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Western Michigan 51 - 42.
1:09 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Ramos passes the ball to Carter outside. Carter passes the ball to Box in the paint. Box passes the ball to Woods in the paint. Woods shoots from the low post. Foul! Strong fouls Woods on the shot. Woods makes the first free throw. Woods makes the second free throw. Western Michigan 53 - 42.
0:48 - Game Event: Time out. Strong must sit with 3 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Nieves to Power Forward.
0:48 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus passes the ball to Sager in the paint. Sager passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Foul! Box commits the foul on Nieves. In the double bonus, Nieves is shooting two free throws. Nieves makes the first free throw. Nieves makes the second free throw. Western Michigan 53 - 44.
0:34 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ramos passes the ball to Sanchez. Sanchez shoots a jumper from the elbow. Foul! Hughes fouls Sanchez on the shot. Sanchez makes the first free throw. Sanchez missed the second free throw. Nieves grabs the rebound. Western Michigan 54 - 44.
0:24 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Nieves on the perimeter. Nieves passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nieves. Western Michigan 54 - 47.
0:11 - Game Event: Time out. Hughes must sit with 3 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tubbs to Shooting Guard.
0:11 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Ramos shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the rebound.
0:06 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Tubbs leads the fast break with Sager to the right. Tubbs passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Ramos grabs the rebound.
0:02 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sanchez leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. And the shot clock expires!
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Western Michigan 54, Eastern Illinois 47
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Ramos must sit with 2 fouls. Carter must sit with 2 fouls. Woods must sit with 2 fouls. Western Michigan substitutes Sorrentino to Point Guard, Duncan to Small Forward and McDermott to Center.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors Eastern Illinois. They receive the ball...
19:55 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Escalante. Escalante passes the ball to Nieves on the perimeter. Nieves passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus passes the ball to Sager. Sager passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the low post. The shot misses. McDermott grabs the rebound.
19:30 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sanchez leads the fast break with Duncan to the right. Sanchez lays it up. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 56 - 47.
19:25 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Ramos to Point Guard, Carter to Small Forward and Woods to Center. Eastern Illinois substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard and Strong to Power Forward.
19:25 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the block. The shot misses. Carter grabs the rebound.
19:14 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Ramos passes the ball to Sanchez. Sanchez shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the rebound.
19:05 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Hughes in the paint. Hughes passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Box grabs the rebound.
18:53 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Ramos leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Ramos passes the ball to Sanchez on the perimeter. Sanchez tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Sanchez passes the ball to Woods in the paint. Woods shoots in the paint. Foul! Escalante fouls Woods on the shot. Woods makes the first free throw. Woods makes the second free throw. Western Michigan 58 - 47.
18:34 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Sorrentino to Point Guard. Eastern Illinois substitutes Pope to Point Guard and Nieves to Center.
18:34 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Sorrentino steals the pass from Nieves.
18:24 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sanchez leads the fast break with Sorrentino and Carter. Sanchez passes the ball to Sorrentino on the perimeter. Sorrentino shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the rebound.
18:20 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hughes shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Sanchez grabs the long rebound.
18:16 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sanchez attacks with the ball on the fast break. Sanchez turns the ball over to the other team.
18:11 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Pope to the right. Hughes passes the ball to Pope on the perimeter. Pope shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the offensive rebound.
18:05 - Eastern Illinois: Nieves has the rebound and restarts the offense. Nieves passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. Foul! Box fouls Strong on the shot. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. Western Michigan 58 - 49.
17:52 - Western Michigan: Sorrentino brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Sorrentino passes the ball to Sanchez on the perimeter. Sanchez shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
17:42 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Pope leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Pope turns the ball over out of bounds.
17:33 - Western Michigan: Sorrentino brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Sorrentino passes the ball to Carter on the perimeter. Carter shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sorrentino. Western Michigan 61 - 49.
17:22 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope passes the ball to Hughes in the paint. Hughes passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Foul! Woods commits a foul away from the ball.
17:07 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Marcus. Marcus passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Carter grabs the rebound.
16:57 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sanchez leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Sanchez passes the ball to Sorrentino on the perimeter. Sorrentino passes the ball to Sanchez on the perimeter. Sanchez drives down the lane. Sanchez passes the ball to Carter on the perimeter. Carter shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sanchez. Western Michigan 64 - 49.
16:32 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Ramos to Point Guard.
16:32 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hughes passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Strong grabs the offensive rebound.
16:22 - Eastern Illinois: Strong has the rebound. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 64 - 51.
16:20 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Sorrentino to Point Guard.
16:20 - Western Michigan: Sorrentino brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sorrentino passes the ball to Sanchez on the perimeter. Sanchez passes the ball to Sorrentino outside. Sorrentino drives down the lane. Sorrentino lays it up. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 66 - 51.
16:04 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Pope. Western Michigan 66 - 53.
15:53 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Ramos to Point Guard. Eastern Illinois substitutes Reilly to Small Forward.
15:53 - Western Michigan: Sanchez brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sanchez passes the ball to Box. Box passes the ball to Woods in the paint. Woods shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 68 - 53.
15:39 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope passes the ball to Hughes. Hughes tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hughes passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Reilly shoots in the paint. Foul! Ramos fouls Reilly on the shot. Reilly missed the first free throw. Reilly makes the second free throw. Western Michigan 68 - 54.
15:26 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Ramos drives by Reilly. Ramos lays it up. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 70 - 54.
15:17 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Strong grabs the long offensive rebound.
15:09 - Eastern Illinois: Strong has the rebound and restarts the offense. Strong passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Reilly passes the ball to Pope in the paint. Pope passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the low post. Foul! Woods fouls Nieves on the shot. Nieves makes the first free throw. Nieves makes the second free throw. Western Michigan 70 - 56.
14:50 - Game Event: Time out. Woods must sit with 4 fouls. Western Michigan substitutes McDermott to Center.
14:50 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Ramos passes the ball to Box in the paint. Box passes the ball to Ramos. Ramos tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ramos passes the ball to McDermott in the paint. McDermott shoots in the paint. Offensive foul! McDermott charged with the foul while taking the shot over Nieves.
14:27 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Reilly. Reilly passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong turns the ball over to the other team.
14:12 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sanchez leads the fast break with Ramos to the right. Sanchez passes the ball to Ramos at the basket. Ramos attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Assisted by Sanchez. Western Michigan 72 - 56.
14:06 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Pope. Western Michigan 72 - 59.
13:55 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Point Guard and Escalante to Center.
13:55 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Ramos tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ramos with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 74 - 59.
13:45 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong turns the ball over to the other team.
13:42 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Ramos leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Ramos drives down the lane. Ramos passes the ball to Sanchez at the basket. Sanchez lays it up. Escalante rotates over and blocks the shot! Reilly grabs the rebound.
13:29 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Sager to the right. Hughes lays it up. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 74 - 61.
13:23 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Pope to Point Guard and Nieves to Center.
13:23 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Ramos drives down the lane. Ramos passes the ball to Sanchez at the basket. Sanchez lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Ramos. Western Michigan 76 - 61.
13:11 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope passes the ball to Reilly on the perimeter. Reilly drives down the lane. Reilly lays it up. The shot misses. Box grabs the rebound.
12:57 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ramos shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 79 - 61.
12:51 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Sorrentino to Shooting Guard and Butts to Power Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Point Guard, Tubbs to Shooting Guard and Escalante to Center.
12:51 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Tubbs. Tubbs shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Western Michigan 79 - 63.
12:43 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ramos drives to the basket. Foul! Sager commits the foul on Ramos.
12:34 - Western Michigan: The ball is inbounded to Butts. Butts passes the ball to McDermott in the paint. McDermott passes the ball to Ramos on the perimeter. Ramos drives by Reilly. Ramos lays it up. Foul! Reilly fouls Ramos on the shot. Ramos makes the first free throw. Ramos makes the second free throw. Western Michigan 81 - 63.
12:15 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Reilly on the perimeter. Reilly hands off the ball to Tubbs. Tubbs passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong drives by McDermott. Strong lays it up. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 81 - 65.
11:52 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Sanchez to Shooting Guard.
11:52 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ramos tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ramos with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
11:45 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Tubbs on the perimeter. Tubbs shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Ramos grabs the long rebound.
11:35 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ramos drives down the lane. Ramos lays it up. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 83 - 65.
11:24 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Sorrentino to Shooting Guard.
11:24 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Sager. Western Michigan 83 - 67.
11:15 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ramos drives down the lane. Ramos passes the ball to Carter on the perimeter. Carter shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
11:04 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Foul! Butts commits a foul away from the ball.
10:59 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Sanchez to Shooting Guard.
10:59 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Escalante. Escalante passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots in the paint. It's blocked by McDermott! Strong grabs the offensive rebound.
10:46 - Eastern Illinois: Strong has the rebound. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Carter grabs the rebound.
10:44 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Ramos leads the fast break with Sanchez to the right. Ramos attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Western Michigan 85 - 67.
10:41 - 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 goes in! Western Michigan 85 - 69.
10:32 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ramos passes the ball to Carter in the paint. Carter passes the ball to Butts in the paint. Butts passes the ball to Sanchez on the perimeter. Sanchez shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 88 - 69.
10:13 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Sorrentino to Shooting Guard.
10:13 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante passes the ball to Strong outside. Strong passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from the three point line. Foul! Ramos fouls Sager on the shot. Sager makes the first free throw. Sager makes the second free throw. Sager missed the third free throw. Butts grabs the rebound. Western Michigan 88 - 71.
9:54 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Ramos passes the ball to Carter on the perimeter. Carter shoots from beyond the arc. Foul! Reilly fouls Carter on the shot. Carter makes the first free throw. Carter makes the second free throw. Carter makes the third free throw. Western Michigan 91 - 71.
9:43 - Game Event: Time out. Ramos must sit with 4 fouls. Western Michigan substitutes Sorrentino to Point Guard and Sanchez to Shooting Guard. Eastern Illinois substitutes Marcus to Small Forward.
9:43 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Tubbs in the paint. Tubbs shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 91 - 73.
9:31 - Western Michigan: Sorrentino brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Sorrentino tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Sorrentino with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the rebound.
9:21 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Tubbs. Tubbs passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the offensive rebound.
9:05 - Eastern Illinois: Escalante has the rebound. Escalante shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 91 - 75.
9:05 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Eastern Illinois!
9:03 - Western Michigan: Sorrentino brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sorrentino passes the ball to Butts in the paint. Butts passes the ball to Carter on the perimeter. Carter shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the rebound.
8:50 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Tubbs leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Tubbs passes the ball to Sager outside. Sager passes the ball to Tubbs. Tubbs passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Strong tips it in. Western Michigan 91 - 77.
8:20 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Ramos to Point Guard and Woods to Center. Eastern Illinois substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard.
8:20 - Western Michigan: Sanchez brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sanchez passes the ball to Ramos in the paint. Ramos passes the ball to Woods in the paint. Woods passes the ball to Sanchez on the perimeter. Sanchez passes the ball to Ramos on the perimeter. Ramos tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ramos passes the ball to Carter in the paint. Carter shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Ramos. Western Michigan 93 - 77.
7:45 - Game Event: Time out. Western Michigan substitutes Box to Power Forward.
7:45 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hughes passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Strong grabs the offensive rebound.
7:29 - Eastern Illinois: Strong has the rebound and restarts the offense. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 93 - 79.
7:23 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Ramos tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ramos with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 95 - 79.
7:11 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tubbs to Shooting Guard.
7:11 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Western Michigan 95 - 81.
7:01 - Western Michigan: Sanchez brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sanchez passes the ball to Carter on the perimeter. Carter shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sanchez. Western Michigan 98 - 81.
6:53 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard.
6:53 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Western Michigan 98 - 83.
6:33 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Ramos passes the ball to Woods in the paint. Woods passes the ball to Sanchez in the paint. Sanchez passes the ball to Ramos. Ramos passes the ball to Box. Box tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Box passes the ball to Sanchez. Sanchez with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Woods tips it in. Western Michigan 100 - 83.
6:02 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hughes shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Woods grabs the rebound.
5:57 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Ramos shoots from deep. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
5:52 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante passes the ball to Sager in the paint. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. Foul! Woods fouls Strong on the shot. Woods fouls out. McDermott replaces Woods at center. Strong missed the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. Western Michigan 100 - 84.
5:32 - Western Michigan: Sanchez brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Sanchez shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Sanchez grabs the long offensive rebound.
5:26 - Western Michigan: Sanchez has the rebound and restarts the offense. Sanchez shoots from deep. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 103 - 84.
5:20 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Sager grabs the long offensive rebound.
5:11 - Eastern Illinois: Sager has the rebound and restarts the offense. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Ramos grabs the rebound.
5:03 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Ramos passes the ball to Box in the paint. Box passes the ball to Carter on the perimeter. Carter shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 106 - 84.
4:49 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Hughes. Hughes shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 106 - 86.
4:41 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against pressure defense. Eastern Illinois is fatigued and are showing low defensive energy. Marcus steals the pass from Ramos.
4:37 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hughes passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Strong tips it in. Western Michigan 106 - 88.
4:22 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against pressure defense. Ramos passes the ball to McDermott in the paint. Marcus steals the pass from McDermott.
4:12 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Sager leads the fast break with Marcus to the right. Sager passes the ball to Marcus at the basket. Marcus lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Western Michigan 106 - 90.
4:07 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Ramos tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ramos passes the ball to Sanchez. Sanchez with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Sager grabs the rebound.
3:57 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Hughes in the paint. Hughes passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Ramos grabs the rebound.
3:44 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Ramos leads the fast break. Foul! Sager commits the foul on Ramos.
3:38 - Western Michigan: The ball is inbounded to Carter. Carter passes the ball to Box in the paint. Box passes the ball to Ramos outside. Ramos passes the ball to McDermott on the perimeter. McDermott passes the ball to Carter. Carter passes the ball to Sanchez on the perimeter. Sanchez shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the long rebound.
3:12 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Box grabs the long rebound.
3:03 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Sanchez leads the fast break with Ramos to the right. Sanchez passes the ball to Ramos on the perimeter. Ramos shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sanchez. Western Michigan 109 - 90.
2:59 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Hughes outside. Hughes passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Western Michigan 109 - 92.
2:38 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Ramos shoots from downtown. Air ball! McDermott grabs the offensive rebound.
2:32 - Western Michigan: McDermott has the rebound and restarts the offense. McDermott passes the ball to Box in the paint. Box passes the ball to McDermott in the paint. McDermott passes the ball to Ramos. Ramos shoots a jumper from the base line. Foul! Sager fouls Ramos on the shot. Ramos missed the first free throw. Ramos makes the second free throw. Western Michigan 110 - 92.
2:14 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Hughes shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 110 - 95.
2:14 - Game Event: The home crowds goes crazy as their team has captured the momentum!
2:10 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Ramos tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Ramos passes the ball to Box in the paint. Box shoots from the inside. Escalante rotates over and blocks the shot! Marcus grabs the rebound.
1:59 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante goes for the dunk. Foul! Box fouls Escalante on the shot. Escalante missed the first free throw. Escalante missed the second free throw. McDermott grabs the rebound.
1:45 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Ramos passes the ball to Box in the paint. Box passes the ball to McDermott in the paint. McDermott passes the ball to Sanchez. Sanchez tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Sanchez passes the ball to Carter in the paint. Carter shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Carter grabs the offensive rebound.
1:22 - Western Michigan: Carter has the rebound. Carter shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Carter charged with the foul while taking the shot over Hughes.
1:20 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong passes the ball to Hughes. Hughes passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 110 - 97.
1:02 - Western Michigan: Sanchez brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Sager steals the pass from Sanchez.
0:58 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Marcus and Sager. Hughes lays it up. The shot goes in! Western Michigan 110 - 99.
0:54 - Western Michigan: Ramos brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Ramos passes the ball to McDermott. McDermott passes the ball to Carter outside. Carter passes the ball to McDermott in the paint. McDermott passes the ball to Sanchez outside. Sanchez shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Sager grabs the long rebound.
0:30 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes attacks with the ball on the fast break. Hughes turns the ball over to the other team.
0:25 - Western Michigan: Fast break opportunity! Ramos leads the fast break with Sanchez and Carter. Ramos passes the ball to Sanchez at the basket. Sanchez lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Ramos. Western Michigan 112 - 99.
0:18 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes shoots from the three point line. It's blocked by Sanchez! Box grabs the rebound.
0:09 - Western Michigan: Sanchez dribbles out the clock until time expires.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Western Michigan 112, Eastern Illinois 99
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