Game Date: Feb 6th, 2042
Sam Houston 75 - Eastern Illinois 94
Date: December 14th, 2041
Game: College [Conference] [#987163] 
Arena: Lantz Arena
Attendance: 5,151
Player Of The Game: Gabriel Hughes (3)
| Team / Score | 1 | 2 | F | |
| Sam Houston Bearkats | 40 | 35 | 75 | |
| Eastern Illinois Panthers | 39 | 55 | 94 | |
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| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 31 | S. Platt sf | 19 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -7 | 8.0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 51 | T. Aiken pf | 27 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 10 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | -16 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 5 | D. Gibbs c | 32 | 4-12 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -14 | 0.5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 1 | S. McIntosh sg | 11 | 2-8 | 0-5 | 1-1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 33 | D. Strong pg | 27 | 7-13 | 3-6 | 6-8 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 17.1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 35 | B. DeMarco sg | 18 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -18 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 43 | G. Lennon sf | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 15.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 53 | D. Searcy pf | 22 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -13 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 25 | C. Simmons sf | 16 | 1-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 10 | T. McArthur pg | 25 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -10 | - | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 27-68 | 4-19 | 17-22 | 75 | 13 | 44 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 23 | -95 | 7.9 | 34 | 5 | 17 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 39.7% | 21.1% | 77.3% | |||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois Panthers | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 50 | J. Reilly sf | 27 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | +19 | 9.8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 21 | B. Strong pf | 28 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 9-12 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +13 | 4.2 | 10 | 2 | 7 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 15 | C. Escalante c | 28 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +9 | 4.7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 2 | G. Hughes sg | 27 | 7-13 | 4-8 | 4-8 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +9 | 13.1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 3 | C. Sager pg | 23 | 0-6 | 0-6 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | +10 | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 45 | C. Pope pg | 17 | 3-6 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +9 | 12.7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 14 | M. Nieves c | 24 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +16 | 8.5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 44 | K. Zimmerman sf | 13 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 23 | C. Tubbs sg | 13 | 3-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +10 | 7.3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 31-62 | 8-25 | 24-32 | 94 | 4 | 36 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 17 | +95 | 10.0 | 34 | 17 | 23 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 50.0% | 32.0% | 75.0% | |||||||||||||||||||
Player of the Game
Eastern Illinois: Gabriel Hughes
Head Coaches
Sam Houston: Liddell Coles
Eastern Illinois: Robby Sawyer
Offensive Efficiencies
Sam Houston: At the rim (6/8 75.0%) Inside (11/29 37.9%) Mid-range (6/12 50.0%) Beyond the Arc (4/19 21.1%)
Eastern Illinois: At the rim (7/10 70.0%) Inside (10/18 55.6%) Mid-range (6/9 66.7%) Beyond the Arc (8/25 32.0%)
Defensive Tactics
Sam Houston: Man-To-Man (41.9%) Zone (36.6%) Pressure (5.4%) 2nd Chance (2.2%) Transition (14.0%) Int. Foul (0.0%)
Eastern Illinois: Man-To-Man (58.4%) Zone (18.8%) Pressure (11.9%) 2nd Chance (7.9%) Transition (3.0%) Int. Foul (0.0%)
Weighted Skill Index (SI) & Team Power Index (TPI)
Sam Houston: 138.1 / 140.3
Eastern Illinois: 143.8 / 148.5
Injuries
Sam Houston: sf-Achakpo
Eastern Illinois: sf-Marcus
Game Information
Date: Saturday, December 14th, 2041
Game Type: College [Conference]
Arena: Lantz Arena
City: Charleston, IL
Attendance: 5,151
Version: 1.030
Simulated: Sun Nov 10 2024 @ 9:07:56 am PST
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Starting Line-Ups
Sam Houston: PG-Strong (6' 4½"), SG-McIntosh (6' 2½"), SF-Platt (6' 6½"), PF-Aiken (6' 9½"), C-Gibbs (7' )
Eastern Illinois: PG-Sager (6' ½"), SG-Hughes (6' 2"), SF-Reilly (6' 6½"), PF-Strong (6' 9"), C-Escalante (6' 8½")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Sam Houston gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to McIntosh on the perimeter. McIntosh shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Gibbs grabs the long offensive rebound.
19:45 - Sam Houston: Gibbs has the rebound and restarts the offense. Gibbs passes the ball to McIntosh outside. McIntosh shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Sager grabs the rebound.
19:34 - 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 Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. The shot clock winding down. Strong shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Gibbs grabs the rebound.
19:00 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Platt on the perimeter. Platt passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong drives down the lane. Strong lays it up. The shot misses. Gibbs grabs the offensive rebound.
18:29 - Sam Houston: Gibbs has the rebound. Gibbs shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Aiken tips it in. Sam Houston 2 - 0.
18:27 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes McArthur to Point Guard and Searcy to Center. Eastern Illinois substitutes Pope to Point Guard and Nieves to Center.
18:27 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against a zone defense. Pope drives to the basket. Foul! McIntosh commits the foul on Pope.
18:20 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Hughes. Hughes tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hughes passes the ball to Pope. Pope with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Tied 2 - 2.
18:10 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McArthur passes the ball to McIntosh. McIntosh shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by McArthur. Sam Houston 4 - 2.
18:01 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Aiken grabs the rebound.
17:53 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McArthur tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. McArthur passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 6 - 2.
17:44 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes drives by McIntosh. Hughes attempts to dunk it. Foul! McIntosh fouls Hughes on the shot. Hughes missed the first free throw. Hughes missed the second free throw. Aiken grabs the rebound.
17:26 - Sam Houston: McIntosh brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McIntosh passes the ball to Platt in the paint. Platt passes the ball to McIntosh. McIntosh shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! And McIntosh is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. McIntosh makes the first free throw. Sam Houston 9 - 2.
17:14 - Game Event: Time out. McIntosh must sit with 2 fouls. Sam Houston substitutes DeMarco to Shooting Guard.
17:14 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against a zone defense. Pope passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Nieves passes the ball to Hughes. Hughes with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Aiken grabs the rebound.
17:00 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. McArthur passes the ball to Platt on the perimeter. Platt shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. DeMarco grabs the long offensive rebound.
16:49 - Sam Houston: DeMarco has the rebound and restarts the offense. DeMarco drives to the basket. Foul! Hughes commits the foul on DeMarco.
16:37 - Game Event: Time out. Hughes must sit with 2 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tubbs to Shooting Guard.
16:37 - Sam Houston: The ball is inbounded to Searcy. Searcy passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
16:25 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Tubbs leads the fast break with Pope and Reilly. Tubbs lays it up. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 9 - 4.
16:21 - Sam Houston: DeMarco brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. DeMarco passes the ball to McArthur on the perimeter. McArthur passes the ball to DeMarco in the paint. DeMarco passes the ball to McArthur. McArthur passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy turns the ball over to the other team.
15:57 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Tubbs leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Tubbs shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the long offensive rebound.
15:47 - Eastern Illinois: Nieves has the rebound and restarts the offense. Nieves passes the ball to Pope outside. Pope drives down the lane. Pope passes the ball to Reilly at the basket. Reilly lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Pope. Sam Houston 9 - 6.
15:34 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Simmons to Small Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Zimmerman to Small Forward.
15:34 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Zimmerman steals the pass from McArthur.
15:30 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Tubbs leads the fast break with Zimmerman to the right. Tubbs passes the ball to Zimmerman on the perimeter. Zimmerman shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Tubbs. Tied 9 - 9.
15:26 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McArthur passes the ball to DeMarco. DeMarco passes the ball to Simmons. Simmons passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy turns the ball over out of bounds.
15:04 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope passes the ball to Strong. Strong passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Zimmerman. Zimmerman tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Zimmerman with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 11 - 9.
14:37 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Strong to Point Guard and Gibbs to Center.
14:37 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken shoots from the low post. Air ball! Nieves grabs the rebound.
14:27 - 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 Tubbs in the paint. Tubbs passes the ball to Pope on the perimeter. Pope passes the ball to Zimmerman in the paint. Zimmerman passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. And the shot clock expires!
13:57 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Simmons. Simmons turns the ball over to the other team.
13:51 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Tubbs leads the fast break with Pope and Zimmerman. Tubbs passes the ball to Pope on the perimeter. Pope shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Aiken grabs the long rebound.
13:44 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! DeMarco leads the fast break with Strong and Simmons. DeMarco passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 12 - 11.
13:38 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Tubbs outside. Tubbs shoots from deep. The shot misses. Aiken grabs the long rebound.
13:29 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Strong passes the ball to Simmons. Simmons with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
13:19 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Tubbs leads the fast break with Pope and Zimmerman. Tubbs passes the ball to Pope on the perimeter. Pope shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Gibbs grabs the rebound.
13:14 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against pressure defense. Strong tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Strong passes the ball to Simmons in the paint. Simmons shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the rebound.
13:03 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Pope leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Pope drives down the lane. Pope passes the ball to Tubbs at the basket. Tubbs lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Pope. Eastern Illinois 13 - 12.
13:03 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Eastern Illinois!
12:47 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Searcy to Power Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Point Guard, Nieves to Power Forward and Escalante to Center.
12:47 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs passes the ball to Simmons. Simmons with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Gibbs grabs the offensive rebound.
12:30 - Sam Houston: Gibbs has the rebound and restarts the offense. Gibbs passes the ball to Strong. Strong tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Strong passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the rebound.
12:14 - Eastern Illinois: Tubbs brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tubbs passes the ball to Nieves outside. Nieves passes the ball to Zimmerman on the perimeter. Zimmerman passes the ball to Tubbs in the paint. Tubbs passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
11:49 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Simmons on the perimeter. Simmons shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the rebound.
11:40 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Tubbs leads the fast break with Sager and Zimmerman. Tubbs passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Gibbs grabs the long rebound.
11:36 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! Strong leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Strong drives down the lane. Strong passes the ball to DeMarco at the basket. DeMarco lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Strong. Sam Houston 14 - 13.
11:23 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager drives by Simmons. Sager passes the ball to Nieves at the basket. Nieves lays it up. The shot misses. Gibbs grabs the rebound.
11:15 - Sam Houston: DeMarco brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. DeMarco hands off the ball to Strong. Strong passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Zimmerman grabs the rebound.
10:58 - 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 Sager. Gibbs steals the pass from Sager.
10:43 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! DeMarco leads the fast break with Strong and Simmons. DeMarco passes the ball to Strong at the basket. Strong lays it up. Foul! Sager fouls Strong on the shot. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong missed the second free throw. Escalante grabs the rebound. Sam Houston 15 - 13.
10:39 - 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 Escalante in the paint. Escalante passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Searcy grabs the long rebound.
10:20 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Strong. Sam Houston 17 - 13.
10:09 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Zimmerman in the paint. Zimmerman passes the ball to Sager in the paint. Sager passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Foul! Simmons commits the foul on Nieves.
9:55 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Reilly to Small Forward.
9:55 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Reilly. Reilly passes the ball to Tubbs outside. Tubbs shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Foul! Strong fouls Sager blocking out to get the rebound.
9:44 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Escalante. Escalante passes the ball to Tubbs on the perimeter. Foul! Strong commits the foul on Tubbs.
9:41 - Game Event: Time out. Strong must sit with 2 fouls. Sam Houston substitutes McArthur to Point Guard.
9:41 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Escalante. Escalante tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Escalante with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the offensive rebound.
9:31 - Eastern Illinois: Escalante has the rebound and restarts the offense. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 17 - 15.
9:27 - Sam Houston: DeMarco brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. DeMarco shoots from deep. The shot misses. Sager grabs the long rebound.
9:22 - 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. Sager passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Gibbs steals the pass from Nieves.
9:03 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! DeMarco leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. DeMarco passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs passes the ball to McArthur. McArthur drives down the lane. McArthur passes the ball to Gibbs at the basket. Gibbs lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by McArthur. Sam Houston 19 - 15.
8:36 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Aiken to Power Forward.
8:36 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Tubbs on the perimeter. Tubbs shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nieves. Sam Houston 19 - 18.
8:21 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McArthur passes the ball to DeMarco outside. DeMarco passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs passes the ball to Simmons in the paint. Simmons shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 21 - 18.
7:56 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Platt to Small Forward.
7:56 - Eastern Illinois: Tubbs brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Tubbs passes the ball to Reilly. Reilly with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Tubbs. Sam Houston 21 - 20.
7:47 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against pressure defense. McArthur passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Sam Houston 23 - 20.
7:36 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Reilly outside. Reilly hands off the ball to Sager. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the block. The shot misses. Aiken grabs the rebound.
7:18 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! McArthur leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. McArthur passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken passes the ball to Gibbs on the perimeter. Gibbs passes the ball to Platt on the perimeter. Platt shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Reilly grabs the rebound.
6:47 - Eastern Illinois: Tubbs brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Tubbs passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Tubbs. Sam Houston 23 - 22.
6:35 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Strong to Power Forward.
6:35 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. McArthur passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Strong steals the pass from Gibbs.
6:27 - Eastern Illinois: Breakaway! Strong takes the ball the length of the court. Strong lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 24 - 23.
6:22 - Sam Houston: DeMarco brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. DeMarco passes the ball to Platt on the perimeter. Platt passes the ball to McArthur. McArthur passes the ball to DeMarco outside. DeMarco shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Reilly grabs the rebound.
5:59 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 26 - 23.
5:59 - Game Event: The home crowds goes crazy as their team has captured the momentum!
5:49 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Simmons to Small Forward.
5:49 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McArthur passes the ball to Aiken. Aiken turns the ball over out of bounds.
5:45 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Aiken grabs the long rebound.
5:40 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. McArthur passes the ball to DeMarco in the paint. DeMarco passes the ball to McArthur outside. McArthur drives to the basket. Foul! Reilly commits the foul on McArthur.
5:17 - Sam Houston: The ball is inbounded to Gibbs. Gibbs passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Strong steals the pass from Aiken.
5:07 - Eastern Illinois: Breakaway! Strong takes the ball the length of the court. Strong lays it up. Foul! Gibbs fouls Strong on the shot. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 28 - 23.
5:03 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. McArthur passes the ball to DeMarco in the paint. DeMarco passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by DeMarco. Eastern Illinois 28 - 25.
4:41 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Strong to Point Guard and McIntosh to Shooting Guard. Eastern Illinois substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard.
4:41 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. Foul! Aiken fouls Strong on the shot. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 30 - 25.
4:26 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken passes the ball to Simmons in the paint. Simmons carelessly turns the ball over to the other team.
4:12 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Reilly to the right. Hughes passes the ball to Reilly. Reilly shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Eastern Illinois 32 - 25.
4:06 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against pressure defense. Strong tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Strong with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 32 - 27.
3:56 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Offensive foul! Reilly commits the foul away from the ball.
3:50 - Sam Houston: McIntosh brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McIntosh shoots from downtown. Air ball! Gibbs tips it in. Eastern Illinois 32 - 29.
3:46 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Hughes in the paint. Hughes passes the ball to Reilly outside. Reilly passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
3:25 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! McIntosh leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. McIntosh passes the ball to Simmons on the perimeter. Simmons shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Sager grabs the long rebound.
3:09 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager drives by McIntosh. Sager passes the ball to Hughes at the basket. Hughes lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 34 - 29.
3:00 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong drives down the lane. Strong lays it up. Foul! Sager fouls Strong on the shot. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong missed the second free throw. Strong grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 34 - 30.
2:49 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Strong. Strong shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 36 - 30.
2:39 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Platt to Small Forward.
2:39 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Platt. Platt passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs passes the ball to Strong outside. Strong passes the ball to Platt on the perimeter. Foul! Reilly commits the foul on Platt. In the bonus, Platt is shooting one-and-one. Platt missed the first free throw. Strong grabs the rebound.
2:20 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Foul! Gibbs commits a foul away from the ball. In the bonus, Escalante is shooting one-and-one. Escalante makes the first free throw. Escalante missed the second free throw. Platt grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 37 - 30.
2:13 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs passes the ball to Platt in the paint. Platt shoots from the inside. Offensive foul! Platt charged with the foul while taking the shot over Reilly.
1:59 - Game Event: Time out. Reilly must sit with 3 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Zimmerman to Small Forward.
1:59 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante carelessly turns the ball over out of bounds.
1:53 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against pressure defense. Strong tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Strong turns the ball over out of bounds.
1:45 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Sager with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! McIntosh fouls Sager on the shot. Sager makes the first free throw. Sager makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 39 - 30.
1:37 - Game Event: Time out. McIntosh must sit with 3 fouls. Sam Houston substitutes McArthur to Shooting Guard.
1:37 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against pressure defense. Strong passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the rebound.
1:25 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Zimmerman in the paint. Zimmerman shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Gibbs! Gibbs grabs the rebound.
1:16 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Platt on the perimeter. Platt shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Strong. Eastern Illinois 39 - 33.
1:03 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Platt steals the pass from Sager.
0:57 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. McArthur passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong drives down the lane. Strong passes the ball to Gibbs at the basket. Gibbs lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Strong. Eastern Illinois 39 - 35.
0:43 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Strong steals the pass from Sager.
0:37 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! Strong leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Strong shoots from downtown. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 39 - 38.
0:27 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong passes the ball to Sager. Sager tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Sager passes the ball to Zimmerman. Zimmerman with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Aiken grabs the rebound.
0:08 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Platt in the paint. The shot clock winding down. Platt goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Strong. Sam Houston 40 - 39.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Sam Houston 40, Eastern Illinois 39
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Strong must sit with 2 fouls. Gibbs must sit with 2 fouls. Sam Houston substitutes McArthur to Point Guard, DeMarco to Shooting Guard and Searcy to Center. Sager must sit with 2 fouls. Hughes must sit with 2 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Pope to Point Guard and Tubbs to Shooting Guard.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors Eastern Illinois. They receive the ball...
19:55 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Tubbs. Tubbs passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante passes the ball to Tubbs outside. Tubbs passes the ball to Zimmerman outside. Zimmerman shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Platt grabs the long rebound.
19:28 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! DeMarco leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. DeMarco hands off the ball to Platt. Platt turns the ball over out of bounds.
19:11 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Strong to Point Guard, McIntosh to Shooting Guard, Simmons to Small Forward and Gibbs to Center. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Point Guard, Hughes to Shooting Guard and Reilly to Small Forward.
19:11 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hughes passes the ball to Reilly. Foul! McIntosh commits a foul away from the ball.
19:07 - Game Event: Time out. McIntosh must sit with 4 fouls. Sam Houston substitutes McArthur to Shooting Guard.
19:07 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Reilly. Reilly passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Aiken grabs the rebound.
19:00 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Strong with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 42 - 39.
18:49 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Searcy to Center. Eastern Illinois substitutes Pope to Point Guard and Nieves to Center.
18:49 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against a zone defense. Pope passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Aiken grabs the rebound.
18:37 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Hughes steals the pass from Aiken.
18:26 - 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 goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Tied 42 - 42.
18:22 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Searcy on the perimeter. Searcy passes the ball to Strong. Strong shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
18:04 - 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 Pope in the paint. Pope passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes drives by McArthur. Hughes lays it up. Searcy rotates over and blocks the shot! Aiken grabs the rebound.
17:41 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy passes the ball to Simmons in the paint. Simmons passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy passes the ball to Simmons on the perimeter. Simmons passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken shoots in the paint. Air ball! Nieves grabs the rebound.
17:11 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Simmons steals the pass from Nieves.
17:00 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! McArthur leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. McArthur passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Searcy grabs the offensive rebound.
16:41 - Sam Houston: Searcy has the rebound and restarts the offense. Searcy goes for the dunk. Foul! Nieves fouls Searcy on the shot. Searcy makes the first free throw. Searcy makes the second free throw. Sam Houston 44 - 42.
16:34 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against a zone defense. Pope passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. It's blocked by Searcy! Aiken grabs the rebound.
16:22 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to McArthur on the perimeter. McArthur passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the rebound.
16:05 - 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 beyond the arc. The shot misses. Aiken grabs the rebound.
16:00 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! McArthur leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. McArthur passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong passes the ball to McArthur on the perimeter. McArthur passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Simmons grabs the long offensive rebound.
15:34 - Sam Houston: Simmons has the rebound and restarts the offense. Simmons passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy passes the ball to McArthur on the perimeter. McArthur passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. And the shot clock expires!
15:13 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes DeMarco to Shooting Guard and Gibbs to Center. Eastern Illinois substitutes Zimmerman to Small Forward.
15:13 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Tied 44 - 44.
15:06 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Aiken charged with the foul while taking the shot over Strong.
14:53 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Zimmerman. Zimmerman passes the ball to Nieves. Nieves shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Zimmerman. Eastern Illinois 46 - 44.
14:53 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Eastern Illinois!
14:38 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong drives down the lane. Strong lays it up. The shot goes in! Tied 46 - 46.
14:29 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. Foul! Aiken fouls Strong on the shot. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong missed the second free throw. Gibbs grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 47 - 46.
14:17 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Simmons in the paint. Simmons shoots from the block. Nieves rotates over and blocks the shot! Strong grabs the rebound.
14:07 - 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 deep. The shot misses. Aiken grabs the long rebound.
13:56 - Sam Houston: DeMarco brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. DeMarco passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Aiken grabs the offensive rebound.
13:44 - Sam Houston: Aiken has the rebound and restarts the offense. Aiken shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 48 - 47.
13:39 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Searcy to Small Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Point Guard.
13:39 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 50 - 48.
13:30 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against pressure defense. Strong passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Strong. Tied 50 - 50.
13:22 - 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. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 52 - 50.
13:13 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Pope to Point Guard.
13:13 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Searcy on the perimeter. Searcy passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs passes the ball to Aiken. Aiken shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Pope grabs the rebound.
12:52 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Pope leads the fast break with Hughes to the right. Pope passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Searcy grabs the rebound.
12:47 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Pope steals the pass from Gibbs.
12:37 - Eastern Illinois: Breakaway! Pope takes the ball the length of the court. Pope lays it up. Foul! Strong fouls Pope on the shot. Pope makes the first free throw. Pope makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 54 - 50.
12:31 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes McIntosh to Shooting Guard, McArthur to Small Forward and Searcy to Power Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Point Guard, Nieves to Power Forward and Escalante to Center.
12:31 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Sager grabs the rebound.
12:14 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Sager and Zimmerman. Hughes lays it up. Foul! Strong fouls Hughes on the shot. Hughes makes the first free throw. Hughes makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 56 - 50.
12:09 - Game Event: Time out. Strong must sit with 4 fouls. Sam Houston substitutes McArthur to Point Guard and Lennon to Small Forward.
12:09 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. McArthur passes the ball to McIntosh on the perimeter. McIntosh shoots from beyond the arc. Air ball! Nieves grabs the rebound.
11:53 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes attacks with the ball on the fast break. Hughes turns the ball over out of bounds.
11:49 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Reilly to Small Forward.
11:49 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McArthur drives down the lane. McArthur lays it up. Foul! Sager fouls McArthur on the shot. McArthur makes the first free throw. McArthur makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 56 - 52.
11:36 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 59 - 52.
11:26 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McArthur passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy shoots from the block. Escalante rotates over and blocks the shot! Nieves grabs the rebound.
11:16 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Sager leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante drives down the lane. Escalante lays it up. Foul! Gibbs fouls Escalante on the shot. Escalante makes the first free throw. Escalante makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 61 - 52.
10:56 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McArthur passes the ball to McIntosh on the perimeter. McIntosh turns the ball over out of bounds.
10:52 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Searcy grabs the rebound.
10:48 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McArthur passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the rebound.
10:37 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Reilly carelessly turns the ball over out of bounds.
10:31 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McArthur passes the ball to McIntosh outside. McIntosh passes the ball to McArthur on the perimeter. McArthur passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy passes the ball to McArthur. McArthur shoots a jumper. Foul! Reilly fouls McArthur on the shot. McArthur makes the first free throw. McArthur makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 61 - 54.
10:03 - Game Event: Time out. Reilly must sit with 4 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Zimmerman to Small Forward.
10:03 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hughes drives by Lennon. Hughes passes the ball to Nieves at the basket. Nieves lays it up. Gibbs rotates over and blocks the shot! Escalante grabs the offensive rebound.
9:54 - Eastern Illinois: Escalante has the rebound. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Searcy grabs the rebound.
9:52 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! McIntosh leads the fast break with Lennon to the right. McIntosh passes the ball to Lennon. Lennon shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot goes in! Assisted by McIntosh. Eastern Illinois 61 - 56.
9:48 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Platt to Small Forward.
9:48 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager turns the ball over to the other team.
9:40 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! McIntosh leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. McIntosh passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Foul! Zimmerman commits a foul away from the ball.
9:28 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Lennon to Small Forward.
9:28 - Sam Houston: The ball is inbounded to Lennon. Lennon passes the ball to McIntosh. McIntosh shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Searcy grabs the offensive rebound.
9:17 - Sam Houston: Searcy has the rebound and restarts the offense. Searcy passes the ball to McIntosh on the perimeter. McIntosh shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. McIntosh grabs the long offensive rebound.
9:07 - Sam Houston: McIntosh has the rebound and restarts the offense. McIntosh passes the ball to McArthur. McArthur passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the rebound.
8:51 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Zimmerman to the right. Hughes passes the ball to Zimmerman on the perimeter. Zimmerman shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Eastern Illinois 64 - 56.
8:44 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Strong to Point Guard, Platt to Small Forward and Aiken to Power Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Reilly to Small Forward.
8:44 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken passes the ball to Strong. Strong passes the ball to Platt on the perimeter. Platt turns the ball over to the other team.
8:32 - 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 Escalante on the perimeter. Escalante passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Hughes grabs the long offensive rebound.
8:08 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes has the rebound and restarts the offense. Hughes shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 67 - 56.
8:08 - Game Event: The home crowds goes crazy as their team has captured the momentum!
8:02 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to McIntosh on the perimeter. McIntosh passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the rebound.
7:41 - 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 Hughes in the paint. Hughes drives to the basket. Foul! McIntosh commits the foul on Hughes. McIntosh fouls out. McArthur replaces McIntosh at shooting guard. In the bonus, Hughes is shooting one-and-one. Hughes makes the first free throw. Hughes missed the second free throw. Aiken grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 68 - 56.
7:23 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Platt on the perimeter. Platt passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Strong passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 68 - 58.
7:00 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 70 - 58.
6:50 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Strong to Power Forward.
6:50 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against pressure defense. Strong drives down the lane. Strong lays it up. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the rebound.
6:37 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Sager leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Sager passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Reilly shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Eastern Illinois 72 - 58.
6:19 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken passes the ball to Strong. Strong tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Strong passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs shoots from the inside. Air ball! Strong grabs the rebound.
5:56 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Reilly. Reilly passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. Foul! Aiken fouls Strong on the shot. Strong missed the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 73 - 58.
5:42 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Sager grabs the rebound.
5:27 - 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 Escalante in the paint. Foul! Gibbs commits the foul on Escalante. In the bonus, Escalante is shooting one-and-one. Escalante makes the first free throw. Escalante makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 75 - 58.
5:16 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs passes the ball to Platt. Foul! Sager commits a foul away from the ball.
5:05 - Sam Houston: The ball is inbounded to McArthur. McArthur passes the ball to Strong. Strong drives by Reilly. Strong passes the ball to Aiken at the basket. Aiken lays it up. Foul! Strong fouls Aiken on the shot. Aiken makes the first free throw. Aiken makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 75 - 60.
4:47 - 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! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 77 - 60.
4:40 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to McArthur. Foul! Sager commits a foul away from the ball. Sager fouls out. Pope replaces Sager at point guard. In the bonus, Strong is shooting one-and-one. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 77 - 62.
4:33 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against a zone defense. Pope drives by Gibbs. Pope passes the ball to Hughes at the basket. Hughes lays it up. Foul! Aiken fouls Hughes on the shot. Aiken fouls out. Searcy replaces Aiken at power forward. Hughes makes the first free throw. Hughes missed the second free throw. Searcy grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 78 - 62.
4:25 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to McArthur. McArthur passes the ball to Platt in the paint. Platt passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 78 - 65.
4:01 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hughes passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Pope on the perimeter. Pope passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes drives by Platt. Hughes attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Eastern Illinois 80 - 65.
3:33 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. McArthur passes the ball to Gibbs. Gibbs with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Platt grabs the offensive rebound.
3:22 - Sam Houston: Platt has the rebound and restarts the offense. Platt shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 80 - 67.
3:15 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Reilly shoots from the low post. Foul! McArthur fouls Reilly on the shot. Reilly makes the first free throw. Reilly makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 82 - 67.
3:03 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against pressure defense. Strong tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Strong with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 82 - 69.
2:52 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Hughes in the paint. Hughes shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 84 - 69.
2:44 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong drives down the lane. Strong passes the ball to McArthur on the perimeter. McArthur shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the rebound.
2:36 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Pope to the right. Hughes passes the ball to Pope at the basket. Pope attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Assisted by Hughes. Eastern Illinois 86 - 69.
2:30 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy passes the ball to McArthur in the paint. McArthur passes the ball to Platt in the paint. Platt passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 86 - 71.
2:00 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Strong. Strong with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Searcy fouls Strong on the shot. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 88 - 71.
1:49 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes DeMarco to Shooting Guard.
1:49 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against pressure defense. Eastern Illinois is fatigued and are showing low defensive energy. Strong passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs shoots from the block. The shot misses. Searcy grabs the offensive rebound.
1:33 - Sam Houston: Searcy has the rebound and restarts the offense. Searcy passes the ball to DeMarco outside. DeMarco passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs carelessly turns the ball over to the other team.
1:20 - 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 deep. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 91 - 71.
1:10 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs shoots from the low post. Foul! Escalante fouls Gibbs on the shot. Gibbs missed the first free throw. Gibbs missed the second free throw. Escalante grabs the rebound.
0:59 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hughes passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Foul! Searcy fouls Strong blocking out to get the rebound. In the double bonus, Strong is shooting two free throws. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong missed the second free throw. Gibbs grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 92 - 71.
0:50 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong drives to the basket. Foul! Pope commits the foul on Strong. In the bonus, Strong is shooting one-and-one. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 92 - 73.
0:38 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hughes passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Escalante shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Eastern Illinois 94 - 73.
0:21 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Platt. Platt passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs shoots from the inside. Foul! Escalante fouls Gibbs on the shot. Gibbs makes the first free throw. Gibbs makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 94 - 75.
0:03 - Eastern Illinois: Pope dribbles out the clock until time expires.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Sam Houston 75, Eastern Illinois 94
Starting Line-Ups
Sam Houston: PG-Strong (6' 4½"), SG-McIntosh (6' 2½"), SF-Platt (6' 6½"), PF-Aiken (6' 9½"), C-Gibbs (7' )
Eastern Illinois: PG-Sager (6' ½"), SG-Hughes (6' 2"), SF-Reilly (6' 6½"), PF-Strong (6' 9"), C-Escalante (6' 8½")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Sam Houston gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to McIntosh on the perimeter. McIntosh shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Gibbs grabs the long offensive rebound.
19:45 - Sam Houston: Gibbs has the rebound and restarts the offense. Gibbs passes the ball to McIntosh outside. McIntosh shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Sager grabs the rebound.
19:34 - 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 Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. The shot clock winding down. Strong shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Gibbs grabs the rebound.
19:00 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Platt on the perimeter. Platt passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong drives down the lane. Strong lays it up. The shot misses. Gibbs grabs the offensive rebound.
18:29 - Sam Houston: Gibbs has the rebound. Gibbs shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Aiken tips it in. Sam Houston 2 - 0.
18:27 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes McArthur to Point Guard and Searcy to Center. Eastern Illinois substitutes Pope to Point Guard and Nieves to Center.
18:27 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against a zone defense. Pope drives to the basket. Foul! McIntosh commits the foul on Pope.
18:20 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Hughes. Hughes tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hughes passes the ball to Pope. Pope with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Tied 2 - 2.
18:10 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McArthur passes the ball to McIntosh. McIntosh shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by McArthur. Sam Houston 4 - 2.
18:01 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Aiken grabs the rebound.
17:53 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McArthur tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. McArthur passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 6 - 2.
17:44 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes drives by McIntosh. Hughes attempts to dunk it. Foul! McIntosh fouls Hughes on the shot. Hughes missed the first free throw. Hughes missed the second free throw. Aiken grabs the rebound.
17:26 - Sam Houston: McIntosh brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McIntosh passes the ball to Platt in the paint. Platt passes the ball to McIntosh. McIntosh shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! And McIntosh is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. McIntosh makes the first free throw. Sam Houston 9 - 2.
17:14 - Game Event: Time out. McIntosh must sit with 2 fouls. Sam Houston substitutes DeMarco to Shooting Guard.
17:14 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against a zone defense. Pope passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Nieves passes the ball to Hughes. Hughes with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Aiken grabs the rebound.
17:00 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. McArthur passes the ball to Platt on the perimeter. Platt shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. DeMarco grabs the long offensive rebound.
16:49 - Sam Houston: DeMarco has the rebound and restarts the offense. DeMarco drives to the basket. Foul! Hughes commits the foul on DeMarco.
16:37 - Game Event: Time out. Hughes must sit with 2 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tubbs to Shooting Guard.
16:37 - Sam Houston: The ball is inbounded to Searcy. Searcy passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
16:25 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Tubbs leads the fast break with Pope and Reilly. Tubbs lays it up. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 9 - 4.
16:21 - Sam Houston: DeMarco brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. DeMarco passes the ball to McArthur on the perimeter. McArthur passes the ball to DeMarco in the paint. DeMarco passes the ball to McArthur. McArthur passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy turns the ball over to the other team.
15:57 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Tubbs leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Tubbs shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the long offensive rebound.
15:47 - Eastern Illinois: Nieves has the rebound and restarts the offense. Nieves passes the ball to Pope outside. Pope drives down the lane. Pope passes the ball to Reilly at the basket. Reilly lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Pope. Sam Houston 9 - 6.
15:34 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Simmons to Small Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Zimmerman to Small Forward.
15:34 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Zimmerman steals the pass from McArthur.
15:30 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Tubbs leads the fast break with Zimmerman to the right. Tubbs passes the ball to Zimmerman on the perimeter. Zimmerman shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Tubbs. Tied 9 - 9.
15:26 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McArthur passes the ball to DeMarco. DeMarco passes the ball to Simmons. Simmons passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy turns the ball over out of bounds.
15:04 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope passes the ball to Strong. Strong passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Zimmerman. Zimmerman tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Zimmerman with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 11 - 9.
14:37 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Strong to Point Guard and Gibbs to Center.
14:37 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken shoots from the low post. Air ball! Nieves grabs the rebound.
14:27 - 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 Tubbs in the paint. Tubbs passes the ball to Pope on the perimeter. Pope passes the ball to Zimmerman in the paint. Zimmerman passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. And the shot clock expires!
13:57 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Simmons. Simmons turns the ball over to the other team.
13:51 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Tubbs leads the fast break with Pope and Zimmerman. Tubbs passes the ball to Pope on the perimeter. Pope shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Aiken grabs the long rebound.
13:44 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! DeMarco leads the fast break with Strong and Simmons. DeMarco passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 12 - 11.
13:38 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Tubbs outside. Tubbs shoots from deep. The shot misses. Aiken grabs the long rebound.
13:29 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Strong passes the ball to Simmons. Simmons with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
13:19 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Tubbs leads the fast break with Pope and Zimmerman. Tubbs passes the ball to Pope on the perimeter. Pope shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Gibbs grabs the rebound.
13:14 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against pressure defense. Strong tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Strong passes the ball to Simmons in the paint. Simmons shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the rebound.
13:03 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Pope leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Pope drives down the lane. Pope passes the ball to Tubbs at the basket. Tubbs lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Pope. Eastern Illinois 13 - 12.
13:03 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Eastern Illinois!
12:47 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Searcy to Power Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Point Guard, Nieves to Power Forward and Escalante to Center.
12:47 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs passes the ball to Simmons. Simmons with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Gibbs grabs the offensive rebound.
12:30 - Sam Houston: Gibbs has the rebound and restarts the offense. Gibbs passes the ball to Strong. Strong tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Strong passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the rebound.
12:14 - Eastern Illinois: Tubbs brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tubbs passes the ball to Nieves outside. Nieves passes the ball to Zimmerman on the perimeter. Zimmerman passes the ball to Tubbs in the paint. Tubbs passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
11:49 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Simmons on the perimeter. Simmons shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the rebound.
11:40 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Tubbs leads the fast break with Sager and Zimmerman. Tubbs passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Gibbs grabs the long rebound.
11:36 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! Strong leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Strong drives down the lane. Strong passes the ball to DeMarco at the basket. DeMarco lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Strong. Sam Houston 14 - 13.
11:23 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager drives by Simmons. Sager passes the ball to Nieves at the basket. Nieves lays it up. The shot misses. Gibbs grabs the rebound.
11:15 - Sam Houston: DeMarco brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. DeMarco hands off the ball to Strong. Strong passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Zimmerman grabs the rebound.
10:58 - 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 Sager. Gibbs steals the pass from Sager.
10:43 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! DeMarco leads the fast break with Strong and Simmons. DeMarco passes the ball to Strong at the basket. Strong lays it up. Foul! Sager fouls Strong on the shot. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong missed the second free throw. Escalante grabs the rebound. Sam Houston 15 - 13.
10:39 - 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 Escalante in the paint. Escalante passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Searcy grabs the long rebound.
10:20 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Strong. Sam Houston 17 - 13.
10:09 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Zimmerman in the paint. Zimmerman passes the ball to Sager in the paint. Sager passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Foul! Simmons commits the foul on Nieves.
9:55 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Reilly to Small Forward.
9:55 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Reilly. Reilly passes the ball to Tubbs outside. Tubbs shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Foul! Strong fouls Sager blocking out to get the rebound.
9:44 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Escalante. Escalante passes the ball to Tubbs on the perimeter. Foul! Strong commits the foul on Tubbs.
9:41 - Game Event: Time out. Strong must sit with 2 fouls. Sam Houston substitutes McArthur to Point Guard.
9:41 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Escalante. Escalante tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Escalante with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the offensive rebound.
9:31 - Eastern Illinois: Escalante has the rebound and restarts the offense. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 17 - 15.
9:27 - Sam Houston: DeMarco brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. DeMarco shoots from deep. The shot misses. Sager grabs the long rebound.
9:22 - 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. Sager passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Gibbs steals the pass from Nieves.
9:03 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! DeMarco leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. DeMarco passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs passes the ball to McArthur. McArthur drives down the lane. McArthur passes the ball to Gibbs at the basket. Gibbs lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by McArthur. Sam Houston 19 - 15.
8:36 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Aiken to Power Forward.
8:36 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Tubbs on the perimeter. Tubbs shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nieves. Sam Houston 19 - 18.
8:21 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McArthur passes the ball to DeMarco outside. DeMarco passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs passes the ball to Simmons in the paint. Simmons shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 21 - 18.
7:56 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Platt to Small Forward.
7:56 - Eastern Illinois: Tubbs brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Tubbs passes the ball to Reilly. Reilly with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Tubbs. Sam Houston 21 - 20.
7:47 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against pressure defense. McArthur passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Sam Houston 23 - 20.
7:36 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Reilly outside. Reilly hands off the ball to Sager. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the block. The shot misses. Aiken grabs the rebound.
7:18 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! McArthur leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. McArthur passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken passes the ball to Gibbs on the perimeter. Gibbs passes the ball to Platt on the perimeter. Platt shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Reilly grabs the rebound.
6:47 - Eastern Illinois: Tubbs brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Tubbs passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Tubbs. Sam Houston 23 - 22.
6:35 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Strong to Power Forward.
6:35 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. McArthur passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Strong steals the pass from Gibbs.
6:27 - Eastern Illinois: Breakaway! Strong takes the ball the length of the court. Strong lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 24 - 23.
6:22 - Sam Houston: DeMarco brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. DeMarco passes the ball to Platt on the perimeter. Platt passes the ball to McArthur. McArthur passes the ball to DeMarco outside. DeMarco shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Reilly grabs the rebound.
5:59 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 26 - 23.
5:59 - Game Event: The home crowds goes crazy as their team has captured the momentum!
5:49 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Simmons to Small Forward.
5:49 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McArthur passes the ball to Aiken. Aiken turns the ball over out of bounds.
5:45 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Aiken grabs the long rebound.
5:40 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. McArthur passes the ball to DeMarco in the paint. DeMarco passes the ball to McArthur outside. McArthur drives to the basket. Foul! Reilly commits the foul on McArthur.
5:17 - Sam Houston: The ball is inbounded to Gibbs. Gibbs passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Strong steals the pass from Aiken.
5:07 - Eastern Illinois: Breakaway! Strong takes the ball the length of the court. Strong lays it up. Foul! Gibbs fouls Strong on the shot. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 28 - 23.
5:03 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. McArthur passes the ball to DeMarco in the paint. DeMarco passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by DeMarco. Eastern Illinois 28 - 25.
4:41 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Strong to Point Guard and McIntosh to Shooting Guard. Eastern Illinois substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard.
4:41 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. Foul! Aiken fouls Strong on the shot. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 30 - 25.
4:26 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken passes the ball to Simmons in the paint. Simmons carelessly turns the ball over to the other team.
4:12 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Reilly to the right. Hughes passes the ball to Reilly. Reilly shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Eastern Illinois 32 - 25.
4:06 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against pressure defense. Strong tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Strong with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 32 - 27.
3:56 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Offensive foul! Reilly commits the foul away from the ball.
3:50 - Sam Houston: McIntosh brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McIntosh shoots from downtown. Air ball! Gibbs tips it in. Eastern Illinois 32 - 29.
3:46 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Hughes in the paint. Hughes passes the ball to Reilly outside. Reilly passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
3:25 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! McIntosh leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. McIntosh passes the ball to Simmons on the perimeter. Simmons shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Sager grabs the long rebound.
3:09 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager drives by McIntosh. Sager passes the ball to Hughes at the basket. Hughes lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 34 - 29.
3:00 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong drives down the lane. Strong lays it up. Foul! Sager fouls Strong on the shot. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong missed the second free throw. Strong grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 34 - 30.
2:49 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Strong. Strong shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 36 - 30.
2:39 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Platt to Small Forward.
2:39 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Platt. Platt passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs passes the ball to Strong outside. Strong passes the ball to Platt on the perimeter. Foul! Reilly commits the foul on Platt. In the bonus, Platt is shooting one-and-one. Platt missed the first free throw. Strong grabs the rebound.
2:20 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Foul! Gibbs commits a foul away from the ball. In the bonus, Escalante is shooting one-and-one. Escalante makes the first free throw. Escalante missed the second free throw. Platt grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 37 - 30.
2:13 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs passes the ball to Platt in the paint. Platt shoots from the inside. Offensive foul! Platt charged with the foul while taking the shot over Reilly.
1:59 - Game Event: Time out. Reilly must sit with 3 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Zimmerman to Small Forward.
1:59 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante carelessly turns the ball over out of bounds.
1:53 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against pressure defense. Strong tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Strong turns the ball over out of bounds.
1:45 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Sager with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! McIntosh fouls Sager on the shot. Sager makes the first free throw. Sager makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 39 - 30.
1:37 - Game Event: Time out. McIntosh must sit with 3 fouls. Sam Houston substitutes McArthur to Shooting Guard.
1:37 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against pressure defense. Strong passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the rebound.
1:25 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Zimmerman in the paint. Zimmerman shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Gibbs! Gibbs grabs the rebound.
1:16 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Platt on the perimeter. Platt shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Strong. Eastern Illinois 39 - 33.
1:03 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Platt steals the pass from Sager.
0:57 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. McArthur passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong drives down the lane. Strong passes the ball to Gibbs at the basket. Gibbs lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Strong. Eastern Illinois 39 - 35.
0:43 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Strong steals the pass from Sager.
0:37 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! Strong leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Strong shoots from downtown. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 39 - 38.
0:27 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong passes the ball to Sager. Sager tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Sager passes the ball to Zimmerman. Zimmerman with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Aiken grabs the rebound.
0:08 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Platt in the paint. The shot clock winding down. Platt goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Strong. Sam Houston 40 - 39.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Sam Houston 40, Eastern Illinois 39
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Strong must sit with 2 fouls. Gibbs must sit with 2 fouls. Sam Houston substitutes McArthur to Point Guard, DeMarco to Shooting Guard and Searcy to Center. Sager must sit with 2 fouls. Hughes must sit with 2 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Pope to Point Guard and Tubbs to Shooting Guard.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors Eastern Illinois. They receive the ball...
19:55 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Tubbs. Tubbs passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante passes the ball to Tubbs outside. Tubbs passes the ball to Zimmerman outside. Zimmerman shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Platt grabs the long rebound.
19:28 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! DeMarco leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. DeMarco hands off the ball to Platt. Platt turns the ball over out of bounds.
19:11 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Strong to Point Guard, McIntosh to Shooting Guard, Simmons to Small Forward and Gibbs to Center. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Point Guard, Hughes to Shooting Guard and Reilly to Small Forward.
19:11 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hughes passes the ball to Reilly. Foul! McIntosh commits a foul away from the ball.
19:07 - Game Event: Time out. McIntosh must sit with 4 fouls. Sam Houston substitutes McArthur to Shooting Guard.
19:07 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Reilly. Reilly passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Aiken grabs the rebound.
19:00 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Strong with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 42 - 39.
18:49 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Searcy to Center. Eastern Illinois substitutes Pope to Point Guard and Nieves to Center.
18:49 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against a zone defense. Pope passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Aiken grabs the rebound.
18:37 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Hughes steals the pass from Aiken.
18:26 - 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 goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Tied 42 - 42.
18:22 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Searcy on the perimeter. Searcy passes the ball to Strong. Strong shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
18:04 - 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 Pope in the paint. Pope passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes drives by McArthur. Hughes lays it up. Searcy rotates over and blocks the shot! Aiken grabs the rebound.
17:41 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy passes the ball to Simmons in the paint. Simmons passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy passes the ball to Simmons on the perimeter. Simmons passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken shoots in the paint. Air ball! Nieves grabs the rebound.
17:11 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Simmons steals the pass from Nieves.
17:00 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! McArthur leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. McArthur passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Searcy grabs the offensive rebound.
16:41 - Sam Houston: Searcy has the rebound and restarts the offense. Searcy goes for the dunk. Foul! Nieves fouls Searcy on the shot. Searcy makes the first free throw. Searcy makes the second free throw. Sam Houston 44 - 42.
16:34 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against a zone defense. Pope passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. It's blocked by Searcy! Aiken grabs the rebound.
16:22 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to McArthur on the perimeter. McArthur passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the rebound.
16:05 - 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 beyond the arc. The shot misses. Aiken grabs the rebound.
16:00 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! McArthur leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. McArthur passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong passes the ball to McArthur on the perimeter. McArthur passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Simmons grabs the long offensive rebound.
15:34 - Sam Houston: Simmons has the rebound and restarts the offense. Simmons passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy passes the ball to McArthur on the perimeter. McArthur passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. And the shot clock expires!
15:13 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes DeMarco to Shooting Guard and Gibbs to Center. Eastern Illinois substitutes Zimmerman to Small Forward.
15:13 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Tied 44 - 44.
15:06 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Aiken charged with the foul while taking the shot over Strong.
14:53 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Zimmerman. Zimmerman passes the ball to Nieves. Nieves shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Zimmerman. Eastern Illinois 46 - 44.
14:53 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Eastern Illinois!
14:38 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong drives down the lane. Strong lays it up. The shot goes in! Tied 46 - 46.
14:29 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. Foul! Aiken fouls Strong on the shot. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong missed the second free throw. Gibbs grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 47 - 46.
14:17 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Simmons in the paint. Simmons shoots from the block. Nieves rotates over and blocks the shot! Strong grabs the rebound.
14:07 - 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 deep. The shot misses. Aiken grabs the long rebound.
13:56 - Sam Houston: DeMarco brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. DeMarco passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Aiken grabs the offensive rebound.
13:44 - Sam Houston: Aiken has the rebound and restarts the offense. Aiken shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 48 - 47.
13:39 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Searcy to Small Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Point Guard.
13:39 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 50 - 48.
13:30 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against pressure defense. Strong passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Strong. Tied 50 - 50.
13:22 - 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. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 52 - 50.
13:13 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Pope to Point Guard.
13:13 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Searcy on the perimeter. Searcy passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs passes the ball to Aiken. Aiken shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Pope grabs the rebound.
12:52 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Pope leads the fast break with Hughes to the right. Pope passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Searcy grabs the rebound.
12:47 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Pope steals the pass from Gibbs.
12:37 - Eastern Illinois: Breakaway! Pope takes the ball the length of the court. Pope lays it up. Foul! Strong fouls Pope on the shot. Pope makes the first free throw. Pope makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 54 - 50.
12:31 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes McIntosh to Shooting Guard, McArthur to Small Forward and Searcy to Power Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Point Guard, Nieves to Power Forward and Escalante to Center.
12:31 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Sager grabs the rebound.
12:14 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Sager and Zimmerman. Hughes lays it up. Foul! Strong fouls Hughes on the shot. Hughes makes the first free throw. Hughes makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 56 - 50.
12:09 - Game Event: Time out. Strong must sit with 4 fouls. Sam Houston substitutes McArthur to Point Guard and Lennon to Small Forward.
12:09 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. McArthur passes the ball to McIntosh on the perimeter. McIntosh shoots from beyond the arc. Air ball! Nieves grabs the rebound.
11:53 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes attacks with the ball on the fast break. Hughes turns the ball over out of bounds.
11:49 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Reilly to Small Forward.
11:49 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McArthur drives down the lane. McArthur lays it up. Foul! Sager fouls McArthur on the shot. McArthur makes the first free throw. McArthur makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 56 - 52.
11:36 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 59 - 52.
11:26 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McArthur passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy shoots from the block. Escalante rotates over and blocks the shot! Nieves grabs the rebound.
11:16 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Sager leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante drives down the lane. Escalante lays it up. Foul! Gibbs fouls Escalante on the shot. Escalante makes the first free throw. Escalante makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 61 - 52.
10:56 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McArthur passes the ball to McIntosh on the perimeter. McIntosh turns the ball over out of bounds.
10:52 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Searcy grabs the rebound.
10:48 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McArthur passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the rebound.
10:37 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Reilly carelessly turns the ball over out of bounds.
10:31 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McArthur passes the ball to McIntosh outside. McIntosh passes the ball to McArthur on the perimeter. McArthur passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy passes the ball to McArthur. McArthur shoots a jumper. Foul! Reilly fouls McArthur on the shot. McArthur makes the first free throw. McArthur makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 61 - 54.
10:03 - Game Event: Time out. Reilly must sit with 4 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Zimmerman to Small Forward.
10:03 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hughes drives by Lennon. Hughes passes the ball to Nieves at the basket. Nieves lays it up. Gibbs rotates over and blocks the shot! Escalante grabs the offensive rebound.
9:54 - Eastern Illinois: Escalante has the rebound. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Searcy grabs the rebound.
9:52 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! McIntosh leads the fast break with Lennon to the right. McIntosh passes the ball to Lennon. Lennon shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot goes in! Assisted by McIntosh. Eastern Illinois 61 - 56.
9:48 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Platt to Small Forward.
9:48 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager turns the ball over to the other team.
9:40 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! McIntosh leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. McIntosh passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Foul! Zimmerman commits a foul away from the ball.
9:28 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Lennon to Small Forward.
9:28 - Sam Houston: The ball is inbounded to Lennon. Lennon passes the ball to McIntosh. McIntosh shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Searcy grabs the offensive rebound.
9:17 - Sam Houston: Searcy has the rebound and restarts the offense. Searcy passes the ball to McIntosh on the perimeter. McIntosh shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. McIntosh grabs the long offensive rebound.
9:07 - Sam Houston: McIntosh has the rebound and restarts the offense. McIntosh passes the ball to McArthur. McArthur passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the rebound.
8:51 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Zimmerman to the right. Hughes passes the ball to Zimmerman on the perimeter. Zimmerman shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Eastern Illinois 64 - 56.
8:44 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Strong to Point Guard, Platt to Small Forward and Aiken to Power Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Reilly to Small Forward.
8:44 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken passes the ball to Strong. Strong passes the ball to Platt on the perimeter. Platt turns the ball over to the other team.
8:32 - 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 Escalante on the perimeter. Escalante passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Hughes grabs the long offensive rebound.
8:08 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes has the rebound and restarts the offense. Hughes shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 67 - 56.
8:08 - Game Event: The home crowds goes crazy as their team has captured the momentum!
8:02 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to McIntosh on the perimeter. McIntosh passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the rebound.
7:41 - 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 Hughes in the paint. Hughes drives to the basket. Foul! McIntosh commits the foul on Hughes. McIntosh fouls out. McArthur replaces McIntosh at shooting guard. In the bonus, Hughes is shooting one-and-one. Hughes makes the first free throw. Hughes missed the second free throw. Aiken grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 68 - 56.
7:23 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Platt on the perimeter. Platt passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Strong passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 68 - 58.
7:00 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 70 - 58.
6:50 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Strong to Power Forward.
6:50 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against pressure defense. Strong drives down the lane. Strong lays it up. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the rebound.
6:37 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Sager leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Sager passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Reilly shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Eastern Illinois 72 - 58.
6:19 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken passes the ball to Strong. Strong tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Strong passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs shoots from the inside. Air ball! Strong grabs the rebound.
5:56 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Reilly. Reilly passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. Foul! Aiken fouls Strong on the shot. Strong missed the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 73 - 58.
5:42 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Sager grabs the rebound.
5:27 - 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 Escalante in the paint. Foul! Gibbs commits the foul on Escalante. In the bonus, Escalante is shooting one-and-one. Escalante makes the first free throw. Escalante makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 75 - 58.
5:16 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs passes the ball to Platt. Foul! Sager commits a foul away from the ball.
5:05 - Sam Houston: The ball is inbounded to McArthur. McArthur passes the ball to Strong. Strong drives by Reilly. Strong passes the ball to Aiken at the basket. Aiken lays it up. Foul! Strong fouls Aiken on the shot. Aiken makes the first free throw. Aiken makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 75 - 60.
4:47 - 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! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 77 - 60.
4:40 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to McArthur. Foul! Sager commits a foul away from the ball. Sager fouls out. Pope replaces Sager at point guard. In the bonus, Strong is shooting one-and-one. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 77 - 62.
4:33 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against a zone defense. Pope drives by Gibbs. Pope passes the ball to Hughes at the basket. Hughes lays it up. Foul! Aiken fouls Hughes on the shot. Aiken fouls out. Searcy replaces Aiken at power forward. Hughes makes the first free throw. Hughes missed the second free throw. Searcy grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 78 - 62.
4:25 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to McArthur. McArthur passes the ball to Platt in the paint. Platt passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 78 - 65.
4:01 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hughes passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Pope on the perimeter. Pope passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes drives by Platt. Hughes attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Eastern Illinois 80 - 65.
3:33 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. McArthur passes the ball to Gibbs. Gibbs with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Platt grabs the offensive rebound.
3:22 - Sam Houston: Platt has the rebound and restarts the offense. Platt shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 80 - 67.
3:15 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Reilly shoots from the low post. Foul! McArthur fouls Reilly on the shot. Reilly makes the first free throw. Reilly makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 82 - 67.
3:03 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against pressure defense. Strong tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Strong with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 82 - 69.
2:52 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Hughes in the paint. Hughes shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 84 - 69.
2:44 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong drives down the lane. Strong passes the ball to McArthur on the perimeter. McArthur shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the rebound.
2:36 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Pope to the right. Hughes passes the ball to Pope at the basket. Pope attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Assisted by Hughes. Eastern Illinois 86 - 69.
2:30 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy passes the ball to McArthur in the paint. McArthur passes the ball to Platt in the paint. Platt passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 86 - 71.
2:00 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Strong. Strong with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Searcy fouls Strong on the shot. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 88 - 71.
1:49 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes DeMarco to Shooting Guard.
1:49 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against pressure defense. Eastern Illinois is fatigued and are showing low defensive energy. Strong passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs shoots from the block. The shot misses. Searcy grabs the offensive rebound.
1:33 - Sam Houston: Searcy has the rebound and restarts the offense. Searcy passes the ball to DeMarco outside. DeMarco passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs carelessly turns the ball over to the other team.
1:20 - 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 deep. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 91 - 71.
1:10 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs shoots from the low post. Foul! Escalante fouls Gibbs on the shot. Gibbs missed the first free throw. Gibbs missed the second free throw. Escalante grabs the rebound.
0:59 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hughes passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Foul! Searcy fouls Strong blocking out to get the rebound. In the double bonus, Strong is shooting two free throws. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong missed the second free throw. Gibbs grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 92 - 71.
0:50 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong drives to the basket. Foul! Pope commits the foul on Strong. In the bonus, Strong is shooting one-and-one. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 92 - 73.
0:38 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hughes passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Escalante shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Eastern Illinois 94 - 73.
0:21 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Platt. Platt passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs shoots from the inside. Foul! Escalante fouls Gibbs on the shot. Gibbs makes the first free throw. Gibbs makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 94 - 75.
0:03 - Eastern Illinois: Pope dribbles out the clock until time expires.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Sam Houston 75, Eastern Illinois 94
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