Game Date: Feb 6th, 2042
Eastern Illinois 83 - Sam Houston 115
Date: February 6th, 2042
Game: College [Conference] [#987164] 
Arena: Johnson Coliseum
Attendance: 7,500
Player Of The Game: Damon Strong (7)
| Team / Score | 1 | 2 | F | |
| Eastern Illinois Panthers | 42 | 41 | 83 | |
| Sam Houston Bearkats | 53 | 62 | 115 | |
| Eastern Illinois Panthers | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 25 | H. Marcus sf | 28 | 5-10 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -31 | 9.6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 21 | B. Strong pf | 26 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -13 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 15 | C. Escalante c | 16 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -11 | 1.3 | 8 | 0 | 3 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 2 | G. Hughes sg | 27 | 5-12 | 2-8 | 7-8 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -15 | 9.2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 3 | C. Sager pg | 24 | 3-8 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | -30 | 3.0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 50 | J. Reilly pf | 19 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -18 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 14 | M. Nieves c | 28 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -23 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 44 | K. Zimmerman sf | 3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 23 | C. Tubbs sg | 13 | 5-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | -17 | 9.2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 35 | G. Fontenot c | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 45 | C. Pope pg | 16 | 2-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 30-72 | 5-21 | 18-20 | 83 | 5 | 40 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 25 | -160 | 6.8 | 42 | 14 | 16 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 41.7% | 23.8% | 90.0% | |||||||||||||||||||
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| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 42 | N. Achakpo sf | 28 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +31 | 13.7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 51 | T. Aiken pf | 27 | 11-14 | 0-0 | 5-7 | 27 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | +27 | 4.0 | 22 | 0 | 6 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 5 | D. Gibbs c | 32 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 5-8 | 19 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +35 | 2.6 | 14 | 2 | 4 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 1 | S. McIntosh sg | 29 | 2-8 | 2-5 | 5-6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | +29 | 21.5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 33 | D. Strong pg | 36 | 11-23 | 5-12 | 6-6 | 33 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +33 | 15.1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 31 | S. Platt sf | 12 | 2-6 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 11.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 10 | T. McArthur pg | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 35 | B. DeMarco sg | 11 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 43 | G. Lennon pf | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 53 | D. Searcy pf | 21 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 3.2 | 10 | 0 | 3 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 41-78 | 8-23 | 25-32 | 115 | 7 | 42 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 16 | +160 | 8.5 | 52 | 8 | 25 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 52.6% | 34.8% | 78.1% | |||||||||||||||||||
Player of the Game
Sam Houston: Damon Strong
Head Coaches
Eastern Illinois: Robby Sawyer
Sam Houston: Liddell Coles
Offensive Efficiencies
Eastern Illinois: At the rim (8/11 72.7%) Inside (13/28 46.4%) Mid-range (4/12 33.3%) Beyond the Arc (5/21 23.8%)
Sam Houston: At the rim (5/9 55.6%) Inside (21/33 63.6%) Mid-range (7/13 53.8%) Beyond the Arc (8/23 34.8%)
Defensive Tactics
Eastern Illinois: Man-To-Man (55.0%) Zone (15.0%) Pressure (17.0%) 2nd Chance (2.0%) Transition (11.0%) Int. Foul (0.0%)
Sam Houston: Man-To-Man (50.0%) Zone (29.0%) Pressure (6.0%) 2nd Chance (2.0%) Transition (13.0%) Int. Foul (0.0%)
Weighted Skill Index (SI) & Team Power Index (TPI)
Eastern Illinois: 147.7 / 151.5
Sam Houston: 146.6 / 143.2
Injuries
Eastern Illinois: none
Sam Houston: none
Game Information
Date: Thursday, February 6th, 2042
Game Type: College [Conference]
Arena: Johnson Coliseum
City: Huntsville, TX
Attendance: 7,500
Version: 1.031
Simulated: Mon Nov 25 2024 @ 9:09:30 am PST
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Starting Line-Ups
Eastern Illinois: PG-Sager (6' ½"), SG-Hughes (6' 2"), SF-Marcus (6' 5"), PF-Strong (6' 9"), C-Escalante (6' 8½")
Sam Houston: PG-Strong (6' 4½"), SG-McIntosh (6' 2½"), SF-Achakpo (6' 7½"), PF-Aiken (6' 9½"), C-Gibbs (7' )
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Eastern Illinois gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Sager and Marcus. Hughes lays it up. The shot misses. Gibbs grabs the rebound.
19:49 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! Strong leads the fast break with Achakpo to the right. Strong passes the ball to Achakpo. Achakpo shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Strong. Sam Houston 2 - 0.
19:44 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Sager in the paint. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Sager. And Escalante is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Escalante makes the first free throw. Eastern Illinois 3 - 2.
19:26 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Achakpo on the perimeter. Achakpo passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong passes the ball to Achakpo on the perimeter. Achakpo passes the ball to McIntosh outside. McIntosh passes the ball to Aiken. And the shot clock expires!
18:56 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Pope to Point Guard and Nieves to Center. Sam Houston substitutes McArthur to Point Guard and Searcy to Center.
18:56 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against a zone defense. 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. Eastern Illinois 5 - 2.
18:47 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McArthur passes the ball to McIntosh in the paint. McIntosh passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Offensive foul! Aiken commits the foul.
18:36 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Marcus and Pope. Hughes attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Eastern Illinois 7 - 2.
18:30 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. McArthur passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy passes the ball to McArthur. McArthur passes the ball to McIntosh outside. McIntosh passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 7 - 4.
18:01 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against a zone defense. Pope passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Hughes in the paint. Hughes passes the ball to Pope on the perimeter. Pope shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. McArthur grabs the long rebound.
17:34 - 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 Achakpo on the perimeter. Achakpo passes the ball to McArthur outside. McArthur passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken shoots from the low post. Foul! Strong fouls Aiken on the shot. Aiken makes the first free throw. Aiken missed the second free throw. Nieves grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 7 - 5.
17:08 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus shoots from deep. The shot misses. Searcy grabs the long rebound.
16:56 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McArthur passes the ball to McIntosh. McIntosh with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Aiken tips it in. Tied 7 - 7.
16:45 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Strong to Point Guard.
16:45 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Hughes. Hughes drives by McIntosh. Hughes lays it up. Foul! McIntosh fouls Hughes on the shot. Hughes makes the first free throw. Hughes makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 9 - 7.
16:32 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against pressure defense. Strong shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the long rebound.
16:28 - 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.
16:22 - 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 Achakpo in the paint. Achakpo passes the ball to McIntosh in the paint. McIntosh passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 10 - 9.
15:59 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Reilly to Small Forward. Sam Houston substitutes Platt to Small Forward.
15:59 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Hughes. Hughes tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hughes passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Reilly shoots in the paint. Searcy rotates over and blocks the shot! Platt grabs the rebound.
15:40 - 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. Strong rotates over and blocks the shot! Pope grabs the rebound.
15:30 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against a zone defense. Pope passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong passes the ball to Reilly. Offensive foul! Hughes commits the foul away from the ball.
15:20 - Sam Houston: McIntosh brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McIntosh passes the ball to Strong. Strong tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Strong shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
15:00 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Reilly outside. Reilly passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Reilly passes the ball to Hughes in the paint. Hughes drives by McIntosh. Hughes lays it up. Foul! McIntosh fouls Hughes on the shot. Hughes missed the first free throw. Hughes makes the second free throw. Tied 10 - 10.
14:26 - Game Event: Time out. McIntosh must sit with 2 fouls. Sam Houston substitutes DeMarco to Shooting Guard and Gibbs to Center.
14:26 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against pressure defense. Strong passes the ball to DeMarco on the perimeter. DeMarco shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Hughes grabs the long rebound.
14:15 - 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. Strong drives by Aiken. Strong passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Strong. Eastern Illinois 13 - 10.
13:53 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken shoots from the low post. Strong rotates over and blocks the shot! Strong grabs the rebound.
13:45 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes drives by DeMarco. Hughes passes the ball to Nieves at the basket. Nieves lays it up. Aiken rotates over and blocks the shot! Platt grabs the rebound.
13:32 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against pressure defense. Strong passes the ball to Platt on the perimeter. Platt shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Pope grabs the rebound.
13:24 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the inside. It's blocked by Gibbs! DeMarco grabs the rebound.
13:14 - 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 corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Strong. Tied 13 - 13.
13:02 - 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. The shot misses. Aiken grabs the rebound.
12:54 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! Strong leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Strong tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Strong with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 15 - 13.
12:40 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Point Guard, Tubbs to Shooting Guard, Nieves to Power Forward and Escalante to Center. Sam Houston substitutes Searcy to Power Forward.
12:40 - Eastern Illinois: Tubbs brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tubbs shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 16 - 15.
12:36 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against pressure defense. Nieves steals the pass from Strong.
12:29 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Tubbs attacks with the ball on the fast break. Tubbs turns the ball over to the other team.
12:25 - 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 Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the rebound.
12:16 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Sager leads the fast break with Tubbs and Reilly. Sager lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 18 - 15.
12:12 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to DeMarco in the paint. DeMarco shoots in the paint. Escalante rotates over and blocks the shot! Nieves grabs the rebound.
12:01 - Eastern Illinois: Tubbs brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Tubbs passes the ball to Sager. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 20 - 15.
11:48 - 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 in the paint. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 20 - 17.
11:35 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Tubbs in the paint. Tubbs shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 22 - 17.
11:22 - 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. Escalante rotates over and blocks the shot! Tubbs grabs the rebound.
11:10 - 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 Nieves in the paint. Nieves carelessly turns the ball over to the other team.
11:00 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! DeMarco leads the fast break with Platt to the right. DeMarco passes the ball to Platt on the perimeter. Platt shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Gibbs grabs the long offensive rebound.
10:55 - Sam Houston: Gibbs has the rebound and restarts the offense. Gibbs hands off 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. Foul! Escalante fouls Gibbs on the shot. Gibbs makes the first free throw. Gibbs makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 22 - 19.
10:41 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Marcus to Small Forward. Sam Houston substitutes Achakpo to Small Forward.
10:41 - Eastern Illinois: Tubbs brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tubbs passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus shoots from downtown. It's blocked by Achakpo! Escalante grabs the offensive rebound.
10:33 - Eastern Illinois: Escalante has the rebound. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 24 - 19.
10:31 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Reilly to Small Forward. Sam Houston substitutes Platt to Small Forward.
10:31 - 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 Searcy at the basket. Searcy lays it up. Foul! Escalante fouls Searcy on the shot. Searcy makes the first free throw. Searcy makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 24 - 21.
10:20 - Game Event: Time out. Escalante must sit with 2 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Zimmerman to Small Forward, Reilly to Power Forward and Nieves to Center.
10:20 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Nieves outside. Nieves passes the ball to Zimmerman. Zimmerman tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Zimmerman shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Gibbs grabs the rebound.
9:58 - 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 drives down the lane. Gibbs passes the ball to Strong at the basket. Strong lays it up. Offensive foul! Strong charged with the foul while taking the shot over Sager.
9:40 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Marcus to Small Forward. Sam Houston substitutes Achakpo to Small Forward.
9:40 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Reilly shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 26 - 21.
9:27 - 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 Searcy in the paint. Searcy shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Strong. Eastern Illinois 26 - 23.
9:19 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Strong steals the pass from Sager.
9:15 - 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 Achakpo. Achakpo passes the ball to DeMarco outside. DeMarco passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 26 - 25.
8:46 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Aiken to Power Forward.
8:46 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Tubbs. Tubbs passes the ball to Reilly. Reilly with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
8:31 - 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 goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Strong. Sam Houston 27 - 26.
8:20 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Offensive foul! Reilly commits the foul.
8:16 - 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 Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs shoots in the paint. Foul! Nieves fouls Gibbs on the shot. Gibbs makes the first free throw. Gibbs makes the second free throw. Sam Houston 29 - 26.
8:03 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Searcy to Power Forward.
8:03 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Reilly passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Tubbs. Tubbs passes the ball to Sager. Sager shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Tubbs. Sam Houston 29 - 28.
7:37 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Aiken to Power Forward.
7:37 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Strong. Sam Houston 31 - 28.
7:24 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Reilly shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Gibbs! Aiken grabs the rebound.
7:14 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Tubbs steals the pass from Strong.
7:09 - Eastern Illinois: Breakaway! Tubbs takes the ball the length of the court. Tubbs lays it up. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 31 - 30.
7:02 - Sam Houston: DeMarco brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. DeMarco passes the ball to Strong outside. Strong passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 33 - 30.
6:45 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard and Strong to Power Forward.
6:45 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Aiken! Strong grabs the rebound.
6:37 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! DeMarco leads the fast break with Strong and Achakpo. DeMarco lays it up. The shot misses. Gibbs tips it in. Sam Houston 35 - 30.
6:30 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 35 - 32.
6:21 - 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 inside. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the rebound.
6:11 - 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 outside. Hughes shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Strong grabs the long rebound.
5:52 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! DeMarco leads the fast break. Foul! Hughes commits the foul on DeMarco. In the bonus, DeMarco is shooting one-and-one. DeMarco missed the first free throw. Strong grabs the rebound.
5:47 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Sager with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Gibbs grabs the rebound.
5:19 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Achakpo on the perimeter. Achakpo drives down the lane. Achakpo passes the ball to Gibbs at the basket. Gibbs lays it up. Nieves rotates over and blocks the shot! Marcus grabs the rebound.
5:02 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hughes shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Achakpo grabs the rebound.
4:55 - 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 Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the rebound.
4:42 - 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 Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Sager in the paint. Sager drives by Aiken. Sager lays it up. Foul! Aiken fouls Sager on the shot. Sager makes the first free throw. Sager makes the second free throw. Sam Houston 35 - 34.
4:12 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Escalante to Center. Sam Houston substitutes McIntosh to Shooting Guard.
4:12 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
4:05 - 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. Strong shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot misses. Aiken grabs the rebound.
3:49 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong passes the ball to McIntosh on the perimeter. McIntosh shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 38 - 34.
3:23 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong carelessly turns the ball over to the other team.
3:17 - 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 Aiken in the paint. Aiken shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Strong grabs the offensive rebound.
3:08 - Sam Houston: Strong has the rebound. Strong shoots from the low post. Foul! Marcus fouls Strong on the shot. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. Sam Houston 40 - 34.
3:06 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus shoots a jumper from the base line. Foul! Achakpo fouls Marcus on the shot. Marcus makes the first free throw. Marcus makes the second free throw. Sam Houston 40 - 36.
2:55 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Strong tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Strong with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
2:43 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Sager and Marcus. Hughes passes the ball to Sager at the basket. Sager lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Sam Houston 40 - 38.
2:38 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against pressure defense. Strong passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Strong. Sam Houston 42 - 38.
2:29 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus passes the ball to Hughes in the paint. Hughes passes the ball to Sager. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong steals the pass from Strong.
2:02 - Sam Houston: Breakaway! Strong takes the ball the length of the court. Strong lays it up. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 44 - 38.
2:02 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Sam Houston!
1:54 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hughes tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hughes passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Sam Houston 44 - 40.
1:42 - Sam Houston: McIntosh brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McIntosh passes the ball to Strong. Strong shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! Assisted by McIntosh. Sam Houston 46 - 40.
1:31 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Hughes shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Gibbs grabs the rebound.
1:26 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against pressure defense. Strong passes the ball to McIntosh. Foul! Strong commits a foul away from the ball. In the bonus, Aiken is shooting one-and-one. Aiken makes the first free throw. Aiken makes the second free throw. Sam Houston 48 - 40.
1:19 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Sager tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Sager passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 48 - 42.
1:07 - 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 Aiken in the paint. Aiken shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 50 - 42.
0:56 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Gibbs steals the pass from Sager.
0:52 - 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 Strong on the perimeter. Strong shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Hughes grabs the long rebound.
0:34 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Sager and Marcus. Hughes passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Aiken grabs the long rebound.
0:28 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! Strong leads the fast break with McIntosh to the right. Strong passes the ball to McIntosh at the basket. McIntosh lays it up. Foul! Sager fouls McIntosh on the shot. McIntosh makes the first free throw. McIntosh missed the second free throw. Marcus grabs the rebound. Sam Houston 51 - 42.
0:24 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Gibbs grabs the rebound.
0:15 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! McIntosh leads the fast break with Achakpo to the right. McIntosh passes the ball to Achakpo. Achakpo shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by McIntosh. Sam Houston 53 - 42.
0:10 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager drives down the lane. Sager passes the ball to Escalante at the basket. Escalante lays it up. The shot misses. Aiken grabs the rebound.
0:02 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against pressure defense. The shot clock winding down. Strong shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the rebound.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Eastern Illinois 42, Sam Houston 53
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Hughes must sit with 2 fouls. Strong must sit with 2 fouls. Escalante must sit with 2 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tubbs to Shooting Guard, Reilly to Power Forward and Nieves to Center. McIntosh must sit with 2 fouls. Aiken must sit with 2 fouls. Sam Houston substitutes DeMarco to Shooting Guard and Searcy to Power Forward.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors Sam Houston. They receive the ball...
19:55 - Sam Houston: The ball is inbounded to Strong. Strong passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Strong. Sam Houston 55 - 42.
19:42 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard, Strong to Power Forward and Escalante to Center. Sam Houston substitutes McIntosh to Shooting Guard and Aiken to Power Forward.
19:42 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Aiken grabs the long rebound.
19:33 - 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 Strong. Strong passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Strong. Sam Houston 57 - 42.
19:12 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong steals the pass from Strong.
19:04 - Sam Houston: Breakaway! Strong takes the ball the length of the court. Strong lays it up. Foul! Sager fouls Strong on the shot. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. Sam Houston 59 - 42.
18:57 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Pope to Point Guard. Sam Houston substitutes McArthur to Point Guard and Searcy to Center.
18:57 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Pope passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots in the paint. Offensive foul! Escalante charged with the foul while taking the shot over Searcy.
18:45 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McArthur passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 61 - 42.
18:34 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes drives by McIntosh. Hughes lays it up. Foul! McIntosh fouls Hughes on the shot. Hughes makes the first free throw. Hughes makes the second free throw. Sam Houston 61 - 44.
18:23 - 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 with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
18:12 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Strong grabs the long offensive rebound.
18:03 - Eastern Illinois: Strong has the rebound and restarts the offense. Strong passes the ball to Pope on the perimeter. Pope passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the block. It's blocked by Aiken! Achakpo grabs the rebound.
17:47 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McArthur passes the ball to Searcy on the perimeter. Searcy passes the ball to McArthur on the perimeter. McArthur passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken passes the ball to Achakpo on the perimeter. Achakpo passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy shoots from the block. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
17:14 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Pope leads the fast break with Hughes and Marcus. Pope passes the ball to Hughes at the basket. Hughes attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Sam Houston 61 - 46.
17:08 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Strong to Point Guard.
17:08 - 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. Strong grabs the rebound.
16:56 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break. Foul! Searcy commits the foul on Hughes.
16:51 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Marcus. Marcus passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Foul! Aiken fouls Strong blocking out to get the rebound.
16:22 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Strong. Strong passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Sam Houston 61 - 48.
16:06 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against a zone 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 63 - 48.
15:55 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Reilly to Small Forward. Sam Houston substitutes Platt to Small Forward and Gibbs to Center.
15:55 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McIntosh steals the pass from Pope.
15:52 - Sam Houston: Breakaway! McIntosh takes the ball the length of the court. McIntosh lays it up. Foul! Strong fouls McIntosh on the shot. McIntosh makes the first free throw. McIntosh makes the second free throw. Sam Houston 65 - 48.
15:47 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Pope passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong passes the ball to Pope. Pope passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Foul! Gibbs fouls Escalante blocking out to get the rebound.
15:22 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Searcy to Center.
15:22 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Escalante. Escalante passes the ball to Pope. Pope passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots in the paint. Foul! Aiken fouls Escalante on the shot. Escalante makes the first free throw. Escalante makes the second free throw. Sam Houston 65 - 50.
15:06 - Game Event: Time out. Aiken must sit with 4 fouls. Sam Houston substitutes Lennon to Power Forward.
15:06 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against pressure defense. Strong passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy passes the ball to Lennon in the paint. Lennon passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Foul! Pope commits the foul on Strong.
14:55 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Searcy to Power Forward and Gibbs to Center.
14:55 - Sam Houston: The ball is inbounded to McIntosh. McIntosh passes the ball to Searcy outside. Searcy passes the ball to Strong. Strong shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 67 - 50.
14:55 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Sam Houston!
14:37 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Pope passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Gibbs grabs the rebound.
14:26 - Sam Houston: McIntosh brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McIntosh passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong drives down the lane. Strong passes the ball to Platt at the basket. Platt lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Strong. Sam Houston 69 - 50.
14:10 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Pope passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. Foul! Searcy fouls Strong on the shot. Strong missed the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. Sam Houston 69 - 51.
14:00 - Sam Houston: McIntosh brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McIntosh 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. Strong grabs the rebound.
13:50 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Pope passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Searcy grabs the rebound.
13:41 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! McIntosh leads the fast break with Platt to the right. McIntosh passes the ball to Platt on the perimeter. Platt shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Hughes grabs the long rebound.
13:35 - 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. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Sam Houston 69 - 53.
13:19 - Game Event: Time out. Escalante must sit with 4 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Point Guard and Nieves to Center.
13:19 - Sam Houston: McIntosh brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McIntosh passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Strong with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 71 - 53.
13:06 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McIntosh steals the pass from Sager.
12:59 - 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 McIntosh on the perimeter. McIntosh shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Searcy. Sam Houston 74 - 53.
12:43 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tubbs to Shooting Guard, Zimmerman to Small Forward and Reilly to Power Forward.
12:43 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Zimmerman on the perimeter. Zimmerman tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Zimmerman with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
12:27 - 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 hands off the ball to Strong. Strong shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Searcy. Sam Houston 77 - 53.
12:09 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Zimmerman. Zimmerman passes the ball to Tubbs on the perimeter. Tubbs shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 77 - 56.
11:52 - Sam Houston: McIntosh brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McIntosh passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs drives down the lane. Gibbs passes the ball to Platt on the perimeter. Platt shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the rebound.
11:35 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Reilly shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Gibbs grabs the rebound.
11:25 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! Strong leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Strong tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Strong passes the ball to McIntosh. McIntosh with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Reilly grabs the rebound.
11:10 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Tubbs attacks with the ball on the fast break. Tubbs attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Sam Houston 77 - 58.
11:06 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to McIntosh on the perimeter. McIntosh shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the rebound.
10:56 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Zimmerman in the paint. Zimmerman passes the ball to Tubbs. McIntosh steals the pass from Tubbs.
10:39 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! McIntosh leads the fast break with Strong and Platt. McIntosh passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the rebound.
10:33 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Reilly shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. And Reilly is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Reilly makes the first free throw. Sam Houston 77 - 61.
10:24 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Marcus to Small Forward. Sam Houston substitutes Achakpo to Small Forward.
10:24 - Sam Houston: McIntosh brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McIntosh passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by McIntosh. Sam Houston 79 - 61.
10:11 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Zimmerman to Small Forward. Sam Houston substitutes Platt to Small Forward.
10:11 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Sager tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Sager with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
10:04 - 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! Sam Houston 81 - 61.
9:54 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Marcus to Small Forward. Sam Houston substitutes Achakpo to Small Forward.
9:54 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Reilly on the perimeter. Reilly passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Offensive foul! Tubbs commits the foul away from the ball.
9:44 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Achakpo on the perimeter. Achakpo passes the ball to McIntosh. McIntosh passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the rebound.
9:23 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Tubbs leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Gibbs steals the pass from Tubbs.
9:15 - 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 Strong outside. Strong drives down the lane. Strong passes the ball to Searcy at the basket. Searcy lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Strong. Sam Houston 83 - 61.
9:15 - Game Event: The home crowds goes crazy as their team has captured the momentum!
8:55 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Nieves to Power Forward and Escalante to Center. Sam Houston substitutes Aiken to Power Forward.
8:55 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Sager passes the ball to Tubbs. Tubbs with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Achakpo grabs the rebound.
8:47 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! McIntosh attacks with the ball on the fast break. McIntosh turns the ball over to the other team.
8:41 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Tubbs leads the fast break with Sager and Marcus. Tubbs passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Gibbs grabs the rebound.
8:37 - 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 Aiken in the paint. Aiken shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 85 - 61.
8:30 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Tubbs leads the fast break with Sager to the right. Tubbs passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Sager grabs the offensive rebound.
8:24 - Eastern Illinois: Sager has the rebound and restarts the offense. Sager passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the inside. Offensive foul! Nieves charged with the foul while taking the shot over Aiken.
8:13 - Sam Houston: McIntosh brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McIntosh passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by McIntosh. Sam Houston 87 - 61.
8:01 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Aiken grabs the rebound.
7:50 - 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 Strong on the perimeter. Strong shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Achakpo grabs the long offensive rebound.
7:33 - Sam Houston: Achakpo has the rebound and restarts the offense. Achakpo passes the ball to McIntosh on the perimeter. McIntosh passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by McIntosh. Sam Houston 90 - 61.
7:18 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard and Strong to Power Forward.
7:18 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Sam Houston 90 - 64.
7:10 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tubbs to Shooting Guard and Nieves to Power Forward.
7:10 - 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. The shot goes in! And Aiken is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Escalante fouls out. Fontenot replaces Escalante at center. Aiken makes the first free throw. Sam Houston 93 - 64.
6:57 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard, Strong to Power Forward and Nieves to Center.
6:57 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Hughes shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 93 - 67.
6:53 - 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 goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Strong. Sam Houston 95 - 67.
6:42 - 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 Marcus in the paint. Marcus shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nieves. Sam Houston 95 - 69.
6:29 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to McIntosh. McIntosh with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
6:17 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager shoots from well beyond the arc. Offensive foul! Sager charged with the foul while taking the shot over Strong.
6:11 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong drives to the basket. Foul! Sager commits the foul on Strong. In the double bonus, Strong is shooting two free throws. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. Sam Houston 97 - 69.
6:00 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tubbs to Shooting Guard and Reilly to Power Forward.
6:00 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Sager. Sager passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Gibbs grabs the rebound.
5:35 - 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! Nieves commits the foul on Gibbs. In the double bonus, Gibbs is shooting two free throws. Gibbs makes the first free throw. Gibbs missed the second free throw. Nieves grabs the rebound. Sam Houston 98 - 69.
5:24 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the block. The shot misses. Aiken grabs the rebound.
5:13 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong drives by Marcus. Strong passes the ball to Achakpo. Achakpo shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Strong. Sam Houston 100 - 69.
5:00 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard and Strong to Power Forward.
5:00 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Sager drives by McIntosh. Sager passes the ball to Strong at the basket. Strong lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Sam Houston 100 - 71.
4:48 - 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. The shot misses. Strong grabs the offensive rebound.
4:39 - Sam Houston: Strong has the rebound. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 102 - 71.
4:37 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
4:27 - Sam Houston: McIntosh brings up the ball against pressure defense. McIntosh passes the ball to Strong outside. Strong passes the ball to Achakpo. Achakpo passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken shoots in the paint. Foul! Strong fouls Aiken on the shot. Aiken makes the first free throw. Aiken missed the second free throw. Hughes grabs the rebound. Sam Houston 103 - 71.
4:05 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Hughes grabs the long offensive rebound.
3:44 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes has the rebound and restarts the offense. Hughes shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Gibbs grabs the long rebound.
3:39 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! McIntosh leads the fast break. Foul! Sager commits the foul on McIntosh. Sager fouls out. Pope replaces Sager at point guard. In the double bonus, McIntosh is shooting two free throws. McIntosh makes the first free throw. McIntosh makes the second free throw. Sam Houston 105 - 71.
3:34 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Pope drives to the basket. Offensive foul! Pope commits the foul on the drive.
3:26 - 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 tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Aiken shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Hughes grabs the rebound.
3:09 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Marcus to the right. Hughes lays it up. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 105 - 73.
3:03 - 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 beyond the arc. The shot misses. Hughes grabs the long rebound.
2:51 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope passes the ball to Strong. Strong shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 105 - 75.
2:45 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to McIntosh on the perimeter. McIntosh passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by McIntosh. Sam Houston 108 - 75.
2:45 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Sam Houston!
2:28 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Pope passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus passes the ball to Hughes. Hughes shoots a jumper from the foul line. Foul! McIntosh fouls Hughes on the shot. Hughes makes the first free throw. Hughes makes the second free throw. Sam Houston 108 - 77.
2:10 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against pressure defense. Strong passes the ball to Achakpo on the perimeter. Achakpo passes the ball to Strong outside. Strong passes the ball to Achakpo in the paint. Achakpo passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Foul! Aiken fouls Strong trying to grab the offensive rebound. Aiken fouls out. Searcy replaces Aiken at power forward. In the bonus, Strong is shooting one-and-one. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. Sam Houston 108 - 79.
1:47 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to McIntosh outside. McIntosh passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 111 - 79.
1:32 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Pope passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hughes passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 111 - 81.
1:21 - Sam Houston: McIntosh brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. McIntosh passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy shoots from the low post. Foul! Strong fouls Searcy on the shot. Strong fouls out. Reilly replaces Strong at power forward. Searcy makes the first free throw. Searcy makes the second free throw. Sam Houston 113 - 81.
1:11 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Pope passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Reilly shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Searcy grabs the rebound.
1:01 - 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 Searcy in the paint. Searcy shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 115 - 81.
0:50 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Pope passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Pope. Pope shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nieves. Sam Houston 115 - 83.
0:34 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against pressure defense. Strong shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Achakpo grabs the long offensive rebound.
0:28 - Sam Houston: Achakpo has the rebound and restarts the offense. Achakpo passes the ball to McIntosh outside. McIntosh passes the ball to Achakpo on the perimeter. Achakpo passes the ball to Strong. Strong drives by Marcus. Strong attempts to dunk it. Reilly rotates over and blocks the shot! Nieves grabs the rebound.
0:04 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Pope shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Pope grabs the long offensive rebound.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Eastern Illinois 83, Sam Houston 115
Starting Line-Ups
Eastern Illinois: PG-Sager (6' ½"), SG-Hughes (6' 2"), SF-Marcus (6' 5"), PF-Strong (6' 9"), C-Escalante (6' 8½")
Sam Houston: PG-Strong (6' 4½"), SG-McIntosh (6' 2½"), SF-Achakpo (6' 7½"), PF-Aiken (6' 9½"), C-Gibbs (7' )
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Eastern Illinois gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Sager and Marcus. Hughes lays it up. The shot misses. Gibbs grabs the rebound.
19:49 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! Strong leads the fast break with Achakpo to the right. Strong passes the ball to Achakpo. Achakpo shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Strong. Sam Houston 2 - 0.
19:44 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against pressure defense. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Sager in the paint. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Sager. And Escalante is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Escalante makes the first free throw. Eastern Illinois 3 - 2.
19:26 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Achakpo on the perimeter. Achakpo passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong passes the ball to Achakpo on the perimeter. Achakpo passes the ball to McIntosh outside. McIntosh passes the ball to Aiken. And the shot clock expires!
18:56 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Pope to Point Guard and Nieves to Center. Sam Houston substitutes McArthur to Point Guard and Searcy to Center.
18:56 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against a zone defense. 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. Eastern Illinois 5 - 2.
18:47 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McArthur passes the ball to McIntosh in the paint. McIntosh passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Offensive foul! Aiken commits the foul.
18:36 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Marcus and Pope. Hughes attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Eastern Illinois 7 - 2.
18:30 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. McArthur passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy passes the ball to McArthur. McArthur passes the ball to McIntosh outside. McIntosh passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 7 - 4.
18:01 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against a zone defense. Pope passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Hughes in the paint. Hughes passes the ball to Pope on the perimeter. Pope shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. McArthur grabs the long rebound.
17:34 - 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 Achakpo on the perimeter. Achakpo passes the ball to McArthur outside. McArthur passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken shoots from the low post. Foul! Strong fouls Aiken on the shot. Aiken makes the first free throw. Aiken missed the second free throw. Nieves grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 7 - 5.
17:08 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus shoots from deep. The shot misses. Searcy grabs the long rebound.
16:56 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McArthur passes the ball to McIntosh. McIntosh with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Aiken tips it in. Tied 7 - 7.
16:45 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Strong to Point Guard.
16:45 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Hughes. Hughes drives by McIntosh. Hughes lays it up. Foul! McIntosh fouls Hughes on the shot. Hughes makes the first free throw. Hughes makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 9 - 7.
16:32 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against pressure defense. Strong shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the long rebound.
16:28 - 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.
16:22 - 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 Achakpo in the paint. Achakpo passes the ball to McIntosh in the paint. McIntosh passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 10 - 9.
15:59 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Reilly to Small Forward. Sam Houston substitutes Platt to Small Forward.
15:59 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Hughes. Hughes tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hughes passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Reilly shoots in the paint. Searcy rotates over and blocks the shot! Platt grabs the rebound.
15:40 - 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. Strong rotates over and blocks the shot! Pope grabs the rebound.
15:30 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against a zone defense. Pope passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong passes the ball to Reilly. Offensive foul! Hughes commits the foul away from the ball.
15:20 - Sam Houston: McIntosh brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McIntosh passes the ball to Strong. Strong tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Strong shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
15:00 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Reilly outside. Reilly passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Reilly passes the ball to Hughes in the paint. Hughes drives by McIntosh. Hughes lays it up. Foul! McIntosh fouls Hughes on the shot. Hughes missed the first free throw. Hughes makes the second free throw. Tied 10 - 10.
14:26 - Game Event: Time out. McIntosh must sit with 2 fouls. Sam Houston substitutes DeMarco to Shooting Guard and Gibbs to Center.
14:26 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against pressure defense. Strong passes the ball to DeMarco on the perimeter. DeMarco shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Hughes grabs the long rebound.
14:15 - 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. Strong drives by Aiken. Strong passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Strong. Eastern Illinois 13 - 10.
13:53 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken shoots from the low post. Strong rotates over and blocks the shot! Strong grabs the rebound.
13:45 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes drives by DeMarco. Hughes passes the ball to Nieves at the basket. Nieves lays it up. Aiken rotates over and blocks the shot! Platt grabs the rebound.
13:32 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against pressure defense. Strong passes the ball to Platt on the perimeter. Platt shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Pope grabs the rebound.
13:24 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pope passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the inside. It's blocked by Gibbs! DeMarco grabs the rebound.
13:14 - 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 corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Strong. Tied 13 - 13.
13:02 - 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. The shot misses. Aiken grabs the rebound.
12:54 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! Strong leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Strong tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Strong with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 15 - 13.
12:40 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Point Guard, Tubbs to Shooting Guard, Nieves to Power Forward and Escalante to Center. Sam Houston substitutes Searcy to Power Forward.
12:40 - Eastern Illinois: Tubbs brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tubbs shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 16 - 15.
12:36 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against pressure defense. Nieves steals the pass from Strong.
12:29 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Tubbs attacks with the ball on the fast break. Tubbs turns the ball over to the other team.
12:25 - 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 Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the rebound.
12:16 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Sager leads the fast break with Tubbs and Reilly. Sager lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 18 - 15.
12:12 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to DeMarco in the paint. DeMarco shoots in the paint. Escalante rotates over and blocks the shot! Nieves grabs the rebound.
12:01 - Eastern Illinois: Tubbs brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Tubbs passes the ball to Sager. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 20 - 15.
11:48 - 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 in the paint. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 20 - 17.
11:35 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Tubbs in the paint. Tubbs shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 22 - 17.
11:22 - 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. Escalante rotates over and blocks the shot! Tubbs grabs the rebound.
11:10 - 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 Nieves in the paint. Nieves carelessly turns the ball over to the other team.
11:00 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! DeMarco leads the fast break with Platt to the right. DeMarco passes the ball to Platt on the perimeter. Platt shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Gibbs grabs the long offensive rebound.
10:55 - Sam Houston: Gibbs has the rebound and restarts the offense. Gibbs hands off 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. Foul! Escalante fouls Gibbs on the shot. Gibbs makes the first free throw. Gibbs makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 22 - 19.
10:41 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Marcus to Small Forward. Sam Houston substitutes Achakpo to Small Forward.
10:41 - Eastern Illinois: Tubbs brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tubbs passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus shoots from downtown. It's blocked by Achakpo! Escalante grabs the offensive rebound.
10:33 - Eastern Illinois: Escalante has the rebound. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 24 - 19.
10:31 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Reilly to Small Forward. Sam Houston substitutes Platt to Small Forward.
10:31 - 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 Searcy at the basket. Searcy lays it up. Foul! Escalante fouls Searcy on the shot. Searcy makes the first free throw. Searcy makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 24 - 21.
10:20 - Game Event: Time out. Escalante must sit with 2 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Zimmerman to Small Forward, Reilly to Power Forward and Nieves to Center.
10:20 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Nieves outside. Nieves passes the ball to Zimmerman. Zimmerman tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Zimmerman shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Gibbs grabs the rebound.
9:58 - 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 drives down the lane. Gibbs passes the ball to Strong at the basket. Strong lays it up. Offensive foul! Strong charged with the foul while taking the shot over Sager.
9:40 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Marcus to Small Forward. Sam Houston substitutes Achakpo to Small Forward.
9:40 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Reilly shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Eastern Illinois 26 - 21.
9:27 - 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 Searcy in the paint. Searcy shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Strong. Eastern Illinois 26 - 23.
9:19 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Strong steals the pass from Sager.
9:15 - 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 Achakpo. Achakpo passes the ball to DeMarco outside. DeMarco passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 26 - 25.
8:46 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Aiken to Power Forward.
8:46 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Tubbs. Tubbs passes the ball to Reilly. Reilly with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
8:31 - 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 goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Strong. Sam Houston 27 - 26.
8:20 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Offensive foul! Reilly commits the foul.
8:16 - 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 Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs shoots in the paint. Foul! Nieves fouls Gibbs on the shot. Gibbs makes the first free throw. Gibbs makes the second free throw. Sam Houston 29 - 26.
8:03 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Searcy to Power Forward.
8:03 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Reilly passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Tubbs. Tubbs passes the ball to Sager. Sager shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Tubbs. Sam Houston 29 - 28.
7:37 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Aiken to Power Forward.
7:37 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Strong. Sam Houston 31 - 28.
7:24 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Reilly shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Gibbs! Aiken grabs the rebound.
7:14 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Tubbs steals the pass from Strong.
7:09 - Eastern Illinois: Breakaway! Tubbs takes the ball the length of the court. Tubbs lays it up. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 31 - 30.
7:02 - Sam Houston: DeMarco brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. DeMarco passes the ball to Strong outside. Strong passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 33 - 30.
6:45 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard and Strong to Power Forward.
6:45 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Aiken! Strong grabs the rebound.
6:37 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! DeMarco leads the fast break with Strong and Achakpo. DeMarco lays it up. The shot misses. Gibbs tips it in. Sam Houston 35 - 30.
6:30 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 35 - 32.
6:21 - 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 inside. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the rebound.
6:11 - 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 outside. Hughes shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Strong grabs the long rebound.
5:52 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! DeMarco leads the fast break. Foul! Hughes commits the foul on DeMarco. In the bonus, DeMarco is shooting one-and-one. DeMarco missed the first free throw. Strong grabs the rebound.
5:47 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense. Sager passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Sager with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Gibbs grabs the rebound.
5:19 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Achakpo on the perimeter. Achakpo drives down the lane. Achakpo passes the ball to Gibbs at the basket. Gibbs lays it up. Nieves rotates over and blocks the shot! Marcus grabs the rebound.
5:02 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hughes shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Achakpo grabs the rebound.
4:55 - 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 Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the rebound.
4:42 - 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 Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Sager in the paint. Sager drives by Aiken. Sager lays it up. Foul! Aiken fouls Sager on the shot. Sager makes the first free throw. Sager makes the second free throw. Sam Houston 35 - 34.
4:12 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Escalante to Center. Sam Houston substitutes McIntosh to Shooting Guard.
4:12 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
4:05 - 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. Strong shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot misses. Aiken grabs the rebound.
3:49 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong passes the ball to McIntosh on the perimeter. McIntosh shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 38 - 34.
3:23 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong carelessly turns the ball over to the other team.
3:17 - 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 Aiken in the paint. Aiken shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Strong grabs the offensive rebound.
3:08 - Sam Houston: Strong has the rebound. Strong shoots from the low post. Foul! Marcus fouls Strong on the shot. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. Sam Houston 40 - 34.
3:06 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus shoots a jumper from the base line. Foul! Achakpo fouls Marcus on the shot. Marcus makes the first free throw. Marcus makes the second free throw. Sam Houston 40 - 36.
2:55 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Strong tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Strong with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
2:43 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Sager and Marcus. Hughes passes the ball to Sager at the basket. Sager lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Sam Houston 40 - 38.
2:38 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against pressure defense. Strong passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Strong. Sam Houston 42 - 38.
2:29 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Sager passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus passes the ball to Hughes in the paint. Hughes passes the ball to Sager. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong steals the pass from Strong.
2:02 - Sam Houston: Breakaway! Strong takes the ball the length of the court. Strong lays it up. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 44 - 38.
2:02 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Sam Houston!
1:54 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hughes tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hughes passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Sam Houston 44 - 40.
1:42 - Sam Houston: McIntosh brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McIntosh passes the ball to Strong. Strong shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! Assisted by McIntosh. Sam Houston 46 - 40.
1:31 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Hughes shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Gibbs grabs the rebound.
1:26 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against pressure defense. Strong passes the ball to McIntosh. Foul! Strong commits a foul away from the ball. In the bonus, Aiken is shooting one-and-one. Aiken makes the first free throw. Aiken makes the second free throw. Sam Houston 48 - 40.
1:19 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Sager tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Sager passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 48 - 42.
1:07 - 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 Aiken in the paint. Aiken shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 50 - 42.
0:56 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Gibbs steals the pass from Sager.
0:52 - 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 Strong on the perimeter. Strong shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Hughes grabs the long rebound.
0:34 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Sager and Marcus. Hughes passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Aiken grabs the long rebound.
0:28 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! Strong leads the fast break with McIntosh to the right. Strong passes the ball to McIntosh at the basket. McIntosh lays it up. Foul! Sager fouls McIntosh on the shot. McIntosh makes the first free throw. McIntosh missed the second free throw. Marcus grabs the rebound. Sam Houston 51 - 42.
0:24 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Gibbs grabs the rebound.
0:15 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! McIntosh leads the fast break with Achakpo to the right. McIntosh passes the ball to Achakpo. Achakpo shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by McIntosh. Sam Houston 53 - 42.
0:10 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager drives down the lane. Sager passes the ball to Escalante at the basket. Escalante lays it up. The shot misses. Aiken grabs the rebound.
0:02 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against pressure defense. The shot clock winding down. Strong shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Escalante grabs the rebound.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Eastern Illinois 42, Sam Houston 53
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Hughes must sit with 2 fouls. Strong must sit with 2 fouls. Escalante must sit with 2 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tubbs to Shooting Guard, Reilly to Power Forward and Nieves to Center. McIntosh must sit with 2 fouls. Aiken must sit with 2 fouls. Sam Houston substitutes DeMarco to Shooting Guard and Searcy to Power Forward.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors Sam Houston. They receive the ball...
19:55 - Sam Houston: The ball is inbounded to Strong. Strong passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Strong. Sam Houston 55 - 42.
19:42 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard, Strong to Power Forward and Escalante to Center. Sam Houston substitutes McIntosh to Shooting Guard and Aiken to Power Forward.
19:42 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Aiken grabs the long rebound.
19:33 - 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 Strong. Strong passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Strong. Sam Houston 57 - 42.
19:12 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong steals the pass from Strong.
19:04 - Sam Houston: Breakaway! Strong takes the ball the length of the court. Strong lays it up. Foul! Sager fouls Strong on the shot. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. Sam Houston 59 - 42.
18:57 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Pope to Point Guard. Sam Houston substitutes McArthur to Point Guard and Searcy to Center.
18:57 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Pope passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots in the paint. Offensive foul! Escalante charged with the foul while taking the shot over Searcy.
18:45 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McArthur passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 61 - 42.
18:34 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes drives by McIntosh. Hughes lays it up. Foul! McIntosh fouls Hughes on the shot. Hughes makes the first free throw. Hughes makes the second free throw. Sam Houston 61 - 44.
18:23 - 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 with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
18:12 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hughes shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Strong grabs the long offensive rebound.
18:03 - Eastern Illinois: Strong has the rebound and restarts the offense. Strong passes the ball to Pope on the perimeter. Pope passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the block. It's blocked by Aiken! Achakpo grabs the rebound.
17:47 - Sam Houston: McArthur brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McArthur passes the ball to Searcy on the perimeter. Searcy passes the ball to McArthur on the perimeter. McArthur passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken passes the ball to Achakpo on the perimeter. Achakpo passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy shoots from the block. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
17:14 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Pope leads the fast break with Hughes and Marcus. Pope passes the ball to Hughes at the basket. Hughes attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Sam Houston 61 - 46.
17:08 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Strong to Point Guard.
17:08 - 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. Strong grabs the rebound.
16:56 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break. Foul! Searcy commits the foul on Hughes.
16:51 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Marcus. Marcus passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Foul! Aiken fouls Strong blocking out to get the rebound.
16:22 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Strong. Strong passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Sam Houston 61 - 48.
16:06 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against a zone 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 63 - 48.
15:55 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Reilly to Small Forward. Sam Houston substitutes Platt to Small Forward and Gibbs to Center.
15:55 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McIntosh steals the pass from Pope.
15:52 - Sam Houston: Breakaway! McIntosh takes the ball the length of the court. McIntosh lays it up. Foul! Strong fouls McIntosh on the shot. McIntosh makes the first free throw. McIntosh makes the second free throw. Sam Houston 65 - 48.
15:47 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Pope passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong passes the ball to Pope. Pope passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Foul! Gibbs fouls Escalante blocking out to get the rebound.
15:22 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Searcy to Center.
15:22 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Escalante. Escalante passes the ball to Pope. Pope passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots in the paint. Foul! Aiken fouls Escalante on the shot. Escalante makes the first free throw. Escalante makes the second free throw. Sam Houston 65 - 50.
15:06 - Game Event: Time out. Aiken must sit with 4 fouls. Sam Houston substitutes Lennon to Power Forward.
15:06 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against pressure defense. Strong passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy passes the ball to Lennon in the paint. Lennon passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Foul! Pope commits the foul on Strong.
14:55 - Game Event: Time out. Sam Houston substitutes Searcy to Power Forward and Gibbs to Center.
14:55 - Sam Houston: The ball is inbounded to McIntosh. McIntosh passes the ball to Searcy outside. Searcy passes the ball to Strong. Strong shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 67 - 50.
14:55 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Sam Houston!
14:37 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Pope passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Gibbs grabs the rebound.
14:26 - Sam Houston: McIntosh brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McIntosh passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong drives down the lane. Strong passes the ball to Platt at the basket. Platt lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Strong. Sam Houston 69 - 50.
14:10 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Pope passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. Foul! Searcy fouls Strong on the shot. Strong missed the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. Sam Houston 69 - 51.
14:00 - Sam Houston: McIntosh brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McIntosh 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. Strong grabs the rebound.
13:50 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Pope passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Searcy grabs the rebound.
13:41 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! McIntosh leads the fast break with Platt to the right. McIntosh passes the ball to Platt on the perimeter. Platt shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Hughes grabs the long rebound.
13:35 - 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. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hughes. Sam Houston 69 - 53.
13:19 - Game Event: Time out. Escalante must sit with 4 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Sager to Point Guard and Nieves to Center.
13:19 - Sam Houston: McIntosh brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McIntosh passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Strong with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 71 - 53.
13:06 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McIntosh steals the pass from Sager.
12:59 - 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 McIntosh on the perimeter. McIntosh shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Searcy. Sam Houston 74 - 53.
12:43 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tubbs to Shooting Guard, Zimmerman to Small Forward and Reilly to Power Forward.
12:43 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Zimmerman on the perimeter. Zimmerman tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Zimmerman with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
12:27 - 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 hands off the ball to Strong. Strong shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Searcy. Sam Houston 77 - 53.
12:09 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Zimmerman. Zimmerman passes the ball to Tubbs on the perimeter. Tubbs shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 77 - 56.
11:52 - Sam Houston: McIntosh brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McIntosh passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs drives down the lane. Gibbs passes the ball to Platt on the perimeter. Platt shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the rebound.
11:35 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Reilly shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Gibbs grabs the rebound.
11:25 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! Strong leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Strong tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Strong passes the ball to McIntosh. McIntosh with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Reilly grabs the rebound.
11:10 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Tubbs attacks with the ball on the fast break. Tubbs attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Sam Houston 77 - 58.
11:06 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to McIntosh on the perimeter. McIntosh shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the rebound.
10:56 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Zimmerman in the paint. Zimmerman passes the ball to Tubbs. McIntosh steals the pass from Tubbs.
10:39 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! McIntosh leads the fast break with Strong and Platt. McIntosh passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the rebound.
10:33 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Reilly shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. And Reilly is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Reilly makes the first free throw. Sam Houston 77 - 61.
10:24 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Marcus to Small Forward. Sam Houston substitutes Achakpo to Small Forward.
10:24 - Sam Houston: McIntosh brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McIntosh passes the ball to Gibbs in the paint. Gibbs shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by McIntosh. Sam Houston 79 - 61.
10:11 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Zimmerman to Small Forward. Sam Houston substitutes Platt to Small Forward.
10:11 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Sager tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Sager with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
10:04 - 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! Sam Houston 81 - 61.
9:54 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Marcus to Small Forward. Sam Houston substitutes Achakpo to Small Forward.
9:54 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Reilly on the perimeter. Reilly passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Offensive foul! Tubbs commits the foul away from the ball.
9:44 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to Achakpo on the perimeter. Achakpo passes the ball to McIntosh. McIntosh passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Nieves grabs the rebound.
9:23 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Tubbs leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Gibbs steals the pass from Tubbs.
9:15 - 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 Strong outside. Strong drives down the lane. Strong passes the ball to Searcy at the basket. Searcy lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Strong. Sam Houston 83 - 61.
9:15 - Game Event: The home crowds goes crazy as their team has captured the momentum!
8:55 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Nieves to Power Forward and Escalante to Center. Sam Houston substitutes Aiken to Power Forward.
8:55 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Sager passes the ball to Tubbs. Tubbs with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Achakpo grabs the rebound.
8:47 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! McIntosh attacks with the ball on the fast break. McIntosh turns the ball over to the other team.
8:41 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Tubbs leads the fast break with Sager and Marcus. Tubbs passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Gibbs grabs the rebound.
8:37 - 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 Aiken in the paint. Aiken shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 85 - 61.
8:30 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Tubbs leads the fast break with Sager to the right. Tubbs passes the ball to Sager on the perimeter. Sager shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Sager grabs the offensive rebound.
8:24 - Eastern Illinois: Sager has the rebound and restarts the offense. Sager passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the inside. Offensive foul! Nieves charged with the foul while taking the shot over Aiken.
8:13 - Sam Houston: McIntosh brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. McIntosh passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by McIntosh. Sam Houston 87 - 61.
8:01 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Escalante in the paint. Escalante shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Aiken grabs the rebound.
7:50 - 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 Strong on the perimeter. Strong shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Achakpo grabs the long offensive rebound.
7:33 - Sam Houston: Achakpo has the rebound and restarts the offense. Achakpo passes the ball to McIntosh on the perimeter. McIntosh passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by McIntosh. Sam Houston 90 - 61.
7:18 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard and Strong to Power Forward.
7:18 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Sam Houston 90 - 64.
7:10 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tubbs to Shooting Guard and Nieves to Power Forward.
7:10 - 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. The shot goes in! And Aiken is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Escalante fouls out. Fontenot replaces Escalante at center. Aiken makes the first free throw. Sam Houston 93 - 64.
6:57 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard, Strong to Power Forward and Nieves to Center.
6:57 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Hughes shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 93 - 67.
6:53 - 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 goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Strong. Sam Houston 95 - 67.
6:42 - 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 Marcus in the paint. Marcus shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nieves. Sam Houston 95 - 69.
6:29 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to McIntosh. McIntosh with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
6:17 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager shoots from well beyond the arc. Offensive foul! Sager charged with the foul while taking the shot over Strong.
6:11 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong drives to the basket. Foul! Sager commits the foul on Strong. In the double bonus, Strong is shooting two free throws. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. Sam Houston 97 - 69.
6:00 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tubbs to Shooting Guard and Reilly to Power Forward.
6:00 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Sager. Sager passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Gibbs grabs the rebound.
5:35 - 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! Nieves commits the foul on Gibbs. In the double bonus, Gibbs is shooting two free throws. Gibbs makes the first free throw. Gibbs missed the second free throw. Nieves grabs the rebound. Sam Houston 98 - 69.
5:24 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves shoots from the block. The shot misses. Aiken grabs the rebound.
5:13 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong drives by Marcus. Strong passes the ball to Achakpo. Achakpo shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Strong. Sam Houston 100 - 69.
5:00 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Hughes to Shooting Guard and Strong to Power Forward.
5:00 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Sager drives by McIntosh. Sager passes the ball to Strong at the basket. Strong lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Sager. Sam Houston 100 - 71.
4:48 - 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. The shot misses. Strong grabs the offensive rebound.
4:39 - Sam Houston: Strong has the rebound. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 102 - 71.
4:37 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
4:27 - Sam Houston: McIntosh brings up the ball against pressure defense. McIntosh passes the ball to Strong outside. Strong passes the ball to Achakpo. Achakpo passes the ball to Aiken in the paint. Aiken shoots in the paint. Foul! Strong fouls Aiken on the shot. Aiken makes the first free throw. Aiken missed the second free throw. Hughes grabs the rebound. Sam Houston 103 - 71.
4:05 - Eastern Illinois: Sager brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Sager passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Hughes grabs the long offensive rebound.
3:44 - Eastern Illinois: Hughes has the rebound and restarts the offense. Hughes shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Gibbs grabs the long rebound.
3:39 - Sam Houston: Fast break opportunity! McIntosh leads the fast break. Foul! Sager commits the foul on McIntosh. Sager fouls out. Pope replaces Sager at point guard. In the double bonus, McIntosh is shooting two free throws. McIntosh makes the first free throw. McIntosh makes the second free throw. Sam Houston 105 - 71.
3:34 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Pope drives to the basket. Offensive foul! Pope commits the foul on the drive.
3:26 - 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 tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Aiken shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Hughes grabs the rebound.
3:09 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Hughes leads the fast break with Marcus to the right. Hughes lays it up. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 105 - 73.
3:03 - 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 beyond the arc. The shot misses. Hughes grabs the long rebound.
2:51 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pope passes the ball to Strong. Strong shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 105 - 75.
2:45 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to McIntosh on the perimeter. McIntosh passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by McIntosh. Sam Houston 108 - 75.
2:45 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Sam Houston!
2:28 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Pope passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus passes the ball to Hughes. Hughes shoots a jumper from the foul line. Foul! McIntosh fouls Hughes on the shot. Hughes makes the first free throw. Hughes makes the second free throw. Sam Houston 108 - 77.
2:10 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against pressure defense. Strong passes the ball to Achakpo on the perimeter. Achakpo passes the ball to Strong outside. Strong passes the ball to Achakpo in the paint. Achakpo passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Foul! Aiken fouls Strong trying to grab the offensive rebound. Aiken fouls out. Searcy replaces Aiken at power forward. In the bonus, Strong is shooting one-and-one. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. Sam Houston 108 - 79.
1:47 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Strong passes the ball to McIntosh outside. McIntosh passes the ball to Strong on the perimeter. Strong shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 111 - 79.
1:32 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Pope passes the ball to Hughes on the perimeter. Hughes tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hughes passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 111 - 81.
1:21 - Sam Houston: McIntosh brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. McIntosh passes the ball to Searcy in the paint. Searcy shoots from the low post. Foul! Strong fouls Searcy on the shot. Strong fouls out. Reilly replaces Strong at power forward. Searcy makes the first free throw. Searcy makes the second free throw. Sam Houston 113 - 81.
1:11 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Pope passes the ball to Reilly in the paint. Reilly shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Searcy grabs the rebound.
1:01 - 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 Searcy in the paint. Searcy shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Sam Houston 115 - 81.
0:50 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Pope passes the ball to Nieves in the paint. Nieves passes the ball to Pope. Pope shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Nieves. Sam Houston 115 - 83.
0:34 - Sam Houston: Strong brings up the ball against pressure defense. Strong shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Achakpo grabs the long offensive rebound.
0:28 - Sam Houston: Achakpo has the rebound and restarts the offense. Achakpo passes the ball to McIntosh outside. McIntosh passes the ball to Achakpo on the perimeter. Achakpo passes the ball to Strong. Strong drives by Marcus. Strong attempts to dunk it. Reilly rotates over and blocks the shot! Nieves grabs the rebound.
0:04 - Eastern Illinois: Pope brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Pope shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Pope grabs the long offensive rebound.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Eastern Illinois 83, Sam Houston 115
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