Game Date: Oct 11th, 2046
Central Arkansas 72 - Eastern Illinois 71
Date: December 16th, 2045
Game: College [Conference] [#1082691] 
Arena: Lantz Arena
Attendance: 4,511
Player Of The Game: Damon Strong (1)
| Team / Score | 1 | 2 | F | |
| Central Arkansas Bears | 29 | 43 | 72 | |
| Eastern Illinois Panthers | 41 | 30 | 71 | |
| Central Arkansas Bears | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 20 | G. Olivarez sf | 30 | 1-9 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 13 | B. Blanchard pf | 30 | 3-10 | 0-2 | 4-4 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 1.7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 22 | D. Strong c | 32 | 11-15 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 28 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | +6 | 3.1 | 20 | 0 | 4 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 24 | Q. Bowman sg | 28 | 3-11 | 1-5 | 4-5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +6 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 11 | J. Grier pg | 34 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -4 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 55 | C. Douglas c | 14 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 0.5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 31 | C. Mace sg | 16 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 50 | C. Dudek sf | 10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 62 | C. Smith pf | 4 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 15 | F. Gomez sg | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 24-58 | 1-13 | 23-25 | 72 | 7 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 19 | +5 | 4.0 | 40 | 4 | 22 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 41.4% | 7.7% | 92.0% | |||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois Panthers | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 5 | R. Barker sf | 26 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 6.5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 24 | T. Riley pf | 11 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | +14 | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 35 | R. Morton c | 28 | 9-13 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 4.9 | 16 | 0 | 3 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 22 | M. Leblanc sg | 28 | 2-13 | 0-9 | 4-5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 0.5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 11 | J. Wells pg | 28 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 51 | L. Slater pf | 29 | 7-11 | 0-1 | 4-6 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -15 | 3.3 | 14 | 0 | 3 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 15 | I. Tarver pg | 24 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 14 | T. Payton c | 12 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2.5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 4 | C. Wright sg | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 43 | G. Gould sg | 13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -6 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 27-55 | 2-14 | 15-21 | 71 | 5 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 22 | -5 | 5.1 | 46 | 4 | 19 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 49.1% | 14.3% | 71.4% | |||||||||||||||||||
Player of the Game
Central Arkansas: Damon Strong
Head Coaches
Central Arkansas: Doug Pearce
Eastern Illinois: Bill Watkins
Offensive Efficiencies
Central Arkansas: At the rim (7/10 70.0%) Inside (13/23 56.5%) Mid-range (3/12 25.0%) Beyond the Arc (1/13 7.7%)
Eastern Illinois: At the rim (3/3 100.0%) Inside (20/32 62.5%) Mid-range (2/6 33.3%) Beyond the Arc (2/14 14.3%)
Defensive Tactics
Central Arkansas: Man-To-Man (51.9%) Zone (25.9%) Pressure (13.6%) 2nd Chance (4.9%) Transition (3.7%) Int. Foul (0.0%)
Eastern Illinois: Man-To-Man (57.6%) Zone (20.0%) Pressure (10.6%) 2nd Chance (5.9%) Transition (4.7%) Int. Foul (1.2%)
Weighted Skill Index (SI) & Team Power Index (TPI)
Central Arkansas: 147.6 / 144.3
Eastern Illinois: 130.3 / 134.7
Injuries
Central Arkansas: none
Eastern Illinois: none
Overworked
Central Arkansas: none
Eastern Illinois: none
Game Information
Date: Saturday, December 16th, 2045
Game Type: College [Conference]
Arena: Lantz Arena
City: Charleston, IL
Attendance: 4,511
Version: 1.034
Simulated: Sun Jun 22 2025 @ 9:06:55 am PDT
Standard Dialog
Starting Line-Ups
Central Arkansas: PG-Grier (6' 1½"), SG-Bowman (6' 2"), SF-Olivarez (6' 4½"), PF-Blanchard (6' 7"), C-Strong (6' 10")
Eastern Illinois: PG-Wells (6' 1½"), SG-Leblanc (6' 3"), SF-Barker (6' 6"), PF-Riley (6' 10½"), C-Morton (6' 9")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Eastern Illinois gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Wells passes the ball to Riley in the paint. Riley passes the ball to Wells on the perimeter. Wells passes the ball to Leblanc on the perimeter. Leblanc shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Foul! Barker fouls Olivarez trying to grab the offensive rebound.
19:34 - Central Arkansas: The ball is inbounded to Blanchard. Blanchard passes the ball to Olivarez on the perimeter. Olivarez shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Blanchard grabs the offensive rebound.
19:21 - Central Arkansas: Blanchard has the rebound. Blanchard shoots from the low post. Morton rotates over and blocks the shot! Riley grabs the rebound.
19:19 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against pressure defense. Wells passes the ball to Barker in the paint. Barker shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 2 - 0.
19:04 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against a zone defense. Grier passes the ball to Bowman in the paint. Bowman shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Barker grabs the rebound.
18:54 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Leblanc leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Leblanc passes the ball to Morton. Morton passes the ball to Leblanc on the perimeter. Leblanc shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
18:28 - Central Arkansas: Fast break opportunity! Bowman leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Bowman passes the ball to Blanchard in the paint. Blanchard passes the ball to Olivarez on the perimeter. Olivarez passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Tied 2 - 2.
18:00 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Mace to Shooting Guard and Douglas to Center. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tarver to Point Guard and Payton to Center.
18:00 - Eastern Illinois: Tarver brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tarver passes the ball to Riley in the paint. Riley passes the ball to Payton. Payton passes the ball to Riley in the paint. Riley passes the ball to Tarver on the perimeter. Tarver shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 5 - 2.
17:27 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against pressure defense. Grier passes the ball to Mace. Foul! Riley commits a foul away from the ball.
17:21 - Central Arkansas: The ball is inbounded to Blanchard. Blanchard passes the ball to Olivarez on the perimeter. Olivarez passes the ball to Mace on the perimeter. Mace drives to the basket. Foul! Leblanc commits the foul on Mace.
16:59 - Central Arkansas: The ball is inbounded to Douglas. Leblanc steals the pass from Douglas.
16:55 - Eastern Illinois: Breakaway! Leblanc takes the ball the length of the court. Leblanc lays it up. The shot goes in! And Leblanc is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Leblanc makes the first free throw. Eastern Illinois 8 - 2.
16:49 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against a zone defense. Grier passes the ball to Douglas in the paint. Douglas passes the ball to Blanchard in the paint. Blanchard passes the ball to Grier on the perimeter. Tarver steals the pass from Grier.
16:26 - Eastern Illinois: Tarver brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Blanchard steals the pass from Tarver.
16:18 - Central Arkansas: Fast break opportunity! Mace leads the fast break with Olivarez and Grier. Mace lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 8 - 4.
16:13 - Eastern Illinois: Tarver brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tarver passes the ball to Payton in the paint. Payton shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Tarver. Eastern Illinois 10 - 4.
16:01 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Grier passes the ball to Olivarez on the perimeter. Olivarez shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Payton grabs the rebound.
15:50 - Eastern Illinois: Tarver brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Tarver passes the ball to Leblanc outside. Leblanc hands off the ball to Tarver. Tarver passes the ball to Payton in the paint. Payton shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 12 - 4.
15:27 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Mace to Point Guard, Gomez to Shooting Guard and Smith to Power Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Gould to Small Forward.
15:27 - Central Arkansas: Mace brings up the ball against a zone defense. Mace passes the ball to Olivarez in the paint. Olivarez passes the ball to Mace in the paint. Mace shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Foul! Douglas fouls Payton trying to grab the offensive rebound.
15:06 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Riley. Riley passes the ball to Leblanc. Leblanc with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Mace grabs the rebound.
14:57 - Central Arkansas: Fast break opportunity! Mace leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Mace passes the ball to Douglas in the paint. Douglas shoots from the low post. Foul! Payton fouls Douglas on the shot. Douglas missed the first free throw. Douglas makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 12 - 5.
14:43 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Bowman to Point Guard, Mace to Shooting Guard, Douglas to Power Forward and Strong to Center.
14:43 - Eastern Illinois: Tarver brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Tarver passes the ball to Payton in the paint. Payton passes the ball to Riley in the paint. Riley shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Olivarez grabs the rebound.
14:25 - Central Arkansas: Fast break opportunity! Mace leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Mace passes the ball to Bowman on the perimeter. Bowman shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Douglas grabs the offensive rebound.
14:08 - Central Arkansas: Douglas has the rebound and restarts the offense. Douglas passes the ball to Mace. Mace turns the ball over to the other team.
14:04 - Eastern Illinois: Leblanc brings up the ball against pressure defense. Leblanc hands off the ball to Tarver. Tarver turns the ball over out of bounds.
13:52 - Central Arkansas: Bowman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Payton steals the pass from Bowman.
13:46 - Eastern Illinois: Tarver brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tarver passes the ball to Payton in the paint. Foul! Mace commits a foul away from the ball.
13:39 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Riley. Riley passes the ball to Tarver on the perimeter. Tarver passes the ball to Riley on the perimeter. Riley passes the ball to Leblanc outside. Leblanc passes the ball to Tarver on the perimeter. Tarver shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Olivarez grabs the rebound.
13:13 - Central Arkansas: Bowman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Bowman tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bowman with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 12 - 7.
13:03 - Eastern Illinois: Tarver brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Tarver passes the ball to Riley in the paint. Riley shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Tarver. Eastern Illinois 14 - 7.
13:03 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Eastern Illinois!
12:51 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Grier to Point Guard, Bowman to Shooting Guard and Dudek to Small Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Wells to Point Guard, Gould to Shooting Guard, Tarver to Small Forward, Slater to Power Forward and Morton to Center.
12:51 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Grier passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Bowman. Bowman shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Foul! Morton fouls Strong blocking out to get the rebound.
12:34 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Smith to Power Forward and Douglas to Center. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tarver to Point Guard, Wright to Shooting Guard, Gould to Small Forward and Payton to Center.
12:34 - Central Arkansas: The ball is inbounded to Smith. Smith shoots from deep. The shot misses. Gould grabs the long rebound.
12:28 - Eastern Illinois: Tarver brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Dudek steals the pass from Tarver.
12:22 - Central Arkansas: Fast break opportunity! Bowman leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Bowman passes the ball to Smith in the paint. Foul! Payton commits the foul on Smith.
12:11 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Bowman to Point Guard and Mace to Shooting Guard.
12:11 - Central Arkansas: The ball is inbounded to Douglas. Payton steals the pass from Douglas.
12:05 - Eastern Illinois: Tarver brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tarver passes the ball to Gould. Gould passes the ball to Tarver on the perimeter. Tarver passes the ball to Gould in the paint. Foul! Douglas commits a foul away from the ball.
11:46 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Grier to Point Guard, Bowman to Shooting Guard, Blanchard to Power Forward and Strong to Center. Eastern Illinois substitutes Wells to Point Guard, Gould to Shooting Guard, Tarver to Small Forward and Morton to Center.
11:46 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Slater. Slater passes the ball to Wells on the perimeter. Wells passes the ball to Slater. Slater passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Strong steals the pass from Morton.
11:22 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Grier drives down the lane. Grier lays it up. The shot misses. Morton grabs the rebound.
11:10 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against pressure defense. Wells passes the ball to Gould on the perimeter. Gould passes the ball to Morton outside. Morton passes the ball to Gould. Gould shoots a jumper. Foul! Bowman fouls Gould on the shot. Gould makes the first free throw. Gould makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 16 - 7.
10:51 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gould steals the pass from Grier.
10:45 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Wells passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Morton passes the ball to Wells on the perimeter. Wells passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Morton shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 18 - 7.
10:24 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Grier passes the ball to Blanchard in the paint. Blanchard passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Foul! Tarver commits a foul away from the ball. In the bonus, Dudek is shooting one-and-one. Dudek makes the first free throw. Dudek makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 18 - 9.
10:12 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against pressure defense. Wells passes the ball to Gould. Gould passes the ball to Slater in the paint. Slater shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Blanchard grabs the rebound.
9:55 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against pressure defense. Grier passes the ball to Blanchard on the perimeter. Blanchard shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Tarver grabs the rebound.
9:45 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Wells leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Wells passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Morton passes the ball to Slater on the perimeter. Slater passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Blanchard steals the pass from Morton.
9:16 - Central Arkansas: Fast break opportunity! Bowman leads the fast break. Foul! Wells commits the foul on Bowman. In the bonus, Bowman is shooting one-and-one. Bowman makes the first free throw. Bowman makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 18 - 11.
9:10 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against a zone defense. Wells passes the ball to Gould on the perimeter. Gould passes the ball to Tarver outside. Tarver passes the ball to Gould on the perimeter. Offensive foul! Gould commits the foul.
8:50 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tarver to Shooting Guard and Barker to Small Forward.
8:50 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Grier passes the ball to Dudek in the paint. Dudek passes the ball to Bowman outside. Bowman passes the ball to Strong. Strong shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Bowman. Eastern Illinois 18 - 13.
8:30 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against a zone defense. Wells passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Morton passes the ball to Slater on the perimeter. Slater passes the ball to Wells on the perimeter. Wells passes the ball to Slater in the paint. Slater shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Wells. Eastern Illinois 20 - 13.
8:00 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Gould to Shooting Guard and Tarver to Small Forward.
8:00 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Grier passes the ball to Dudek. Dudek passes the ball to Grier in the paint. Grier tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Grier passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Grier. Eastern Illinois 20 - 15.
7:39 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Olivarez to Small Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tarver to Shooting Guard and Barker to Small Forward.
7:39 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Wells passes the ball to Slater in the paint. Slater shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Slater grabs the offensive rebound.
7:26 - Eastern Illinois: Slater has the rebound. Slater shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 22 - 15.
7:24 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Grier. Eastern Illinois 22 - 17.
7:09 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Wells passes the ball to Barker in the paint. Barker passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Morton shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Barker. Eastern Illinois 24 - 17.
6:51 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Mace to Shooting Guard and Smith to Power Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Leblanc to Shooting Guard.
6:51 - Central Arkansas: Mace brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Mace tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Mace passes the ball to Olivarez. Olivarez with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Strong tips it in. Eastern Illinois 24 - 19.
6:40 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Wells passes the ball to Leblanc on the perimeter. Leblanc shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Grier grabs the long rebound.
6:29 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against pressure defense. Grier passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. Offensive foul! Strong charged with the foul while taking the shot over Morton.
6:19 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against a zone defense. Wells passes the ball to Leblanc on the perimeter. Leblanc shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Smith grabs the rebound.
6:07 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Mace. Mace drives down the lane. Mace passes the ball to Strong at the basket. Strong lays it up. The shot misses. Barker grabs the rebound.
5:52 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Wells leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Wells passes the ball to Barker on the perimeter. Barker passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Morton passes the ball to Leblanc on the perimeter. Leblanc passes the ball to Wells. And the shot clock expires!
5:20 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Blanchard to Power Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Riley to Power Forward.
5:20 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against pressure defense. Leblanc steals the pass from Grier.
5:15 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against pressure defense. Wells passes the ball to Leblanc in the paint. Leblanc shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 26 - 19.
5:02 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Blanchard in the paint. Blanchard passes the ball to Grier outside. Grier tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Grier with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Foul! Riley fouls Blanchard blocking out to get the rebound. In the double bonus, Blanchard is shooting two free throws. Blanchard makes the first free throw. Blanchard makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 26 - 21.
4:42 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Bowman to Shooting Guard.
4:42 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Wells passes the ball to Riley in the paint. Riley shoots from the low post. Foul! Blanchard fouls Riley on the shot. Riley makes the first free throw. Riley makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 28 - 21.
4:27 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Mace to Shooting Guard.
4:27 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Olivarez outside. Olivarez shoots from deep. The shot misses. Leblanc grabs the rebound.
4:11 - Eastern Illinois: Leblanc brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Leblanc passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Morton shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Leblanc. Eastern Illinois 30 - 21.
4:00 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Blanchard in the paint. Blanchard passes the ball to Grier on the perimeter. Grier passes the ball to Olivarez in the paint. Olivarez shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Morton grabs the rebound.
3:36 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Wells passes the ball to Barker outside. Barker passes the ball to Wells on the perimeter. Mace steals the pass from Wells.
3:18 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 30 - 23.
3:09 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Bowman to Shooting Guard.
3:09 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Wells passes the ball to Riley on the perimeter. Riley passes the ball to Wells on the perimeter. Wells shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 33 - 23.
2:54 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Grier on the perimeter. Grier passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Morton! Riley grabs the rebound.
2:31 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Leblanc leads the fast break. Foul! Grier commits the foul on Leblanc. In the bonus, Leblanc is shooting one-and-one. Leblanc makes the first free throw. Leblanc makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 35 - 23.
2:24 - Central Arkansas: Bowman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Bowman tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bowman passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Morton! Barker grabs the rebound.
2:13 - Eastern Illinois: Leblanc brings up the ball against a zone defense. Leblanc hands off the ball to Wells. Wells passes the ball to Morton. Morton shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Wells. Eastern Illinois 37 - 23.
1:50 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Blanchard in the paint. Blanchard passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong drives to the basket. Foul! Riley 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. Eastern Illinois 37 - 25.
1:31 - Game Event: Time out. Riley must sit with 3 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Slater to Power Forward.
1:31 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Wells passes the ball to Barker in the paint. Barker passes the ball to Wells in the paint. Wells passes the ball to Barker in the paint. Barker passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Morton shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Barker. Eastern Illinois 39 - 25.
1:02 - Central Arkansas: Bowman brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Bowman tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bowman passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. Foul! Slater fouls Strong on the shot. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 39 - 27.
0:47 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Blanchard steals the pass from Wells.
0:41 - Central Arkansas: Fast break opportunity! Bowman leads the fast break with Grier and Olivarez. Bowman passes the ball to Grier on the perimeter. Grier shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Strong grabs the offensive rebound.
0:34 - Central Arkansas: Strong has the rebound. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 39 - 29.
0:32 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Wells passes the ball to Slater in the paint. Slater shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Wells. Eastern Illinois 41 - 29.
0:19 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Olivarez on the perimeter. Olivarez tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Olivarez with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Barker grabs the rebound.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Central Arkansas 29, Eastern Illinois 41
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors Central Arkansas. They receive the ball...
19:55 - Central Arkansas: The ball is inbounded to Grier. Grier drives down the lane. Grier passes the ball to Strong at the basket. Strong lays it up. Foul! Slater fouls Strong on the shot. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 41 - 31.
19:45 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Riley to Power Forward.
19:45 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Wells passes the ball to Riley in the paint. Riley shoots from the inside. Offensive foul! Riley charged with the foul while taking the shot over Blanchard.
19:31 - Game Event: Time out. Riley must sit with 4 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Slater to Power Forward.
19:31 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Bowman. Bowman passes the ball to Blanchard in the paint. Blanchard shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Slater grabs the rebound.
19:15 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Leblanc attacks with the ball on the fast break. Leblanc passes the ball to Barker. Barker shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 43 - 31.
19:10 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Blanchard in the paint. Blanchard shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Grier. Eastern Illinois 43 - 33.
18:59 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Mace to Shooting Guard and Douglas to Center. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tarver to Point Guard and Payton to Center.
18:59 - Eastern Illinois: Tarver brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Tarver passes the ball to Payton in the paint. Payton shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Payton tips it in. Eastern Illinois 45 - 33.
18:51 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Blanchard. Blanchard passes the ball to Douglas in the paint. Douglas drives down the lane. Douglas lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 45 - 35.
18:30 - Eastern Illinois: Leblanc brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Leblanc passes the ball to Payton in the paint. Payton shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Olivarez grabs the rebound.
18:19 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against pressure defense. Barker steals the pass from Grier.
18:14 - Eastern Illinois: Tarver brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Tarver passes the ball to Payton in the paint. Payton passes the ball to Leblanc outside. Leblanc passes the ball to Payton in the paint. Payton passes the ball to Tarver. Tarver passes the ball to Barker in the paint. Barker goes for the dunk. Foul! Olivarez fouls Barker on the shot. Barker makes the first free throw. Barker missed the second free throw. Douglas grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 46 - 35.
17:43 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Olivarez outside. Olivarez passes the ball to Mace. Mace shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Tarver grabs the rebound.
17:25 - Eastern Illinois: Leblanc brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Leblanc passes the ball to Payton in the paint. Payton shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 48 - 35.
17:11 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Blanchard on the perimeter. Blanchard passes the ball to Olivarez. Olivarez with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Payton grabs the rebound.
16:59 - Eastern Illinois: Tarver brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Tarver passes the ball to Barker on the perimeter. Barker passes the ball to Leblanc outside. Leblanc shoots from well beyond the arc. It's blocked by Mace! Mace grabs the rebound.
16:43 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Olivarez on the perimeter. Olivarez drives down the lane. Olivarez passes the ball to Mace at the basket. Mace lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Olivarez. Eastern Illinois 48 - 37.
16:27 - Eastern Illinois: Tarver brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tarver passes the ball to Slater. Slater passes the ball to Payton in the paint. Foul! Grier commits a foul away from the ball.
16:14 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Leblanc. Leblanc tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Leblanc with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Blanchard grabs the rebound.
16:04 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against pressure defense. Grier passes the ball to Douglas in the paint. Douglas shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Grier. Eastern Illinois 48 - 39.
15:57 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Mace to Point Guard, Gomez to Shooting Guard, Douglas to Power Forward and Strong to Center. Eastern Illinois substitutes Gould to Small Forward.
15:57 - Eastern Illinois: Tarver brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tarver passes the ball to Slater in the paint. Slater shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 50 - 39.
15:47 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Smith to Power Forward and Douglas to Center.
15:47 - Central Arkansas: Mace brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Gould steals the pass from Mace.
15:40 - Eastern Illinois: Tarver brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Tarver passes the ball to Slater in the paint. Slater goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Eastern Illinois 52 - 39.
15:27 - Central Arkansas: Mace brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Mace passes the ball to Smith in the paint. Smith passes the ball to Olivarez in the paint. Olivarez shoots in the paint. Foul! Gould fouls Olivarez on the shot. Olivarez makes the first free throw. Olivarez makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 52 - 41.
15:11 - Eastern Illinois: Tarver brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Tarver passes the ball to Leblanc in the paint. Leblanc shoots from the inside. Foul! Olivarez fouls Leblanc on the shot. Leblanc makes the first free throw. Leblanc missed the second free throw. Smith grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 53 - 41.
15:01 - Central Arkansas: Mace brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Mace passes the ball to Smith in the paint. Smith drives down the lane. Smith lays it up. Foul! Slater fouls Smith on the shot. Smith makes the first free throw. Smith makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 53 - 43.
14:46 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Bowman to Point Guard, Mace to Shooting Guard, Douglas to Power Forward and Strong to Center.
14:46 - Eastern Illinois: Leblanc brings up the ball against a zone defense. Leblanc shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Douglas grabs the rebound.
14:39 - Central Arkansas: Fast break opportunity! Mace leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Mace passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Mace. Eastern Illinois 53 - 45.
14:23 - Eastern Illinois: Tarver brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tarver passes the ball to Slater on the perimeter. Slater passes the ball to Leblanc on the perimeter. Leblanc shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Douglas grabs the rebound.
14:01 - Central Arkansas: Fast break opportunity! Bowman leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Bowman passes the ball to Olivarez in the paint. Olivarez drives down the lane. Olivarez lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 53 - 47.
13:41 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Grier to Point Guard and Bowman to Shooting Guard. Eastern Illinois substitutes Wells to Point Guard, Tarver to Small Forward and Morton to Center.
13:41 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against pressure defense. Wells passes the ball to Tarver in the paint. Tarver shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Grier grabs the rebound.
13:30 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Bowman on the perimeter. Bowman shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Strong grabs the long offensive rebound.
13:19 - Central Arkansas: Strong has the rebound and restarts the offense. Strong passes the ball to Olivarez on the perimeter. Olivarez passes the ball to Grier. Grier tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Grier passes the ball to Bowman. Bowman with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Slater grabs the rebound.
12:55 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against a zone defense. Wells passes the ball to Tarver outside. Tarver passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Morton goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Tarver. Eastern Illinois 55 - 47.
12:35 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Bowman to Point Guard, Mace to Shooting Guard and Dudek to Small Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tarver to Point Guard, Wright to Shooting Guard, Gould to Small Forward and Payton to Center.
12:35 - Central Arkansas: Bowman brings up the ball against pressure defense. Bowman passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Bowman. Bowman tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bowman shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Strong. And Bowman is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Bowman makes the first free throw. Eastern Illinois 55 - 50.
12:15 - Eastern Illinois: Tarver brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Tarver passes the ball to Wright. Wright passes the ball to Payton in the paint. Payton passes the ball to Tarver outside. Tarver passes the ball to Slater in the paint. Slater shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 57 - 50.
11:49 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Grier to Point Guard, Bowman to Shooting Guard and Blanchard to Power Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Wells to Point Guard, Gould to Shooting Guard, Tarver to Small Forward and Morton to Center.
11:49 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Grier passes the ball to Blanchard in the paint. Blanchard shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Slater grabs the rebound.
11:40 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Wells passes the ball to Gould on the perimeter. Gould passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Morton shoots from the inside. It's blocked by Strong! Grier grabs the rebound.
11:21 - Central Arkansas: Fast break opportunity! Bowman attacks with the ball on the fast break. Bowman lays it up. The shot misses. Morton grabs the rebound.
11:15 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Wells passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Morton passes the ball to Wells. Wells passes the ball to Morton. Morton shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot misses. Morton grabs the offensive rebound.
10:51 - Eastern Illinois: Morton has the rebound. Morton shoots from the low post. Foul! Strong fouls Morton on the shot. Morton missed the first free throw. Morton makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 58 - 50.
10:49 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Bowman on the perimeter. Bowman passes the ball to Grier on the perimeter. Grier drives down the lane. Grier lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 58 - 52.
10:23 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Wells passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Morton shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Blanchard grabs the rebound.
10:09 - Central Arkansas: Fast break opportunity! Grier leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Grier passes the ball to Blanchard on the perimeter. Blanchard shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Slater grabs the rebound.
9:54 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Wells passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Foul! Strong commits the foul on Morton.
9:50 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tarver to Shooting Guard and Barker to Small Forward.
9:50 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Slater. Slater passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Morton shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Slater. Eastern Illinois 60 - 52.
9:37 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Gould to Shooting Guard and Tarver to Small Forward.
9:37 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Grier passes the ball to Blanchard in the paint. Blanchard shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Tarver grabs the rebound.
9:28 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against pressure defense. Wells passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Morton shoots from the block. Blanchard rotates over and blocks the shot! Dudek grabs the rebound.
9:17 - Central Arkansas: Fast break opportunity! Bowman leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Bowman drives to the basket. Foul! Wells commits the foul on Bowman.
9:04 - Central Arkansas: The ball is inbounded to Blanchard. Blanchard passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Slater grabs the rebound.
8:52 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Gould leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Gould passes the ball to Wells. Wells passes the ball to Slater in the paint. Slater shoots from the low post. Foul! Blanchard fouls Slater on the shot. Slater makes the first free throw. Slater makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 62 - 52.
8:25 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tarver to Shooting Guard, Barker to Small Forward and Riley to Power Forward.
8:25 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Dudek in the paint. Dudek passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. Offensive foul! Strong charged with the foul while taking the shot over Riley.
8:11 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Wells passes the ball to Barker in the paint. Barker passes the ball to Wells. Wells passes the ball to Tarver on the perimeter. Tarver passes the ball to Wells in the paint. Wells passes the ball to Riley in the paint. Riley shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Foul! Riley fouls Blanchard trying to grab the offensive rebound. Riley fouls out. Slater replaces Riley at power forward. In the bonus, Blanchard is shooting one-and-one. Blanchard makes the first free throw. Blanchard makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 62 - 54.
7:37 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Olivarez to Small Forward.
7:37 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Wells passes the ball to Slater. Slater passes the ball to Wells on the perimeter. Wells passes the ball to Barker in the paint. Barker carelessly turns the ball over out of bounds.
7:18 - Central Arkansas: Fast break opportunity! Grier leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Grier tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Grier with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Blanchard grabs the offensive rebound.
7:00 - Central Arkansas: Blanchard has the rebound. Blanchard goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Eastern Illinois 62 - 56.
6:58 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Leblanc to Shooting Guard.
6:58 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Wells passes the ball to Slater in the paint. Slater passes the ball to Leblanc on the perimeter. Leblanc passes the ball to Wells in the paint. Wells passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Morton passes the ball to Wells in the paint. The shot clock winding down. Wells shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
6:25 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Blanchard. Blanchard shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Strong grabs the offensive rebound.
6:14 - Central Arkansas: Strong has the rebound. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 62 - 58.
6:12 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Mace to Shooting Guard and Douglas to Power Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tarver to Shooting Guard.
6:12 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Wells passes the ball to Barker in the paint. Barker passes the ball to Slater in the paint. Slater passes the ball to Barker. Barker shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Slater grabs the offensive rebound.
5:50 - Eastern Illinois: Slater has the rebound and restarts the offense. Mace steals the pass from Slater.
5:43 - Central Arkansas: Breakaway! Mace takes the ball the length of the court. Mace lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 62 - 60.
5:39 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Bowman to Shooting Guard and Blanchard to Power Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Leblanc to Shooting Guard.
5:39 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Wells passes the ball to Leblanc on the perimeter. Leblanc hands off the ball to Wells. Wells passes the ball to Leblanc outside. Leblanc passes the ball to Barker on the perimeter. Barker passes the ball to Slater outside. The shot clock winding down. Slater shoots from deep. The shot misses. Blanchard grabs the rebound.
5:05 - Central Arkansas: Fast break opportunity! Bowman leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Bowman tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bowman passes the ball to Blanchard in the paint. Blanchard shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Tied 62 - 62.
4:49 - Eastern Illinois: Leblanc brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Leblanc passes the ball to Slater in the paint. Slater shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Leblanc. Eastern Illinois 64 - 62.
4:38 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Bowman on the perimeter. Bowman shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Slater grabs the rebound.
4:27 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Wells leads the fast break with Leblanc to the right. Wells passes the ball to Leblanc on the perimeter. Leblanc shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Blanchard grabs the rebound.
4:23 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Grier. Tied 64 - 64.
4:11 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Mace to Shooting Guard.
4:11 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Wells passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Morton tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Morton shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 66 - 64.
3:51 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Bowman to Shooting Guard.
3:51 - Central Arkansas: Bowman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Bowman shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Central Arkansas 67 - 66.
3:44 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Wells passes the ball to Slater in the paint. Slater passes the ball to Barker in the paint. Barker shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Barker charged with the foul while taking the shot over Olivarez.
3:23 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Bowman outside. Bowman passes the ball to Olivarez on the perimeter. Olivarez shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Barker grabs the long rebound.
3:05 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Wells passes the ball to Slater in the paint. Slater shoots from the low post. Foul! Blanchard fouls Slater on the shot. Slater missed the first free throw. Slater makes the second free throw. Tied 67 - 67.
2:49 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Olivarez on the perimeter. Olivarez passes the ball to Bowman on the perimeter. Bowman shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Foul! Blanchard fouls Slater trying to grab the offensive rebound. In the bonus, Slater is shooting one-and-one. Slater makes the first free throw. Slater missed the second free throw. Slater grabs the offensive rebound. Eastern Illinois 68 - 67.
2:32 - Eastern Illinois: Slater has the rebound and restarts the offense. Slater passes the ball to Barker on the perimeter. Barker passes the ball to Wells on the perimeter. Wells shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Grier grabs the long rebound.
2:14 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Olivarez on the perimeter. Olivarez passes the ball to Bowman. Foul! Leblanc commits the foul on Bowman. In the bonus, Bowman is shooting one-and-one. Bowman makes the first free throw. Bowman missed the second free throw. Slater grabs the rebound. Tied 68 - 68.
2:04 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Wells passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Morton passes the ball to Leblanc outside. Foul! Olivarez commits a foul away from the ball. In the double bonus, Barker is shooting two free throws. Barker makes the first free throw. Barker missed the second free throw. Blanchard grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 69 - 68.
1:52 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Grier drives to the basket. Foul! Leblanc commits the foul on Grier. In the double bonus, Grier is shooting two free throws. Grier makes the first free throw. Grier makes the second free throw. Central Arkansas 70 - 69.
1:39 - Eastern Illinois: Leblanc brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Leblanc passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Morton passes the ball to Slater in the paint. Slater passes the ball to Barker on the perimeter. Barker passes the ball to Slater in the paint. Slater shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Blanchard grabs the rebound.
1:12 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Grier. Central Arkansas 72 - 69.
1:03 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Central Arkansas is fatigued and are showing low defensive energy. Wells passes the ball to Barker on the perimeter. Barker drives down the lane. Barker passes the ball to Morton at the basket. Morton lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Barker. Central Arkansas 72 - 71.
0:45 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Bowman. Bowman shoots a jumper. Offensive foul! Bowman charged with the foul while taking the shot over Leblanc.
0:34 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Wells passes the ball to Barker on the perimeter. Barker passes the ball to Leblanc outside. Leblanc shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Strong grabs the long rebound.
0:11 - Central Arkansas: Fast break opportunity! Bowman leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Bowman passes the ball to Blanchard in the paint. Blanchard carelessly turns the ball over to the other team.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Central Arkansas 72, Eastern Illinois 71
Starting Line-Ups
Central Arkansas: PG-Grier (6' 1½"), SG-Bowman (6' 2"), SF-Olivarez (6' 4½"), PF-Blanchard (6' 7"), C-Strong (6' 10")
Eastern Illinois: PG-Wells (6' 1½"), SG-Leblanc (6' 3"), SF-Barker (6' 6"), PF-Riley (6' 10½"), C-Morton (6' 9")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Eastern Illinois gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Wells passes the ball to Riley in the paint. Riley passes the ball to Wells on the perimeter. Wells passes the ball to Leblanc on the perimeter. Leblanc shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Foul! Barker fouls Olivarez trying to grab the offensive rebound.
19:34 - Central Arkansas: The ball is inbounded to Blanchard. Blanchard passes the ball to Olivarez on the perimeter. Olivarez shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Blanchard grabs the offensive rebound.
19:21 - Central Arkansas: Blanchard has the rebound. Blanchard shoots from the low post. Morton rotates over and blocks the shot! Riley grabs the rebound.
19:19 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against pressure defense. Wells passes the ball to Barker in the paint. Barker shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 2 - 0.
19:04 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against a zone defense. Grier passes the ball to Bowman in the paint. Bowman shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Barker grabs the rebound.
18:54 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Leblanc leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Leblanc passes the ball to Morton. Morton passes the ball to Leblanc on the perimeter. Leblanc shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
18:28 - Central Arkansas: Fast break opportunity! Bowman leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Bowman passes the ball to Blanchard in the paint. Blanchard passes the ball to Olivarez on the perimeter. Olivarez passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Tied 2 - 2.
18:00 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Mace to Shooting Guard and Douglas to Center. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tarver to Point Guard and Payton to Center.
18:00 - Eastern Illinois: Tarver brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tarver passes the ball to Riley in the paint. Riley passes the ball to Payton. Payton passes the ball to Riley in the paint. Riley passes the ball to Tarver on the perimeter. Tarver shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 5 - 2.
17:27 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against pressure defense. Grier passes the ball to Mace. Foul! Riley commits a foul away from the ball.
17:21 - Central Arkansas: The ball is inbounded to Blanchard. Blanchard passes the ball to Olivarez on the perimeter. Olivarez passes the ball to Mace on the perimeter. Mace drives to the basket. Foul! Leblanc commits the foul on Mace.
16:59 - Central Arkansas: The ball is inbounded to Douglas. Leblanc steals the pass from Douglas.
16:55 - Eastern Illinois: Breakaway! Leblanc takes the ball the length of the court. Leblanc lays it up. The shot goes in! And Leblanc is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Leblanc makes the first free throw. Eastern Illinois 8 - 2.
16:49 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against a zone defense. Grier passes the ball to Douglas in the paint. Douglas passes the ball to Blanchard in the paint. Blanchard passes the ball to Grier on the perimeter. Tarver steals the pass from Grier.
16:26 - Eastern Illinois: Tarver brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Blanchard steals the pass from Tarver.
16:18 - Central Arkansas: Fast break opportunity! Mace leads the fast break with Olivarez and Grier. Mace lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 8 - 4.
16:13 - Eastern Illinois: Tarver brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tarver passes the ball to Payton in the paint. Payton shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Tarver. Eastern Illinois 10 - 4.
16:01 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Grier passes the ball to Olivarez on the perimeter. Olivarez shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Payton grabs the rebound.
15:50 - Eastern Illinois: Tarver brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Tarver passes the ball to Leblanc outside. Leblanc hands off the ball to Tarver. Tarver passes the ball to Payton in the paint. Payton shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 12 - 4.
15:27 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Mace to Point Guard, Gomez to Shooting Guard and Smith to Power Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Gould to Small Forward.
15:27 - Central Arkansas: Mace brings up the ball against a zone defense. Mace passes the ball to Olivarez in the paint. Olivarez passes the ball to Mace in the paint. Mace shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Foul! Douglas fouls Payton trying to grab the offensive rebound.
15:06 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Riley. Riley passes the ball to Leblanc. Leblanc with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Mace grabs the rebound.
14:57 - Central Arkansas: Fast break opportunity! Mace leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Mace passes the ball to Douglas in the paint. Douglas shoots from the low post. Foul! Payton fouls Douglas on the shot. Douglas missed the first free throw. Douglas makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 12 - 5.
14:43 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Bowman to Point Guard, Mace to Shooting Guard, Douglas to Power Forward and Strong to Center.
14:43 - Eastern Illinois: Tarver brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Tarver passes the ball to Payton in the paint. Payton passes the ball to Riley in the paint. Riley shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Olivarez grabs the rebound.
14:25 - Central Arkansas: Fast break opportunity! Mace leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Mace passes the ball to Bowman on the perimeter. Bowman shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Douglas grabs the offensive rebound.
14:08 - Central Arkansas: Douglas has the rebound and restarts the offense. Douglas passes the ball to Mace. Mace turns the ball over to the other team.
14:04 - Eastern Illinois: Leblanc brings up the ball against pressure defense. Leblanc hands off the ball to Tarver. Tarver turns the ball over out of bounds.
13:52 - Central Arkansas: Bowman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Payton steals the pass from Bowman.
13:46 - Eastern Illinois: Tarver brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tarver passes the ball to Payton in the paint. Foul! Mace commits a foul away from the ball.
13:39 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Riley. Riley passes the ball to Tarver on the perimeter. Tarver passes the ball to Riley on the perimeter. Riley passes the ball to Leblanc outside. Leblanc passes the ball to Tarver on the perimeter. Tarver shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Olivarez grabs the rebound.
13:13 - Central Arkansas: Bowman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Bowman tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bowman with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 12 - 7.
13:03 - Eastern Illinois: Tarver brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Tarver passes the ball to Riley in the paint. Riley shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Tarver. Eastern Illinois 14 - 7.
13:03 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Eastern Illinois!
12:51 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Grier to Point Guard, Bowman to Shooting Guard and Dudek to Small Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Wells to Point Guard, Gould to Shooting Guard, Tarver to Small Forward, Slater to Power Forward and Morton to Center.
12:51 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Grier passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Bowman. Bowman shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Foul! Morton fouls Strong blocking out to get the rebound.
12:34 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Smith to Power Forward and Douglas to Center. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tarver to Point Guard, Wright to Shooting Guard, Gould to Small Forward and Payton to Center.
12:34 - Central Arkansas: The ball is inbounded to Smith. Smith shoots from deep. The shot misses. Gould grabs the long rebound.
12:28 - Eastern Illinois: Tarver brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Dudek steals the pass from Tarver.
12:22 - Central Arkansas: Fast break opportunity! Bowman leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Bowman passes the ball to Smith in the paint. Foul! Payton commits the foul on Smith.
12:11 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Bowman to Point Guard and Mace to Shooting Guard.
12:11 - Central Arkansas: The ball is inbounded to Douglas. Payton steals the pass from Douglas.
12:05 - Eastern Illinois: Tarver brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tarver passes the ball to Gould. Gould passes the ball to Tarver on the perimeter. Tarver passes the ball to Gould in the paint. Foul! Douglas commits a foul away from the ball.
11:46 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Grier to Point Guard, Bowman to Shooting Guard, Blanchard to Power Forward and Strong to Center. Eastern Illinois substitutes Wells to Point Guard, Gould to Shooting Guard, Tarver to Small Forward and Morton to Center.
11:46 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Slater. Slater passes the ball to Wells on the perimeter. Wells passes the ball to Slater. Slater passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Strong steals the pass from Morton.
11:22 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Grier drives down the lane. Grier lays it up. The shot misses. Morton grabs the rebound.
11:10 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against pressure defense. Wells passes the ball to Gould on the perimeter. Gould passes the ball to Morton outside. Morton passes the ball to Gould. Gould shoots a jumper. Foul! Bowman fouls Gould on the shot. Gould makes the first free throw. Gould makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 16 - 7.
10:51 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Gould steals the pass from Grier.
10:45 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Wells passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Morton passes the ball to Wells on the perimeter. Wells passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Morton shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 18 - 7.
10:24 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Grier passes the ball to Blanchard in the paint. Blanchard passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Foul! Tarver commits a foul away from the ball. In the bonus, Dudek is shooting one-and-one. Dudek makes the first free throw. Dudek makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 18 - 9.
10:12 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against pressure defense. Wells passes the ball to Gould. Gould passes the ball to Slater in the paint. Slater shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Blanchard grabs the rebound.
9:55 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against pressure defense. Grier passes the ball to Blanchard on the perimeter. Blanchard shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Tarver grabs the rebound.
9:45 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Wells leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Wells passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Morton passes the ball to Slater on the perimeter. Slater passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Blanchard steals the pass from Morton.
9:16 - Central Arkansas: Fast break opportunity! Bowman leads the fast break. Foul! Wells commits the foul on Bowman. In the bonus, Bowman is shooting one-and-one. Bowman makes the first free throw. Bowman makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 18 - 11.
9:10 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against a zone defense. Wells passes the ball to Gould on the perimeter. Gould passes the ball to Tarver outside. Tarver passes the ball to Gould on the perimeter. Offensive foul! Gould commits the foul.
8:50 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tarver to Shooting Guard and Barker to Small Forward.
8:50 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Grier passes the ball to Dudek in the paint. Dudek passes the ball to Bowman outside. Bowman passes the ball to Strong. Strong shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Bowman. Eastern Illinois 18 - 13.
8:30 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against a zone defense. Wells passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Morton passes the ball to Slater on the perimeter. Slater passes the ball to Wells on the perimeter. Wells passes the ball to Slater in the paint. Slater shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Wells. Eastern Illinois 20 - 13.
8:00 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Gould to Shooting Guard and Tarver to Small Forward.
8:00 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Grier passes the ball to Dudek. Dudek passes the ball to Grier in the paint. Grier tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Grier passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Grier. Eastern Illinois 20 - 15.
7:39 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Olivarez to Small Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tarver to Shooting Guard and Barker to Small Forward.
7:39 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Wells passes the ball to Slater in the paint. Slater shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Slater grabs the offensive rebound.
7:26 - Eastern Illinois: Slater has the rebound. Slater shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 22 - 15.
7:24 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Grier. Eastern Illinois 22 - 17.
7:09 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Wells passes the ball to Barker in the paint. Barker passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Morton shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Barker. Eastern Illinois 24 - 17.
6:51 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Mace to Shooting Guard and Smith to Power Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Leblanc to Shooting Guard.
6:51 - Central Arkansas: Mace brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Mace tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Mace passes the ball to Olivarez. Olivarez with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Strong tips it in. Eastern Illinois 24 - 19.
6:40 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Wells passes the ball to Leblanc on the perimeter. Leblanc shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Grier grabs the long rebound.
6:29 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against pressure defense. Grier passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. Offensive foul! Strong charged with the foul while taking the shot over Morton.
6:19 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against a zone defense. Wells passes the ball to Leblanc on the perimeter. Leblanc shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Smith grabs the rebound.
6:07 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Mace. Mace drives down the lane. Mace passes the ball to Strong at the basket. Strong lays it up. The shot misses. Barker grabs the rebound.
5:52 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Wells leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Wells passes the ball to Barker on the perimeter. Barker passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Morton passes the ball to Leblanc on the perimeter. Leblanc passes the ball to Wells. And the shot clock expires!
5:20 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Blanchard to Power Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Riley to Power Forward.
5:20 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against pressure defense. Leblanc steals the pass from Grier.
5:15 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against pressure defense. Wells passes the ball to Leblanc in the paint. Leblanc shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 26 - 19.
5:02 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Blanchard in the paint. Blanchard passes the ball to Grier outside. Grier tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Grier with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Foul! Riley fouls Blanchard blocking out to get the rebound. In the double bonus, Blanchard is shooting two free throws. Blanchard makes the first free throw. Blanchard makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 26 - 21.
4:42 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Bowman to Shooting Guard.
4:42 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Wells passes the ball to Riley in the paint. Riley shoots from the low post. Foul! Blanchard fouls Riley on the shot. Riley makes the first free throw. Riley makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 28 - 21.
4:27 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Mace to Shooting Guard.
4:27 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Olivarez outside. Olivarez shoots from deep. The shot misses. Leblanc grabs the rebound.
4:11 - Eastern Illinois: Leblanc brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Leblanc passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Morton shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Leblanc. Eastern Illinois 30 - 21.
4:00 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Blanchard in the paint. Blanchard passes the ball to Grier on the perimeter. Grier passes the ball to Olivarez in the paint. Olivarez shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Morton grabs the rebound.
3:36 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Wells passes the ball to Barker outside. Barker passes the ball to Wells on the perimeter. Mace steals the pass from Wells.
3:18 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 30 - 23.
3:09 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Bowman to Shooting Guard.
3:09 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Wells passes the ball to Riley on the perimeter. Riley passes the ball to Wells on the perimeter. Wells shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 33 - 23.
2:54 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Grier on the perimeter. Grier passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Morton! Riley grabs the rebound.
2:31 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Leblanc leads the fast break. Foul! Grier commits the foul on Leblanc. In the bonus, Leblanc is shooting one-and-one. Leblanc makes the first free throw. Leblanc makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 35 - 23.
2:24 - Central Arkansas: Bowman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Bowman tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bowman passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. It's blocked by Morton! Barker grabs the rebound.
2:13 - Eastern Illinois: Leblanc brings up the ball against a zone defense. Leblanc hands off the ball to Wells. Wells passes the ball to Morton. Morton shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Wells. Eastern Illinois 37 - 23.
1:50 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Blanchard in the paint. Blanchard passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong drives to the basket. Foul! Riley 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. Eastern Illinois 37 - 25.
1:31 - Game Event: Time out. Riley must sit with 3 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Slater to Power Forward.
1:31 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Wells passes the ball to Barker in the paint. Barker passes the ball to Wells in the paint. Wells passes the ball to Barker in the paint. Barker passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Morton shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Barker. Eastern Illinois 39 - 25.
1:02 - Central Arkansas: Bowman brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Bowman tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bowman passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. Foul! Slater fouls Strong on the shot. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 39 - 27.
0:47 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Blanchard steals the pass from Wells.
0:41 - Central Arkansas: Fast break opportunity! Bowman leads the fast break with Grier and Olivarez. Bowman passes the ball to Grier on the perimeter. Grier shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Strong grabs the offensive rebound.
0:34 - Central Arkansas: Strong has the rebound. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 39 - 29.
0:32 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Wells passes the ball to Slater in the paint. Slater shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Wells. Eastern Illinois 41 - 29.
0:19 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Olivarez on the perimeter. Olivarez tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Olivarez with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Barker grabs the rebound.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Central Arkansas 29, Eastern Illinois 41
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors Central Arkansas. They receive the ball...
19:55 - Central Arkansas: The ball is inbounded to Grier. Grier drives down the lane. Grier passes the ball to Strong at the basket. Strong lays it up. Foul! Slater fouls Strong on the shot. Strong makes the first free throw. Strong makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 41 - 31.
19:45 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Riley to Power Forward.
19:45 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Wells passes the ball to Riley in the paint. Riley shoots from the inside. Offensive foul! Riley charged with the foul while taking the shot over Blanchard.
19:31 - Game Event: Time out. Riley must sit with 4 fouls. Eastern Illinois substitutes Slater to Power Forward.
19:31 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Bowman. Bowman passes the ball to Blanchard in the paint. Blanchard shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Slater grabs the rebound.
19:15 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Leblanc attacks with the ball on the fast break. Leblanc passes the ball to Barker. Barker shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 43 - 31.
19:10 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Blanchard in the paint. Blanchard shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Grier. Eastern Illinois 43 - 33.
18:59 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Mace to Shooting Guard and Douglas to Center. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tarver to Point Guard and Payton to Center.
18:59 - Eastern Illinois: Tarver brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Tarver passes the ball to Payton in the paint. Payton shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Payton tips it in. Eastern Illinois 45 - 33.
18:51 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Blanchard. Blanchard passes the ball to Douglas in the paint. Douglas drives down the lane. Douglas lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 45 - 35.
18:30 - Eastern Illinois: Leblanc brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Leblanc passes the ball to Payton in the paint. Payton shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Olivarez grabs the rebound.
18:19 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against pressure defense. Barker steals the pass from Grier.
18:14 - Eastern Illinois: Tarver brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Tarver passes the ball to Payton in the paint. Payton passes the ball to Leblanc outside. Leblanc passes the ball to Payton in the paint. Payton passes the ball to Tarver. Tarver passes the ball to Barker in the paint. Barker goes for the dunk. Foul! Olivarez fouls Barker on the shot. Barker makes the first free throw. Barker missed the second free throw. Douglas grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 46 - 35.
17:43 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Olivarez outside. Olivarez passes the ball to Mace. Mace shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Tarver grabs the rebound.
17:25 - Eastern Illinois: Leblanc brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Leblanc passes the ball to Payton in the paint. Payton shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 48 - 35.
17:11 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Blanchard on the perimeter. Blanchard passes the ball to Olivarez. Olivarez with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Payton grabs the rebound.
16:59 - Eastern Illinois: Tarver brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Tarver passes the ball to Barker on the perimeter. Barker passes the ball to Leblanc outside. Leblanc shoots from well beyond the arc. It's blocked by Mace! Mace grabs the rebound.
16:43 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Olivarez on the perimeter. Olivarez drives down the lane. Olivarez passes the ball to Mace at the basket. Mace lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Olivarez. Eastern Illinois 48 - 37.
16:27 - Eastern Illinois: Tarver brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tarver passes the ball to Slater. Slater passes the ball to Payton in the paint. Foul! Grier commits a foul away from the ball.
16:14 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Leblanc. Leblanc tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Leblanc with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Blanchard grabs the rebound.
16:04 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against pressure defense. Grier passes the ball to Douglas in the paint. Douglas shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Grier. Eastern Illinois 48 - 39.
15:57 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Mace to Point Guard, Gomez to Shooting Guard, Douglas to Power Forward and Strong to Center. Eastern Illinois substitutes Gould to Small Forward.
15:57 - Eastern Illinois: Tarver brings up the ball against pressure defense. Tarver passes the ball to Slater in the paint. Slater shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 50 - 39.
15:47 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Smith to Power Forward and Douglas to Center.
15:47 - Central Arkansas: Mace brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Gould steals the pass from Mace.
15:40 - Eastern Illinois: Tarver brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Tarver passes the ball to Slater in the paint. Slater goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Eastern Illinois 52 - 39.
15:27 - Central Arkansas: Mace brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Mace passes the ball to Smith in the paint. Smith passes the ball to Olivarez in the paint. Olivarez shoots in the paint. Foul! Gould fouls Olivarez on the shot. Olivarez makes the first free throw. Olivarez makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 52 - 41.
15:11 - Eastern Illinois: Tarver brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Tarver passes the ball to Leblanc in the paint. Leblanc shoots from the inside. Foul! Olivarez fouls Leblanc on the shot. Leblanc makes the first free throw. Leblanc missed the second free throw. Smith grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 53 - 41.
15:01 - Central Arkansas: Mace brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Mace passes the ball to Smith in the paint. Smith drives down the lane. Smith lays it up. Foul! Slater fouls Smith on the shot. Smith makes the first free throw. Smith makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 53 - 43.
14:46 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Bowman to Point Guard, Mace to Shooting Guard, Douglas to Power Forward and Strong to Center.
14:46 - Eastern Illinois: Leblanc brings up the ball against a zone defense. Leblanc shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Douglas grabs the rebound.
14:39 - Central Arkansas: Fast break opportunity! Mace leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Mace passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Mace. Eastern Illinois 53 - 45.
14:23 - Eastern Illinois: Tarver brings up the ball against a zone defense. Tarver passes the ball to Slater on the perimeter. Slater passes the ball to Leblanc on the perimeter. Leblanc shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Douglas grabs the rebound.
14:01 - Central Arkansas: Fast break opportunity! Bowman leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Bowman passes the ball to Olivarez in the paint. Olivarez drives down the lane. Olivarez lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 53 - 47.
13:41 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Grier to Point Guard and Bowman to Shooting Guard. Eastern Illinois substitutes Wells to Point Guard, Tarver to Small Forward and Morton to Center.
13:41 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against pressure defense. Wells passes the ball to Tarver in the paint. Tarver shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Grier grabs the rebound.
13:30 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Bowman on the perimeter. Bowman shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Strong grabs the long offensive rebound.
13:19 - Central Arkansas: Strong has the rebound and restarts the offense. Strong passes the ball to Olivarez on the perimeter. Olivarez passes the ball to Grier. Grier tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Grier passes the ball to Bowman. Bowman with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Slater grabs the rebound.
12:55 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against a zone defense. Wells passes the ball to Tarver outside. Tarver passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Morton goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Tarver. Eastern Illinois 55 - 47.
12:35 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Bowman to Point Guard, Mace to Shooting Guard and Dudek to Small Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tarver to Point Guard, Wright to Shooting Guard, Gould to Small Forward and Payton to Center.
12:35 - Central Arkansas: Bowman brings up the ball against pressure defense. Bowman passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong passes the ball to Bowman. Bowman tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bowman shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Strong. And Bowman is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Bowman makes the first free throw. Eastern Illinois 55 - 50.
12:15 - Eastern Illinois: Tarver brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Tarver passes the ball to Wright. Wright passes the ball to Payton in the paint. Payton passes the ball to Tarver outside. Tarver passes the ball to Slater in the paint. Slater shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 57 - 50.
11:49 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Grier to Point Guard, Bowman to Shooting Guard and Blanchard to Power Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Wells to Point Guard, Gould to Shooting Guard, Tarver to Small Forward and Morton to Center.
11:49 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Grier passes the ball to Blanchard in the paint. Blanchard shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Slater grabs the rebound.
11:40 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Wells passes the ball to Gould on the perimeter. Gould passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Morton shoots from the inside. It's blocked by Strong! Grier grabs the rebound.
11:21 - Central Arkansas: Fast break opportunity! Bowman attacks with the ball on the fast break. Bowman lays it up. The shot misses. Morton grabs the rebound.
11:15 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Wells passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Morton passes the ball to Wells. Wells passes the ball to Morton. Morton shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot misses. Morton grabs the offensive rebound.
10:51 - Eastern Illinois: Morton has the rebound. Morton shoots from the low post. Foul! Strong fouls Morton on the shot. Morton missed the first free throw. Morton makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 58 - 50.
10:49 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Bowman on the perimeter. Bowman passes the ball to Grier on the perimeter. Grier drives down the lane. Grier lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 58 - 52.
10:23 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Wells passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Morton shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Blanchard grabs the rebound.
10:09 - Central Arkansas: Fast break opportunity! Grier leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Grier passes the ball to Blanchard on the perimeter. Blanchard shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Slater grabs the rebound.
9:54 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Wells passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Foul! Strong commits the foul on Morton.
9:50 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tarver to Shooting Guard and Barker to Small Forward.
9:50 - Eastern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Slater. Slater passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Morton shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Slater. Eastern Illinois 60 - 52.
9:37 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Gould to Shooting Guard and Tarver to Small Forward.
9:37 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Grier passes the ball to Blanchard in the paint. Blanchard shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Tarver grabs the rebound.
9:28 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against pressure defense. Wells passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Morton shoots from the block. Blanchard rotates over and blocks the shot! Dudek grabs the rebound.
9:17 - Central Arkansas: Fast break opportunity! Bowman leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Bowman drives to the basket. Foul! Wells commits the foul on Bowman.
9:04 - Central Arkansas: The ball is inbounded to Blanchard. Blanchard passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Slater grabs the rebound.
8:52 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Gould leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Gould passes the ball to Wells. Wells passes the ball to Slater in the paint. Slater shoots from the low post. Foul! Blanchard fouls Slater on the shot. Slater makes the first free throw. Slater makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 62 - 52.
8:25 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tarver to Shooting Guard, Barker to Small Forward and Riley to Power Forward.
8:25 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Dudek in the paint. Dudek passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots in the paint. Offensive foul! Strong charged with the foul while taking the shot over Riley.
8:11 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Wells passes the ball to Barker in the paint. Barker passes the ball to Wells. Wells passes the ball to Tarver on the perimeter. Tarver passes the ball to Wells in the paint. Wells passes the ball to Riley in the paint. Riley shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Foul! Riley fouls Blanchard trying to grab the offensive rebound. Riley fouls out. Slater replaces Riley at power forward. In the bonus, Blanchard is shooting one-and-one. Blanchard makes the first free throw. Blanchard makes the second free throw. Eastern Illinois 62 - 54.
7:37 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Olivarez to Small Forward.
7:37 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Wells passes the ball to Slater. Slater passes the ball to Wells on the perimeter. Wells passes the ball to Barker in the paint. Barker carelessly turns the ball over out of bounds.
7:18 - Central Arkansas: Fast break opportunity! Grier leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Grier tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Grier with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Blanchard grabs the offensive rebound.
7:00 - Central Arkansas: Blanchard has the rebound. Blanchard goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Eastern Illinois 62 - 56.
6:58 - Game Event: Time out. Eastern Illinois substitutes Leblanc to Shooting Guard.
6:58 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Wells passes the ball to Slater in the paint. Slater passes the ball to Leblanc on the perimeter. Leblanc passes the ball to Wells in the paint. Wells passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Morton passes the ball to Wells in the paint. The shot clock winding down. Wells shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Strong grabs the rebound.
6:25 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Blanchard. Blanchard shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Strong grabs the offensive rebound.
6:14 - Central Arkansas: Strong has the rebound. Strong shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 62 - 58.
6:12 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Mace to Shooting Guard and Douglas to Power Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Tarver to Shooting Guard.
6:12 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Wells passes the ball to Barker in the paint. Barker passes the ball to Slater in the paint. Slater passes the ball to Barker. Barker shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Slater grabs the offensive rebound.
5:50 - Eastern Illinois: Slater has the rebound and restarts the offense. Mace steals the pass from Slater.
5:43 - Central Arkansas: Breakaway! Mace takes the ball the length of the court. Mace lays it up. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 62 - 60.
5:39 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Bowman to Shooting Guard and Blanchard to Power Forward. Eastern Illinois substitutes Leblanc to Shooting Guard.
5:39 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Wells passes the ball to Leblanc on the perimeter. Leblanc hands off the ball to Wells. Wells passes the ball to Leblanc outside. Leblanc passes the ball to Barker on the perimeter. Barker passes the ball to Slater outside. The shot clock winding down. Slater shoots from deep. The shot misses. Blanchard grabs the rebound.
5:05 - Central Arkansas: Fast break opportunity! Bowman leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Bowman tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Bowman passes the ball to Blanchard in the paint. Blanchard shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Tied 62 - 62.
4:49 - Eastern Illinois: Leblanc brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Leblanc passes the ball to Slater in the paint. Slater shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Leblanc. Eastern Illinois 64 - 62.
4:38 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Bowman on the perimeter. Bowman shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Slater grabs the rebound.
4:27 - Eastern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Wells leads the fast break with Leblanc to the right. Wells passes the ball to Leblanc on the perimeter. Leblanc shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Blanchard grabs the rebound.
4:23 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Grier. Tied 64 - 64.
4:11 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Mace to Shooting Guard.
4:11 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Wells passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Morton tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Morton shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Eastern Illinois 66 - 64.
3:51 - Game Event: Time out. Central Arkansas substitutes Bowman to Shooting Guard.
3:51 - Central Arkansas: Bowman brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Bowman shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Central Arkansas 67 - 66.
3:44 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Wells passes the ball to Slater in the paint. Slater passes the ball to Barker in the paint. Barker shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Barker charged with the foul while taking the shot over Olivarez.
3:23 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Bowman outside. Bowman passes the ball to Olivarez on the perimeter. Olivarez shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Barker grabs the long rebound.
3:05 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Wells passes the ball to Slater in the paint. Slater shoots from the low post. Foul! Blanchard fouls Slater on the shot. Slater missed the first free throw. Slater makes the second free throw. Tied 67 - 67.
2:49 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Olivarez on the perimeter. Olivarez passes the ball to Bowman on the perimeter. Bowman shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Foul! Blanchard fouls Slater trying to grab the offensive rebound. In the bonus, Slater is shooting one-and-one. Slater makes the first free throw. Slater missed the second free throw. Slater grabs the offensive rebound. Eastern Illinois 68 - 67.
2:32 - Eastern Illinois: Slater has the rebound and restarts the offense. Slater passes the ball to Barker on the perimeter. Barker passes the ball to Wells on the perimeter. Wells shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Grier grabs the long rebound.
2:14 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Olivarez on the perimeter. Olivarez passes the ball to Bowman. Foul! Leblanc commits the foul on Bowman. In the bonus, Bowman is shooting one-and-one. Bowman makes the first free throw. Bowman missed the second free throw. Slater grabs the rebound. Tied 68 - 68.
2:04 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Wells passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Morton passes the ball to Leblanc outside. Foul! Olivarez commits a foul away from the ball. In the double bonus, Barker is shooting two free throws. Barker makes the first free throw. Barker missed the second free throw. Blanchard grabs the rebound. Eastern Illinois 69 - 68.
1:52 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Grier drives to the basket. Foul! Leblanc commits the foul on Grier. In the double bonus, Grier is shooting two free throws. Grier makes the first free throw. Grier makes the second free throw. Central Arkansas 70 - 69.
1:39 - Eastern Illinois: Leblanc brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Leblanc passes the ball to Morton in the paint. Morton passes the ball to Slater in the paint. Slater passes the ball to Barker on the perimeter. Barker passes the ball to Slater in the paint. Slater shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Blanchard grabs the rebound.
1:12 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Strong in the paint. Strong shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Grier. Central Arkansas 72 - 69.
1:03 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Central Arkansas is fatigued and are showing low defensive energy. Wells passes the ball to Barker on the perimeter. Barker drives down the lane. Barker passes the ball to Morton at the basket. Morton lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Barker. Central Arkansas 72 - 71.
0:45 - Central Arkansas: Grier brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Grier passes the ball to Bowman. Bowman shoots a jumper. Offensive foul! Bowman charged with the foul while taking the shot over Leblanc.
0:34 - Eastern Illinois: Wells brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Wells passes the ball to Barker on the perimeter. Barker passes the ball to Leblanc outside. Leblanc shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Strong grabs the long rebound.
0:11 - Central Arkansas: Fast break opportunity! Bowman leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Bowman passes the ball to Blanchard in the paint. Blanchard carelessly turns the ball over to the other team.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Central Arkansas 72, Eastern Illinois 71
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